Just shortly after the trailers of the anime were release, many fans were excited to see the whole thing animated, but there are some who were afraid that it was going to turn out bad just like what happened with Togainu no Chi's anime adaptation.

This is backed up in Mink's bad ending in RE:Connect, where he outright states he believes Aoba is possessed, and in his insane grief, that cutting off Aoba's head will save him. Mink's resulting actions are him attempting to control the Necessary Evil he believes he'll need to fight Toue, and when Desire really does surface he comes to believe Aoba is possessed rather then an actual demon, which is why he shifts to trying to be kinder to him.

You can argue that Mink believes Aoba was a demon pretending to be human, which makes sense given Mink's main source of information was prisoners who were more familiar with Aoba's alternate persona, who was cruel, sadistic, and abuses his powers for his own amusement. One interpretation, of growing popularity, states that Mink's actions can be somewhat excused, based on the fact that he wasn't aware he was doing these things to an actual human being.Alternative Character Interpretation: Does Mink deserve to be pushed off a cliff or is he a Jerkass Woobie who knows what he is doing is bad?.

Accidental Innuendo: Whenever Aoba uses Scrap on someone, he'll say 'I'm going inside you.' or anything else along the lines.

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