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[[http:/www.diabolicaljinx.net/chapters-page/ Omens]] is a fan-comic based on the popular manga ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' made by Go Nagai. The artist Diabolical Jinx has been working on this comic for several years, and was proud to finally publish it in September, 2022. Her art can be found [[https://www.deviantart.com/diabolicaljinx on Deviantart]], [[https://diabolical-jinx.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] and [[https://twitter.com/diabolical_jinx Twitter.]]
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* AnAesop: Like with the source material, the comic does grapple with several philosophical topics.
** Is there such a thing as fate? Is fate a cosmic force that guides us down a certain path, without our control? Or is fate just a past-tense justification we come up with to make sense of our bad choices? Is it possible for someone's behavior to be so ingrained that there's no other way for them to act? Can the perception of other people seeing them as a bad guy make it inevitable that they'll fail? A person experiencing the same bad outcome might think it's their destiny to act this way. Even though you could argue personal choices eventually crystalize into a hardened personality trait. The angels struggle with figuring out if fate is their own mistakes, or if God has some hand in it. It's hard to say.
** Is there such a thing as fate? Is fate a cosmic force that guides us down a certain path, without our control? Or is fate just a past-tense justification we come up with to make sense of our bad choices? Is it possible for someone's behavior to be so ingrained that there's no other way for them to act? Can the perception of other people seeing them as a bad guy make it inevitable that they'll fail? A person experiencing the same bad outcome might think it's their destiny to act this way. Even though you could argue personal choices eventually crystalize into a hardened personality trait. The angels struggle with figuring out if fate is their own mistakes, or if God has some hand in it. It's hard to say.
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** Type 1: Humans. [[labelnote:One]] Ordinary creatures that aren't of much worth, die easily[[/labelnote]]
** Type 2: Low level demons, prehistoric animals. [[labelnote:Two]] Superhuman, more durable but still fairly mortal[[/labelnote]]
** Type 3: Most demons. [[labelnote:Three]] Access to magic that gives them a competitive edge[[/labelnote]]
** Type 4: Advanced demons like Xenon, Psycho Jenny, Amon. [[labelnote:Four]] Access to advanced magic that makes them a creature of mass destruction. Could shatter continents if given the time to do so.[[/labelnote]]
** Type 5: Lucifer as of this comic. [[labelnote:Five]] A world destroyer. [[/labelnote]]
** Type 6: Lucifer in canon. [[labelnote:Six]] Someone so powerful they could destroy multiple planets, or even cause cosmic damage [[/labelnote]]
** Type 7: God. [[labelnote:Seven]] An omnipotent character. Can rewrite the laws of reality to suit their whims, and can end any threat with a mere thought [[/labelnote]]
** Type 1: Humans. [[labelnote:One]] Ordinary creatures that aren't of much worth, die easily[[/labelnote]]
** Type 2: Low level demons, prehistoric animals. [[labelnote:Two]] Superhuman, more durable but still fairly mortal[[/labelnote]]
** Type 3: Most demons. [[labelnote:Three]] Access to magic that gives them a competitive edge[[/labelnote]]
** Type 4: Advanced demons like Xenon, Psycho Jenny, Amon. [[labelnote:Four]] Access to advanced magic that makes them a creature of mass destruction. Could shatter continents if given the time to do so.[[/labelnote]]
** Type 5: Lucifer as of this comic. [[labelnote:Five]] A world destroyer. [[/labelnote]]
** Type 6: Lucifer in canon. [[labelnote:Six]] Someone so powerful they could destroy multiple planets, or even cause cosmic damage [[/labelnote]]
** Type 7: God. [[labelnote:Seven]] An omnipotent character. Can rewrite the laws of reality to suit their whims, and can end any threat with a mere thought [[/labelnote]]
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: How demons are depicted, much like the manga. Lucifer confronts God about this, pointing out that if God values an orderly universe how did he allow such horrible creatures to exist. God responds that the angels were never meant to interact with such creatures, but this doesn’t bring Lucifer any peace of mind.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: How demons are depicted, much like the manga. Lucifer confronts God about this, pointing out that if God values an orderly universe how did he allow such horrible creatures to exist. God responds that the angels were never meant to interact with such creatures, but this doesn’t doesn’t bring Lucifer any peace of mind.
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* VisualPun: After Lucifer is saved from Amon's clutches by Psycho Jenny, the angel stares off into the distance [[ThousandYardStare clearly in great shock.]] As Lucifer is lost in his thoughts, the angel's lightning powers finally start to surge back to the surface, with sparks of electricity buzzing around him. Why did Lucifer's electric powers finally come back? [[JustForPun Because he was in shock!]]
