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No but seriously, don't be fooled by this scene, this scary "demon king" ends up being the most pathetic lovesick "villain" you can think of, and who will fuck the entire heavenly realm for his beloved and gives zero fucks about how other people besides her see him.

If only SnB would have used Azazel like that, he already had the perfect backstory from the game!!!

Honestly binging this show was the only thing that made me remember how much better Virgin Soul have been if main writer didn’t forcibly insert the cheeto into a forced romance plot with Nina and if they wanted to make a shoujo sequel to Rage of Bahamut they should have committed to it, instead of whatever clusterfuck happened, blessed be the writers of this show, they get us <3

We could have had it all ;-;

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Honestly binging this show was the only thing that made me remember how much better Virgin Soul have been if main writer didn’t forcibly insert the cheeto into a forced romance plot with Nina and if they wanted to make a shoujo sequel to Rage of Bahamut they should have committed to it, instead of whatever clusterfuck happened, blessed be the writers of this show, they get us <3

We could have had it all ;-;

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SnB VS

Now that this anime came to conlusion i wanted to share my opinion since there are too many things that I do not want to save for myself. It had some good moments and certain characters and plots that i really enjoyed, BUT:

First of all: It amazes me that the director allowed all this mess to happen, especially because he is the same person that worked in Genesis. The scriptwriter on the other hand…. What was she thinking? If she didn’t understand the previous season then why she was hired to do the job? Oh yeah, it’s supposed that she has experience with romantic plots and that’s why they left her do everything with Char/Nina but that isn’t even well done. I know there’s people who liked and loved these new characters, but lest face it: their romance was rushed and looks more like a teenager crush than the supposed tragedy and ruin they want to sell us.

Yes, they invested in beautiful dance scenes and I can tell that the first dance in episode 6 is quite enjoyable (the animators and musicians did a really great job), but the writer trying to make us feel sorry for this “sad love history“ is a huge mistake when we have the rest of characters in the background strugling with significantly more important issues (I speak of slavery, oppression, murder, deprivation of liberty and poverty).

I can’t feel bad for Char losing his mother if in the present they hardly give us opportunities to empathize with him and his poker face. I think that if instead of using all that screentime to see him eating, being shaved or bored in his throne it could had been more significant to lear about his past; maybe flashbacks about his mother along with the time he passed looking at that tomb (the only thing we know about him). The part that may keep you interested about him (besides trying to “understand him” as the rest of characters during 24 episodes) is to learn about this big plan he has, BUT they used this to hook the audience and keep it as the “big revelation”.

Nina on the other hand has serious emotional issues and is so unaware of herself, she started as an interesting MC with many possibilities to develop (she is so fast and stronger than any, she can turn into a dragon! She is friendly, funny and lovable) but for some reason the scriptwriter being a woman decided that we don’t have enough female characters used as the romantic interest whose goal in life is decided by the path the male chooses.

Nina spent this whole season being there, more as a viewer of the story than the one who leads it (what’s the point of the MC if is not this?), and she struggled trying to understand Char instead of thinking by herself. She chooses to hide everything from her friends about her relationship with the king only to make this plot dramatic. But when Rita, Favaro, Jeanne and the rest of characters around her start to acknowledge what’s going on NOTHING happens! At least nothing dramatic; we only have Favaro giving her love advices, and he doesn’t care much about being imprisoned who knows how much time and for what thanks to the king, he limits himself to tell her the evident, but doesnt do anything to stop the king and in fact lets him alive because of the love Nina has for him. So, the advices he gives doesn’t consider what kind of person Char seems to be and are based on his vision of love towards Amira and what happened to them, which is stupid considering who they are and the differences between their stories.

The only moment Nina makes a choice happens after one of her friends (a child) dies, thanks to her love interest orders. But the consequences and guilt of this dead are only blamed on one person (who latter payed with his life). All this to makes us suddenly think that the king has nothing to do with It because that was an old order, so Nina can move forward and love him again. Yei!

I’m not saying that Nina wanting to be with the person she choose is bad or that she is too selfish; putting aside her flaws when love is on the table, she is a good friend (she put herself in danger for them several times) the problem here is that she put this man she barely knows over a pedestal and lost herself  because of this: first she is empathic when Aza was in trouble and risked her secret to save him (even when she doesn’t consider him a friend), she seems mad at the king when hears him threatening to kill the demons if Azazel doesn’t return to fight, then she tells Char that she doesn’t like him and that he is a bad king (before knowing who he was), after this she suffers with Jeanne at the prison when she told her story.

