holy yap 💀

You know what, it's completely right that You can pinpoint the exact ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ panel where all of this went to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Annie eating pie panel. At that moment Connie says some stupid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ and they reunite with her despite the last thing that Annie did before going into a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crystal was murdering civillians and trying to kill the survey corps. After that the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ avengers assemble moment is literally the single cringiest thing I've seen in any manga, not because there aren't cringier mangas out there, but when You put it in contrast with Declaration of War, ♥♥♥♥ it, ANY OTHER PANEL before that chapter it's better, the contrast is just so unimaginably big that it's impossible not to physically feel pain whenever You see it.

And ok, at this point You're still on hopium and copium "There's no way Isayama can fail us this hard, there will be a comeback". That's the first mistake. But ok, the manga continues, there were actually decent chapters after this, they pointed out the hypocrisy and straight up idiocy of the cringevergers, alliance, whatever the ♥♥♥♥ You want to call them. So You think "what was I afraid of, Isayama can finish his ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ manga that he's been writing for 11 years at this point". That's another mistake. There is no fall without getting to a high place and what a high place it was. Then it starts to crumble.

But u bear with it. U see Armin and Annie having a crash on each other and telling each other they're good people while blushing. But You bear with it. You see the deaths of 2 of the better characters that are left. But You bear with it. You see some new character spout out some pathetically cheesy speech on how if they ever survive, they won't live based on hate. But You bear with it. You see them fighting hundreds of titan shifters with the only casualty being Levi's leg, which the last time that happened put him out of comission for an entire arc. But You bear with it. You see that after all the effort and actual sacrifice it took the alliance to get to Eren on the plane Falco figures out that he can fly(and he does so perfectly on the first try, the second time he ever transformed) because of a random flashback from nowhere and appears with Annie and Gabi in the exact right moment to rescue the rest and give them new hope and to and I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ quote "repay Kiyomi's kindness".

You see Gabi just mention "well Founder must be the centipede I saw for one second some time ago" at the last second like it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nothing. But You bear with it. You see them comically trying to find a running okapi of all things. But You bear with it. You see Zeke playing with sand in the paths. But You bear with it. Then You read the 137 leaks. You read that Armin just convinces Zeke to die to save the world, he does so, by waving to get killed by Levi, Isayama pretends it's a satisfying ending to his and Levi's arc. You start to cry.

Gabi still being the only person that can shoot a target just shoots the okapi rescuing Armin. You cry louder. The Titans stop right after Zeke's death despite royal blood having been abolished as a thing necessary for Ymir to do anything just a few chapters ago. You run out of tears. You see the panel where Armin is being supported by ghosts of people including EREN FREE THE ELDIA NO MATTER WHAT KRUGER. You start contemplating suicide. You see titans KNEELING before Armin. You start readying the rope. You see Eren's head blown off. You step on the gallows.