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Devil May Cry 3Reviewed by Angie Quidim
Based off the popular video game series "Devil May Cry," Tokyopop brings the story of the son of Sparda to manga format. The manga starts with the rebellion of the Dark Knight Sparda, a hellish demon who turned to the side of good. He and his allies seal the gate of the underworld to save the human race from demon invasion. 2000 years later, we learn that the demon had a human woman he loved and she gave birth to two sons: Dante and Vergil. Dante makes a living as a "ghostbuster", eradicating demons. He gets a mysterious phone call that puts him in his first assignment to find and bring back a girl named Alice. Dante has to make his way through countless demon hordes and cryptic messages to find that his damsel in distress is kept at an inn. In the meantime, the reader is also introduced to a familiar figure from the game, Vergil, who is the twin brother of Dante and also son of Sparda. He roams the town looking for his long lost brother, but for what purpose? I enjoyed the story far better than that of the ill-fated video game that brought the Devil May Cry franchise to it knees. Although the manga lacks the beautiful movement of the video game, the artist still captures the dark, gothic, atmosphere of the game through his depictions of Dante's world. Chayamachi, enhances the witless dialogue from the game making Dante more than just a punk kid looking for a fight. As a fan of the franchise, I highly recommend this manga as a satisfying translation of the original game concept. Sample Artwork:
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Author:
Suguro Chayamachi
The Devil May Cry series has a good following, so taking the story even further and fleshing it out was a brilliant move. The manga can do things that the game was unable to accommodate. The author can fully develop the characters that we really don't know much about, and the prequel of Dante can be more appropriately explained through the eyes of a writer.
