History Characters / DevilMan

* BondVillainStupidity: In the Toei anime, she takes her sweet time trying to kill Miki, rather than just kill her then and there. Doing so gave Devilman the opportunity to save Miki just in time, and results in her death.

* DeathByAdaptation: She dies rather anti-climatically in the 1972 anime due to BondVillainStupidity rather than fusing with a demon or Kaim.

* HarpingonAboutHarpies: She has similar physical traits in commons with harpies, the hybrids between women and birds from Greek Mythology. These includes large feathered wings, bird-like claws and tail, and plumage growing over her face and over her genitals, similarly to facial and pubic hair.

* PetTheDog: While she's a bloodthirsty demon, she has a very humanizing moment in which she weeps for Kaim as he sacrifices herself for her and makes it entirely clear that she doesn't want him to die. When she attempts to kill Akira after fusing with Kaim, she declares her desire to honor her fallen loved one by taking Devilman's life and proving that Kaim's sacrifice had meaning. All in all, it's one of the first moments that cues the reader into the idea that humans and demons really aren't ''that'' different.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Played with. [[spoiler:Ryo gradually begins to realize that something's just not right about him, as every one of his predictions concerning the demons has played out ''exactly'' as he thought. It's heavily implied that, as an amnesiac Satan, Ryo was subconsciously sending orders to Zenon on how to twart humanity.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Implied at the NES game as the FinalBoss. His defeat means Akira can live with Miki at the end of the game]].

* AntiVillain: Kaim is a demon and like them he seeks Humanity's extinction, but his noble qualities are a forefront of his character in most stories and adaptations. Kaim's love for Sirene, his selflessness, and his general lack of KickTheDog moments all make him more sympathetic than the average demon.

* AntiHero: While Akira can be more virtuous and leave a demon alone if it backs down and becomes non-hostile, Ryo shows no such compulsions and uses everything in his power to destroy them.

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:One of the nicer girls in the story is slated for a shocking murder caused by a witch hunt when she is unable to flee (And in ''Crybaby'', unable "pass the baton" to Akira), setting up Akira to become a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.]]

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis:At the end of the original manga, [[spoiler:Ryo admits to Akira's severed corpse that he's become no better than his [[{{God}} father]], doing the exact same thing to humanity that God did to the demons. Ryo feels genuine remorse for what he's done, but it's far too late to change what happened.]]

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis:At the end of the original manga, [[spoiler:Ryo admits to Akira's severed corpse that he's become no better than his [[{{God }} father]], doing the exact same thing to humanity that God did to the demons. Ryo feels genuine remorse for what he's done, but it's far too late to change what happened.]]

* {{Chickification}}: Miki in just about everywhere else outside the original manga, somewhat in ''Crybaby'', the first [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]] and ''Devilman Grimoire''. Originally she pushed Akira into becoming more active and insisting that he fought back against people who bullied him, and eventually [[WomenPreferStrongMen she liked Akira even more]] when he became more aggressive in his Devilman days. Other adaptations however, like the Anime and the final [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], like to portray Miki in a more pure light; she is not shown to be amused by Akira being aggressive and certainly does not encourage him to fight anyone, and even in ''AMON'' where she retains her original personality, the aggressive part is still gone.