Quote Originally Posted by Colorful View Post
Yoshida did also say that even he wouldn't want to do the first step of the Anima, two conflicting statements. The relic is quite easy now, so it's worth doing even for just the glamour imho.
Honestly, Yoshida says a lot of things. (Alex normal = coil with echo?) I'm pretty sure it was just to delay the inevitable backlash of zeta owners when they find out how inconsequential the skipped step is. My money is on the first step being easy.