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* VisualPun: After Lucifer is saved from Amon's clutches by Psycho Jenny, the angel stares off into the distance [[ThousandYardStare clearly in great shock.]] As Lucifer is lost in his thoughts, the angel's lightning powers finally start to surge back to the surface, with sparks of electricity buzzing around him. Why did Lucifer's electric powers finally come back? [[JustForPun [[{{Pun}} Because he was in shock!]]
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: How demons are depicted, much like the manga. Lucifer confronts God about this, pointing out that if God values an orderly universe how did he allow such horrible creatures to exist. God responds that the angels were never meant to interact with such creatures, but this doesn’t bring Lucifer any peace of mind.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: How demons are depicted, much like the manga. Lucifer confronts God about this, pointing out that if God values an orderly universe how did he allow such horrible creatures to exist. God responds that the angels were never meant to interact with such creatures, but this doesn’t doesn’t bring Lucifer any peace of mind.
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* LaserCutter: During the fight with Amon, Lucifer gets off a lucky shot with his lightning that cleanly slices off Amon's front left leg. Real lightning burns at 50,000 degrees (hotter than the surface of the sun) so it would not do nice things to organic matter if it connected. A clean slice like that is probably a bit charitable to what would actually happen, but all the same the leg ''would'' be removed if it hit someone's leg.
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* LaserCutter: During the fight with Amon, Lucifer gets off a lucky shot with his lightning that cleanly slices off Amon's front left leg. Real lightning burns at 50,000 degrees (hotter than the surface of the sun) so it would not do nice things to organic matter if it connected. A clean slice like that is probably a bit charitable to what would actually happen, but all the same point is that the leg ''would'' would be removed gone like a bad habit if it hit someone's leg.connected.
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* MadOracle: Applies to certain demons. In the comic's magic system [[spoiler: there are special psychic demons who are able to gain greater powers and understanding of the world by meditating deeply. When they meditate deeply enough their body prevents them sleeping any more, presumably because the strain from gaining more power in the dream world might kill them. Psycho Jenny is an example of this class of psychic demon.]]
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* MadOracle: Applies to certain demons. In the comic's magic system [[spoiler: there are special psychic demons who are able to gain greater powers and understanding of the world by meditating deeply. Jinx calls this class of demon Seers. When they meditate deeply enough their body prevents them sleeping any more, sleeping, presumably because the strain from gaining more power in the dream world might kill them. Psycho Jenny is an example of this class of psychic demon.eventually revealed to be a Seer.]]
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* FauxToGuide: One drawing depicts Satan in a library, wearing a blue monk robe and holding a book in his hand. The book in Satan's hand says "How To Get Your Human to Love You", and the examples listed repeat "Don't kill them" over and over again -- as if this common sense was rocket science. In canon Satan did effectively destroy the world as a twisted form of romance -- rather than doing the sane thing and asking Akira out on a date -- so perhaps for the misguided angel this bit of advice does bear repeating. Ironically not killing Akira is only one part of the problem, avoiding the reason WHY Akira came to disagree with Satan is of more paramount importance, but it's totally in character for Satan to [[ComicallyMissingThePoint miss that point entirely.]] [[labelnote:read]]Obviously helping the demons reclaim the Earth matters to Satan, but gaining Akira's love and helping him survive is of nearly equal importance to Satan. The Amon manga depicts one of the reasons for why Satan destroyed the world as intense jealousy over Miki, unwilling to share Akira's affection with others. Crybaby has Satan treat the deaths of his demon army as an afterthought and his speech is totally dedicated to his romantic feelings for Akira. Satan's world destruction plot is partially dedicated to Akira -- breaking the world as it is so he can give Akira a new world order the two of them can enjoy in private, totally forgetting Akira is too kind and loving to want that outcome.[[/labelnote]]
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** Back when Tumblr had an orneous censorship policy on nudity [[labelnote:Read]] Tumblr's new policy is that explicit sex is not allowed, and nudity is allowed so long as it's not considered gratuitous. Canon Devilman would give Tumblr a heart attack if they could see it.[[/labelnote]] Jinx had to put tape over Satan's nipples to get around it. Jinx has admitted that she chose to draw Satan with crotch fur to achieve a more neutral tone of sexuality, because Satan's penis and vagina being out in the open might casue issues down the line -- better safe than sorry. [[labelnote:Read]] In Devilman canon crotch fur has been applied to Sirene and Satan to achieve a similar result. Even though it might be a bit of an oxymoron that Satan's genitals might offend someone, but graphic scenes of violence are rendered in full view. [[/labelnote]]
** One drawing has a fan complain about not being able to see Satan's naked breasts. Satan is seen below wearing a blue robe, akin to the kind of robes Catholic monks wear, with the label "Cloak of Censure" marked on it. Frustrated by his circumstances, Satan gestures his hand to the sky saying "See? God hates me!" Hilarious as it might be to think that God would make Satan dress more conservatively to punish the misguided angel, the Bible never claims nudity itself is bad -- merely that sexual intercourse used improperly is a problem. At the very least it might be more fair to say if God does hate Satan it's for [[EvilOverlord reasons]] '''other''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint than]] [[LackOfEmpathy his nudity.]]
