The real reason why V tried to stab Dante in Devil May Cry 5 - mini lore video

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  • @LadyAsmodeus
    @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +51

    The point I was making with this video, is showing how V saying "I thought this might be the only way to wake you", is could be interpreted as a reference to the cutscene in dmc 3, when Vergil stabs Dante, and as a conscequence, his devil trigger awakens - and the reason why I'm explaining V is thinking like Vergil and have his memories, is to help people give a context of this observation. It might be obvious to you, but not for others. V is a difficult character to understand, and most players didn't read visions of V - so please be understanding

  • @shadicwpm6290
    @shadicwpm6290 Год назад +307

    basically V used the power of PTSD to wake his pizza eating ass up

    • @ultimatecontagion
      @ultimatecontagion Год назад +1

      Why you gotta say it like that? 😭😭😭😂🤣😊💀

    • @shadicwpm6290
      @shadicwpm6290 Год назад +2

      @@ultimatecontagion cuz i can

  • @Tofuuuuuu
    @Tofuuuuuu Год назад +109

    If you read the manga you can understand a lot of this subtext. V actually goes through a lot of PTSD moments and experiences Vergil's memories in real-time.

    • @Lenkii
      @Lenkii Год назад +4

      yeah it was a great read honestly

  • @ZeroNeedsCoffee
    @ZeroNeedsCoffee 4 месяца назад +7

    OH THATS WHY VERGIL THANKS NERO! FOR LOOKING AFTER V! I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  4 месяца назад +1

      yeah it seems like he regained V's memories

  • @LadyAsmodeus
    @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +79

    I've been thinking about this: its hard to tell if he literally becomes vergil's consciousness, or just having a confusion of memories and identity and thats why he refers to vergil in first person - but I think its possible that as he regains his memories he becomes vergil's full human version with the same consciousness - I mean so basically if he is the same person but in a different body - that would explain why he refers to vergil in complete first person

    • @PauloH100
      @PauloH100 Год назад +20

      V has 100% of Vergil's memories and thoughts, he is literally Vergil, just without his power
      So no, he doesn't have fragmented memories either or his "evil" part stayed with Urizen.
      And he only chose the name V to avoid being discovered by Dante (He chose this name after looking at the gigantic V that he made in Vergil's poetry book)
      This is made much clearer in the official DMC 5 Manga "Visions Of V"

  • @Michelletto0
    @Michelletto0 Год назад +57

    Good video that does explain a bit of V's character and why he acted the way he did, good work

  • @LadyAsmodeus
    @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +164

    although now to think about it, V is a bit more ruthless: he almost stabbed Dante right in the face instead of the chest - so ye he might have died from that instead of waking up, but hey he even survived being shot in the head before so who knows

    • @wilburforce8046
      @wilburforce8046 Год назад +41

      That bullet had no demon energy so it wouldn’t have done shit.
      This sword here though, yea it could have maybe killed him. Tbh I have no idea what even *can* one shot the demon boys since their one and only weakness so far in the series is getting tired.

    • @The_Real_SmolOrTem
      @The_Real_SmolOrTem Год назад +7

      @@wilburforce8046 have you considered red orbs-

    • @wilburforce8046
      @wilburforce8046 Год назад +1

      @@The_Real_SmolOrTem wdym

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +5

      @@wilburforce8046 true :D

    • @The_Real_SmolOrTem
      @The_Real_SmolOrTem Год назад +9

      @@wilburforce8046 Red Orbs. = Revive = Live = Death = Revive = - Red Orbs = Life = Kill = Red Orbs.

  • @Srt_resium
    @Srt_resium Год назад +72

    Interesting how v is the representation of vergils humanity and not a proper human
    Just as urizen is the representation of Virgil’s desires for power and control
    It’s not that they are the real things there more like echos of vergils personality and abilities
    Like how v has sword skills
    And urizen uses magic
    And the familiars are all of v’s negative feelings personified
    And when Vergil merged he was missing those pieces which makes him seem oddly mature compared to earlier games
    They really thought hard on the plot

