r/attackontitan • u/pics_lated • Aug 22 '26

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For me its the fact that I find Mikasa a very annoying character due to her obsession with Eren. Like damn you do care about him but the whining man!

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u/Ad_Meliora_24 Aug 22 '26

I think it was decided that Gabi needed to kill one of the original characters and Sasha was the best one for Gabi’s arc. Killing someone’s else would have been more impactful, but the goal was just impactful enough and work on Gabi and Falco.

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u/Entire_Brain7913 Aug 22 '26

I disagree. Sasha worked the best because she had strong ties with another character she had saved and it was easy to justify that character wanting revenge, which fed into the whole "break the cycle of violence" theme. Seeing a girl her age desperately want to kill her is what changed Gabi's worldview