Very sad to see Connie, Jean, and Gabi die, along with the Marleyan cast's families. I hope Onyankopon lives but the odds are grim (unless literally all of the titans were commanded to ignore the humans and just rush straight for the slime).
Really, really sucks for Reiner, Annie, and Pieck. They have no where left to go. They are utterly hated by Paradis for bringing down the walls way back when. Their families are dead, and there are pretty much no Eldians left on the mainland, as most died during the rumbling, and the survivors here on the mountain have all died. They have no real bonds with the Marleyans, or anyone else in the world. The only people they have left are the handful of Survey Corps survivors, but, again, even if the Survey Corps was sympathetic, it is just unlikely that Reiner, Annie, and Pieck could retire in Paradis. Well, I guess their faces haven't been plastered across newspapers, and almost everyone who knew what they looked like is dead, so I guess they could hypothetically return to Paradis with Mikasa/Armin/Levi and live out their days on the island in some village.
I don't know what will happen with Falco. He could go back to the family he and Gabi hung out with for a few days at Paradis. Or, if Reiner/Annie/Pieck are allowed to live in Paradis, Falco could hang with them.
Hanging threads left for the epilogue in next month's chapter:
- Did Onyankopon live? What does he do next?
- Did Lady Kiyomi and the crew of the ship make it safely to land? What happened to their homeland?
- Did Krista successfully gave birth to her child? What happened to her child? Who took up the role of the father, or even if the child was even considered royalty?
- What about the future relations between Paradis and other countries?
- What happened to the surviving nations are facing as they were inundated with refugees?
- Will the northern side of the continent/peninsula is ever restored for habitation?
- What happens to the Eldian curse/curse of Ymir? Will random people still be condemned with the superpower and die after a few years? Or will the curse be broken?
- What happens to Mikasa/Armin/Levi/Reiner/Annie/Pieck/Falco after?