What can I say about the last chapter? I was expecting and not expecting it at the same time.
Eren doing it to make his friends look as heroes, the end of the titan's curse, a world that is still (and will always be) shaky because violence and war are part of humanity, they all fall into the things I was expecting.
I believe the best part of the entire chapter is Eren. I was a bit afraid we would see the depiction of a victim, forced by fate to behave like a crazy criminal. And partly it's true. Eren's mind was messed up by all those memories, but it's also true that he would go ahead no matter what "even if I wasn't aware of how this would all end with you guys stopping me... I wanted to turn the earth into a brand new land", even if he cared so much for his friends and wanted to live with them.
He was torn up between a nice and quiet life and violence. He chose violence. We can speculate how much his choice was "free", how much his memories shaped him. But I think the important thing is that he knew his mind was being influenced and still accepted it, he accepted his mission, his future action, his future self.
Violence and fighting was part of Eren since day 1, he was ready to go alone and leave behind his family to join the Survey Corps, so it's no surprise that Eren chooses once again to leave behind his loved ones and continue his strenuous fight.
Another part I enjoyed was Levi. I don’t know how he ended up with Falco and Gabi, but thematically it makes sense. All through the manga he had the role of the mentor, so it’s understandable he’s again with the youngsters. He’s also with Onyankopon which I believe means he might travel or anyway get in touch with other cultures/people (maybe it’s a way to keep alive the exploratory goal of the survey corps or a payback for his sad life in the underground). It’s also interesting the fact that despite being always the strong one, the person who used is body to protect the others, now we see him in this fragile version, probably it implies that he's learning a new way of life that doesn't involve violence.
What I didn't love and didn't expect are Mikasa and Historia's parts. For Historia, there is not much to say besides "much ado about nothing" lol Nile was right and she simply decided to have a family, all her weird conversations with Eren and her shady look while sitting on her chair will have had really no meaning.
As for Mikasa, I understand her link with Ymir, they were both in love but unlike Ymir, Mikasa manages to kill her lover. What I don't like is how little importance she had throughout the story. It's sad that her character is always reduced to Eren, she's worth to Ymir because she loves Eren, her choice to kill Eren arrives only when she couldn't do anything else (not killing him in that moment would be criminal tbh) and the finale was so depressing... all I wanted for her was to go on, so seeing her sitting next to a stone and with a bird... that was awkward, Isayama. But seeing no wall was very nice, so kudos to that.
I still have no clear comprehension on how Eren managed to wipe out the power of the titans but it's not like this manga ever cared that much about technical aspects.
Lastly, I think the world left behind is pretty realistic. Jeagerists are left and right now, Paradis is still very ready to fight, to get their revenge etc. and Armin and co. are still on the other side, ready to talk about peace. Same old same old probably (the only difference is that Armin is trying to make a negotiation with Paradis, not on Paradis' behalf) and someone might get frustrated and wonder if what Eren did was worth... probably it wasn't, but I think this is what makes it interesting. Humans always do worthless or even harmful actions and Eren, despite having the power of the titans, living in a supratemporal dimension, holding limiteless knowledge etc... well, Eren is still very human.
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