History YMMV / DevilmanCrybaby

* SpiritualSuccessor: This is as close as we've gotten to a modern ShinMegamiTensei anime, with occult happenings, modern high schoolers getting into fights with demons, themes of rebelling against heaven.

* HoYay: Akira and Ryo have a lot of subtext to their relationship. Even Miki's younger brother Taro lampshades this. [[spoiler:Becomes full-blown after Ryo's FaceHeelTurn and eventual transformation into Satan.]]
* LesYay: Miko and Miki. At first it was one-sided FoeYay as the majority of Miko's character arc involves her trying to surpass her in the track team. Then comes the end of episode 9 where [[spoiler:she confesses that she loves her and attempts a HeroicSacrifice to save her.]]
-->'''Miko:''' We used to run here often, didn't we? We were always running. I love you!
-->'''Miki:''' I love you too!

* {{Tearjerker}}: The last three episodes of the series will wring something out you.

** Some people think this of the Akira and Ryo's new character designs. They're not particularly happy about both characters losing their trademark sideburns.
** While the ending is played more or less like in the manga, fans who read the manga weren't pleased that the part where [[spoiler: Ryo/Satan explains why he hates God and humankind before realizing he's no better than God]] was left out.

* SpiritualSuccessor: This is as close as we've gotten to a modern ShinMegamiTensei, with occult happenings, modern high schoolers getting into fights with demons, themes of rebelling against heaven.

* CryForTheDevil: A literal case. [[spoiler: No matter what you think of Ryo by the end of the series, it's hard to not feel a bit sorry for him when he grieves Akira's death, even though he's the one who killed him in the first place.]]

* EarWorm: The instant you listen to the anime's rendition of "Devilman no Uta", you won't be able to stop replaying it.

** Some people think this of the Akira and Ryo's new character designs.

* SignatureScene: The Sabbath party-turned-demon orgy/massacre in episode 1, both as a jaw-dropping animation showcase and a ''very'' strong indicator that the TV-MA rating [[AnimationAgeGhetto isn't just]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids for show]].

** This isn't the first time Creator/KoukiUchiyama voiced a character who has a violent streak or a temperamental attitude (e.g. [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Tomura Shigaraki]], [[Manga/SoulEater Soul Eater Evans]], [[Anime/YuriOnIce Yuri Plisetsky]]). While he played those roles very well, he still manages to outshine them with his role as Akira.

** While the ending is played more or less like in the manga, fans who read the manga weren't pleased that the part where [[spoiler: Ryo/Satan explains why he hates God and humans before realizing he's no better than God]] was left out.

* BrokenBase: Between the manga readers, at least; half of them like the adaptation and believe that it did the manga justice, while the other half thinks that the anime did it a great disservice.
* CryForTheDevil: A literal case. [[spoiler: No matter what you think of Ryo/Satan by the end of the series, it's hard to not feel a bit sorry for him when he grieves Akira's death, even if he's the one who killed him in the first place.]]

** This isn't the first time Creator/KoukiUchiyama voiced a character who has a violent streak or a temperamental attitude (e.g. [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Tomura Shigaraki]], [[Manga/SoulEater Soul Eater Evans]], [[Anime/YuriOnIce Yuri Plisetsky]]). But while he played those roles very well, he manages to outshine them with his role as Akira. A fair share of fans have even commended him on said performance.

* MagnificentBastard: Akira[=/=]Devilman in ''Crybaby'': after merging with Amon, he goes on to attract the affections of nearly every girl in his school, leave his classmates in the dust in track-and-field, and is so debonair as to ''watch porn in the school's AV room with the volume at full blast''.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some people think this of the Akira and Ryo's new character designs.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Maasaki Yuasa's M.O as a director. Thanks to the financial backing of Netflix, it may well be his trippiest project yet.

* HeReallyCanAct: This isn't the first time Creator/KoukiUchiyama voiced a character who has a violent streak or a temperamental attitude (e.g. [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Tomura Shigaraki]], [[Manga/SoulEater Soul Eater Evans]], [[Anime/YuriOnIce Yuri Plisetsky]]). But while he played those roles very well, he still manages to wipe said roles off the floor with his performance in ''Crybaby''. A fair share of fans have even commended him on said performance.

-->'''Miko:''' "We used to run here often, didn't we? We were always running. I love you!"
-->'''Miki:''' "I love you too!"

* BrokenBase: Between the manga readers at least; half of them like the adaptation and believe that it did the manga justice, while the other half thinks that the anime did the manga a great disservice.

* HoYay: Akira and Ryo have a lot of subtext to their relationship. Even Miki's younger brother Taro lampshades this. [[spoiler:Later becomes HoYay after Ryo's FaceHeelTurn and eventual transformation into Satan.]]

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Whatever you may think of this adaptation of the original ''Devilman'' manga, there's no denying that the animation is astonishingly vivid and fluid from start to finish.

* HeReallyCanAct: This isn't the first time Creator/KoukiUchiyama voiced a character who has a violent streak (e.g. Tomura Shigaraki, Soul Eater Evans, Yuri Plisetsky). He played those roles very well, but he wipes said roles off the floor with his performance in ''Crybaby''. A fair share of fans have even commended him on said performance.

* AwesomeArt: Whatever you may think of this adaptation of the original ''Devilman'' manga, there's no denying that the animation is astonishingly vivid and fluid from start to finish.

** Adding to that, there's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hAJBDZe21w Crybaby]], which plays in the last few minutes of the series finale.

** The remix of Devilman No Uta, the Japanese opening of the original anime series.

* MagnificentBastard:
** Akira[=/=]Devilman in ''Crybaby'': after merging with Amon, he goes on to attract the affections of nearly every girl in his school, leave his classmates in the dust in track-and-field, and is so debonair as to ''watch porn in the school's AV room with the volume at full blast''.