But if Denji wins, the Leech Devil, Aki, and the viewers who agree that Denji’s value is trivial, are wrong. If the Leech Devil wins, she’s right and her value is worth more. And if it has any objective value, this is determined by strength –whether you can back it up, what kind of power it affords you and sacrifices it justifies on the way to actualizing it. In this model, there’s no such thing as an objective value values are subjective. But Denji challenges this, implying that the worth of a value comes down to the strength it affords and how much we are willing to give for it. Some values are better than others just because. Everyone seems to be implying to Denji that dreams and values exist in an objective hierarchy that is determined by social evaluation. Tired of others looking down on his values and dreams, Denji asks this new foe with a grandiose vision of murdering and consuming all of humanity’s blood: “If I defeat you, what does that mean about your dream?” What is the purpose of a dream? And what is the purpose of a value? Those were the questions we found ourselves asking as Denji fought in what he entitled “A Battle of Dreams” against the Leech Devil ( Tachibana Yuuko), Bat Devil’s girlfriend.
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