** Back when Tumblr had an orneous censorship policy on nudity [[labelnote:Read]] Tumblr's new policy is that explicit sex is not allowed, and nudity is allowed so long as it's not considered gratuitous. Canon Devilman would give Tumblr a heart attack if they could see it.[[/labelnote]] Jinx had to put tape over Satan's nipples to get around it. Jinx has admitted that she chose to draw Satan with crotch fur to achieve a more neutral tone of sexuality, because Satan's penis and vagina being out in the open might casue issues down the line -- better safe than sorry. [[labelnote:Read]] In Devilman canon crotch fur has been applied to Sirene and Satan to achieve a similar result. Even though it might be a bit of an oxymoron that Satan's genitals might offend someone, but graphic scenes of violence are rendered in full view. [[/labelnote]]
** One drawing has a fan complain about not being able to see Satan's naked breasts. Satan is seen below wearing a blue robe, akin to the kind of robes Catholic monks wear, with the label "Cloak of Censure" marked on it. Frustrated by his circumstances, Satan gestures his hand to the sky saying "See? God hates me!" Hilarious as it might be to think that God would make Satan dress more conservatively to punish the misguided angel, the Bible never claims nudity itself is bad -- merely that sexual intercourse used improperly is a problem. At the very least it might be more fair to say if God does hate Satan it's for [[EvilOverlord reasons]] '''other''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint than]] [[LackOfEmpathy his nudity.]]
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* JesusWasWayCool: Played for laughs in one drawing. Satan aggressively flirts with Akira, with him shoving Akira to the ground as a result of his forceful seduction. Satan with a sadistic smirk on his face says "I need you!" to Akira, but the disgusted young devil responds "You need Jesus!" to express exactly what he thinks of Satan's misguided romance. Despite the joke, it's pretty high praise coming from Akira [[labelnote:Read]]Akira's opinion on Miki's Christianity is that he respects her religion and engages in it for social reasons, but is fairly ignorant about what the Bible itself actually says. Akira speaks positively of God in the lead up to the finale, saying he believes the Devilman army can be God's chosen heroes who will save the world from Satan's wrath. Devilman Lady is the only outlier where Akira's opinion of God begins to sour, and uses this as his reason for leaving heaven. More bizarrely Akira accepts Satan's offer to fight God far too casually. For the majority of the franchise Akira understandably places his rage towards Satan.[[/labelnote]] that he holds up Jesus as a gold standard of morality to follow.
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* VisualPun: After Lucifer is saved from Amon's clutches by Psycho Jenny, the angel stares off into the distance [[ThousandYardStare clearly in great shock.]] As Lucifer is lost in his thoughts, the angel's lightning powers finally start to surge back to the surface, with sparks of electricity buzzing around him. Why did Lucifer's electric powers finally come back? [[JustForPun Because he was in shock!]]
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* VisibleSilence: The "..." ellipsis shows up occasionally to punctuate significant moments in the story where a character is stunned silent by the event that just occurred.
** After God resolves the rampaging bull incident, he tells Michael to spare him excuses and he orders Lucifer to visit him in the throne room. Michael and Lucifer watch numbly as God magically strips the bull down to the bone and sends the creature to Purgatory. The Twin angels understandably have a "..." between them to illustrate how awkward that whole affair was for them. In the subsequent argument where Michael gets mad about the bull situation, and demands that Lucifer be more responsible in the future, Lucifer has a "...." over his head to illustrate his annoyance at Michael being a busy body.
** When Lucifer effectively double dog dares Michael to cut himself with his own sword, he is disappointed to see that Michael's blood is red and he has a "..." over his head as well as some dark lines to illustrate his disgust. It takes him a moment to regain his voice and express with mild shock "It's... red?"
