Anime in Focus: Devil May Cry Episode 2

<- This episode kinda puts in Lady from Devil May Cry 3, but she doesn't really do much interesting stuff. Sad, I know

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Alright, after an acceptable introduction episode, we have Dante back at his demon hunting business, Devil May Cry, except now with a little girl he wound up adopting during the course of the previous episode. Although this does not seem befitting of a badass demon slayer like Dante, the author’s decided they needed something to round off his character to balance out the sheer badassery he normally emits. If his villains were half as badass as him, we might have an interesting show.

Episode 2 starts with Dante’s comrade from Devil May Cry 3, Lady killing some weird demon. This guy was a throw away of course, for the sole purpose of making Lady look more badass, and to introduce her for the later part of the episode.  

Lady ends up at the Devil May Cry telling Dante about a new job. Dante is not amused, apparently due to a history of doing jobs for Lady that don’t end well. Unfortunately for Dante, she manages to trick him into taking on the job she has set up for him, which is weeding out a demon amongst some motorcycle racers. This leads to Dante taking on one of the guys in a race, whose brother was killed in one of these races. The two of them race, but Dante is too badass for a helmet, and the other guy just assumes that because Dante is a total badass, he shouldn’t have to wear a helmet either.

During this race, Dante unsurprisingly encounters a demon on a bridge. Unsurprisingly, Dante kicks it’s ass while causing a lot of collateral damage.

Overall, while this show is kind of interesting, it is sort of riding on its license. It lacks any real suspense, and while this episodes fight scenes were more interesting than the ones in the previous episode, they still weren’t nearly as exiting as the cinematics in the games. I still wouldn’t recommend this series to anybody but a die-hard Devil May Cry fan.

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