    • @Countdownsmiles
      @Countdownsmiles Год назад +2

      Except that Vergil has no reason to personify his negative feelings through Griffon, Shadow and Nightmare, it's not like they shared a bunk bed. If his "negative feelings" were to give form they should have Mundus' form, not his lackies. Not to mention Vergil's entire motivation has been retconned, and instead of the regret of not having the power to protect his mother despite being a demon, the son of the demon who repelled an army single-handedly, he now despises his mother for not trying to protect him and protecting his twin instead, something he's corrected of later, and all he has to say about it is "it doesn't matter" the character who says "motivation" as a catchphrase has none in this game. The qliphoth wasn't even his idea, he just eats the fruit and sits on top with nothing to do but watch humans die, waiting for someone to show up so he can fight. He seriously has no business being in the game written specifically for him. It's insulting

    • @neo4r4
      @neo4r4 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@Countdownsmiles what does the first sentence even mean. he did not personify them consciously lol, but the lackies were most likely made specifically for V's character/gameplay, doesn't take a genius to understand it. the idea of using familiars was fresh and great. they fit V's style much more than some big bad mundus ghost.
      where does it say he despises his mother? they just added to his insecurities more by making him feel not only helpless but betrayed/left alone. if anything, him thinking eva abandoned him when she was actually attacked by demons WHILE searching for him gives it more flair and tragedy, and explains his animosity towards dante more and why he never looked for him despite knowing he was alive (vision of v and dmc3 manga both confirm it). everything's still the same - feeling inferior when not being in control and using power to have that control have always been his thing because of the trauma, and it's still there. he came back from losing to dante at least twice despite having power, which is a huge deal to him, and now he is losing both control and power despite embracing his demonic nature that he considers more powerful. i think this + V's experience + urizen memories of dante telling the truth about their mother all are the things that forced him to question things later, before the final battle.
      "it doesn't matter" can be interpreted in different ways tbh, but in general you have to probably consider that both v and urizen, while parts of vergil, are most likely exaggerated when separated from him. so "it doesn't matter" perfectly fits his pure demon form, no? can't imagine urizen suddenly having common sense and stopping everything just because it turns out vergil wasn't abandoned. his feelings are more complex than that i am sure.
      the only unexplainable retconned thing about vergil is probably him literally exploding in dmc1 and then coming back somehow

    • @Countdownsmiles
      @Countdownsmiles 11 месяцев назад

      @@neo4r4 Conscious or not Griffon, Shadow and Nightmare have literally nothing to do with Vergil. waving it away because oh v needed gameplay is completely retarded. His gameplay could have been anything, his design could have been anything, he was a blank slate and they chose the form that made no sense. That shouldn't take a genius to understand, but apparently nobody at capcom was smart enough to see how stupid it is.

  • @jaxondumo
    @jaxondumo Год назад +91

    Technically V was right in sparda powering up dante, just in a different order. (For those that don't know SDT is unlocked when Dante stabs himself with rebelion and Sparda combines with it to form Devil sword dante and give dante SDT)

    • @ch4rlesiv115
      @ch4rlesiv115 Год назад +11

      I'm pretty sure the Devil Sword Sparda and Rebellion contained Sparda's own power. If I'm not mistaken Sparda split his power three ways, each portion going into the Rebellion, Yamato and Force Edge respectively so in a way Dante completely absorbed two thirds of his father's power into himself
      which also now that I think about it really puts into perspective the power of the Qliphoth fruit or Sparda, whatever way you wanna think about it
      Dante having absorbed two thirds of Sparda's power and Vergil with the Qliphoth fruit + Yamato (remember, that's one third of Sparda's power) were equally matched

    • @riluna3695
      @riluna3695 Год назад +6

      @@ch4rlesiv115 The math on that checks out. Sparda defeated a fruit-eating Mundus, so that equaling a third of however much of his power he put into those swords seems about right. Man, Sparda was scary....glad he's on our side.

    • @romeromcgregor7924
      @romeromcgregor7924 Год назад

      ​​​@@riluna3695not really, Urizen has more power than Mundus who only ate Qlipooth fruit.
      1. Urizen is already got power boost from Yamato and Nero Devil Bringer
      2. He connected to Qlipooth which give him amount supply of energy
      3. He using humans blood which also one of Demon power source to getting stronger, for a freakin month.
      4. He indirectly called Sparda power ain't shit even when Dante use that, considering Dante is already surpasses Sparda by DMC 2 and Urizen stomp him, 3 times infact.
      5. The same Dante who by vol 02 novel, kill the strongest version of Mundus in alternate universe, where he won and conquer both realms and become Void(yeah he literally become Void himself) who also nexus to both realms(Nexus is a power source, think about Mundus as generator to power up the electricity energy in entire country) and also killed Sparda.
      6. Dante also received some power boost from Qlipooth when he was in coma state for a month, not only absorbed Sparda and Rebellion, he also got boost from that Tree.
      Not saying Sparda is weak, but if you compare him to Urizen or Dante, he's clearly out of league.