** God appears as a horrifying skeletal abomination to interrupt Lucifer's argument with Michael, and the Twin Stars have their own separate "..." to express their shock and horror. When God is grilling them for misusing their powers, as well as mocking their recent tomfoolery, the twin angels have "..." around them to show they don't know how to respond. In the aftermath of this admonishing Michael flies off bitterly, and Lucifer has a "......" to illustrate his concern over burning bridges with Michael.
** When Psycho Jenny rescues Lucifer from Amon's clutches by blasting the demon with an enormous energy beam, the angel looks at the scene with disbelief. Lucifer quickly looks off to the side to see the origin of the beam, and then turns his head straight towards the horizon again, with a "..." over his head to show how overwhelmed he is by this whole shit show with Amon.
** After God resolves the rampaging bull incident, he tells Michael to spare him excuses and he orders Lucifer to visit him in the throne room. Michael and Lucifer watch numbly as God magically strips the bull down to the bone and sends the creature to Purgatory. The Twin angels understandably have a "..." between them to illustrate how awkward that whole affair was for them. In the subsequent argument where Michael gets mad about the bull situation, and demands that Lucifer be more responsible in the future, Lucifer has a "...." over his head to illustrate his annoyance at Michael being a busy body.
** When Lucifer effectively double dog dares Michael to cut himself with his own sword, he is disappointed to see that Michael's blood is red and he has a "..." over his head as well as some dark lines to illustrate his disgust. It takes him a moment to regain his voice and express with mild shock "It's... red?"
** God appears as a horrifying skeletal abomination to interrupt Lucifer's argument with Michael, and the Twin Stars have their own separate "..." to express their shock and horror. When God is grilling them for misusing their powers, as well as mocking their recent tomfoolery, the twin angels have "..." around them to show they don't know how to respond. In the aftermath of this admonishing Michael flies off bitterly, and Lucifer has a "......" to illustrate his concern over burning bridges with Michael.
** When Psycho Jenny rescues Lucifer from Amon's clutches by blasting the demon with an enormous energy beam, the angel looks at the scene with disbelief. Lucifer quickly looks off to the side to see the origin of the beam, and then turns his head straight towards the horizon again, with a "..." over his head to show how overwhelmed he is by this whole shit show with Amon.
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** One drawing has a fan call Akira out for ignoring the angel's beauty, claiming that Satan is the perfect lover. Satan has a cute face, his hair is fluffy, and his wings are soft enough to cuddle with and play with. Because Satan possesses male and female parts, he's perfect for bisexuals. Akira gets behind Satan and shoves the angel in the direction of the fan, saying "Here! All yours! No refunds." which offends Satan.
** One drawing has Akira shout at Satan's smug expression, saying that the angel needs to stop manipulating people into thinking he's cute. Akira turns to the audience and says "Come on people! Don't buy into this bullshit!" God would be [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike proud of Akira]], because the Bible follows a similar logic -- saying that Satan deceives people with his beauty. Satan's smug expression only gets worse, mocking Akira "You sure showed them." and Akira for his part gets angry enough that he says "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Will. Strangle. You.]]"
** One drawing has Akira shout at Satan's smug expression, saying that the angel needs to stop manipulating people into thinking he's cute. Akira turns to the audience and says "Come on people! Don't buy into this bullshit!" God would be [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike proud of Akira]], because the Bible follows a similar logic -- saying that Satan deceives people with his beauty. Satan's smug expression only gets worse, mocking Akira "You sure showed them." and Akira for his part gets angry enough that he says "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Will. Strangle. You.]]"
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** In Devilman Lady a demon named Vuravua tells Akira that demons were once a precursor race, that had bodies similar to humans (symbolism of Adam and Eve is used), who awakened a mutation which granted them greater power. [[JustSoStory Somehow]] the demons evolved an assimilation power that allowed them to merge with anything they touched and gain its abilites -- encouraging a system of fighting strong opponents to gain ever greater power. Vuravua claims that the inital demon evolution resulted in a lot of demons reverting to primal instincts, gaining power at the loss of intelligence. The merging power negated this, because demons could consume the bodies of worthy demons and increase the value of their own power and intelligence.
** In the web-comic's lore demons are essentially like a dark and twisted version of Pokemon. The demons possess unstable DNA that assimilates the body traits of whatever the demon eats, and it gets stored away as a potential path for evolution that ''could'' be followed at a later time. When a demon gets strong enough, it applies the physical traits of whatever the demon's biology deems is most adept at giving the demon greater power. Jinx does note that demons don't always get the best outcome they desired, leaving them as twisted abominations in some cases (this was her logic for why some demons seem to have unfortunate mutations that don't aid them much).
