Hi onion, I really love the anime scene that you made for chapter 83, you made it looks so real to me, even Mikasa or Levi. There's this thing i'm curious about, why do you think in that scene, Levi is shocking because of Mikasa's face, not because of the fact that she's going to attack him? anw love your artstyle X3
Hi anon! thank you for liking my art! Ok so call me bias, but I’m 100% sure in that moment, Levi is shocked about Mikasa’s expression, not because of what she’s gonna do to him. Here, let’s me explain :
This is the correct order of all the panels in this page. The meaning of each panel will follow the order :
1: Levi looks at his back/ turn his head. He sees that Mikasa is approaching him from behind.
2: His eyes are focusing on Mikasa’s face. She’s crying.
3: Levi’s eyes are opening wider. He’s shocked/ surprised because of her expression. He realized that she’s crying.
But if i change the panel number 2 with the different image, for example, the image of a sword, the meaning of all the panels will be changed. Just take a look:
The meaning of each panel will be :
1: Levi looks at his back/ turn his head. He sees that Mikasa is approaching him from behind.
2: His eyes are focusing on her hand. She’s holding a sword.
3: Levi’s eyes are opening wider. He realized that she is going to attack him with that sword.
You see the differences ? So the most important evidence for my explanation is panel number 2. In panel 2, Isayama drew Mikasa’s face instead of her sword, which mean Levi is looking at her face, even though she’s holding the sword. That’s explained why Levi has that expression (shocked, surprised) in the third panel. But if I replace panel 2 with the image of Mikasa’s sword, the meaning will be changed like what i mentioned above, and it will go the way you asked me “ what if that expression of him is just because he knows mikasa is going to attack him? “. So yeah, i think the evidences for this question are pretty obvious, if you focus on the way Isayama draws and the order of the panels. I know it’s a small detail to analyze and not many people pay attention on it, but it’s obvious.
Anyway, I hope my answer can help you understand somehow ( ノ^ω^)ノ゚