  • @terx_17os
    @terx_17os Год назад +22

    Its cool how you noticed all these things , i would never known about these things , actually didn't know that V has that deep bond with vergil , Great job .

  • @essentialcollectibles2153
    @essentialcollectibles2153 Год назад +96

    new theory:
    dante has a fetish for being shishkebobbed
    evidence:
    he gets shishkebobbed so many times. hes so cool, hes so badass. surely he could just NOT get stabbed. Infact, refer to his interaction with V when V is gonna stab him. He says "i thought you were gonna shishkebob me" he wouldn't know that from the split second he woke up. Surely he must've been pretending to sleep and was very disappointed when V didn't stab him.

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +34

      there is deep lore behind every word

    • @doubleseventhreefour
      @doubleseventhreefour Год назад +24

      so dante likes getting pierced with long objects? maybe he really is a gay cowboy

    • @glizzynator5258
      @glizzynator5258 Год назад +3

      ​@@doubleseventhreefourhe did turn down Lucia's offer of marriage.

    • @doubleseventhreefour
      @doubleseventhreefour Год назад +1

      @@glizzynator5258 Marriage?? If this is from one of the books PLEASE tell me which one

    • @glizzynator5258
      @glizzynator5258 Год назад +4

      @@doubleseventhreefour DMC light novel 3. Happens after dmc4.

  • @rc59191
    @rc59191 Год назад +77

    I'm still trying to figure out where V got the money to hire Dante.

    • @Darkseany
      @Darkseany Год назад +62

      He didn't need money.
      One mention of Vergil returning was more than enough to get Dante up from his chair. At least in the manga anyway.

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +82

      in the manga he beats up bad guys on the street and steals their money :3

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 Год назад +10

      @@LadyAsmodeus oh I didn't know that lol I'll have to checkout the manga now.

    • @Darkseany
      @Darkseany Год назад +35

      @@rc59191 and their clothes for that matter.
      That's where he got the outfit in the first place.
      Visions of V. Great short manga. Really puts Vergil's character into perspective.

    • @DarkMirria1
      @DarkMirria1 Год назад +7

      Street thugs try to mug him and he reverse mugs them. He reverse uno’d them. (In both the manga and novel.)

  • @rebella_rism
    @rebella_rism Год назад +4

    Why is this channel still not going viral? This is gold. The details you find are gold!

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад

      aw :3 its okay if its small, all that matters is plenty of dmc fans got reached

  • @kuropitanmmd4067
    @kuropitanmmd4067 Год назад +9

    i love how you can see V's thoughts more thoroughly in Visions of V manga. Where it's DMC5 but at V's POV

  • @MarinetteDupainCheng564
    @MarinetteDupainCheng564 Год назад +9

    i also think why Vergil separated his Demon and human self is a callback to Arkham.
    Arkham claimed that Vergil is "incomplete" being as a Demon/Human Hybrid.
    and there is another hint to V in Vergil. before the last fight with Nero, Vergil did the same thing with Yamato as V did with his cane.

  • @LoneMaestro-
    @LoneMaestro- Год назад +15

    Dantes Rebillion Unites man and devil.
    Virgils Yamato separates man and devil.
    Virgil would go on as V and witness the chaos of Urisan and he would feel responsible. Vergil would final be a better person as he fused together again and accept his Humanity he always have discarded even reflecting on the clyflox.
    *"If I had your life and you had mine? Would things be different"*
    Dante would grow to accept his demon half because of the rebellion. He would fuse with the Devil Sword Sparda.
    It is almost as if Sparda gave them these swords to teach them how to find balance as a Man and a Devil.

