Is Armin from Attack on Titan Really a Girl?

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Back in October Attack on Titan’s Author Isayama Hajime was interviewed in the November 2014 issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Magazine. He gave us a rather sarcastic response to a certain question, if Armin was a girl. People believed he responded with a yes in response to the Niconico meme (Niconico users posted comments like “Armin is the heroine of the series!” and “truly an angel!” when the series was airing).

Today a new cover was posted by the Japanese popular culture magazine Brutus which is drawn by Isayama Hajime. It shows the Survey Corps relaxing in Ueno Park while dressed in school uniforms. Who is that skirt wearing figure to the far right Krista, or Armin?

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What concerns me is: If that is Krista, where is Armin and why isn’t Ymir there? Why is Krista there instead of Armin? Is Isayam Hajime playing tricks on us? Only time will tell.

Source: Brutus