Review of Devilman: Crybaby

Overall this is an enjoyable anime for the fact it has a unique story, very stylish and unique art style, and a solid cast of characters. Long story short, but demons infiltrate other humans and the earth; however, the main protagonist, Akira, along with a few others are able to be a demon, but keep their conscience of a human. In fact our main protagonist becomes a hero of sorts, and he'll work with his old best friend Ryo. I won't spoil much, but the best part of the show is their relationship and how turbulent and deep it goes. In fact these two startand finish the show, and I won't say much else since it'll be a spoiler.

Meanwhile Akira has other side characters he is heavily involved with, and early on they show some good promise. That said, as the show goes on, then it seems like their character doesn't go as far as it should minus his love interest Miki. I won't spoil much, but sadly it seems like the show could use a few more episodes to allow more character development time for the side characters who aren't featured in every episode, or when a major plot point about them occurs, then not much is developed beyond that. Sadly just how things end for everyone, how rushed it felt at times, and the pacing are my main issues with the story. Finally, some will be turned off by the nudity and constant gore. I got over it, but it was excessive at times in my view.