[DreadBringer]

Houtaro can now rest easy, knowing that like all Chemies, Zukyumpire is benevolent. His genuine intention is to make others happy, although he unknowingly absorbs people's life force.

Of course, this is what the villains exploit to use the absorbed life force to gain power.

Yua unwittingly suggested the idea of saving everyone, but she had a flaw of keeping quiet about what Zukyumpire does with his powers to avoid hurting him.

Dunno if it's intentional or not, but Tatchan, Yua's ex, kinda bears a resemblance to Zukyumpire with his white hair. His suspicious tone and intentions when approaching her seem to focus on her looks. It appears that he left her not for any genuine reason, but to search for someone more attractive and then return if unsuccessful.

Zukyumpire encourages Yua to pursue her own happiness and not allow herself to be hurt, leading her to reject her ex. Given that I feel Tatchan is suspicious, it seems like the best decision.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Not sure why Houtarou always insists than any Chemy doing evil must have a good reason though. He's right in every case we've seen so far, but it's hardly unreasonable that a Chemy with free will would choose malice on their own. Zukyumpire is another intriguing look at how Chemies interact with humans anyway. He uses his Zukyun to make people happy while inadvertently hurting them. The easiest option is to seal him, but Houtarou showing him the error of his ways allows him to do redeem himself and help Yua stand up for herself.

I feel that this is almost always present in KR about optimism, idealism, the belief of seeing the good in everyone (humans, Chemies, etc.). Particularly for lighthearted shows, or those wanting 'true spirit of KR', the show can't acknowledge things as not purely wonderful as they're like (e.g. genuinely bad Chemies) like what happens in dark shows, or it'd rub them the wrong way and deem the show as edgy, so said belief of seeing the good in everyone would be always validated by this. Weren't you proud in W that Makoto was the main big bad rather than Rui because it shows Jinno's belief isn't always misplaced?