Once Malevolence stirs a person’s heart, it seeps into the land. Only humans generate malevolence while malakhim/seraphim do not. From what I just learned in Berseria, malevolence is the embodiment of sin in a person’s heart. The world of Zestiria (and Berseria) is quite convoluted. They are both being true to themselves and believe what they are doing is right. His intentions are pure, which makes him a hero. Sorey believes murder is wrong and that salvation is only given through purification. She has good intentions, so she’s not purely a villain and not a hero simultaneously.
Rose believes death is salvation and that killing bad people will save the weak people who were oppressed by said bad person. They have their own standards of good and bad. Rose believes that people will be saved if bad people, the ones causing conflict, are gone. Sorey believes that saving people from malevolence is a way for his dream to come true. This pegs the fact that Rose and Sorey are very alike, but they have different views on ‘saving’ people. Rose and the Scattered Bones kill because they believe it will save lives. All people have their own standards of good and bad.Įpisode 14 reveals that Rose and the Scattered Bones killed the bishop not only because of his corrupt methods, but also that fact he and his men killed one of her acquaintances, Guren (The guy Rose wanted Sorey to meet). I guess it boils down to your views on what makes a person bad. I know I am asking a lot of questions, but these types of questions make people think. Because the man is corrupt, is disposing him the right thing to do? Does he deserve to die? Do all bad people deserve to die? Rose, the leader of the Scattered Bones She and her assassin’s guild dispose the bishop Gaspard because he is a holy man doing bad deeds like hiding money and disposing anyone who found out about the hidden underground fortune. Later in the episode, she walks out in the night and dons her Scattered Bones outfit. “I brought him here, so he’s my responsibility.” She also has a strong sense of justice as she did her best to defend Sorey from Sergei who wants to arrest him.
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She knows how to sell products and she knows where each product is from and knows who is a con and who is not, as shown in beginning with Rose and the herb merchants. She’s a good merchant who is beloved by many in Rolance. Sorey was still in the dark.Įpisode 13 shows the cheerful and merchant side of Rose when she’s with Sorey. In the previous season, we saw her both as a merchant and an assassin. If this applies in real life, it’s like saying “Is murder wrong?” To me, I think murder is wrong, but that is how I was raised since birth.
What is truly malevolent? The “disposing someone” part is also a foreshadowing of Rose’s actions because of her second job as an assassin where she kills. This is a common theme in these three episodes. For example, if disposing someone will save many, is that a malevolent deed? Is accepting a necessary evil make people malevolent?” Michael It’s being vague and not having clear answers. And if that’s Malevolence, I have it within me too. “Everyone has a tainted heart slumbering deep inside. Sorey meets the storyteller Mayvin in episode 13 where the latter tells him the story of Shepherd Michael.
The concept of Malevolence plays heavily throughout these three episodes. She prays to the deceased Michael to watch over Sorey’s journey where his feelings and experiences will lead to Sorey’s answer. Though, the world hasn’t lost hope for she is travelling with a new Shepherd. It seems that he hasn’t kept that promise because the age of calamity hasn’t been appeased and the world is on the verge of darkness. She remembers how Michael once said that it was his duty to rid the world of Malevolence. Lailah is remembering him as Sorey reminds her of him. There are also Tales of Berseria spoilers as well.Įpisode 13 starts with Lailah putting a quill pen back into the ink jar as she covers a presumably sleeping man with a blanket. Instead of doing the usual recap/thoughts posts, I think I’ll just write a review for every three episodes of the second season.Īnyways, let’s get onto the second season of Tales of Zestiria the X!Ĭontains spoilers from the game and the anime. This is because I keep holding this off until I realized that so many episodes have already been aired.