Devillady n. 6

Devil Lady #6

by Go Nagai

A Jun viene affidato un nuovo compagno di squadra, il poliziotto Seiji Hayami. I due si imbattono in una forma singolare di Devil Beast al primo stadio della propria trasformazione: un pervertito in grado di camuffare il proprio aspetto per poter molestare giovani donne all'interno degli affollatissimi treni di Tokyo. 'In seguito Jun e la sua ormai inseparabile compagna Asuka vengono mandate tra le montagne innevate di Aomori per fronteggiare una terrificante minaccia. Alcuni militari si sono trasformati in Devil Beast durante le esercitazioni nelle quali si addestravano a sopravvivere in situazioni estreme: una condizione ideale perché istinti primordiali prendano il sopravvento sulla mente umana. 'E tuttavia, che cosa succederebbe se come questa unità in addestramento, tutti i militari delle Forze di Difesa subissero una mutazione simile?

Genres: Manga

222 pages, Paperback

First published October 22, 1998

About the author

Kiyoshi Nagai (永井潔 Nagai Kiyoshi, born September 6, 1945 in Wajima, Ishikawa), better known by the penname Gō Nagai (永井 豪 Nagai Gō?), is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z in the 1970s. In 2005, he became a Character Design professor at the Osaka University of Arts. Since 2009, he is a member of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's nominating committee.

Reviews

[Killer of Dreams · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm pleased with Hayami's fatuous love towards Jun and the humor from it. It feels though that the series is regressing into clunky dialogue and repetitive plots.

Rating Update 3/30/2019 - 3 to 2 stars. After having looked back on the volume, I remember the snake beast arc being a bit boring and the beginning of the snow arc was very repetitive. Having Asuka in trouble was a positive but the snow arc kept going back and forth on ambush to counter ambush to run here to run there.

Update 19 May 2019
I rated sections of the volume to find a cumulative rating for the novel. Here are the rated sections with the pages numbers roughly corresponding:
Pages 1-70 Two stars
Pages 70-120 One star
Pages 120-170 One star
Pages 170-220 Three stars

The cumulative rating for the volume was 1.78 stars. I will leave the rating at two stars.

Update 28 May 2019
From the previous update, I felt that a three star rating for pages 170-220 was too generous, so I reduced it to two stars. The cumulative rating was 1.55 stars, which allows for this volume to retain a two star rating.

August 31, 2019
Update
With the adoption of my new rating system, a two star rating is befitting. The original review and updates conform to the new rating system. I have looked through my "Devilman Lady Abridged" folder to remind myself of this volume's content. The individual ratings for the pages, explained in the updates explains the justification behind a two star rating, albeit a weak two star rating.