Review of Devilman: Crybaby

-DISCLAIMER- I'm really sorry if this review turns into a rant, but I'm just pissed that I wasted my five hours on this thing. This is my first encounter with Devilman so I'm not too familiar with the source material, but after seeing the Netflix special i had to get this off my chest. Also before I get into this, just a reminder that this is subjective and you can take my opinion with a grain of salt ---------------------- Art [6] The animation was quite honestly the only DECENT category. Many of the action sequences at least were well executed (for the most part), but the character designs were pretty average.One thing I will applaud them for was consistency with the animation, where it never really took a large dip in quality throughout the albeit short run time.

Character [1]
Most of the character problems stem from the lack of cohesiveness from the plot, which left ALL of the characters underdeveloped and unrelatable. The story tries to take itself very seriously, by killing off a bunch of potentially crucial characters and expects a reaction from the audience despite knowing LITERALLY NOTHING about the character

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The case I'm talking about is with whats his face's mother. I believe she was introduced in episode 5 or something and they killed her off in the same episode. I really pity her character, seeing if she was developed correctly, and wasn't given a short flashback in the same episode, it could've led to a great character arc and development for the main character.

Story [2]
Im not even going to bother providing a synopsis, mostly because of how in-cohesive and sloppy it was conceived. Most of my issues with the story lie with the PACING, EXPOSITION, and ENDING, all of which were poorly executed.
The nice part of me wants to say that most of these pacing issues stem from the somewhat short run time (10 full length episodes), but really I believe the fault lies with the production staff for forcing loads of shitty exposition. Somehow the exposition made me more confused instead of being able to explain what was happening. They threw plot cohesiveness out the window towards the end, especially with the last 2-3 episodes which were a complete and utter train wreck.

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Plain and simple, the last 2-3 episodes were complete garbage. Now I can understand if you took insipration from NGE, BUT THE COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF THE MOTHERFUCKING END OF EVANGELION WITH THEIR EVEN SHITTIER ENDING. They even added the red ocean FOR NO TYPE REASON and even COPIED the beach scene and replaced Asuka and Shinji with a lesbian and his abused body pillow.

(Edit: I was really ignorant when I wrote this and didn't bother to do any research about the source material [It was like 3 in the morning], but I'm now aware that Devilman did indeed come before all this other edgy shit so now I feel stupid. However, I'm leaving this next part in only b/c this is truly what I felt at the time, even though factually it was incorrect. The main difference between Devilman's ending and EoE's ending is the degree to which either was executed and how well it was. I had read the manga just recently b/c the show had put me onto it, and it was a much more enjoyable experience than the anime. However, my opnion on the last 2 episodes doesn't change, they were complete garbage, and I wish they could've strayed from the source material at the end in order to make a truly unique adaptation, mostly b/c nothing can change the fact that I hated the ending. Feel free to comment @ me if you want to argue, I'm open to it!)

Conclusion:
If you like edgy shit and like wasting 5hours of your precious time on earth, go get invested in this show and let it shove its meaningless imagery and symbolism down your throat until you actually gauge your eyes out.