History Manga / DefenseDevil

Kucabara was recently banished and stripped of his powers. In order to regain his powers, he needs dark matter which is found from human sinners. He decides to become a Defense Devil in order to get dark matter. A Defense Devil's duty is to prove the innocence of human sinner of his or her crime. Once that is done, a Defense Devil shall be allowed to take the sinner's dark matter. Kucabara then must prove the sinner's innocence before a Shinigami takes the sinner to hell. One day, Kucabara's friend Funi arrives and tells him the demon world is in dishevel and Kucabara must return to save it.

''Defense Devil'' is a Japanese {{manga}} written by Youn In-Wan and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il. It is serialized by Shogakukan in Shōnen Sunday since April 22, 2009.[[note]]It can be argued that it is a manwha due to the ethnicity of its creators. However, like ''Manga/Kurokami'', it is considered more proper to call it a manga due to the location of its publishers, its target audience due to the right-to-left orientation, and the definition of both terms that imply that the original publishing country of origin is a deciding factor. Do ''not'' contest over this in an edit war. If you feel that the need to start an argument over this, bring it over to the discussion page.[[/note]]

* [[spoiler:AndTheAdventureContinues: Now Kucabara has to save God from falling into disgrace.]]

[[caption-width-right:225:The most {{Badass}} lawyer ever.]]

Defense Devil is a Japanese manga written by Youn In-Wan and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il. It is serialized by Shogakukan in Shōnen Sunday since April 22, 2009.[[note]]It can be argued that it is a manwha due to the ethnicity of its creators. However, like BlackGod, it is considered more proper to call it a manga due to the location of its publishers, its target audience due to the right-to-left orientation, and the definition of both terms that imply that the original publishing country of origin is a deciding factor. Do ''not'' contest over this in an edit war. If you feel that the need to start an argument over this, bring it over to the discussion page.[[/note]]

** [[{{Genderflip}} Genderflipped]] version with Jupiter and Shugarl, due to some confusion with the newly transformed women-to-men-shower room the little girl Jupiter ends up in the shower room alone with a very naked Shugarl. It's up to the reader to interpret what exactly she saw and/or understood due to the [[CensorSteam steam]] but the girl is still blushing long afterwards.

* BadassAdorable: Aside from Idamaria, ''[[http://www.mangareader.net/301-51013-7/defense-devil/chapter-47.html THIS]]''

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Father Serma has a variation of Type 1: think [[MahouSenseiNegima the Sword of Conviction]], and you have Serma's weapon.

* TheDulcineaEffect: That would be [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/defense_devil/v02/c019/14.html this line here.]]

* MrFanservice: Random girls on the street guess Shugarl is a model when he strolls down the street, some of the scanlation group are already his fans and he does give the female portion of reader a [[http://www.mangareader.net/defense-devil/77 nice amount of fanservice]].

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Kucabara, when his [[TheMentor mentor Dukov]] is attacked. [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Seriously,]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/defense_devil/v02/c024/14.html holy]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/defense_devil/v02/c024/16.html shit.]]

* YinYangBomb: ''[[http://www.mangareader.net/301-44213-9/defense-devil/chapter-34.html This]]'' is what happens when you do it right.

NeedsMoreLove. Totally.

* [[CoolCar Christian Car]]: Jody

* MrFanservice: Random girls on the street guess Shugarl is a model when he strolls down the street, some of the scanlation group are already his fans and he does give the female portion of reader a [[http://www.mangareader.net/defense-devil/77 nice amount of fanservice]].

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Every Hell is different, since every Shinigami gets to make their own version of Hell for the victims they bring back. This one is Maya's version.

* HeelFaceTurn: Shugarl, [[spoiler:Samus]].

* NietzscheWannabe: Kanto
** Also, [[spoiler:Legato.]] "[[BetterToDieThanBeKilled If you can't protect it]], [[KillEmAll destroy it]]", indeed

* TrainingFromHell: Ironically, it's for a demon and a nun!

