He never does seem to hesitate to kill or hurt anyone. Do we ever actually see him be kind to anyone? I can't remember anything.
Me neither. That's such a good point.
Even the whole "greater good of Dixing" thing never seems to extend to wanting other Dixingren to have good lives, or regretting their loss - he uses and discards them without a care.
Yes! When Ya Qing chastises him for not backing up Bao Laosan like he said he would, they have this exchange:
Zhu Jiu: What a trash power! The time I wasted talking him into it! Ya Qing: You said you'd back him up. You're both Dixing people. Zhu Jiu: A Dixing person who can't handle humans? How could he be my compatriot? Ya Qing: You really are hopeless. Zhu Jiu: If the Boss was standing here today as the one completing the mission, he'd do the same.
I think Zhu Jiu expects and respects that kind of callousness and selfish calculation. His "greater good" is pretty divorced from the people it purports to be helping.
Honestly, I think he looks better with the purple hair.
Ha, me too. I think his power emo goth thing is really expressive. (Oh, hey, maybe the hidden portal to Haixing comes up in a goth club or something, or an alternative hairdressers, so people keep mistakenly thinking that it's a good way to pass unnoticed? Did Sha Ya have colourful hair in her pre-Haixing backstory? I can't remember.)
So yes, he could have, but it would have been difficult because first you'd have to get him to want to change, and I have no idea what could make that happen.
I'm trying to imagine him redeemed by love, but I think he'd be the kind of guy who'd want to save/protected his loved one while letting the rest of the world go to hell. And possibly enjoy the idea that they were the only two survivors, because no one else was worthy.
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Me neither. That's such a good point.
Yes! When Ya Qing chastises him for not backing up Bao Laosan like he said he would, they have this exchange:
Zhu Jiu: What a trash power! The time I wasted talking him into it!
Ya Qing: You said you'd back him up. You're both Dixing people.
Zhu Jiu: A Dixing person who can't handle humans? How could he be my compatriot?
Ya Qing: You really are hopeless.
Zhu Jiu: If the Boss was standing here today as the one completing the mission, he'd do the same.
I think Zhu Jiu expects and respects that kind of callousness and selfish calculation. His "greater good" is pretty divorced from the people it purports to be helping.
Ha, me too. I think his power emo goth thing is really expressive. (Oh, hey, maybe the hidden portal to Haixing comes up in a goth club or something, or an alternative hairdressers, so people keep mistakenly thinking that it's a good way to pass unnoticed? Did Sha Ya have colourful hair in her pre-Haixing backstory? I can't remember.)
I'm trying to imagine him redeemed by love, but I think he'd be the kind of guy who'd want to save/protected his loved one while letting the rest of the world go to hell. And possibly enjoy the idea that they were the only two survivors, because no one else was worthy.