  • @mikasq7985
    @mikasq7985 Год назад +21

    chill bro it is a prank. the prank

  • @vrtex17
    @vrtex17 Год назад +7

    I'm pretty sure getting stabbed all the way through is a lifestyle choice for Dante now

  • @Nerothedeadweight2387
    @Nerothedeadweight2387 Год назад +3

    Yeah he have the Vergil's memories, It has been proved in Dmc Vision of V manga when they show a flashback of Vergil's childhood right before the Demons attack him and his family

  • @FluppietheRockruffFan
    @FluppietheRockruffFan 4 месяца назад +1

    Just want to point out Dante doesn't ask V who he is or why he is here, he instantly connected the dots, for players its missable but very good foreshadowing on V's true identity

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  4 месяца назад

      he didn't realize, and he was asking who he is when V enters his office - thats the whole point of why V comes up with the name V to hide his identity, then motivates dante to go fight urizen by revealing its vergil

    • @Mafeijora
      @Mafeijora 4 месяца назад

      @@LadyAsmodeus I think he meant that when V tells Dante he knows how stubborn he can be, Dante didn't question it because he likely connected the dots already

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  4 месяца назад

      @@Mafeijora I prefer to interpret it that he only understands who v is when its too late and he is about to reunite with urizen - I still really hate the way they made dante react to vergil with anger and trying to stop him from being reborn, but thats my personal opinion :" - cause based on dmc 3, he misses and cares about him

  • @xgnik5334
    @xgnik5334 Год назад +3

    It's not a Devil May Cry game unless the protag gets stabbed once or many times. Usually in the chest.

  • @anonymall
    @anonymall Год назад +3

    If I had a nickel for every time Vergil was not Vergil, I'd have 2 nickels.

    • @chrischl8003
      @chrischl8003 Год назад +2

      Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

  • @doncinati7644
    @doncinati7644 Год назад +5

    And idiots online say DMC has no story. Even more idiotic is that they some many don’t care (which is part true for only a good portion of the fanbase)
    But videos like this do come to make me appreciate DMC 5’s story a bit more, even if it’s better told in VoV

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад

      its better not to get emotional when you encounter people who dislike the games you love, and try to find a good community instead where you can discuss things :3 so far I think the dmc community is super amazing and dedicated, you can find so many good channels on youtube~

    • @doncinati7644
      @doncinati7644 Год назад

      @@LadyAsmodeus oh no trust me i haven’t engaged with them even once i was just relaying what Ive seen in various comment sections, despite that i dont really like to engage with a fandom when consuming media anyways, never mind all that, this was a great video btw

  • @walkerdev1
    @walkerdev1 Год назад +1

    When V talks about beating urizen, I thought he was talking about how he was too weak to stop himself as V. Then the never havi f been born part relates to Vergil as a whole

  • @mysticrose9088
    @mysticrose9088 Год назад

    Very well made video! Good job!

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +1

      aw thank you :3

    • @mysticrose9088
      @mysticrose9088 Год назад

      @@LadyAsmodeus I had been wondering as well why V had attacked Dante like that, and felt like the video was very informative about V. Loved it

  • @Avirxu
    @Avirxu Год назад +2

    This is really good

  • @myladychaos
    @myladychaos Год назад

    2:41 the second I lost my shit and turned into an excited little balloon loosing all of its air XD

  • @Darkseany
    @Darkseany 7 месяцев назад

    There are two things that were split evenly between Urizen and V.
    The fear of being weak and vulnerable,
    And contempt for their foolish little brother.

  • @LegionMakz
    @LegionMakz Год назад +2

    Great video!

  • @doubleseventhreefour
    @doubleseventhreefour Год назад +4

    wouldn't dante have just absorbed sparda + rebellion if he got stabbed and immediately go off and kill urizen before he gets the fruit?

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +5

      hm, maybe he should've stabbed him after all

    • @breckhhh
      @breckhhh Год назад +2

      his body was weak, I don't think he would be able to sustain all that power, and even if he did I don't think he would be powerful enough to defeat Urizen.
      I mean, isn't the whole point that the Rebellion unifies man and devil? how would it unify when they are separated?

  • @DavidUtau
    @DavidUtau Год назад +2

    Nice video bro

  • @ch4rlesiv115
    @ch4rlesiv115 Год назад +4

    One thing that confuses me is the idea that V is "regaining" Vergil's memories
    I've read Visions of V and VOV makes it seem like he remembers everything from the start, when he plans to meet Dante he and Griffon talk about Dante in a way that clearly shows V sees Dante as his brother and is nervous to see him again after so long - V also appears to be tormented by Vergil's memories right from the start too, seeing visions of DMC3 Dante before he even goes to the Devil May Cry shop (which is also a cool detail that he sees DMC3 Dante since that would be the last time Vergil saw Dante, not counting when he was Nelo Angelo in DMC1)
    Also the scene where V talks about "this town was attacked once before, in fact I was playing right here" in Visions of V Vergil isn't playing in that scene, he runs off to read his book after an argument with Dante and his mother and is attacked by demons
    My point here being it might be possible that VOV takes canon priority and retcons the idea of V regaining Vergil's memories, if I'm not mistaken the DMC4 novel Deadly Fortune did this so it's not out of the question that VOV retcons a few things and takes canon priority over V's character

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +3

      yeah seems like I pissed off many viewers by saying "V starts remembering" and then pointing out that he always remembered - I just tried quoting him when he said "I just remembered something...."

