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got bored :P

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that's right boys

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highkey it always irks me how dvmn fans are pretty persistent about the idea that ryo/satan had to learn how to love, fear, etc. (basically just experience human emotions) throughout the manga and it wasn’t something innate about him. like… the problem all along was that he loved so overwhelmingly he got punished for it. and would it not be a fair assumption that he faced fear, being cast aside by the one being that’s ‘guaranteed’ to love you? especially him being an angel that was god’s favorite… i feel like there’s so many instances leading up to the devilman manga that disprove satan’s ‘lack’ of emotional depth. the issue that i find to reside most in satan/ryo is this immense amount of love, fear, and betrayal that brewed over inside of him, causing him to be blind to how he is carrying out this cycle of trauma upon others.

ryo has always been an epitome of love to me. i’ve always felt like ryo and akira have had similar pursuits in a sense…

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dvmn art that i probably will never finish

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Obligatory post to say that if you at all have any interest in talking about devilman with me - whether you just stumbled on this blog or were redirected here from the neocities site - PLEASE feel free to message me or send an ask.

Like do not be anxious about whether you'd be bothering me or not. You would not be. i cannot stress enough that i want to talk about this stupid franchise.

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Roy sketch page

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asking my friend what he remembers about devilman and he just goes, “i know it’s written by a guy who almost died from diarrhea”

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Okay so here's the thing I keep coming back to.

Does devilman fail to do proper justice to the themes it lays the foundation for, or is it just really really quiet about its morals?

If its the latter, is it quiet for the sake of remaining palatable, or is it quiet because a story's themes shouldnt have to be loud to be heard?

I dont think there's a super clear answer. Or a right answer, even.

It could be that its a messy story that prioritizes being loud over actually saying something coherent. It could be that its a story that wanted very badly to be something it knew it couldnt, so it toed the line of what it wanted to say without ever really committing. Or it could be that the story is exactly as intended, and whatever themes are presented are explored exactly as much as they were intended to be... in which case, am I looking too deep into certain softer spoken suggestions, or were those parts quiet for a reason? What was the reason?

Basically my question is, was devilman a shallow story, a cowardly one, or one that came out exactly as intended?

If it is as intended, then why are certain things so unexplored? Or am I just asking for something to be said louder so I dont mistake it? Would that actually make the story better, or just easier?

Because here's the thing. This story was intended to be staunchly anti-war.

So. The themes that come to mind for me. That the foundation is laid for. Would kind of be the whole point in that case.

But they're kind of. Quiet. At best. Ignored or not intentionally present at worst.

I think thats what I keep coming back to. If youre really writing an anti-war story, then the actually causes of the war and the cycle of violence all needs to be addressed and digested. To vaguely skim over the concept of The Enemy being anything other than pure evil by nature is. Not it.

So idk. Im ok with wanting the story to be a bit more up-front than it is. Because frankly I dont think the intention was ever quite fully there the way I wish it was.

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Going insane about kicked dog with rabies type characters

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all i need to do is write a story and then adapt that story into a comic and then adapt that comic into an animated show and then adapt the show into a feature length movie and do all of it with no studio or budget and then find the smallest opening in a cave and then crawl thru it and fossilize

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DO YOU HEAR ME? GET UP.

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“It was so clear to me That it was almost invisible I lie ‘cross the path waiting Just for a chance to be A spider web trapped in your lashes For that I would trade you my empire for ashes But I choke it back How much I need love”

— (via curraheed)

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Devilman: The Demon Bird 1990

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Actually, thinking of non-standard anime OPs, that reminds me. While I think I'm very much in the minority according to MAL in that I think Devilman Crybaby was kind of dogshit, its opening was also pretty baller. I just wish the show itself was anything like the mood of the OP lmao.

Also using the baller as fuck Devilman no Uta for what amounted to nothing more than a momentary gag was insane - that's the best damn song in your entire OST and you did nothing with it!!!

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From an unnamed chapter of Neo Devilman by Noburu Miyama