Talk:Lucrezia Onoskelis/@comment-100.37.90.191-20171009152219/@comment-26087580-20171015212631

Another recurring theme in the story is "compare and contrast". Lucrezia is, in essence, what Ichijou has become, and this philosophy is what makes their relationship such contrasting.

With Rina, Ichijou learnt that is what you do with your life what guides your legacy, and not the other way around.

With Rei he learnt that he shouldn't let his past consume him or else he'll hurt innocent people, even with people he wants to protect and avenge in the first place.

The reason why Ichijou kinda hates Lucrezia is because her resolution and life is what his own has become over the course of the fic: Someone who, despite not being able to fulfill people's expectations, tries to live their best as their own as they can. Just like Rina; just like Rei, Lucrezia shakes Ichijou's ideas and makes him rethink outside his comfort zone.

After all, Destruction is another theme in DxD:R.