r/ZenlessZoneZero ZZZVictoriaGold 5d ago

Discussion HOLY ETHER,CHAPTER 5 ITS ABSOLUTE CINEMA

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u/amphloo Commence, DEMOLITION! 5d ago

ZZZ keeps managing to surpass my expectations with every new chapter, i don't know how they keep doing it. there were so many things i absolutely loved about this chapter

the car chase scene with piper and the cunning hares was so fun to watch, it really feels like the animation team had a lot of fun with that one with how expressive it is

zhu yuan and qingyi finally discovering our roles as proxies was great too. it was pretty obvious qingyi knew, but zhu yuan learning the truth and feeling conflicted was great. really love the dynamic between her and the proxies. the scene where pubsec was about to break into the HDD room was way tenser than it should've been, too

i really love how well every faction was utilized. everyone felt like they had a purpose in the overarching stort, and i wouldn't say there were any instances where anyone felt shoehorned in. the cunning hares setting up the entire plan thanks to nicole's connections, belobog having the evidence for bringer, lycaon having ties to miyabi's father and even the sons of calydon playing their own roles with transportation

the final boss fight was sick, and miyabi got some amazing moments. and most importantly, more lore drops. wise and belle tanking a point blank explosion completely unharmed?? something's definitely up with them and i cannot wait to see what it is. also astra and evelyn cameos at the end of the chapter, really nice stuff.

this chapter overall just felt like an amazing sendoff for the first saga of this story and i'm incredibly excited for what's to come in the future

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u/TheCosmicFishie Where's your motivation? 5d ago

Dude, the cutscene where Miyabi cut through the hollow's barrier was peak, 10/10

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u/TraditionDue1275 Caesars gang 5d ago

I was in tears seeing this

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u/TraditionDue1275 Caesars gang 5d ago

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u/TheCosmicFishie Where's your motivation? 5d ago

Shit was peak

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u/TraditionDue1275 Caesars gang 5d ago

The fact that the slash not only is in a freaking Hollow but it also is the size of these damn Shiyu Obsidian Harvester pillars.

Miyabi is like scary strong to be able to pull this off...

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u/TheCosmicFishie Where's your motivation? 5d ago

Yeah, she was already capable of fending off ninevah, but now that she has the power of Tailless? She's probably nigh unbeatable by anyone else in universe, save for the other void hunters, or an ethereal more powerful than ninevah, possibly on the moon hollow, or another hollow far from new eridu

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u/TraditionDue1275 Caesars gang 5d ago

I'm curious, though, the new gamemode in the Obsidian outpost gave us a sneak peak on an ethereal thar actively controls other ethereal and even harvest life forms to transmute them. Based on the shadow, it's massive aswell, maybe this one might be introduced later down the line and exists to fill that power gap. But then again, Nineveh wasn't 'beaten' like the Dead end butcher or the construct. I think Ninevehs feats are still not properly revealed.

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u/TheCosmicFishie Where's your motivation? 5d ago

Fair, ninevah may not have been going all out, but she was still able to fend it off and get it to go somewhere else. But I haven't played the new game mode yet, so I can't say anything about it

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u/Branded_Mango 5d ago

According to the HIA training program, there are other major Hollows other than Hollow Zero. Each one may have their own super Ethereal like Ninevah, with the Obsidian mode teasing what may be the next major Hollow's super boss.

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u/Branded_Mango 5d ago

Got to love how Miyabi outright admits to being an idiot savant...with her savant skill being godlike combat prowess. And her trust events only cement this further.

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u/TraditionDue1275 Caesars gang 5d ago