History TearJerker / DevilMayCry5

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** Making it ironic is how despite being PolarOppositeTwins, they really aren't so different. Both of them had negatively been impacted by Eva's death, they both wanted to get stronger to prevent feeling the same helplessness they felt when losing their mother, and even their over-the-top fighting style is laced with TrashTalk, with Dante being a LargeHam and Vergil being a ColdHam. Had they not been separated, the twins would've bonded over the loss of their family and home, preventing the rivalry that defined the main series. However, their different ideological views and experiences meant that this was inevitable. Both brothers disagreed with the other's views on humanity, yet still have enough of a bond to care for one another, as them teaming up to fight Arkham shows. However, all they've done since they were children is fight, and it's the only way for them to communicate, even if it's to the death. It literally takes Nero, who didn't see how they became who they were and [[LogicalLatecomer thus considers]] their DuelToTheDeath SiblingRivalry an idiotic waste of time, to tell [[spoiler:his uncle and father]] up front that there are other ways of settling their differences, while beating sense into them to get them to listen.

** Vergil's other reason for pursuing power is to protect ''himself'' from being victimized, as he was when he lost his family or when he was enslaved by Mundus. One could even argue that losing Yamato counts, given how strongly Vergil is identified with it and the [=DMC5=] prequel novel indicates that he spent the years between Eva's death and [=DMC3=] fighting off demon hit-squads. It's easy to conclude that he lost sight of his original goal and became obsessed with the power to defend against a hostile world. When he was defeated by Dante, by Mundus and then by Dante again, he would have seen his losses as further evidence that he needed ''more power.'' Vergil sacrificed everything and everyone in pursuit of his goals and he ''still'' wasn't strong enough to protect anything, not even himself.

* The [[BonusBoss fight between Vergil and Dante]] in the former's ''Special Edition'' campaign has shades of this. After beating Dante the first time, the ending cutscene of Mission 19 plays out as normal and the two brothers charge at each other in their Sin Devil Trigger forms, leading the player to expect a boss fight against Nero. However, right before Nero intervenes, the cutscene suddenly fades out and the fight continues, with Dante pulling out all the stops to defeat his twin brother. The fight has a strong sense of poignancy and finality to it, with both Dante and Vergil giving it all they got to bring the other down. Combined with a TriumphantReprise of "Bury The Light" playing in the background, it truly feels like a final battle between the Sons of Sparda, and serves as a reminder that this is potentially [[GrandFinale the last we will ever see of them]].

** Making it ironic is how despite being PolarOppositeTwins, they really aren't so different. Both of them had negatively been impacted by Eva's death, they both wanted to get stronger to prevent feeling the same helplessness they felt when losing their mother, and even their over-the-top fighting style is laced with TrashTalk, with Dante being a LargeHam and Vergil being a ColdHam. Had they not been separated, the twins would've bonded over the loss of their family and home, preventing the rivalry that defined the main series. However, their different ideological views and experiences meant that this was inevitable. Both brothers disagreed with the other's views on humanity, yet still have enough of a bond to care for one another, as them teaming up to fight Arkham shows. However, all they've done since they were children is fight, and it's the only way for them to communicate, even if it's to the death.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Remember, you are not alone'']]

** Making it ironic is how despite being PolarOppositeTwins, they really are NotSoDifferent. Both of them had negatively been impacted by Eva's death, they both wanted to get stronger to prevent feeling the same helplessness they felt when losing their mother, and even their over-the-top fighting style is laced with TrashTalk, with Dante being a LargeHam and Vergil being a ColdHam. Had they not been separated, the twins would've bonded over the loss of their family and home, preventing the rivalry that defined the main series. However, their different ideological views and experiences meant that this was inevitable. Both brothers disagreed with the other's views on humanity, yet still have enough of a bond to care for one another, as them teaming up to fight Arkham shows. However, all they've done since they were children is fight, and it's the only way for them to communicate, even if it's to the death.