Yorozu Is Like Shinobu Kocho: They Use Techniques That Emulate Insects To Compensate Their Physical Weakness.

Yorozu is like Shinobu Kocho: they use techniques that emulate insects to compensate their physical weakness.

This applied with Johnny vs Valentine from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run.

Obsessed with the duality of a hero who is constantly worried that they’re secretly the villain, always reflecting and questioning their methods as they fight the status quo. And yet we have their arch-nemesis, the villain, the ultimate antagonist; And THEY are absolutely convinced they’re the hero, they’re the Good Guy, with zero self-awareness, who is reaching out to our misguided protagonist, because they see themselves as wielding the Power of Friendship.

Only for our hero to see the hypocrisy of what they’re fighting and realize then and there that no, I am NOT the villain, and I AM right; And they are right for rebuking the ‘compassion’ of their villain, because sometimes you do have to fight. Sometimes you’ve gotta be ruthless in the face of performative kindness, and sometimes it’s okay and deserved. It’s the way the doubt leads to self awareness that is in itself a reassurance to the audience, whereas the blind confidence of the antagonist translates into an arrogant red flag.

Basically what Neo really wants is this:

I wouldn't be surprised if Neo ever had a scene like this:

Taking over the world was never Neo's wish. It was always Roman's. She sees no pride in conquering the Ever After or anything, she was only following him. She only wanted a family, friends, a place to belong.

The only thing I've ever really wanted, was to be understood.

It seems that Haganezuka is the ancestor of Yukako and Palm.

I've already written about how Belos feels a twisted solidarity towards Luz and this can be seen in King's Tide. He tells Luz that he wants to save her and tries to convince her to go with him to the Human Realm but when she rejects him, Belos decides to petrify her, seeing this as an act of solidarity and mercy because he believes that Luz was corrupted by witches and he wants to save her soul.

Later in Watching and Dreaming after being defeated by Luz, Belos tries to manipulate her by pretending to have a curse like Eda but after seeing that Luz doesn't believe him and that the boiling rain is melting him, Belos tells Luz that she should save him because If she doesn't, this act would make her just as evil as the witches and later Belos tell her they are human and humans must help each other and they are better than witches but Luz doesn't move and she lets Eda, King and Raine step on him.

One of the main messages of The Owl House is weirds stick together, that is, that no matter if you are weird you can always find a place to belong and Belos believes that this ideology is only for him and humans in general and that others that they aren't human don't deserve that solidarity. After all for Belos humans have to stick together.

Can we remember that Neo has always struggled to express her thoughts, to be heard and understood by others, and to be free?

After everything she has done it is quite ironic that she is possessed by Curious Cat, going against everything Neo fought for. After getting her revenge she has no one left, she realizes that no matter how powerful she becomes or if she eliminates her enemies Roman (the person who listened to her, understood and respected her for being her herself) will not return. Now that Cat has possessed her, Neo's worst nightmare has come true: not having control over herself and having no way to express what she thinks.

Neo clung to Roman, thinking that only he could understand her and respect her freedom, but she ended up isolating herself from others and hurting others, and now she is receiving the punishment of losing all the autonomy for which she has fought all her life.