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Happy father's day!

reference:

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Devil May Cry 5 – Visions of V – by Ogata Tomio

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Reread VoV again and how have I never noticed that when faced with his brother bloodied and beaten, V says Dante's name?! With such a horrified face?

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If you listen closely, you can hear my heart shattering

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sometimes i remember visions of v and i get so physically ill... makes me shudder...

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These cuties.😭

But how could Eva handle them lol. They beat each other black and blue in seconds.

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.as did i

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So much to unpack here; the implications that Devil Sword Sparda perhaps has a mind of its own, a piece of Sparda and it was no accident the sword and Dante fell so close to each other after facing Urizen: Sparda's soul was protecting his son by concealing his presence from predators for months. Dante was slumbering in Sparda's shadow.

Second: V may not be 100% Vergil but shares many of his traits including the belief that Dante was the chosen favourite...Vergil believed their mother, Eva died protecting Dante while he was left behind. And now he witnessed their father, Sparda protecting Dante. To V/Vergil, Dante was the favorite "chosen" child. It wasn't true of course but the circumstances fed that belief.

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POV you read the old librarian's diary in DMC5's documents:

"That child is no longer in this town. He disappeared amidst circumstances most unsavory. Perhaps he is no longer in this world.

To think that a promising youth like that could lose his life, while a lout like me still drags on... the thought is almost unbearable

I am already in my twilight years...

Perhaps that is why I recall that youth's serene eyes at every opportunity.

That pure, untainted youth."

*Note: The panel is in Spanish bc it's what I had on hand*

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"I can't ask anyone for help."

"I'll just do it myself. I have to in order to survive."

-Visions of V

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Devil May Cry 5 – Visions of V – by Ogata Tomio

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Visions

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you're chasing phantoms.

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I adore how Dante just oozes little bro energy. Like, take this page from the Visions of V manga, which happens after Dante has been pestering Vergil to pay attention to him:

Vergil stomps him into the ground so hard he starts bleeding from his mouth. Vergil slammed his foot into his chest not his face, which means Vergil probably hit him hard enough to cause some serious internal bleeding if there's blood coming from his mouth.

And Dante's only reaction is "Yes, excellent, big brother is finally doing exactly what I wanted >:D"

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Dante's reaction when V names Vergil:

Dante DOES NOT fool around about his brother.

It's scary to see him angry.

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Me: I just want to see Capcom acknowledge that Vergil went through a traumatic experience as Nelo Angelo.

VoV:

Me: Wait hang on I didn't mean it

VoV:

Me: FUCK STOP I'M SORRY

VoV:

Me: MAKE IT STOP

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You know what I find a fun background tidbit?

Vergil's hair.

Or the fact that he only spikes it up because of Dante. At least in the manga.

Like, we know he used to keep his hair spiky before the fire. Either this was something Eva did for him or he did it himself to differentiate from Dante.

But then the attack happens and he loses his spikes for the hair-down style his brother is known for. And Vergil does not put it back up again as far as we can see.

Not until the dmc3 manga that is.

There we still see him walking around with his hair down, even meeting Arkham like this.

You wanna know when he starts spiking it up again?

Well, it's right at the moment Enzo confirms to Vergil that Dante is alive and in the city!

Look at him being all dramatic!

So yeah, if you ignore what the games provide in this regard, Vergil probably kept his hair down during the entire decade he and Dante thought each other dead. Maybe it was Vergil's tribute to his younger twin or it was just him not seeing a point in styling his hair like he used to, because who he was supposed to set himself apart from was already dead.

And because of that, as soon as Dante is confirmed to be around still, he's got reason to do so again. Least of all to not be mistaken for his brother by more drunken people xD