But once she finds out he is the same person she liked then everything else doesn’t matter anymore, she stops thinking about what happened to her friends, she doesn’t care about goods being killed, or demons wounded and starving on the street. In fact, the scriptwriter had the guts to use those streets where the demons are living in poverty to create a romantic atmosphere between Char and Nina. So romantic and pure

Thanks to that romantic plot that wasted time, at the end we are left with several omissions and plot holes  should I mention that all the plans of the perfect and lovable king were based on a source as reliable as Martinet?. And when the moment of revelation comes (although at this point we already knew) we realized that all was for nothing: Charioce passed all those years enslaving demons, killing goods and destroying their homes, using his own people to build a stolen weapon, and then bringing back Bahamut to the Capital to NOTHING. Nina went throw this journey of self-discovery No this no, Mugaro, Kaisar and Ale died along with several others, Rita went back where she started (puppet zombies, remember?) Jeanne lost her child after being banished from her home, Aza went through his painful usage ever for NOTHING.

Favaro said it in the final cut: Bahamut is still alive, and that was obvious: we are talking about an existence stronger than every demon or good portrayed till now; Satan and Zeus sacrificed themselves only to seal him for a couple of years. But thanks to power of teenage crush it only took Nina and Char 10 seconds this time! Amazing

NOTHING else than portraying Char as the big hero who had to suffer and pay a big cost in exchange of the lives of his people. The cost of his actions: he is blind now. Another plot hole since the Onyx soldier died in very graphic ways and the power to use the weapon seemed to require a significant amount of energy, but the Ikemen Char is almost intact (I bet Mugaro will gladly choose being blind than dead).

What was the conclusion for the rest of characters? Right, they didn’t had enough time so they tells us very quickly that Jeanne lives with the goods, and decided to left Char alive, Aza went somewhere, and decided to left Char alive, Lucifer and all the high ranked demons who? are nowhere to be seen, and they let Char alive, Gabriel and the rest of goods, nowhere to be seen, and they let Char alive.

But that’s good, because now the things are different, for example the slaves are now payed and decided to stay in Anatae (of course, Cocytus was destroyed). The arena is closed. I guess, because there was no time to clarify that. (The demons of the red district are payed now, too? Or they closed the place?) Who knows. People of Anatae is now able to worship their goods again? Doesn’t matter, any of this. Because the romance between Char and Nina was the principal problem to solve. But I forget, she is mute now. So, not only she chooses everything thinking first on Char, she also payed for him. Lovely

Conclusion: They had 24 episodes, the double of time than Genesis; that should have been enough to explain things but they managed to make a mess full of plot holes and the MCs stayed almost the same through the history, the problem that they presented to us in the first 8 chapters was put aside and magical solved with money at the end, and in top of that they killed characters whose porpoise was unclear. Mugaro my poor child. Talking about animation I think it was better than Genesis, and the music is great. But as a fan of the game and the previous season it left me really anoyed. The disappointment came since chapter 12.

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If the whole point of Nina's trigger of becoming a dragon being handsome guys, was going to be revealed as a deep rooted trauma on her father dying and how that supposedly connected with all the cute guys she transformed over being older than her and about them reminding her to her dad, then her character arc would have been much, MUCH better if the king would have been an older man instead of a romantic interest, who didn't make her transform because he would be the first father figure she had since the death of her dad and wouldn't confuse the feeling for a crush like with other men, and it would be more heartbreaking when she discovered this kind old man was the cruel king who killed and enslaved countless demons, in this essay I will-

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Found an app that allows you to make your own mermaids, and I guess I had no better use for it, than to make a Nina mermaid!

I tried to do my best to respect her design with the palette and options available, while also giving her a “wild” feel for her dragon! 

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Amazing fanarts about Azazel. He is my favourite character from each 2 seasons. 😁❤

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Awesome cosplay of Azazel. 😁😍❤❤❤

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So I got anon hate...

I won't even answer them properly, nor will I try to defend Aza or do anything, cuz that's what they want, instead they'll straight to my block list (yes, you can block anons 😂) but here are screenshots for your enjoyment.

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[GBF] stay safe from the sun

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Fam azazel

Idk i like drawing him a girl lol

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Random azazel sketch hshshsh i missed this boy

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Recently, I have been thinking about Azazel a lot, so as I was bored, I decided to draw him to help this thoughts go away.

I wanted to draw something like he was with a "Are you serious? Right in front of my salad?" face, and I hope it looks like. Lol

Original posted by ShiroUsag1

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Feeling Azazel’s gaze, The Captain raises a hand. [video credit]

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Anime Crushes:

Azazel ( Shingeki no Bahamut)

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I’m watching Rage of Bahamut with my friends and we have two episodes left and I am very heart broke and Upset

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Nina: I’ve been dropping him the most insanely obvious hints for, like, a year now. No response.

Azazel: Wow, he sounds stupid.

Nina: But he’s not. He's really smart actually. Just... dense.

Azazel: Maybe you need to be more obvious? Like, I don’t know... “Hey! I love you!”

Nina: I guess you’re right. Hey, Azazel, I love you.

Azazel: See? Just like that.

Nina: Holy fuckin shit.

Azazel: If that flies over his head, then sorry, Nina, but he's too dumb for you.