hanji is character with so much complexity and it's a shame that they are so misunderstood and that some of their traits were reduced to some quirk for comic relief purposes? hanji's eccentricity for example. I see it a product of their genuis mind. hanji's ideas are often unconventional. people thought they were strange for it because their ideas are just so out of the norm and advanced that most couldn't comprehend them. hanji is basically just way ahead of their time.
also hanji's keen interest in titans? was it only for the laughs? I consider it something that stemmed out of their love for learning, and it's not the kind of thirst for knowledge out of greed for power? hanji is innately inquisitive and compassionate. their research was for the sake of understanding the unknown in order to help those around them.
imo, the anime productions are largely responsible for the misconceptions. they saw hanji's passion for science and research and somehow assumed they were going to be reckless in their pursuit for it. while yes some of hanji's research involved taking certain risks but did they endanger others for it just like what was presented by wit in the ilse ova? I mean just look at the original ilse bonus chapter:
in the first place hanji is in the scouts doing research in order to help people so why would they be recklessly endangering others for it? it doesn't really add up.
Since Iam totally wrecked by the latest season of AOT, I need something to cleanse my very very sad heart 😭. Then I saw someone posted this manga on twitter and my golly, it really is true! The characteres looked like LEVIHAN 😭
Im thinking this is them, in alternate universe 💕Give it a go! Read it!
Forgetting the hair grab for a sec, the moment the Levihan seed was planted in me was when Hange walks in on OG Squad Levi apologising to Eren after the well incident and he says “what took you so long? Constipated or something?” and she very seriously answers “no, it was nice and smooth actually” like ????? You two update each other on bowel movements? That’s so disgusting and so sooo cute