@Yautja
No, but a manga with the goal to tell a compelling story and show the growth and change of it's characters, like this one, sure as fucking hell does. This isn't some SoL or comedy manga. Don't know why you're defending this but agreeing with my Star Wars analogy. And why the hell did you say let the author tell his own story. I am, I'm just saying he's fucked up. What a vapid response. Almost as vapid as straw-manning criticism as poor reading comprehension.
Being compelling or not is a subjective-leaning point. From my view on this story, this not story about growth and changes of characters, this whole story is about the idea of striving against unjust and oppression. It's been like that since early seasons of this series, where Eren have this "ALL MUST DIE AND BURN" mindset against
the unreasonable tyranny from the titans. When season 3 of the anime series done airing you could see how Eren know what is the reason of all things that happen to Paradise Island and Eldian. But knowing the source of it Eren becoming to realize the price for the freedom, while pointing towards the sea he said :
So if we kill the enemy, the one waiting for us on the other side, will we finally be free? (youtu*be/EWZXBuRsZ-Y).
When story being time skipped to marleyan arc, Eren did not outright slaughter those he considered enemies, he spied on them. It even tell that, even after losing Colossal titan, the Marleyan still persist to take control Paradise Island by sending recon unit by the ocean. Knowing there'll be no end to it Eren decide to shift the power so freedom maybe achieved, while tricking Zeke in the progress.
Now that come to lastest chapter of the manga it turn becoming Eren's egoism for Eldian to keep existing vs Zeke's altruism for Eldian to be no bother for no one else.
Btw, every little detail from the story rooting on Eren.
Remember the scene where Eren's mom talk Shadis (Survey Corps' bald trainer) about it's fine just to born and exist?
Remember when Kaya told Gabi how it is fair for her mother has to die even when she had no involvement whatsoever to the atrocity of the Eldian in the past?
Remember the letter Ymir (Historia's friend) saying that she is done being what other people want her to be and want to be herself?
I mean, come on, what do you want Eren changed to be? A person who want to fight for his freedom to be guilt-tripped by Marleyan propaganda and end the series with Eldian coming to term for peace in exchange of tribute? Oh, hell no.
Whatever ways he has to take to achieve freedom while holding unto his egoism is yet to be known, cancelling the series definitely won't help. Some may say the series going downhill lately, but some still fascinated and compelled by it
Let the author tells his story.