** In the web-comic's lore demons are essentially like a dark and twisted version of Pokemon. The demons possess unstable DNA that assimilates the body traits of whatever the demon eats, and it gets stored away as a potential path for evolution that ''could'' be followed at a later time. When a demon gets strong enough, it applies the physical traits of whatever the demon's biology deems is most adept at giving the demon greater power. Jinx does note that demons don't always get the best outcome they desired, leaving them as twisted abominations in some cases (this was her logic for why some demons seem to have unfortunate mutations that don't aid them much).
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** In one fan letter Amon grabs Akira in a mock affectionate way, informing the devilman that he has fans too. Amon addresses Akira as mortal (even though he has the nature of a demon and will not age), showing how the two of them are decidingly not friends. And to make it worse Amon addresses Satan as a Furby, which the angel is none too pleased to hear.
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** In one fan letter Amon grabs Akira in a mock affectionate way, informing the devilman that he has fans too. Amon addresses Akira as mortal (even though he has the nature of a demon and will not age), showing how the two of them are decidingly definitely not friends. And to make it worse Amon addresses Satan as a Furby, Toys/{{Furby}}, which the angel is none too pleased to hear.
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* YearInsideHourOutside: Maybe. Depending on how fast and loose the story is with physics, Lucifer would have spent years stranded in space. Faster than light travel and uses of portal hopping would mitigate this somewhat, but not by a whole lot (to be frank the universe is big). If we're being generous we can shorten it to months, but still a long time. Back in Heaven God refers to the tragedy that occurred with Lucifer as "recent events", implying that Heaven has a different flow of time than the normal material universe.
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* YearInsideHourOutside: YearOutsideHourInside: Maybe. Depending on how fast and loose the story is with physics, Lucifer would have spent years stranded in space. Faster than light travel and uses of portal hopping would mitigate this somewhat, but not by a whole lot (to be frank the universe is big). If we're being generous we can shorten it to months, but still a long time. Back in Heaven God refers to the tragedy that occurred with Lucifer as "recent events", implying that Heaven has a different flow of time than the normal material universe. And it's doubtful that God would wait months or years to address what happened to Lucifer. Jinx has said that time does flow slightly differently in Paradise, hinting at this trope.
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** This is how Xenon feels about the demons that help him in the chase for Amon. Admittedly they aren't the cream of the crop when it comes to combat skill, and they are fond of complaining. Xenon is still a horrible boss to work for, but it's not like his minions were anything all that special anyway -- Psycho Jenny was clearly the only fighter worth a damn in that party (and of course he mistreats her too).
** A more heroic example is God. While not every angel is a trouble maker, stand out examples like Lucifer and Samael are too busy bullying other angels and stroking their ego to do their damn job. God even remarks that his absence has removed any concept of discipline and harmony among the angelic host, and that he needs to be more present so they have a better example to follow. A more mundane example of this, is that the angels are so scared of upsetting him that they repeat words of praise and empty platitudes about virtue to impress him, and are not challenging themselves with new ideas -- and he actually calls them stupid for being stuck in this mindset, something that shocks Lucifer when he hears it. God for his part, does soften on the subject later, telling Michael that he considers the angels precious, which to be fair is how some parents are: they go back and forth between soft emotions and hard emotions (praise and insults).
** This is how Xenon feels about the demons that help him in the chase for Amon. Admittedly they aren't the cream of the crop when it comes to combat skill, and they are fond of complaining. Xenon is still a horrible boss to work for, but it's not like his minions were anything all that special anyway -- Psycho Jenny was clearly the only fighter worth a damn in that party (and of course he mistreats her too).
** A more heroic example is God. While not every angel is a trouble maker, stand out examples like Lucifer and Samael are too busy bullying other angels and stroking their ego to do their damn job. God even remarks that his absence has removed any concept of discipline and harmony among the angelic host, and that he needs to be more present so they have a better example to follow. A more mundane example of this, is that the angels are so scared of upsetting him that they repeat words of praise and empty platitudes about virtue to impress him, and are not challenging themselves with new ideas -- and he actually calls them stupid for being stuck in this mindset, something that shocks Lucifer when he hears it. God for his part, does soften on the subject later, telling Michael that he considers the angels precious, which to be fair is how some parents are: they go back and forth between soft emotions and hard emotions (praise and insults).
