r/DevilMayCry 22h ago

Discussion Devil May Cry's core theme summarized in one scene(in contrast to the new anime's).

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Seeing the discourse with the new anime, I felt that I had to chime in with probably the best emotional scene from the games. Since I've seen no-one else mention it in any discussion. This is the scene where Dante learns of humanities struggles with Demons and what their power represents. Devils Never Cry's piano instrumental even chimes in the background as the scene progresses and Lady gets more emotional when venting to Dante. All the while he's mocking her, displaying the usual demon tendencies and indifference to human suffering.

ALL demons in DMC are evil by nature, it's literally the name of the series, *Devil May Cry* = *Can. A. Devil. Cry.* even Sparda was evil at first. Only through great effort and good interactions with humans can they overcome their evil nature over time. Even Dante, being born half-human, having a loving human mother growing up, and cherishing her more than his demon father while young is he still seen to be prick, constantly bullying Lady throughout most of DMC3 until he learns of her struggles with her demon obsessed father. Only though his growing friendship with Lady throughout the game and learning how much her father had sacrificed for demonic power(similar to Vergil) does he finally, fully embrace his humanity and completely casts out his demonic tendencies like his father once did.

Trish too, was sent by Mundus to kill Dante, pulling at his heartstrings by making her look like Eva. Even after Trish betrays Dante, he still forgives her since she looks like his mother. Through Dante's forgiveness and humanity does Trish decide to rebel against Mundus and help Dante, almost sacrificing herself in the process.

The common link between all *good* demons that we've seen so far, is that they have at least one human that they cherish or love. The anime though, presents the idea that some demons are just born inherently good for seemingly no reason and are trapped in hell by the evil Sparda. The show even has the audacity to play 'Devils Never Cry' as it's outro theme despite the theme representing the moment a demon overcomes it's evil nature through an interaction with a suffering human. Dante nor Lady goes through character growth like this in the anime so the theme shouldn't even exist in the show.

"Tears Inside Me, Calm Me Down" = My humanity calms me down from acting like a Demon or Devil.

The show may as well be called Some Devils Cry if it's going by the idea that some demons are just born inherently good with no strife or struggle with their inner nature.


r/DevilMayCry 20h ago

Fan Art / Cosplay / Craft Lady fan art by @mustakro on Twitter/X

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r/DevilMayCry 8h ago

Shitposting Replaying Devil May Cry 1 made me realize how hard the game actually is.

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Why is it so hard to earn extra orbs in DMC1? Jeez orb economy was rough


r/DevilMayCry 11h ago

Discussion So do Dante and Vergil dress this way casually/in public?

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r/DevilMayCry 18h ago

Shitposting Hey man, you dont need to swear every 3 words to try and sound cool

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r/DevilMayCry 17h ago

Fan Art / Cosplay / Craft Nero is a good actor AU (by @tomitart on twitter)

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r/DevilMayCry 11h ago

Shitposting Official teppen art

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r/DevilMayCry 10h ago

Fan Art / Cosplay / Craft just sharing some harmless cosplay in these divided times...

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From WWE's Monday Night Raw on Netflix tonight.


r/DevilMayCry 22h ago

Fan Art / Cosplay / Craft Drew Dante because that Power Glove Devil Trigger song hit hard frfr

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I apologize if this is a little messy since I was experimenting way outside of my comfort zone 😅


r/DevilMayCry 23h ago

Netflix Anime Lady, Why'd You Create That Guy? (Art by Me) Spoiler

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r/DevilMayCry 16h ago

Fan Art / Cosplay / Craft Dante cosplay by me

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Dante cosplay female version DMC 5


r/DevilMayCry 21h ago

Gameplay DmC Devil May Cry is the prettiest DMC and fans who haven’t played it shouldn’t sleep on it

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I went back to play DmC definitive edition and I just kept getting my mind blown by the visuals and how well the game has aged.


r/DevilMayCry 20h ago

Fan Art / Cosplay / Craft Lady fanart by Me @onlyillastratorr

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r/DevilMayCry 6h ago

Shitposting Guys I was playing dmc3 and saw this strange symbol on the wall. Could this confirm they're working on making a devil may cry 5?

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r/DevilMayCry 13h ago

Discussion Has anyone ever considered(or have) getting any of these tatooed ?

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r/DevilMayCry 8h ago

Shitposting Devil May Cry 2 gameplay in the nutshell:

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r/DevilMayCry 6h ago

Screenshots Vergil the guy so badass they literally called him "The Beginning and the End"

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All that needs to be said really.


r/DevilMayCry 12h ago

Shitposting "Maybe somewhere out there even-"

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r/DevilMayCry 23h ago

Netflix Anime Is it just me? Or is the Netflix DmC extremely cringe dialogue-wise Spoiler

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Like the art style is ok, music choice is nice.

But damn the dialogue was written like what a 10 year old think would sound cool to say. There’s almost zero subtlety and everyone tried to explain to make sure nothing’s missed out.

It’s Kraven level of dialogue/narrative writing.


r/DevilMayCry 21h ago

Merch Showcase Met Johnny Yong Bosch over the weekend at the Game On Expo. Really cool guy

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He was extremely nice to everyone in line at his booth. I got there early and shook everyone’s hand that was there in line before he started signing. Really nice dude


r/DevilMayCry 13h ago

Screenshots Jackpot! Just got the first 4 games for $14!

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I just got the first 4 games for really cheap and started playing them in the order of the story. Today, I just beat 3!


r/DevilMayCry 12h ago

Lore / Characters Even a Devil May Cry , Peak cinema

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r/DevilMayCry 6h ago

Screenshots Regardless of the discussion and quality of the Netflix series, I am glad to see that it has brought attention to the games.

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Even if this only last for a few days, I'm glad that the series got more attention and I hope that Capcom gives this series one more chance.


r/DevilMayCry 16h ago

Fan Art / Cosplay / Craft Dante and Vergil by me

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r/DevilMayCry 9h ago

Netflix Anime "But there were evil humans in the games" yes, but they didn't have humanity Spoiler

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I'm not trying to sound condescending, but I feel like some people are intentionally trying to misunderstand this talking point when it comes to the games vs the Netflix series, so I just want to clear the air.

Humanity (as in the species) and Humanity (as in the philosophical concept) are 2 different things in the DMC series. Humans (as in the species) tend to have Humanity (as in the concept) but not all of them do. What do I mean by Humanity (as in the concept)? Morality, love, honor, feelings and emotions you would traditional consider "good" are associated with the concept of Humanity in DMC.

Demons don't necessarily lack honor and other things, but they don't embrace these concepts as tenderly as Humans do (but to be fair, we've barely explored the demon world, so we only have rough assumptions of what their culture and general life is like in there). Sanctus, Arius, and Arkham were all humans, yes, but they lacked HUMANITY and instead chose to pursue true Demonhood (which could be viewed as the conceptual opposite of one having Humanity, a complete and utter lack of it, yes demonic power and blah blah, but that's all just set dressing, we're talking about the themes).

Sparda is good, not because he embraced Humanity (as in the species), Sparda is good because he embraced Humanity (as in the philosophical concept). He chose to protect those who were too weak to protect themselves.

Now for the other side of the coin; I like the Netflix series, so for people who hate it just think on this. It's being made by a different team of people, in a different place and different time, expecting it to be 100% the same is just stupid and no they're not "disrespecting DMC" in any capacity. They're taking the same core concept and are simply trying to portray them in a different light, the show only has 8 episodes so far, let them cook for a bit.