Suguro Chayamachi (茶屋町勝呂 Chayamachi Suguro) is a Japanese comic book artist, who works primarily with publisher Biblos. Her blood type is AB, her Zodiac sign is Gemini, and her favorite hobby is electronics.
The storytelling that was being told through the artwork had me getting lost at times and this was the volumes main downfall. I feel like the panels did not flow and some events I'd have to just skip to the next panel to figure out "what just happened?" or "how did he get there?" and with this being a manga, the artwork is just as important as the dialogue.
Naturally as a comic/manga reader, I can't help but compare this to other series/volumes I've read and I really do believe that with a different creative team this manga may not have been cancelled after this volume. I appreciate the story it's trying to tell, but sadly, the excecution of this volume was its downfall.
Worthy of a Devil May Cry collection, but if you've got a huge TBR pile, read one of them first. This is not worth the OOP price tag either. You can get a lot more better manga for a lot less. Still a shame we never got a volume 3, but I understand why.
I enjoyed this one much more than the first, it definitely sets up the story for DMC 3, and gives some much needed background information for some of the plot in the game. Vergil is in this one a lot more, which is awesome since he's my favourite character, and like before Dante kicks ass and has some cheesy yet cool one liners. I liked the artwork even though it's somewhat 'messy' and a little hard to keep up with at times. I really wish there was a third instalment like originally planned because I really enjoyed these two mangas!
Not too long ago, I decided to further expand on my journey of checking out the external media made for Devil My Cry by checking out the first volume of the Devil May Cry 3 manga, which I thought was pretty solid for what it was. Sure, it wasn't anything too extraordinary, with it being basic for what it was and having a lot of what you would expect for a first volume, but it mostly made up for that with a simple, yet still entertaining start to the story, some good characters with decent writing, art that was mostly good, but it did look pretty sloppy in some areas and action scenes that were also pretty solid too, even if you could barely tell what was going on in some of them due to how busy the panels were. Fast-forward ten days later, and now I have read the second and final volume of the manga, Code 2: Vergil, and it was more or less more of the same. I will say though that it is a definite improvement over the first volume, having a lot more going on when it comes to the plot, having some more pretty sick moments to see throughout, more consistently solid art throughout and plenty more really solid action scenes, but a lot of the problems that I did have with the first volume are still here, along with a lot of this volume being exposition dumps that don't end up going anywhere that aren't really too interesting to read. None of this really matters in the end though, considering this manga did get cancelled, but for what it's worth, for what it was trying to set-up and what it could've eventually led to, it still did a good job with what it had to offer and was still entertaining enough to read from start to finish. I would recommend it for those that loved the first volume, as well as for those who are huge fans of DMC and these kinds of manga in general, as while it may not be all that satisfying or great to read nowadays, especially since the manga is cancelled, there is still enough good material to be found in it that is worth checking out at least once, which is all anyone can ask from it when all is said and done.
Book #41
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Continuación (de una historia que ya no se acabó), ahora con Vergil en el foco. Desde el 1 aparece Enzo, y los personajes de Alicia. Aunque un enfoque más de "cállate, quiero poder" tan característico de Vergil.
El plus bueno es un poquito más de desarrollo sobre los nombres de los demonios y su importancia. Pero la historia no mete más en el lore, ni en la preculea de la historia de Vergil.
Re-read complete... Too bad it is already complete since Code 3 never came out :/ Anyway, I liked this volume better than the first, the pacing was less hectic so it was easier to follow the plot. I'm itching to replay the game again now!
I would've preferred to have this book and the previous one in novel format - like the very first DMC books. But it's good for what it is. I enjoyed the pacing of the fights and the dialogue. Shame Code 3 won't come out but it is what it is.
“I make a point of refusing guys who can’t keep up an interesting conversation before things get serious.” i LOVE when he’s fake flirty with enemies it’s so silly to me lolol
also the little orb in the corner when he was fighting say don’t forget me TOOO cute
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This was better than the first volume, but still not as good as the game. The dialogue was very faithful to the characters though, which I greatly appreciate.
I’ve included both Code 1: Dante and Code 2: Vergil in this review since these are all that is when it comes to the Devil May Cry 3 manga series. (The artist quit in the middle of the three book and that was it for DMC3.) The story line between the two has enough continuance to truly consider them one book as it is.
To start, Devil May Cry has always been my favorite video game series. Dante has always been the perfect anti-hero and the lore is so amazingly well-imagined. There seems to be a polarization when it comes to how people feel about this manga. Some people love it and feel like it is a great addition to the Devil May Cry universal lore and others can’t seem to understand that this is a manga series that is based on some fairly violent video games.
Yes, it is violent and gory and sarcastic. Yes, there are demons and guns and giant swords. The artwork is dark and disjointed but still maintains a beautiful intricacy that any comic reader could enjoy. The art helped to present the same “feel” that the games gave you. Odd camera angles and dark shadows that made playing difficult also make reading and understanding what is going on hard to follow. The writing at some points was too small and in a font that was too difficult to read. And while it offered the typical snarky Dante dialogue, I felt like I was just looking at a psychotic break in manga format.
Like I said before, I’m an avid DMC fan. But these just fell flat to me. It could be because the story was cut short but honestly, I’m not sure if there truly is anything that could redeem them.