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**This is how Xenon feels about In canon demons definitely fit the bill. Many scenes are dedicated to demons chasing humans not just to feed their hunger, but to satisfy their sense of sadism. Even in the rare instances that humans put up a challenge, the demons just use that help him in as motivation to make their deaths even more painful. There are even notable instances of demons dealing horrible, crippling injuries to each other [[labelnote:Read]] In the chase for Amon. Admittedly they aren't OVA Akira sees a demon with his face slashed open, and his eyeball hanging off to the cream of the crop when it comes to combat skill, side, and they are fond of complaining. Xenon is he still a horrible boss to work for, but it's not like powers through and kills his minions were anything all opponent. Then there's Akira who was missing an arm continuing to pursue Sirene. And in turn Sirene kept attacking Akira, after fusing with Kaim, even though she knew her death was inevitable. Demons are persistent fighters. [[/labelnote]] and refusing to give up the fight, even though most real life predators would have stopped long before then. This is likely mitigated by the fact that special anyway -- Psycho Jenny was clearly the only fighter worth a damn in that party (and of course he mistreats her too).winner would simply eat the loser and heal their wounds.
**A more heroic example is God. While not every angel is a trouble maker, stand out examples like Amon's pursuit of Lucifer and Samael are too busy bullying other angels and stroking their ego to do their damn job. God even remarks that is relentless. He has several close brushes with death, where if any of Lucifer's lightning strikes had landed (one narrowly missed his absence has removed any concept of discipline and harmony among the angelic host, and that head) he needs to be more present so they would have died a better example to follow. A more mundane example of this, is that the angels are so scared of upsetting him that they repeat words of praise quick and empty platitudes about virtue to impress painful death. Even losing his leg doesn't deter him, and are not challenging themselves with new ideas -- and he actually calls them stupid for being stuck in this mindset, something that shocks Lucifer when he hears it. God maintains the pressure. Amon is ultimately rewarded for his part, does soften on patience, since eating one of Lucifer's wings regenerated his lost leg and gave him a power boost. But if the subject later, telling Michael that he considers goal was to stay hidden from Xenon, why waste precious time and energy on eating an angel? Demons certainly seem to [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide get lost in the angels precious, which to be fair is how some parents are: they go back pleasure of the hunt]], and forth between soft emotions and hard emotions (praise and insults).lose sight of what's important.
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** This is how Xenon feels about the demons that help him in the chase for Amon. Admittedly they aren't the cream of the crop when it comes to combat skill, and they are fond of complaining. Xenon is still a horrible boss to work for, but it's not like his minions were anything all that special anyway -- Psycho Jenny was clearly the only fighter worth a damn in that party (and of course he mistreats her too).
** A more heroic example is God. While not every angel is a trouble maker, stand out examples like Lucifer and Samael are too busy bullying other angels and stroking their ego to do their damn job. God even remarks that his absence has removed any concept of discipline and harmony among the angelic host, and that he needs to be more present so they have a better example to follow. A more mundane example of this, is that the angels are so scared of upsetting him that they repeat words of praise and empty platitudes about virtue to impress him, and are not challenging themselves with new ideas -- and he actually calls them stupid for being stuck in this mindset, something that shocks Lucifer when he hears it. God for his part, does soften on the subject later, telling Michael that he considers the angels precious, which to be fair is how some parents are: they go back and forth between soft emotions and hard emotions (praise and insults).
** This is how Xenon feels about the demons that help him in the chase for Amon. Admittedly they aren't the cream of the crop when it comes to combat skill, and they are fond of complaining. Xenon is still a horrible boss to work for, but it's not like his minions were anything all that special anyway -- Psycho Jenny was clearly the only fighter worth a damn in that party (and of course he mistreats her too).
** A more heroic example is God. While not every angel is a trouble maker, stand out examples like Lucifer and Samael are too busy bullying other angels and stroking their ego to do their damn job. God even remarks that his absence has removed any concept of discipline and harmony among the angelic host, and that he needs to be more present so they have a better example to follow. A more mundane example of this, is that the angels are so scared of upsetting him that they repeat words of praise and empty platitudes about virtue to impress him, and are not challenging themselves with new ideas -- and he actually calls them stupid for being stuck in this mindset, something that shocks Lucifer when he hears it. God for his part, does soften on the subject later, telling Michael that he considers the angels precious, which to be fair is how some parents are: they go back and forth between soft emotions and hard emotions (praise and insults).
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* YearInsideHourOutside: Maybe. Depending on how fast and loose the story is with physics, Lucifer would have spent years stranded in space. Faster than light travel and uses of portal hopping would mitigate this somewhat, but not by a whole lot (to be frank the universe is big). If we're being generous we can shorten it to months, but still a long time. Back in Heaven God refers to the tragedy that occurred with Lucifer as "recent events", implying that Heaven has a different flow of time than the normal material universe.
