Cringe ik but I posted this on instagram before not here but if you want to submit a zine go ahead!!! I'd love to see more of people's mini zines :D
It's mostly a little event I have been running to try and get people making zines. If you are interested in helping out next Z.I.Y, give me a shout. Any ideas go a long way!
oh my god it's good to get to see these in-context finally
Vector's quality long-game plan, you kinda see it as a bit too good to be true that this new "transfer student" cozying up to Yuma is natural but you roll with it, then notice those quick nuanced looks the past 10-15 episodes as a little detail gets mentioned about the Barians and you start to see him look a little fishy, then "Vector" kidnaps him and has Yuma think he's dead to get him to lose his shit by also making this big reveal
And he set Yuma up with Limited Barian Force to use his fitting Vain - Sneer of Betrayal Trap on his "V" Monsters--his Hope Ray "V"
Seeing Yuma distraught at what he thought he knew crumbling, the trust he put into "Rei" all that time (and sticking up for him against Gilag ofc) working against him and even causing a slight rift between him and Astral... also, the BGM playing as this all goes down... He's being an absolute troll about it all, right down to using his Shingetsu voice to really rub salt into the wound, and yeah, it's good stuff
I did have some inkling at the twist eventually coming being in the fandom as long as I have and Vector being such a meme (but being so because he's seen as a great villain), but did my best to avoid/scroll past spoilers going into watching ZeXal for the first time the past while, and even then it was done pretty well to still make the twist land nicely.
[also, checked the dub on a whim, and it's nice the dialogue is mostly intact, but oof dub!Yuma really could not do distraught... though it was interesting that Liscio Jr. sounds like he played R[ei/ay]? Apparently Vector too, but they put a voice filter on him so even if he's supposed to be mockingly using Ray's voice it doesn't hit the same as JP!Vector mockingly going "I lured you here and you thought it was all for the beeest to involve people that didn't need to be"
Also, Durbe I think at some point in Vector's reveal originally says he's pulling "a clever move," his tone implying he's a bit annoyed at the lengths Vector's going here and that there's some history there, but that line's removed in the dub
also how dare they cut the close-up shot that got the entire episode's art budget spent on it]
who are ur most morally wrong characters? explain why they are if you can
All of the sins for obvious reasons, but some of them like Ure have redeeming qualities. The worst of the seven are Iro (wrath), Fugu (lust), and Connie (pride)
On a similar note, thrones sent to earth to encourage sins for redemption arcs are morally reprehensible, even if they see if for the greater good. Those include Felix and Holly
Dani kidnaps and experiments on people. Pretty self-explanatory
Ansel organizes underground botfighting matches which he created, even though he knows that alts can feel pain
Kiki eats people but she's just a girl okay
Parvo is a revenant who has lost all inklings of her humanity. Enjoys killing.