Everyone’s all ready and waiting for Levi to finally talk to Mikasa and reveal his relation to her.
Thing is, I don’t think it’s actually gonna happen.
I think Levi wants to talk to her about it. They both have an intense need for family, and he knows it.
Levi is more aware than anyone about losing people, particularly in a time of war. He’s already lost Isabel and Farlan, his old squad, Hange’s squad, as well as his foster father/uncle Kenny (to say nothing about growing up as an orphan as well). By the looks of it, there’s a good chance he’s about to lose Erwin too, someone he intensely trusts and the man who’s given him guidance for the past 5+ years.
He may not be aware of the extent of it, but he knows Mikasa has also suffered enough.
While he has a ton of confidence in his abilities as ‘Humanity’s Strongest’, he’s also said time and time again that anything can happen. Even he might be the next one to die.
Would he really subject Mikasa to that all over again? And without a particularly good reason for her to know about him aside from some sentimentality?
Emotions can kill in a time of war.
Levi’s a smart guy, and while he’s socially crap he’s empathetic enough to know the kind of effect it would have on her to lose him after finding out that they’re family. And he can die at any time.
He is just not the kind of guy to do this without a good reason.
I can think of only a few circumstances by which Levi himself would reveal his relation to her:
1) The war ends, and they finally reach a time of peace, where they have enough security in living that he doesn’t have to be afraid that he’ll end of dying and causing her pain unnecessarily. There is no risk involved in Mikasa knowing.
2) His own emotions. Levi is in a rough place right now, having lost many important people in only the span of a few months. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that he could reach a breaking point very soon, which could lead him to make some desperate decisions that he wouldn’t ordinarily, including (but not limited to) revealing himself to Mikasa. This is the scary situation
3) It’s a strategic decision. It is hard to imagine a situation where having it known that they are related would be beneficial (that’s awfully specific), so I think the former situations are more likely. But, again, Levi is a smart and logical guy, so if it were a necessary tactical decision, he’d do it.
In conclusion, I don’t think Levi is going to reveal his relation to Mikasa, because there is no good reason to. Most likely scenario, I think she will find out in another way and she will be the one to initiate that conversation. If Levi does decide to talk to her about it, the circumstances will depend on how his character proceeds and copes from here.
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