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** As a desperation tactic, Lucifer hardens one of his feathers and flings it at Amon but it misses. Given that these feathers are sharp enough to pierce through stone (Lucifer impaled the wall outside God's throne), this would have done a decent amount of damage if it landed. Presumably he was only able to throw one feather because his magic was malfunctioning, otherwise he might have attempted multiple throws to put a wall of feathers between him and Amon.
** In Devilman Grimoire, Satan also has this power and it's exceptionally beefed up compared to what's shown in the web-comic. Satan can form thousands of feathers, and he can swarm them around his body as a defensive shield and as a potent projectile attack to wound his foes from afar. According to Satan, these feathers have been converted into platinum [[labelnote:Read]] This is not a bad choice for metals, believe it or not. Platinum has a decent desensity, which would give it a good impact force. Platinum melts at 3200 degrees Farenheit, giving the metal a fair resistance to most forms of heat. In Grimoire Miki is fused to an Ignis demon, which in mythology are manifestations of the Earth's internal heat. The Earth's core burns at 10,000 degrees Farenheit, which allows Miki to counteract Satan's platinum feathers. Ironically Satan's 50,000 degree lightning would be able to melt his own feathers too. [[/labelnote]] which would give them good impact force and a sharp texture for slicing. Satan uses them to good effect on Akira and Miki, until the latter uses her devil form's flame powers to melt them. Jinx noted that she was not aware that Satan had this power prior to writing her web-comic, but was amused by it -- calling it a "happy coincidence."
** As a desperation tactic, Lucifer hardens one of his feathers and flings it at Amon but it misses. Given that these feathers are sharp enough to pierce through stone (Lucifer impaled the wall outside God's throne), this would have done a decent amount of damage if it landed. Presumably he was only able to throw one feather because his magic was malfunctioning, otherwise he might have attempted multiple throws to put a wall of feathers between him and Amon.
** In Devilman Grimoire, Satan also has this power and it's exceptionally beefed up compared to what's shown in the web-comic. Satan can form thousands of feathers, and he can swarm them around his body as a defensive shield and as a potent projectile attack to wound his foes from afar. According to Satan, these feathers have been converted into platinum [[labelnote:Read]] This is not a bad choice for metals, believe it or not. Platinum has a decent desensity, which would give it a good impact force. Platinum melts at 3200 degrees Farenheit, giving the metal a fair resistance to most forms of heat. In Grimoire Miki is fused to an Ignis demon, which in mythology are manifestations of the Earth's internal heat. The Earth's core burns at 10,000 degrees Farenheit, which allows Miki to counteract Satan's platinum feathers. Ironically Satan's 50,000 degree lightning would be able to melt his own feathers too. [[/labelnote]] which would give them good impact force and a sharp texture for slicing. Satan uses them to good effect on Akira and Miki, until the latter uses her devil form's flame powers to melt them. Jinx noted that she was not aware that Satan had this power prior to writing her web-comic, but was amused by it -- calling it a "happy coincidence."
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** Amon and Xenon match the stereotype of the red and black demon with sharp teeth and scary horns. The part about that type of demon being pure evil matches Xenon more, whereas Amon is more of a jerk.
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** Amon and Xenon match the stereotype of the red and black demon with sharp teeth and scary horns. The part about that type of demon being pure All demons would understandably count as evil matches by human standards, but the difference between Xenon more, whereas and Amon is more of the former is driven by ambition to rule over everyone, and the latter is a jerk.selfish jerk who takes what he wants by force.
** In canon the trend tends to be that the more powerful a demon is, the more their body leans towards a human shape, and proportionately they become more attractive (with some hint of beastly nature though). Though many of these same demons are able to go back and forth between their powerful beast form, and their more basic humanoid shape. The OVA Amon had a certain furry elegance to his muscular shape, but other adaptions have shown a [[HumanoidAbomination monstrous form]] with black boney scales and twisted reptilian features, so the trend towards a human shape can only go so far -- they are still demons after all.
** In the web-comic Amon goes through this process. He starts out as a feral looking cat demon, and by eating Lucifer's wing he evolves into a werewolf monster with bipedal hind-legs and arms allowing him to transition from human walking to animal running any time he pleases. Eventually he will evolve into the OVA Amon form -- a furry humanoid with thick muscles -- but as of yet how he achieves this form has not been revealed.
** In the web-comic Amon goes through this process. He starts out as a feral looking cat demon, and by eating Lucifer's wing he evolves into a werewolf monster with bipedal hind-legs and arms allowing him to transition from human walking to animal running any time he pleases. Eventually he will evolve into the OVA Amon form -- a furry humanoid with thick muscles -- but as of yet how he achieves this form has not been revealed.
