digitalalterego (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
digitalalterego) wrote2026-01-31 11:27 pm
digitalalterego) wrote2026-01-31 11:27 pm
Entry tags:
Neo Devilman Chapter 10 (and chapter 9)
Guys 😠this chapter 😠is so damn goodðŸ˜
I'm quickly realising that within this anthology, the chapters that really stand out to me are the ones that take a little part of the Devilman canon and expand on it, while not breaking or deviating far from the actual events of the original story.
This one fits that description exactly: it's about a detective character who visits the crime scene at the Asuka manor. He merges with a demon and I love all these twisty moments of him wondering what he really is, what he might be doing when he's not conscious, if he's really in control and all that. I love that kind of psychological horror.
The artist really makes use of manga as a medium, too– at tense moments, the panels are chopped up really tiny in a unique way I've never seen before; during some action scenes the panels are slanted to give a real feeling of falling and disorientation; in one panel they use a really glitchy screen tone effect that I've also never seen before– and all of these and more make this chapter such a treat to read.
No material from the original is retraced, apart from whats necessary to relate the stories, and I love that. The main characters of Devilman don't even show up, and I don't even care.
My only critique is that the art which feels so fluid in almost all pages, feels sort of flat during the action scene (when it should arguably feel most fluid!). I'm just assuming that isn't this artist's strong point, but that's fine because everything else was brilliant.
I highly recommend this chapter
(I also read chapter 9. It wasn't good so I don't wanna review it. It's written by Nagai again and it sucks. I also haven't read Devilman Lady yet so I didn't know who the catgirl was, but I dont think knowing who she was would add anything.)
I'm quickly realising that within this anthology, the chapters that really stand out to me are the ones that take a little part of the Devilman canon and expand on it, while not breaking or deviating far from the actual events of the original story.
This one fits that description exactly: it's about a detective character who visits the crime scene at the Asuka manor. He merges with a demon and I love all these twisty moments of him wondering what he really is, what he might be doing when he's not conscious, if he's really in control and all that. I love that kind of psychological horror.
The artist really makes use of manga as a medium, too– at tense moments, the panels are chopped up really tiny in a unique way I've never seen before; during some action scenes the panels are slanted to give a real feeling of falling and disorientation; in one panel they use a really glitchy screen tone effect that I've also never seen before– and all of these and more make this chapter such a treat to read.
No material from the original is retraced, apart from whats necessary to relate the stories, and I love that. The main characters of Devilman don't even show up, and I don't even care.
My only critique is that the art which feels so fluid in almost all pages, feels sort of flat during the action scene (when it should arguably feel most fluid!). I'm just assuming that isn't this artist's strong point, but that's fine because everything else was brilliant.
I highly recommend this chapter
(I also read chapter 9. It wasn't good so I don't wanna review it. It's written by Nagai again and it sucks. I also haven't read Devilman Lady yet so I didn't know who the catgirl was, but I dont think knowing who she was would add anything.)