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Rainbow Tenma wrote: Zanark only needed Clara Jane to master his infinite inner power that he couldn't control alone, Great Max na Ore was the answer to his fully mastered power.

Zanakurou learned Great Max na Ore due to his meditation and politeness to not let himself go, all of this were retaining his immense power, and after not being able to score against the faram dite keeper, he felt an impressive energy beating in the depths of his heart and started feeling one of the flaws he has been trying to retain, anger, and then in that exact moment he exploded in fury, releasing his sealed technique. They have similar scenarios, but not identicals, that's why i think they are different personas. I dunno about that, that seems kind of backwards. Because his meditation allowed him to find himself, ultimately resulting in him getting his soul and, similarly, allowed him to guide the others in their quest to do the same. In fact, it's because of the similarity between their scenarios (both of which led to the use of Great Max na Ore) that I believe even more that Zanakurou and Zanark are one and the same. There's nothing to suggest that they're different personas, and the fact that both of them say the exact same words when they use the move "I'll resurect it right here and now" and "Super", points even more to them being one and the same. Which is interesting, because the name GNnO and Super probably refer to Super Zanark, but that's just me speculating. Because if they were truly different personas, it would lead to some inconsistencies.

Specifically, Zanakurou knows nothing of Zanark and, similarly, he doesn't turn into Zanark when he uses the move. Not to mention that the sensation that Zanakurou feels is similar to Zanark when he couldn't control himself, but the important thing to note is that, because Zanakurou is basically the polar opposite of Zanark in that regard (in that he has incredible self control), going along with what you said about Clara Jane, he was able to harness the energy without being overwhelmed by it. And even if GNnO was Clara Jane's move, thanks to timeline convergence, Clara Jane would inherently be a part of Zanakurou. What's more, after reviewing the episode, Zanakurou never explicitly says what he's feeling (partially because he doesn't know). If anything, I'd say that "surge" that he was feeling was power, not emotion. If so, that lends more to the idea that Zanakurou is Zanark (in that he's using the power that Zanark had that was hidden inside him after the convergence).

I mean, we could go over this all day (which I wouldn't mind, because speculating about this stuff is pretty fun.  Not many other places where you can have a heated Inazuma Eleven discussion), but I think the fact that we're going so deep into this supports what I was originally saying. This stuff about Tenma being an SSC, Zanark and Zanakurou's relationship, what happened to Kuroiwa at the end, and even an epilogue to Galaxy...we didn't get a confirmation on any of this. That's why there needs to be something else, because you can't just end a series with all these lingering questions.