Devilman Grimoire Vol. 3

Devilman Grimoire #3

by Go Nagai

DEATH TO THE TRAITOR! The time of demonkind’s full revival draws ever closer, as more and more humans succumb to possession. Against them stands only the traitor Amon, in the body of human Fudo Akira. His deeds have not gone unnoticed. Lord Atrocious, the Monster Shogun–strongest of demonkind–demands Amon’s head! The strongest demons from across the world descend upon Japan, seeking Akira’s life, even Lord Satan himself! It’s one demon against the world–but Amon won’t hesitate to kill anyone who stands in his way.

Genres: Manga, Horror, Fantasy, Comics

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

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

[Nelson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh, this volume just doubled down on all the shit I didn't like from volume 2. Extremely out of place fanservice, with no purpose whatsoever. To reiterate what I said in my review for volume 2, the original Devilman reveled in nudity, but it was almost always done for the sake of horror or to showcase the primality of demonhood. This is just pointless, out of place, and eye-rollingly cringy. It doesn't serve any aspect of the story. The plot has also become a mess and the motivations of most characters don't make much sense. The demons in Grimoire just aren't scary - most of them seem to just switch sides for inexplicable reasons, while the others are pushovers. Even the supposedly powerful demon big bad is a joke. The only saving grace of this volume is Miki becoming a Devilman. .

[Kennedy Athena Areffi · Rating 5 out of 5]

My "Devilman Grimorie" review

Well now, It's official because on April 17th 2023 (3 months ago), I have like started and finished each and every volume of Devilman Grimoire and I really enjoyed the story by Go Nagai himself and the art by Rui Takato, It's a new Devilman story but it has some references from the original Devilman manga itself and from a few of the other mangas along with their anime addaptions as well as for they are the many retellings for the tale of Devilman.

I love the idea of Miki becoming a Devilman herself and fighting alongside Akira and sure there are some new characters, But there are familiar faces like Miki's family and even demons like Sirene, Jinmen, etc. - Like the original, It has it’s share of death, Tons of bloodshed, Gore, and even some nudity in the mix.
But what truly stands out for me is Akira and Miki's relationship the most of all because having been good friends ever since childhood and of course, He lives with Miki and her family as his parents died in an accident and even after the whole demon summoning ritual with Amon making an appearance and having taken over Akira's body, Yet he still retains his pure heart to gain the upper hand and to have turned him from sweet and innocent from the beginning to somewhat of a bad boy, Your parents would never approve of.

But for these two reasons here for why that what makes something truly stands out for me to Akira and Miki's relationship the most of all.

For one, The relationship between both Akira and Miki evolves from friendship to love as in Volume 4 - Chapter 13 like as they shared their first confession of love.
Within their first kiss and Akira making a promise that he will protect Miki no matter what happens to him in Volume 4 - Chapter 17, I felt it sounded really romantic and it really makes me wanna like say and shout out loud saying - "OOO yes there he goes!!!, Oh my god yes!!!, That’s my boy!!!, Akira!!!, You done it bro!!!, You did it!!!, You got it bro!!!, I’m really so very proud of you!!!"

And I'm truly grateful that they didn't get killed off and the story had ended like in the original manga volume series from the 1970’s and the reboot of the Netflix anime series of "Devilman Crybaby".

Plus as two for why that what makes something truly stands out for me to Akira and Miki's relationship the most of all is that it was like also satisfying that Akira and Miki both made love for the first time into the middle as the ending of Chapter 13 and I feel like the whole series would have a possible anime adaptation itself and I imagine
Griffin Burns and Cristina Vee voicing Akira and Miki and for those guys that I gotta say that they did great in Devilman Crybaby before and I felt it'd be amazing that they'd voice them again. I wonder if Tara Sands would provide the voice of Tare (Miki's little brother) and for Miko and maybe Cherami Leigh and Joe the Fist - Bryce Papenbrook and I also imagine Todd Haberkorn as Alphonse sensei

And I don't know if they would, But hey, If one can dream, Then maybe you can as well too.

So anyways into this conclusion that I gotta say right now that it's a wonderful Devilman manga series worth reading and it also has it’s share of funny moments and a couple of naughty scenes.

So anyways I’m gonna give Devilman - Grimoire (The Completed Volume Manga Series) a 10/10 as into a gigantic 100% - 10 out of 10 yes and I’d so recommended it to anyone who's a fan of Devilman.

💖

[Gustavo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Como el anterior tomo, la historia, el arte y las peleas están buenas, peeeeero los desnudos excesivos sin sentido hacen que algunas partes parezcan directamente un hentai. Supongo que hay gente a la que le puede gustar eso, pero no es para mi. Igual voy a terminar de leer la historia.

[Yuiko · Rating 3 out of 5]

To much nudity for me

[Chad de Lisle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Twisted shi* part 3. (Full of Japanese horror tropes)

[Gabe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Took a while, but the series finally got past its growing pains to become a good mix of new ideas with old characters.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edición argentina, tomo 3 de 5. Traduce los capítulos 9 a 12 y cuatro páginas de diseños de personajes.

[Doc · Rating 3 out of 5]

Devil Hunter to Devil Hunted

As is the case with other titles in this series there is nudity and fetishes a plenty so if you want to avoid this sexually charged and violent series I assure you nobody should judge you poorly for such a decision.

Believing Amon defeated the Demon Lord Sirene he is marked as a threat with him not following an ancient law of demon kind preventing duels between demon lords thus to be targeted by any demon brave enough to challenge him. In the mean time (as seen at the end of last volume) Sirene is presently within her host choosing to continue playing the part of Tsubasa as she observes and awaits the time when she feels she wants to finish the protagonists off. We also see Akira/Amon gets a cool new nemesis and occasional ally, Psycho Jenny has some lessons for Miki, Satan spreads his wings against Amon (no real connection between them like he older series), mind control, extreme training, and more before we get to see Amon take on the nigh unstoppable Demon Shogun, Lord Atrocious.

By the way if you remember the beginning of the first volume there was a reptilian demon called Jinmen who challenges and ends up devouring Illuge of the Harpies but she appears in the story after the fact as a servant of Sirene. In this volume we see what happens to the remaining servants of the seemingly defeated Sirene and connecting to the first volume to this volume (weird I know but maybe Go Nagai wanted to show the dangers of the demons before Amon shows up and had this planned from the beginning.)

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 3 out of 5]

Esa portada se lleva sutileza a marzo.
Otra obra del multiverso Nagai que leí completa, me divirtió un montón, me encantó el dibujo y de la que no recuerdo casi nada. Y ni siquiera la leí hace tanto, pero seguro le tocará relectura uno de estos Estalustros.