[DreadBringer]

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Episode 28: Reza in Grave Danger!! Rasputin's Revenge

So what's the setup? Turns out that there's a space between spaces when it comes to our realm and the Parallel World, this space called the Portral Realm/World. And Rasputin, the big bad of the first show, ended up trapped here after being killed off by Iron Mask. Or at the very least, his soul did. And the ties to Iron Mask are certainly highlighted in a couple key scenes...

I wonder if Rasputin being reduced to a soul makes him easier to be defeated by a lone Azazel, where Rasputin took both Bima and Azazel (and I feel, plot, in Rasputin stop fighting back), with all their best moves, to defeat. I know many people'd talk about how gaining more experience vastly improves one's power/fighting, but I don't really elevate experience as much as others do, which is probably a hot take, just that there's a peak in one's ability/powers I feel.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

In the end though, it's all about how Reza isn't fully over his actions during the original show, and he very well might never be able to fully forgive himself. But at the end of the day, he has a family now, and he knows full well that every one of them loves and cherishes him just as much as he does them. That shot of Azazel surrounded by his family was great, and really did bring everything together.

Reza was only brainwashed though. He didn't commit those out of their own volition. Though likely it's why Azazel retrains his dark theme, despite being a secondary to Bima now. I always like how Azazel doesn't turn into light-based because he's good now.