One Thing I’ve Been Noticing As The Series Progresses Is How Much Masiosare And Don Complement Each

One thing I’ve been noticing as the series progresses is how much Masiosare and Don complement each other as antagonists?

Ok so when we first see Don he’s the calm, kind, and collected leader of the Room of Swords. He’s the forgiving one. The only one who seems to be reasonable and open to Gyrus even after what he’s done. He serves as a contrast between the seemingly edgy and cruel Black Box Gyrus.

However, as the series progresses, we slowly start to realize that BB!Gyrus is the reasonable one,,, and Don was the cold blooded and heartless murderer. As BB!Gyrus officially redeems himself in the hearts of the fandom and his reset self, Don’s actions have damned him. This ultimately comes to a head as Don reveals himself as the cockroach king and Gyrus competes the black box.

Coincidentally, just as we grow to like BB!Gyrus, a new version of Gyrus appears! And he’s *actually* evil this time! (Or is he?)

Our new strange enemy puts himself and his villainy up there with Don as he forcibly takes over Gyrus’ body and slaughters those who stand in his path. He presents himself as a ruthless man, singleminded and driven to the point that he is willing to even use the shadows to permanently slaughter members of the Room of Swords, keeping them from the escape that is so tantalizingly close.

But as season 3 progresses, we see that Masiosare *is* willing to protect and help people, even if it is just the person who could potentially become him someday. On top of that, just as we learned about BB!Gyrus last season, the people Masiosare killed aren’t actually dead. In fact, they’re actually less dead than the people BB!Gyrus killed since they came back as people instead of shadows.

After seeing this, Masiosare’s actions in the S2 finale arc actually make a bit more sense. Although he’s lost the ability to love and hope from when he was just Gyrus, he still isn’t just going to erase valuable pawns members of the Room of Swords from existence. He’s simply temporarily removing the problem/annoyance he is facing from the equation so he can focus on fighting Don.

This marks the second edgy, homicidal version of Gyrus we’ve met and hated that has, over time, shown that their actions aren’t without some sort of reason. A sort of reason born from prolonged exposure to the Room of Swords and its lack of a permanent death, but still a form of reason.

This brings me to my point of how Don and Masiosare complement each other. Where Don began as seemingly kind and sane, he slowly revealed himself to be a manipulative, self-centered, wannabe god. Meanwhile the Masiosare of s2 was a man who seemed cruel and selfish, with a god-complex a mile wide, but as season 3 progressed it shone a new light on his actions.