I would have loved to see more back story on Diamond and Saphir too. Their storylines were too rushed in my opinion.
Yeah same here, I would've loved to get more info on their childhood on Nemesis and how they met and joined up with Esmeraude, Rubues & the Sisters. (What I would give for a 90's anime BMC spinoff in particular!)
When you say their storyline was too rushed, do you mean you would've liked to have gotten more lore on the BMC and why they even had to be cleansed in the first place? Because if so I agree, the manga gives us a very detailed background on why the BMC were banished (refused immortality) but in the 90's anime the Silver Crystal granting longevity doesn't exist, so what did they even need to be cleansed
of?
I'm still sticking to my headcanon that they're a clan of half demons and the cleansing was originally meant to turn them fully human and get rid of their demonic powers such as Demande's 3rd eye and such. Would make sense why the Ayakashi Sisters are named that since Ayakashi is just another word for Demon in Japanese.
Yeah I remember that too. He deserved what he got from Esmeraude. I feel like Rubeus is very similar to Viluy by personality, in Sailor Moon S. They are both cold hearted and deserved to die. Viluy basically insulted and emotionally attacked Kaori for being back from the dead, and that her revival was a waste. That is just my opinion though, I could be totally wrong lol. Viluy was even cold towards Tomoe as well. In one of the scenes of episode 122 season 3, she was spiteful towards both of them by calling them idiots and they were just basically standing around.
Rubeus I believe is really the only fully evil "human" member of the clan. It's so weird how he's a member being the way he is in the 90's anime. In the 90's anime the BMC are portrayed as ultimately well-intentioned extremists who were just used by Wiseman, whereas in the manga they're actually evil. Someone like 90's Rubeus better fits in with the Manga/Crystal BMC while Manga!Rubeus fits in better with the anime.
Aluminum Siren-never redeemed
Lead Crow-never redeemed
I'm not sure if I would count those two in the "never redeemed category," they were just Galaxia's prisoners in the end and working for her against their own free will. They weren't
redeemed either, but I don't think they were ever evil to begin with.