@fuku-shuu is still working on the larger translation project but I just want to share a sneak peek of what we just found.

Note: To avoid confusion, here I will not translate Mikasa’s clan, “東洋” Touyou, as “Asian” since this is exactly what Isayama is trying to rectify. I will stick to the original Japanese word.

Interviewer: Speaking about bloodline, there is also something about the Touyou clan. Mikasa is not a pure-blood Touyou person. She carries both bloodlines from the Touyou and Ackermans families!

Isayama: Mikasa’s “power” comes from the Ackermans, and she inherits her black hair from the Touyou clan. Speaking of which, this is something that I regret…… Right now there is nothing I can fix since I’ve already drawn it in the manga, but the word Touyou is prone to confusions. In the world of the original work, it means “East Sea” and the kanji character 洋 takes its literal meaning which is the “ocean”. But if I say Touyou nowadays, people will for sure interpret it as Japan or Asian regions…… The Touyou in Snk world is different from the Touyou in our real world!

Interviewer: Will we see the day when you reveal the meanings of Ackerman’s “power awakening” as well as Touyou’s “mark”…?

Isayama: ……Well? Who knows. (laugh)

I guess we should now say Mikasa is from the East Sea clan? Also, this means Mikasa comes from where Armin and Eren have been dreaming about since their childhood!