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** Despite the shadowy design God has, he is not depicted as evil. At best God is insensitive towards the feelings of the angels. In canon Satan is adamant about how God is a cold and merciless being, but we should keep in mind [[MoralMyopia Satan]]] is not an [[SoreLoser unbiased source]], and he's [[NeverMyFault hardly]] an [[EvilCannotComprehendGood accurate judge]] [[ItsAllAboutMe of character]], or a 100 percent accurate source of [[VillainsNeverLie unfiltered truth.]]
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** Despite the shadowy design God has, he is not depicted as evil. At best God is insensitive towards the feelings of the angels. In canon Satan is adamant about how God is a cold and merciless being, but we should keep in mind [[MoralMyopia Satan]]] Satan]] is not an [[SoreLoser unbiased source]], and he's [[NeverMyFault hardly]] an [[EvilCannotComprehendGood accurate judge]] [[ItsAllAboutMe of character]], or a 100 percent accurate source of [[VillainsNeverLie unfiltered truth.]]
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** Despite the shadowy design God has, he is not depicted as evil. At best God is insensitive towards the feelings of the angels.
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** Despite the shadowy design God has, he is not depicted as evil. At best God is insensitive towards the feelings of the angels. In canon Satan is adamant about how God is a cold and merciless being, but we should keep in mind [[MoralMyopia Satan]]] is not an [[SoreLoser unbiased source]], and he's [[NeverMyFault hardly]] an [[EvilCannotComprehendGood accurate judge]] [[ItsAllAboutMe of character]], or a 100 percent accurate source of [[VillainsNeverLie unfiltered truth.]]
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* CannibalismSuperPower: In the web-comic demons are able to regenerate wounds and get a power boost from eating other living things. This is also true in canon, but the preferred method shown in canon is fusing together with someone else's biomass in a flash of light. While both achieve the same result, perhaps Nagai enjoyed how flashy the latter version looked over the former.
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** In canon the prehistoric Amon was already shown capable of transforming into a monster similar to the Devilman transformation that Akira had. Deviating from that the web-comic makes Amon into a primitive cat demon. Amon is a ferocious killer who growls at his foes, insults them, and shows no mercy. Similar to how cats torture small animals before they eat them, Amon takes a little too much glee in his chase of Lucifer. This is to say nothing of how often he has grumpy expressions that are all too common on cats.
** Something worth noting however is that because demons change shape by assimilating body parts from other creatures (not always demons), this doesn't necessarily mean that Amon ''started out'' as a cat demon. He might have been a weaker demon at one point, with the cat form being the strongest available body he could adopt at the time. If nothing else Amon won't be a cat demon forever, as he is set to evolve into the OVA form as his final upgrade.
** Of the demons that Xenon sends after Amon, the one that puts up the biggest fight is the cat demon (this isn't saying much). The cat turns into a twisted abomination, with a parasite popping out of the cat's mouth as the neck is broken and twisted upside down. This might suggest that the parasite demon is the "real form" of the demon, and the cat is just a skin suit that it upgraded into.
** In canon the prehistoric Amon was already shown capable of transforming into a monster similar to the Devilman transformation that Akira had. Deviating from that the web-comic makes Amon into a primitive cat demon. Amon is a ferocious killer who growls at his foes, insults them, and shows no mercy. Similar to how cats torture small animals before they eat them, Amon takes a little too much glee in his chase of Lucifer. This is to say nothing of how often he has grumpy expressions that are all too common on cats.
** Something worth noting however is that because demons change shape by assimilating body parts from other creatures (not always demons), this doesn't necessarily mean that Amon ''started out'' as a cat demon. He might have been a weaker demon at one point, with the cat form being the strongest available body he could adopt at the time. If nothing else Amon won't be a cat demon forever, as he is set to evolve into the OVA form as his final upgrade.
** Of the demons that Xenon sends after Amon, the one that puts up the biggest fight is the cat demon (this isn't saying much). The cat turns into a twisted abomination, with a parasite popping out of the cat's mouth as the neck is broken and twisted upside down. This might suggest that the parasite demon is the "real form" of the demon, and the cat is just a skin suit that it upgraded into.
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* GrowingMusclesSequence: Eating Lucifer's wing does not just regenerate Amon's severed leg, but it also causes a transformation. Amon's snout becomes longer and takes on a more canine shape. Amon becomes bigger, and his front legs that are now starting to transition into arms start to bulge with muscle -- to the point that his veins are pulsating through the skin. Amon is still mostly a beast, but his form is starting to vaguely resemble the muscular humanoid devil he was in the OVA.