    • @ch4rlesiv115
      @ch4rlesiv115 Год назад +1

      @@LadyAsmodeus nah you're not wrong about V slowly remembering Vergil's life, I think it's just a case of VOV retconning that idea

    • @Anne-Ayame
      @Anne-Ayame Год назад +3

      I took my VoV vol.4 and read it again, found that the scene V said he was playing right there is correspond. Little Vergil argued with Dante and his mother, saying he was going to read his book(but left his book at home, actually.), then he was sitting on that horse-shaped chair, and having some little complain on Dante and mommy.I suppose here is no any modifications to the game plot?
      And, about the contradictions between V said "have just remembered something." in the game plot, and the fact in VoV said V had the whole memory at first. It could be that it had been a long long time, so even V had a complete memory of Vergil,he still couldn't recall it clearly until he came to the place in the memory.(Also, it's really a bad nightmare to him……too hard to think about everythings happend at that day.)
      (Sorry for my English skills, it‘s just not good.)

  • @jonnyjolley7003
    @jonnyjolley7003 Год назад

    Not like dante would die anyway, dude has got the fastest healing factor known to man

  • @The_Real_SmolOrTem
    @The_Real_SmolOrTem Год назад +1

    taking aside the lore if your just bored
    play 4:24 at 2 Times speed for that one meme of "DIES OF CRINGE"

  • @CommandaInChief
    @CommandaInChief Год назад

    Definitely recommend Visions of V.

  • @Jovan471
    @Jovan471 Год назад

    Yo we are talking about dante here even knowing him for an hour would make u question if such stubornens is possible

  • @karinareyes7956
    @karinareyes7956 11 месяцев назад

    All this is explained in "Visions of V"

  • @Vivern-qf2or
    @Vivern-qf2or 6 месяцев назад

    Have you read the manga?

  • @Splatboy0612
    @Splatboy0612 Год назад

    So Vergil isn't actually evil

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +2

      not really~ he is just a confused and traumatized boy

    • @Splatboy0612
      @Splatboy0612 Год назад +1

      @@LadyAsmodeushe just wants to be loved, he's literally me

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +1

      @@Splatboy0612 yeah vergil and v are very relatable characters~

    • @romeromcgregor7924
      @romeromcgregor7924 Год назад +1

      ​@@Splatboy0612he's clearly evil lol, Urizen is proof of that. Not to mention he did kill civilian's when raising Teme Ni Gru.

  • @prototypelq8574
    @prototypelq8574 Год назад +1

    guys....get a tumblr. there's a big cool dmc community and I don't want to rain on your parade, but there are newer and much more convincing theories on this matter posted there, at least in my opinion

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +2

      I was addicted to tumblr once, cause it was so good - but not using it since many years, and not planning on going back :3 I enjoy youtube more

  • @mrluthfians01
    @mrluthfians01 Год назад

    i mean v know who he is from the start, just read the manga dude

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад +4

      yes I read it and I really liked it :)

  • @slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447
    @slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 Год назад +1

    1.06 they met at least month before that cutscene. your point still stands, but it's a pretty massive difference in time
    1.17 he doesn't "start" remebering Vergil's memories, he had them all along. as we can from his dialogue in "visions of V". seriously, where are you getting this from? V is arguably not even a separate person

    • @LadyAsmodeus
      @LadyAsmodeus  Год назад

      Yes, I read visions of V. And I just tried to point out that in that cutscene, he recalls his memories, like "I just remembered something." - And yes, I was also thinking about if he is Vergil himself, or a different person who has his memories. Its quite hard to imagine how he feels. - I like the idea of V being literally Vergil tho, just with a bit different personality

    • @slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447
      @slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 Год назад

      @@LadyAsmodeus "I like the idea of V being literally Vergil tho, just with a bit different personality"
      that's how i think of it too

  • @burakbalaban3550
    @burakbalaban3550 Год назад

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