Just to note to you, you should take Deadly fortune english fan translation with a huge grain of salt. Since the author and writer of the novel said that nowhere in the novel is it said Dante makes his bullets with magic, yet it's there in the english translation. The actual statement is that Dante can Imbue his bullets with magic(charged shot)
So when you take "This kid might be stronger than me" it could be a literal mistranslation and could actually be "this kid has the potential to be stronger than me". In no shape or form is Nero remotely stronger than Dante at that time even with "Brute force".
2026-06-18 20:41:05
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Moeletta :
That's a very interesting point! So does Dante and Vergil represent the different desires that Sparda had for humanity and demons?
2026-06-18 19:59:56
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*.°koperek*°. :
I feel useless in this fandom fr
2026-06-18 19:50:42
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Miss Lancelot :
that actually makes a LOT of sense
2026-06-20 08:17:10
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me :
now I do have a dumb theory but I think Nero might not be born the Normal human way but vergil created him like a lab experiment or smth like how Trish was created I don't think vergil would leave his son and wife like how his father did imo I think that's why vergil couldn't recognize Nero's dt and said "what form of power is this" his powers may be different from the demons like sparda or the twins. idk tho sounds really dumb but a good theory 👀
2026-06-19 05:03:27
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kiliphsy_metal⚔️ :
Damn it bro I feel useless 😔 my real question is WHO IS NEROS MOMMMM
2026-06-22 13:05:06
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zagreus :
I dont think ges stronger than dante and vergil i do however believe he has the potential to be stronger than them. like his power has a larger ceiling than theres but in dmc 5 je jasnt quite surpassed them even tho he has the potential to
2026-06-18 23:24:51
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Real Dante devil may cry :
Nero stronger because demon eat human blood and Nero have more human blood(even though sdt makes Nero still weakest hybrid
2026-08-15 19:48:30
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Knightlyknox :
okay but question.. if we take this as cannon. since nero desires power because he wants to protect the ones he loves. the desire to protect so to speak. if nero and kyrie have a kid and nero instils in them that they need to use their powers to protect people. imagine how powerful their kid is gonna be! like im thinking full on anime protagonist. like nero at the very least is catching up to dante and vergil in terms of strength.
2026-07-02 23:51:40
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BiggestJoJoFan1 :
Dude you’re actually a genius
2026-06-18 19:52:14
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SpaceMan_Prime :
I would like to add that for years, ever since his arm first transformed and before it was taken from him, Nero was a as in a constant state of partial Devil Trigger and just lived with that power outwardly expressing itself for those years in between DMC 4 and 5
2026-07-08 04:42:32
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Lady In Red🦤 :
I think his mother might also be half demon so I don't know if that would also make him half demon or not and it could also explain why his devil trigger looks really different from Vergil's because it could be a mix of his parents' devil triggers so maybe the reason why lir (if she definitely is Nero's mom) turned to look at vergil is because she sensed that he was also half demon
2026-07-23 18:38:49
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Ryan :
This is actually genius I feel Dante and Vergil would still beat him in a fight but it’s definitely possible Nero could be stronger
2026-06-19 21:55:18
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V [Fated] :
Also yeah I think it's both the desire to become stronger and his human blood. My theory is that the more human blood a hybrid has the stronger they will be except it will be harder for them to get access to their demonic powers. Nero only had access due to a pseudo awakening(devil bringer) and because of Yamato in dmc 4, but in 5 he is human until the end of the game when his desire to protect his last remaining family and he accepts himself as a hybrid finally unlocks his true Devil form instead of a pseudo one
2026-06-18 20:45:21
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Crow :
I like this, but maybe both things could play a part? I don't feel like the game would make such a big point on human blood for it to be a complete non factor.
2026-06-18 20:08:15
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Harmony :
I really like this theory! honestly more than just the "oh well he's got more human blood to power his demon side". it might even go to say that demons hierarchy has more to do with how quickly they can evolve to gain more power, than simply just having more power at all.
2026-06-19 05:01:06
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CloudyCarrot :
It's actually not that he is stronger than those two, but they underestimated him. He was always plenty strong. in fact he was beating the brakes off Dante in 4 while Dante was trying to abide by his rule of no killing humans. Additionally due to the infinite healing factor he's slowly become half demon and not a quarter as demon blood feeds and heals from human and human blood does the same to demon blood eventually leading to this cascade effect where his body will equal out and eventually be in perfect synergy like his uncle and father. Which is what we saw in 5 with him being able to grow back an arm.
2026-06-18 23:08:37
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✝️Hitoshura | DemiDante OTP :
i feel like its also to note that, even if nero is completely different to vergils views, he does share the same logical approach for power
2026-06-19 10:45:10
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Naberius686 :
is because we should not thinking of their purity as demons based on their blood but their souls. as Nero have devil trigger that means he has a demon soul, and that was matter, not the blood
2026-06-19 16:14:17
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