Review of Devilman: Crybaby

{I DO RECOMMEND SOMEONE THAT HAVE WATCHED THE ANIME TO READ THIS REVIEW, THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK YOU WILL GET THAT MUCH OUT OF THIS REVIEW IF YOU READ IT WITHOUT WATCHING THE ANIME. BUT IF YOU DO STILL WANNA READ IT SKIP OVER THE ART/MESSAGE PART. THANK YOU.} I can understand the bad rating this anime is getting, the story may seem bland or hopeless. Which is what it is supposed to be, hopeless. 10/10 Story: Sure, the story is fine. It is original it looks like and creative as well. A lot going on for 10 episodes, I would liketo see it progress more slowly perhaps, I felt like it was rushed a little bit. I mean unless they rushed it for the purpose to show us the hopelessness of the story, then sure I would allow that. So I mean, without knowing the reason for the fast-paced story. I will rate this a 9 here. But I will give it a 10, if it was meant to show us the hopelessness, and the dread of the message.

10/10 {SPOILERS}
Art/MESSAGE: To fully understand the message, symbolism, and story, in the end, we need to relate to the passion of the other characters and especially Satan in the end. We get to see what the anime is about; there is one thing mentioned most of the time in the anime, and that is love. Love in this anime is very important, it is supposed to be mysterious, it is supposed to be unknown in some way. This story tells you about love, how it is represented, and how it feels. But for the demons and especially Satan, they do not know what love is nor do they know how it feels. Satan throughout the story believes it does not exist, and so forth means sadness and suffering are nonexistent as well. This is mentioned seconds after the first episode starts.
"Love does not exist, there is no such thing, therefore there is no sadness."

But what does this mean for the characters? Were the hope, dedication, and the drive to stay alive completely useless? Was there any point or reason for all of this? The point of the story is supposed to be hopeless, it is supposed to be sad, it is supposed to be depressing. This is because you are human, and you, I assume are watching from a human viewpoint. This is how you are supposed to feel about the anime, you are supposed to be angry, and the cause for the bad ratings come from that you are angry, and do not understand the reason for all of this. This is because you have experienced love, but for the demons and Satan they have never experienced it in any way; so the question, "Was there any reason?" to a demon. Would be like asking what was before the big bang, the question itself makes no logical sense. But as you see at the end of the series, Satan for the first time learned to lose someone and experienced the loss of a loved one. He learned, to experience love, and for the first time the question "Was there any reason?" had a meaning, not a value or an answer to the question. But he felt the pain and sadness of every single soul he killed, in the end, he learned to love.

10/10:
Animation: I was a bit cautious when starting to watch this, because of the animation...But I liked it, it is simple and nice. Nothing was bad with it at all, at least in my opinion.

6/10
Character: Characters were fine most of the time, there were some occasions which could be improved. The one where Akira gets the earring and remembers the message Miki got. Did not make much sense, unless it can be explained. If so then I think they should've, made a scene somehow where he was included to hear the message or something. There was not any complex character development either, the story is mostly focused on the art/MESSAGE.

10/10
Sound: Sure sound and music was great, fit the mood, made it emotional. I liked it at least, did not see anything wrong here. Also, I do not like rap music at all. But the rap music here fits well into the anime, liked it a lot. When it comes to emotion brought from the sub, they did a good job here (especially when it came to the father and his son, very realistic and emotional 10/10), also saw some people complaining about the English being cringy, not really a review anymore. That is ranting.

10/10
Enjoyment: This is the hardest part to rate because it depends on how you measure it. If the anime is supposed to make you feel sadness, anger, and frustration, how can I rate any enjoyment? If so, would I rate my enjoyment out of the art/MESSAGE? If so, then sure, I would give the art/MESSAGE 10/10

Overall:
This gets a 10, this is again because of the message of the story. Yes, there could be stuff they could improve, but it would not really change much. The story and message dominate.