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Originally Posted by MaskedRiderAsakura

One thing I didn't realize that I probably should have sooner...

Kaito asks Kouta if he'll kill Micchy if it gets to the point where he becomes such a soulless monster that he is incapable of being redeemed.


It alludes to when Kouta refused to kill Hase in Episode 14. Hase is basically foreshadowing for Micchy's descent, his literal transformation into an Inves symbolic of Micchy's figurative transformation into one. Hase did it all to regain back his power, exactly like Micchy is doing now. On top of that, he betrays a former partner to regain freedom and power, much like Micchy has been doing.

Hase's entire arc was like a plot summary for Micchy.

I wouldn't say it's a summary so much as foreshadowing. But there's one major difference between Mituzane and Hase. Hase was dead the moment he ate that fruit. There's nothing Kouta could have done to save him, at least not without risking other lives. Mituzane doesn't have to die. He can be depowered and locked up, or even talked down into being on the right side again. Heck, talking Micchy into being on humanity's side again would be the first smart and useful thing Mai has done all show.

Hase was inescapably doomed the before Kouta even knew he needed saving. Micchy can still be saved, even if it would be a very hard thing to do.