Those events are only 10 or so years apart so I would be surprised if she had aged so badly!
Actually, it’s hinted at that the same Satou was killed by a ghoul in Seidou’s will
I think the most likely explanation is that either Touka and Ayato, or probably Ayato by himself who held a grudge against humans for what was done to them, went back and revenge killed her.
So the Kirishima’s were the reason why Seidou became a ghoul investigator in the first place- to protect his Mother.
So, first of all
let’s consider that in these last two chapters Eren is characterized in a
way which hides his thoughts. Isayama hasn’t let us inside his head,
exactly like we aren’t let inside Zeke’s head.
However, in
chapters 106 and 107 we are given flashbacks of two different characters
(Armin and Hange) reguarding Eren and thanks to those two flashbacks we
can start putting together several pieces that are progressively
explaining Eren’s behaviour.
Let’s see what these two flashbacks tell us about Eren’s evolution during the three years of time-skip.
As sad as this development makes me for her (and I totally get why people don’t like it), I do believe it makes narrative sense for Historia’s arc and fits with the cruel aspect of SnK’s world (really not much different than our own). Also, I do not believe this dooms Historia to tragedy.
It’s no secret that the one piece of Isayama’s writing that I’ve thus far hated completely is Ymir’s death. It didn’t seem to fit with what we knew about Ymir, and left a lot unresolved between her and Historia, especially in terms of how they affected each other. Her death was confirmed way too late to have any real thematic impact since the characters were already used to living without her.
But with 107, we see that Historia is not cured and has in fact regressed. Historia is still trapped in the same dangerous cycle that killed Ymir: sacrificing herself and her own desires to be a figurehead for her people, and allowing her children to suffer the same fate. This flaw killed Ymir twice (firstly when she was turned into a Titan, secondly when she was too kind to leave Bertolt and Reiner), and Historia is currently heading down a path that will kill her and kill her children.
The irony of the situation is palpable: Historia is deliberately having a child to sacrifice them for a cause. That’s what Grisha did with Zeke.
It also carries parallels to what happened to Ymir–hopeless people used a street child to fulfill their own desires, to give themselves hope.
Eren just sacrificed children for a cause too (to somehow break with this plan and thereby protect Historia presumably), narratively showing Historia the horrors of just what she is planning to do.
This development gives Ymir’s death resonance, rather than her death being just a letter way too late in the game with no real impact. Because of her own and also directly because of Ymir’s martyr complex driven decisions, Historia has sunk into a similar place: allowing herself to be a figurehead, endangering her life and her child’s for the sake of a cause.
No, Historia, that is not all. Because someone still has Ymir’s memories:
I think we’ve all thought Ymir’s memories would be relevant at some point, but this development is giving me hope that it’s going to be not just a sweet heartwarming moment, but instead a powerful one. If Porco does share certain memories of Ymir’s with Historia, including how she actually felt about her and how she felt about her own decisions (this is surely not what Ymir would have wanted for Historia), I have hope that might jumpstart Historia’s development in a positive direction again.
We all know Mephy is an ass who already knew about the Okumura brothers years before they were even born so that favor he’s talking about is not a fair deal, but I can’t help but wonder who is that demon that Shiro will yield to?
a baby Rin with Satan’s flames who Shiro won’t be able to kill?
Satan himself possessing Goro, Shiro’s “brother” so to speak?
someone else who will be possessed by Satan during the Blue Night?
something related to Yuri being possessed at the very end maybe???
Unless this favor Mephisto is talking about won’t be about raising the twins? Hm…
midnight-in-town 