The way Hakuoh confessed to Shobu about the things he did in a shiny room reminds me of Eren and Historia from Attack on Titan:
Especially the moment when Hakuoh asking his best friend Shobu to destroy (ahem k word) him via a duel in tears VS Eren wanting Historia transform into a titan to eat him…so many parallels.
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The beauty of forgiveness and how it tied up two storylines. Part 2.
Jeans indecisiveness and how it saved Reiner:
No matter what Hange says, Jean IS the reason why Reiner escaped. His intrusion gave Pieck and Zeke TIME to get to Reiner. His words didn't sway Hange, they even say that it wasn't Jeans fault. But if you want to be realistic about it..Jean was at fault. He bought Reiner time to be saved. ACCIDENTALLY, of course.
Part 4: Jeans hesitation
Jean could kill titans. Fine. Not until the arc comes around where they're killing MPs and Marleyan civilians, he has a REALLY hard time with it.
Even when Gabi shoots Sasha, Jean hesitates. After, when Floch asks what to do with them, he says, in tears, that throwing kids off the ship won't stop all this senseless killing.
I think this hesitation coincides really well with Reiner, who puts his hesitation into his split personality. His hesitation is as a Scout soldier. It's gone when he's a Marleyan Warrior.
Jeans hesitation was ALWAYS there, and it cost lives. To him. Which he can't stand. Which, to me, is where that self hatred stems from. He hates that he can't help but have self restraint.
"Those bones will never let me rest."
Marco was a GOOD person, who was constantly there for his friends and gave Jean confidence to be the leader he saw he could be. There aren't a lot of GOOD people in this anime, but Marco and Falco to me, are.
Part 5: Forgiving yourself & lifting up another. Name meanings..
Jean means God is Gracious.
Reiner means Warrior.
Look at how he saves Reiner, the lighting in the background. Jean is lit up, and Reiner is in the dark. It's almost like an angel saving someone from hell. The way Jeans positioning is great as well, one leg bent, reaching down and holding UP Reiner.
Yes, holding up. Keeping him from tumbling into hell. He would have been crushed by those titans, his armor would have done nothing. Another suicidal ideation because he HADN'T forgiven HIMSELF.
Jean had though. He had forgiven himself and Reiner. And that's why he could save him. When he couldn't save anyone else. And that's also what helped Reiner fight. Jean gave him a place to belong and Reiner helped Jean realize what those bones were saying to him. It's okay to hesitate, to not be fit to take human life easily. Jean was always strong without the persona, his empathy and empathetic nature for others, for REINER, made him strong.
Jean spent this entire fight concerned for Reiner. He couldn't help that. Couldn't help being worried for someone who had hurt him.
Not to mention.. these two were Isayamas favorite to write. It makes sense that their arcs ran into each other to help each other in the end.
What do you think?
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If I had a nickel for every time a love story between two characters resulted in a tragic yet bittersweet ending, where Person A tells Person B to live a long, happy life after they're gone and Person B fulfills their promise to Person A—they meet someone else, get married, have children and a family of their own, and they pass away many years later—then at the end of the story they both reunite either in a dream or in the afterlife, I'd have two nickels
which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
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