The Angel Devil goes so thematically deep throughout csm. I have many thoughts about this.

You think he's just a minor character with little screentime but you don't understand... This twink carries so much that you don't see because he rescinds himself into the background while being a prism to the important characters since part 1 once it kicked into gear after his introduction and that prism's reflection is enhanced throughout part 2 with part 2's major characters.

You gotta see him as the mirror to Makima, the prism bouncing off the projector she operates and how that reflection connects to the rest of the cast and into the fabric of the narrative!!! He's so important in an obscured way and I -screaming-

You don't know how powerful the Angel Devil is in the story as a vehicle of thematic analysis for the core of csm. (Which is why his pairing with Aki sets my neurons on fire due to Aki's curated framing of the world of csm to the audience and Denji, while the Angel Devil simultaneously contrasts and reflects Makima, the figure keeping all of them leashed in the Premise part 1 is established in through her) The ricocheting that would occur if he was still alive would be insane.

The parallels he possesses are so versatile and interesting (understatement) and I like him a normal amount for that, among other things about him that are just very For Me.

And I think it'll be neat if more people could appreciate and understand that about him.

It's like 6AM here which is typically the hours my brain pops off with word vomit like this to feed myself stim and serotonin when I can't sleep so I'm probably not making sense to you. You don't have to understand, these are the brainworms that have infected ME and I'm just showing you what it does to a person on tumblr dot com.