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic

* TheMessiah: Kucabara. Takes it to some [[StupidGood pretty dumb lengths sometimes]], [[http://www.mangareader.net/301-39973-16/defense-devil/chapter-28.html like]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/301-39973-17/defense-devil/chapter-28.html here.]]

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:There is one instance where Schugarl is addressed as "Gary Peter Schugar" by Father Selma. It is ''never'' brought up again, nor is it even made clear whether it's an alias Selma merely provided for him or a hint at a former identity.]]
** [[spoiler:This could simply be the result of different translators romanizing his name differently, as Shugarl's first/last name is often spelled as Gelipeta. Taking that into consideration, Selma could have just known Shugarl's full name without any significant meaning behind it.]]

Defense Devil is a Japanese manga written by Youn In-Wan and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il. It is serialized by Shogakukan in Shōnen Sunday since April 22, 2009.[[hottip:*:It can be argued that it is a manwha due to the ethnicity of its creators. However, like BlackGod, it is considered more proper to call it a manga due to the location of its publishers, its target audience due to the right-to-left orientation, and the definition of both terms that imply that the original publishing country of origin is a deciding factor. Do ''not'' contest over this in an edit war. If you feel that the need to start an argument over this, bring it over to the discussion page.]]

[[spoiler:** This could simply be the result of different translators romanizing his name differently, as Shugarl's first/last name is often spelled as Gelipeta. Taking that into consideration, Selma could have just known Shugarl's full name without any significant meaning behind it.]]

* CheerfulChild: Kucabara's sister Bird, [[spoiler: which carries on to [[DeadLittleSister her illusion of herself after her death.]]]]

* [[spoiler: DeadLittleSister: Bird, who was an IllGirl before her death.]]

* CompleteMonster: Believe or not, [[spoiler: Legato]] just ''barely'' subverts this. That is, if you believe [[spoiler: he's a WellIntentionedExtremist]] instead of this trope. Now [[spoiler: Elimona]] is revealed to be this for a long time already.

* {{Moe}}: Jupiter and to some degree, Idamaria.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Random girls on the street guess Shugarl is a model when he strolls down the street, some of the scanlation group are already his fans and he does give the female portion of reader a [[http://www.mangareader.net/defense-devil/77 nice amount of fanservice]].

* YinYangBomb: ''[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/defense_devil/v02/c034/9.html This]]'' is what happens when you do it right.

* TheMessiah: Kucabara. Takes it to some [[StupidGood pretty dumb lengths sometimes]], [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/defense_devil/v02/c028/16.html like]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/defense_devil/v02/c028/17.html here.]]

* BadassAdorable: Aside from Idamaria, ''[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/defense_devil/v03/c047/7.html THIS]]''

** Appearance-vise we could compare Kucaraba to L, and Shugarl is like Light with slightly longer hair (DeathNote, anyone?).

* AnimeAnatomy: Brillheart either has this, or is wearing very tall tights.

* CuteShotaroBoy: [[IllGirl Ill little brother]] Legato until you find out he was faking being ill and cute...it doesn't apply, either, after he transforms into his [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy more powerful version]].
** [[spoiler: Oh, so he wasn't faking being cute and nice.]]

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:There is one instance where Schugarl is addressed as "Gary Peter Schugar" by Father Selma. It is ''never'' brought up again, nor is it even made clear whether it's an alias Selma merely provided for him or a hint at a former identiy.]]

* BreakTheHaughty: Shugarl got one. Now he's [[JerkWIthAHeartOfGold nicer...]] [[YourMileageMayVary sort of]].

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:There is one instance where Schugarl is addressed as "Gary Peter Schugar" by Father Selma. It is ''never'' brought again, nor is it even made clear whether it's an alias Selma merely provided for him or a hint at a former identiy.]]

* TheyGotBetter: [[spoiler: After getting her hands on the potion Apocalypse, Idamaria manages to barely escape death and brings back to life Shugarl, Bichula and Legato.]]
** [[spoiler: Double-subverted with Legato when he [[TakingTheBullet gets himself impaled in the chest]] in the next chapter. Then it's revealed later on that he barely avoided death and is still alive.]]