Shingeki no Kyojin Chapter 58 Discussion

orithyea said:
Highlight of the chapter: Jean (for me duh). The panel is ambiguous. Perhaps someone shielded Jean or Jean did get shot. Eitherway, a death flag's popped up.

orithyea said:
Oh, and Captain Ackerman and Levi's relationship was pretty much predictable.

Darklight0303 said:
God I hope Jean was shot. His naive bullshit about not wanting to kill people is getting on my nerves

skittle316 said:

There's a reason Jean is who he is, he represents the average person. You can't kill without remorse and be mentally stable. In real life, the act of killing a fellow human being is life changing and traumatizing. When he's been fighting to protect humans, how can you expect him to just kill one. Jean is realistic, before he was killing monsters, now he has to kill someone living, breathing and moving just like him.
Has to come to the reality sooner or later that humans are as much monsters as the titans are. If he survives of course. Him not being able to kill someone, shows nothing but the reality of human morality and remorse, not everyone has the ability to kill.

Good chapter, will die a little if Jean died Isayama hasn't given a proper impactful role in the series for him to be gone so quick, especially if Jean is his favourite character. As of now Sasha and Connie are the only main characters I feel dying would be the right time for, more Sasha since I think what happened with Connies village will be touched on in the future. Historia's dad is such a dick.

I wish the manga updated every 2 weeks, monthly is a waste as content wise so much can be done with SNK.

Daw11 said:
The possible outcomes for Jean's scene are:
- Jean dies
- Jean is saved by Armin
- Jean is saved by Armin but he is wounded
- The same two above but by Mikasa
- Mikasa is accidentally shot by Armin :-P

also, Armin's gun may be one of the smoke guns the Scouting Legion owns so there's a chance he could save Jean without having to kill the girl.

keragamming said:
Did you not see the amount of blood? lol

Daw11 said:
The possible outcomes for Jean's scene are:
- Jean dies
- Jean is saved by Armin
- Jean is saved by Armin but he is wounded
- The same two above but by Mikasa
- Mikasa is accidentally shot by Armin :-P

also, Armin's gun may be one of the smoke guns the Scouting Legion owns so there's a chance he could save Jean without having to kill the girl.

bloodswordzkill said:
Look closely before that panel Armin reaching for his gun then his face in those reaction shots looks like he pulled the trigger.

short_review said:


This. i still think Jean is dead or heavily wounded.

SuperSonic1986 said:
As always, 10/10...SnK's chapters have always left me with my mouth wide open and this is not an exception.

Levi is a fucking badass but even he, with Mikasa, could be overwhelmed if they screw up or let their guard down even once. These guys make Titans seem easy. They need to focus on escaping, period.

As much as I have loved seeing the growth of the character, I don't particularly mind if Jean dies. When someone is actively trying to kill you and your comrades, you can not be so soft to doubt the situation around you. The correct choice was to blow that motherfucker's brains into pieces. After all the experience he has acquired, he managed to screw up badly.

IF Jean ends up surviving, I REALLY hope that woman gets killed by anyone but Mikasa. We already have extremely feminists series that has sucked the life out of itself (One Piece). We don't need this masterpiece to start this "girls can only be killed by monsters and other girls" shit. Jean or Armin better finish her off.

I hope Historia doesn't fall for that bullshit Reiss is trying to sell her. It is obvious that his group also came to the same conclusion as Erwin. Rod, however, wants her to be queen in order to use her behind the curtain, effectively being Reiss' puppet.

SuperSonic1986 said:

I hope Historia doesn't fall for that bullshit Reiss is trying to sell her. It is obvious that his group also came to the same conclusion as Erwin. Rod, however, wants her to be queen in order to use her behind the curtain, effectively being Reiss' puppet.

Jinkuro said:
This event will trigger something surely, but it's a good thing that Isayama didn't make all the characters ruthless killers. As it should be.

bloodswordzkill said:
Jean won't die. Look closely before that panel Armin reaching for his gun then his face in those reaction shots looks like he pulled the trigger. He would have finally solidified the EMA trio of killing someone in self-defense.

Unless Mikasa did that thing where she detaches and throws the blade and saves Jean, my money is on Armin just got his first human kill.

wanderingland said:


It isn't that I want them to be ruthless killers, it's just a little irritating to have people arguing the morals of killing another human when we've seen just how ruthless and at times sadistic the current human enemy is. That kind of thinking is going to get someone killed, and it's about time the consequences get shown, so at least no one else makes the same mistake.

weepingtendons said:
Great chapter, some good action, wondering what is up with Lord Reiss.

FrozenRemains said:
Jean come on man,just disarm her,you dont even need to shoot her buddy.

Mehmed said:
No one has a problem that Mikasa is very strong. Stronger than most of the other charakters. In fact i love her very much. I also don't see a problem if there are men who hesitate to beat up women.

ikazuuyr said:

I consider myself a feminist, and I honestly don't care who kills her, I just want her head to get blown off.

Sicilian said:
First interesting chapter in a long-long time. Hope the tension will last, but honestly doubt it.

Narukami07 said:


Its SnK. Plus the author said that volumes 15/16 (after this chapter) will have the biggest impact in the series.

babymilo91 said:
This chapter had a western feel to it. Jean couldn't even attempt to kill that guy, but I hope that he doesn't get killed.