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Whoever said Devil May Cry didn’t have deeper themes? 😂 Thanks for bringing a deeper enjoyment in this game for me. I’m gonna pick it back up and play.

I love this so much. Could you say, in a way, V could be seen as a sort of "brother" of Nero? V was created by Vergil, like Nero. And there's also the meta knowledge of V being based on the original design of Nero.

Regardless of a cannon explanation, do you think that’s why they are no longer identical, because thematically they are no longer reflections of each other?

i see DMC4's ending as Nero not needing Dante anymore, but the world still needs him

Love it! Sparda family is cool and creazy!

thank you for this new masterpiece! I really enjoyed all your DMC video essays, and I find myself learning something new every time, be it Japanese folklore, history, Buddhism or gothic tropes. keep up the amazing work!

It's real nice to see Muse get so excited about something again. Never thought it would be DMC but here we are

I love how much extra knowledge you've brought to me and how it's made me have a deeper understanding and appreciation, not just for DMC, but for Japanese storytelling in general. I'm kinda stoked that I inadvertently put a twist in the soul-splitting idea in my own writing - in this case a soul split away and sealed in jewellery to keep someone from dying, but it's got long term damage and consequences for both parties. I had no idea that it had those connotations in Japanese folklore.

This is such an incredible video essay! You've got history, religion, and literary analysis. This is so well written I can't get over it pls keep making content like this

this is gotta be one of my favorite videos about dmc ever, thanks for always giving us quality stuff, Muse 😊

The doppelganger in this video reminds me of the Shadow Archetype from Carl Jung's book Aion!

This is such a great and epic episode Muse :) cheers and thankyou so very much xo I love how you bring all the details and storys together. Absolutely fantastic job AJ your fan always Daniel Meredith xo

This is absolutely amazing! Good job!

This is awesome! thank you a lot, i enjoyed this insanely!

Thank you for opening my mind to the topics in this video! That was an excellent video.

Thank you again for your hard work! I love your DMC videos.

This is so very interesting Muse im getting Gooseflesh just listening to your beautiful story telling voice xo

great video! I've been revising the DMC series lately, and this was a refreshing take on an old favorite.

very, very good. Great job.

amazing vid keep going

You need and deserve more views

Already love this video, your work is always impecable and wonderful :)

Let's Rock!!!

Dmc + persona ❤️❤️

Great video! May have been pertinent to mention the names of Dante and Virgil being directly linked to a story about descending into hell together, but that's just a nitpick and may have been outside the narrative scope of gothic western lit to eastern japanese media. Either way, wonderful analysis! I laughed really hard at "Virgil just tried to k*** himself" because yeah, he did didn't he?

Is this why Maria is in Silent Hill 2? She is meant to be a lesson for James. Pyramid Head is like a doppelgänger of James to teach him. This is so interesting.

That GX player looks highly reliable and efficient Muse :)

in final fantasy.. themes.. this could be see as Dualism..check the wiki ..if you want..

Just like that Black Swan movie xo

Hello. I find it interesting, the japanses point if view toward the human's soul.

In DMC5 If you summon your doppelganger as Vergil he will mimic your movement with various delays - fast, slow and reeaal slow (you can change it with D-Pad). Getting double damage is nice, but there are many different synergies you can create with Doppel beyond just making two delayed moves: 0. Doppelganger activation creates an explosion that launches enemies high up (doesn't matter if you or enemies are airborne) it deals some damage and can stagger some large enemies, provides invincibility during activation, affected by movement inputs (allowing Vergil to float for a little time in any direction) and activation can cancel almost anything you do; 1. Doppel only uses Yamato and can do individual Judgment Cuts (useful with charged Beowulf attacks and Mirage Edge throw); 2. Doppel doesn't actually "copy" what you do - he is more of a puppet like V's familiars - if Vergil and Doppel "sandwich" The opponent they will do reverse inputs depending on the direction they are facing (understanding this is important as it allows you to combine normals and specials); 3. Doppel will always teleport to you if he performs a perfect judgment cut (even if you're not using Yamato) Alternatively you can change Doppel's speed to the one he is already on and it will teleport him to Vergil (always to Vergil's right) All these techniques provide high cancel properties. Normal teleport doesn't have such effect; 4. Doppel can't do Trick Up and Trick Down - this is the most important technique to master in separating Doppel and Vergil; 5. Doppel disappears when Vergil performs his ultimate attacks (JC.End, Hell on Earth, Deep Stinger); 6. You have full controll of Doppel during taunts (he cannot copy any of them including air taunts) Bloody Palace taunt cannot be cancelled by attacking and so works best for stylish solo Doppel combos; 7. Vergil's Doppelganger is always in Sdt but he cannot access unique Sdt combos unless Vergil is also in Sdt, but Doppel runs (a little bit) faster than base Vergil. Awesome analysis btw. Always lovely to learn more about my favorite characters!

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Makes sense why that last scene in DMCV Veril sounds happy to fight along with his brother Dante 🤗 but if DMCV was where Vergil gained compassion and love to humans how the hell did he become a father?!? Unless it seems he just had a child with some random human without being cautious 🤣 cause it doesnt make sense why he would be romantic with a partner when he had yet to understand that concept

Maybe somehow we are all doppelgangers !?

19:43 i see what u did there

Can't help but notice in the dmc videos.....does the gaming muse KNOW Mundus's name is pronounced MOON-DUS not MUHN-DUS?!

I use opera to watch KZfaq with zero ads. I once heard it’s a Chinese app but I don’t care enough to research.

the concept is about a person unmasking the persona they had created to themselves and started to believe and removing the illusions of their coping mechanisms and accepting their true self but its funny how a lot the historic and cultural symbolism used to describe the messages of smc3 will only be understood by the japanese playes and very few minorites outside of japan will understand or appriciate them..i dont even know if the developers knows this or not because this was suppose to be a game to appeal to an international audiance an almost caricature of how japanese people view the western extravagant man .. which goes to show the difference in cultural education and knowledge between the average japanes and western man

Where you got that dante is alcoholic in 5

One of my favorite instances of the doppleganger is probably Persona 4. The Persona series are full of dopplegangers or "shadows" as the game calls them, each shadow representing an exaggerated flaw of each of the main characters. And in order for the characters to gain a new persona they have to accept their shadow, except the worst parts of who they are and gain a new ability from it. I feel like that ties perfectly into this vid.