Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season Episode 7 Discussion

Wow, that was very different from everything Monogatari has given us so far, and makes a drastic contrast with the previous arc, but that was pretty amazing. The art was beautiful, it reminded me quite a bit of Castlevania, and Deathtopia appears to be a very interesting character. I have no idea where this will go other than the supposition that Deathtopia will most likely be the one to turn Acerola into a vampire, but I find the duality between Deathtopia's monstrusosity and Acerola's humanity fascinating, especially for the ambiguity behind it : Deathtopia is a monster in every way, yet she has very human weaknesses, to the point of dying the very same way everyone else died when seeing Acerola. And as for Acerola, she's profoundly human, but a soul so beautiful that it becomes destructive, because it feels so surreal, so unlike anything any human has ever been like. And consequently, she becomes just as terrifying as a monster.

To be honest the one thing I'm not too sure of for now is this whole thing about Acerola being this ridiculously beautiful, not only because she doesn't exactly come off as such (don't get me wrong, she comes off as a very sweet girl, just not to THAT degree), but also because I don't really get what it could bring out for her arc compared to every other character being so easily relatable, which includes Kiss Shot/Shinobu herself. It just feels off, but I wonder if this isn't on purpose. If what I said about the ambiguity between Deathtopia's "monstruosity" and Acerola's "humanity" isn't meant to be discussed in such manner.
After all, one thing that prevents me from seeing Acerola as this angelic soul is that the reason she wishes to find a soul to save is an inherently selfish one : she's trying to find salvation. This does fit with her development as Kiss Shot and Shinobu, as a being who so deeply regrets the deaths she brought that she tried to find salvation and peace in every way possible, to the point of becoming even more destructive, as shown in Kizu with her treatment of Araragi while desperatly wishing to die or in Shinobu Mail where she covered her fear of confronting her subject under a false sense of kindness and protection.
What I mean is that maybe, by becoming a vampire, the ambiguity of her character which was always there but expressed in a completely different manner would truly come out ? I could really be completely wrong, but I found this aspect interesting and I'm curious to see if this will be explored.