Okay, guys, just so all of you know, I am not an anime reviewer. I like watching anime and talk about my personal opinion/ramblings on any kind of anime series I want to place here on my blog. We got that? K? Cool. Lets go!
So, Devilman Crybaby, I watched the new series a few days ago. I am well aware the anime and manga has been out since the 1970s. Will I go and watch the original. In my personal opinion, I don’t think so. Long anime series/mangas are not my thing.
Anyways. I began watching the series because, well, it began blowing up on my Twitter. Mainly, users shipping the two main characters, Akira and Ryou together as an OTP. I’m like, “okay, I guess I’ll check this whole series out.”
I’m not going to go in depth of the series, because nowadays you can just look up on wikipedia or other resources that’ll tell you about any anime series. This is again, only my ramblings.
I thought DevilMan was going to be, you know, some kind of shounen. All the fighting, violence, you know the badass kind of stuff? Welp, that what it includes.
The series has quite the symbolism, expresses true human nature, and their desires. I’m talking about, clubbing, sex, drugs, money, fear, anger, violence, etc, etc. No one is truly innocent in the world, because once fear is brought upon, your mind goes crazy and you don’t know what to believe anymore, and you become more like a demon. Here are some pictures to give you an idea.
Young Akira cries over a kitten that’s sick
Young Ryo wants to kill the kitten, but Akira won’t allow it
Beginnings of people turning into demons
Teen Akira crying for someone/empathy
Ryo and Akira go to a club hence the reason in the subtitles.
Akira being devoured by a demon
Akira turns into a demon/devil
Akira tries to understand his new body
Despite being a demon, Akira still cries for others.
The world goes to shit, everyone thinks everyone is a demon
Miki accepts Akira being a demon
I feel this series was meant to give the audience the idea how the real world actually works. And you know, not everyone is a bad person out there. As the saying goes, “don’t judge a book by its cover.” You can judge a person, but you realize how pure and genuine they are. Just what happened to Akira, he turned into a demon, but that didn’t change his human heart at all, he’s still the same person who cries for others. Then you can have normal people who are the most shittiest beings they are. So, who are the actual “demons” in the series? It goes for show, how much DevilMan Crybaby relates to real life. I would give this series a shot, you may like it or hate it. But, at last, don’t judge the title of what you might actually watch.
That is all I have for now. Until next time <3.
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