I won't lie, I'm glad that we're seeing the return of "Darkside Sin" and I'm wondering what it will entail for the remaining 3 episodes. Will he finally remove his eyepatch and reveal what his full Gear form looks like? I'm also curious to see how the continuous contradiction of orders from both Unika and Sin will affect the Gears. Or why Unika seemingly lost her memories of her family and what became of them in the future.
I’m under the impression that a lot of people are only assuming there are 3 Episodes remaining because of what has currently been Preloaded to certain streaming sites, but I haven’t actually seen an official confirmation on how many episodes Dual Rulers will ultimately have.
If we do only get 8 Episodes in total, it’s a lot smaller than your typical 12 Episode show. Some shows even go for 13 episodes.
Well, in any case, each episode is quite packed with information so far, so it’s taken a while to digest.
The mystery for Sin was implied to be something akin to a proxy of Dizzy’s guardian Necro, or at least an equivalent, based on GG2 Overture Material stories, but we haven’t actually seen it. At most we’ve seen Black Lightning emanating from his eye patch, and even Venom sensed something sinister from it as well.
The whole Darkside thing actually originated from Survival Mode, but it seems to occur when most characters lose their sanity, like with Elphelt at the end of Xrd: Sign.
Well, I say that, but it’s also not much different from a Gear going Berserk.
Most sentient Gears have the capacity to at least “somewhat” resist Command Type orders, the only exception being the O.P.U.S. Gears who have no will or identity whatsoever.
But the effect is something like a massive migraine. Even Sol experienced a great deal of “Noise” from Solaria’s singing, and early encounters with the Valentines. Dizzy also had a headache when she had to endure the effects of the Justice Copy that Crow Kuruwaba once built.
Now, that’s actually “Noise” from the effects of ONE Gear, multiply that by TWO and you get this “Dual Rulers Effect” from the Virus.
So basically it’s like every cell in your body wants to disobey you, and registers that with physical pain resonance. It would possibly incapacitate most weaker Gears who experience it.
And let’s also not forget that Justice had influence over Demihumans with her Commands, not just Gears from her series, as Izuna once told us! So this could have very far reaching effects!
Aside that effect, it will probably wake Gears that have been Dormant or Sealed for many years, particularly the more dangerous ones, so that might become a serious problem before long.
And, last but not least, this could have a dire effect on Ky, since he’s part Gear at this point! Dizzy as well.
As for Unika’s past and memories, it might be an effect of Time Travel, or something related to experiments done to her by Nerville, it’s hard to know for sure.
It’s also possible that Unika was originally human and simply had Dizzy or Sin’s genes grafted in to her body, if she wasn’t a Natural born Half Gear to begin with (but it’s speculation until proven).
It’s also possible that Nerville kidnapped her from the Kiskes as a child as part of his grand scheme… still hard to say for sure.
For now, we can only wait and see.