Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20170125092655/@comment-27416494-20170125184047

It's around 5 years old at this point, so I guess that's to be expected. Not to worry though, I'll be buying a quick replacement today.

Julius vs Levi: Highly esteemed captains of elite monster hunting squads who are well known for slaughtering Aragami and Titans with minimal effort. Though appearing to lack sufficient social skills upon first glance, they have been shown to care about the lives of their subordinates above all else. As such, they find themselves unable to accept the loss of their comrades, which in turn has lead to an unhealthy desire to drive the monsters responsible to extinction. Both of them have also been driven to extreme measures in their quests to rid the world of monsters, to varying degrees of severity and success.

Lusamine vs Rachel: Blonde, middle-aged, and seemingly benevolent women who serve as prominent figureheads (or the main director in Lusamine's case) of large influential organizations dedicated to furthering the fields of scientific discovery and bettering the lives of others. Both of them are even revealed to be the mothers of several of the protagonists in the story in some form. (Lusamine was the birth mother of Lillie and Gladion, while Rachel personally adopted a good majority of the Blood Unit into the Magnolia Compass orphanage.)

In reality, they have been maliciously manipulating the events of their games from behind the scenes. As such, they were more than willing to harm and puppet the children they once cared for in pursuit of their goals, while still retaining their childish/innocent demeanors as long as possible. This was despite being well aware that their actions would ultimately result in apocalyptic consequences for the rest of the world.

To dig even further, the root of their evil actions seems to stem from a long lasting infection that has been flowing through their veins for years. Specifically, Lusamine has spent much of her career being infected by the toxins of a Nihilego while Rachel was implanted with an Aragami's bias factor in order to save her life as a child. (Although Rachel is admittedly much more malicious in comparison) In their final confrontations against the protagonists, both of them would even go on to mutate into these grotesque creatures.

Romeo vs Armin: I don't have too much to work with on this one, but I still think it sounds interesting. Blonde teenagers who constantly risk their lives as members of an elite monster hunting squad. Both of them suffer from a severe lack of confidence in their own abilities, and they even see themselves as the weakest members of their teams as a result. They may have become more competent fighters as the story progressed, but it ultimately took the threat of imminent death for them to unlock a special power that truly allowed them to make a difference on the battlefield. The only difference here is that Romeo canonically dies shortly afterwards. (Kind of. It's a long story.)