[FreshToku]

I'm curious as to how you go about deciding these brackets, if there is any system behind it. Never thought I'd see these two mentioned together in one post.

Red King is pretty iconic, especially since they keep bringing him back. Something about him is inherently comedic. Like, no matter what kind of plot he's featured in, even if it's a dire one, I can't take this guy seriously. That's not necessarily a complaint though, he kinda makes me think of Bowser from the Mario series.

That being said... I don't think I'd miss him if he showed up less? I mean it's always need to see Red King and go 'hey it's you. there you go spitting rocks and making bowser sounds again' but he's also hardly the coolest or most interesting-looking monster out there.

Anyhow, regarding this bracket, I feel like the villains who are recurring antagonists with defined personalities are always going to have an advantage over the various monster species. The latter show up across the series' histories and can be used in any variety of roles, but the former inherently have more meat to them.

As for Dark Mephisto himself, he's maybe my favourite of the villains from Nexus? It's been a very long time since I saw the show, but I remember he was a particularly evil piece of work. And the mid-season finale of sorts featuring his climatic battle with Jun still has a special place in my memories.

Also his design rocks. And his claw weapon almost doesn't look like a toy (Sorry, Geed).

So yeah, my vote goes to Mizorogi.