(my main blog is still shadowbanned but i have some Thoughts.tm and i really want to share them with the world, so i'm sending them here. ok? This rant is going to be spoiler Free)
It's sad how Virgin Soul anime ruined any possibility of future Shingeki no Bahamut anime with the usage of the former anime Genesis cast.
Genesis had it's premise, sometimes bit goofy, sometimes serious. Original anime story with High Fantasy fun. And overall it shown respect to the characters. Azazel was a pretty scary villain, Cerberus came to have a little fun. Lucifer was there for a second but looked stunning while doing so. Genesis Mcs were cool, they were bit goofy sometimes but the story treated them with love and i loved them in turn aswell. Jeanne d'Arc was also my most fave Jeanne d'Arc anime portrayal ever. Other villains and background characters? Everyone is my big fave.
However the spin-off series Virgin Soul? Ridiculed literally everyone who ever shown up before. Left almost no stones unturned
Azazel? He's a pure punching bag now.
Cerberus? Is a brothel sex worker now for some reason!?
Lucifer? While in Genesis they shown him as cautious but reluctant to act (probably bc animating him would cost way too much Lol), now he's showing up more but he simply lazes around reading books when His People are in Need. With the most horrendous example showing in this gif:
Which i could comment a lot on, but i'm just going to say: Original Lucifer would Never. Original ShinBaha Lucifer would literally drop anything to help his people fight, even though he's tired and wants only to rest now. And as i'm reading his whole story in the game Right Now it just, Breaks me.
Jeanne d'Arc? I-i don't want to talk about it right now.😶
Some of beloved characters from the former show were also pointlessly killed off without reason in Virgin Soul and there is nothing giving them back.
But that's mostly former villain/background characters.
In Genesis The Main character is a ginger afro guy, Favaro Leone. Something so rare yet so beautiful when it comes to MCs, and the show treated him with respect. Literally one of the greatest characters for me. The show in the first episode made a point that women find him handsome (Which is very important for my further rant). He was my Puss in Boots cool guy. (i love Puss in Boots ok)
So what happened in Virgin Soul? He's a supporting role, but Now whoever wrote the new show mocked him for his looks a lot. First the show made his afro less curly which felt weird, but that's not it yet.
They had a girl in the show whose whole thing was finding men attractive, and she only found him attractive once his hair was all damp and straightened with water. 🙃
Guess what they also did to him, guess what.
They shaved him on multiple occassions as a joke. Joke on his hairstyle. Cause you know, he has afro.🙃🙃🙃
And it's been years but i'm still so mad, and my pain only grows as i'm reading Lucifer's event stories from the original game. What in the world.
Anyways this is my rant: My fave characters in the world will likely never show up again in any anime continuation because of how Virgin Soul ruined them, their arcs, their personalities and everything else. (i'm not mentioning the fact that the game is finished and there likely won't be anything anymore anyways, but if not for Virgin Soul and it's writers i'm sure there could've been something more, or at least we'd have a less dead fandom now (for many reasons. the show had Problems and fandom was at war))
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Here’s my version of a scene from Rage of Bahamut: Genesis. I remember being really fascinated by the artstyle back then and how it made me so emotional. Good old times.
But yes this was created a long time ago, however I wanted to share it.
Have fun 🌸
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Favaro: From now on we'll be using codenames. You will address me as Eagle 1.
Favaro: Kaisar, codename: "Been There, Done That".
Favaro: Amira is "Currently Doing That".
Favaro: Jeanne is "It Happened Once in a Dream".
Favaro: Azazel, codename: "If I Had to Pick a Demon".
Favaro: Rita is... "Eagle 2".
Rita: Oh, thank God.
***Later***
Favaro: *about Nina* "I'd Be Lying if I Said I Hadn't Thought About It" is in position.
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Azazel : * Having a seat on a tavern table* Sorry guys, I'm late.
Kaisar: Are you ok?
Favaro : What happened?
Azazel : Oh, nothing . I just didn't want to come.
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