History Headscratchers / DevilmanCrybaby

Are the demons supposed to be sympathetic, and is the audience supposed to think they can be reasoned with? Akira shows sympathy for Kaim and Silene, and Ryo scoffs at the idea of reasoning with demons. Based on the rest of the series, he is right. The unnamed demons are the same murderers who kill humans ForTheEvulz we saw before Kaim and Silene's introduction. Kaim is the only one bothered by their race's sadism, and he still does nothing to stop it; plus, he is in love with Silene, who not only doesn't share his stance, she scoffs at it while proudly showing her sadism. This makes Kaim come off more as a hypocrite than anything else. Psycho Jenny bringing up how cruelly God treated the demons gives the feeling the demons are supposed to be sympathetic, but we also heard about how when the demons did rule the Earth, it was a Social Darwinist dystopia of suffering and murder. This makes Psycho Jenny's remarks about humans betraying each other look hypocritical, knowing it is normal for demons to kill each other on a whim. The anime talks about peaceful coexistence, but its conflict is driven by an AlwaysChaoticEvil race of monsters who enjoy violence, see humans as inferior, treat each other worse than humans do, and if there are any good demons, we do not see any. Ryo is an angel, not a demon, so even if he can be redeemed, he doesn't count as an example of a demon with the capacity for good, especially since it is implied he acts like a sociopath because Psycho Jenny raised him.

** In the first episode, there was a news report regarding the murder of a track runner, who was Koda's teammate (and secret lover as well). Akira himself is extremely empathetic as he can sense if others are hurting inside or not (it doesn't matter if he personally knows the guy or not), and Koda usually vents out his grief when alone, so Akira's stating that he can tell that deep down Koda is sad even if he doesn't show it.

* One majorly jarring aspect of the whole show to me, especially in this iteration, is how Anime Logic takes place that's taken UpToEleven at this point. The way people behave, Ryo's reasoning in contrast to his actions, the fact that Akira didn't even ''remotely'' sense that what Ryo is doing is anything '''but''' saving humanity. Ryo only questioning how he knew about Amon towards the end of the show. No teachers being severely concerned about Akira's sudden change. Despite the apocalypse taking off after Koda's reveal, most people still acting like it isn't a big deal while paranoid mobs roam the cities. And most importantly, Ryo's Kill-or-be-Killed speech on live TV. How no one seems to be even slightly critical of their environment just completely blows my mind. My closest call is that there are some adaptational issues from the old manga plus that the show is to be understood in a more metaphorical sense than literal. Still, I'd at least like to know what goes on in Ryo's head that he can justify all he does until the very end. Since, despite putting an emphasis on logic at all times, he does have moments that show the very opposite. How can he say love/sorrow doesn't exist when there are at least physical measurements that clearly indicate it does?

* All those issues can be easily handwave as part of the designs of a very angry omnipotent being that hijacked the entire creation in order to forever punish the one angel that dared to rebel.

* One majorly jarring aspect of the whole show to me, especially in this iteration, is how AnimeLogic takes place that's taken UpToEleven at this point. The way people behave, Ryo's reasoning in contrast to his actions, the fact that Akira didn't even 'remotely' sense that what Ryo is doing is anything 'but' saving humanity. Ryo only questioning how he knew about Amon towards the end of the show. No teachers being severely concerned about Akira's sudden change. Despite the apocalypse taking off after Koda's reveal, most people still acting like it isn't a big deal while paranoid mobs roam the cities. And most importantly, Ryo's Kill-or-be-Killed speech on live TV. How no one seems to be even slightly critical of their environment just completely blows my mind. My closest call is that there are some adaptational issues from the old manga plus that the show is to be understood in a more metaphorical sense than literal. Still, I'd at least like to know what goes on in Ryo's head that he can justify all he does until the very end.

** In the first episode there was a news report regarding the murder of a track runner, who was Koda's teammate (and secret lover as well). Akira himself is extremely empathetic as he can sense if others are hurting inside or not (it doesn't matter if he personally knows the guy or not), and Koda usually vents out his grief when alone, so Akira's stating that he can tell that deep down Koda is sad even if he doesn't show it.

** If you've finished the whole series, you see that in the first episode there was a news report regarding the murder of a track runner, who was Koda's teammate (and secret lover as well). Akira himself is extremely empathetic as he can sense if others are hurting inside or not (it doesn't matter if he personally knows the guy or not), and Koda usually vents out his grief when alone, so Akira's stating that he can tell that deep down Koda is sad even if he doesn't show it.

* In Episode 6, right before the track meet, there's an interaction between Akira and Koda, where Akira states "You were crying at the airport, and you're still crying now." I don't really know what this meant and have been looking everywhere for an answer.

* During the middle of Episode 5, when the Rapper Gang is looking for Kukun, they come across a [[https://i.imgur.com/GP8N3wO.jpg young man]] that bears a striking resemblance to track star athlete [[https://i.imgur.com/smEJgLq.png Moyuru Koda]]. The thing is, was that ''actually'' Koda? I can only guess due to the similar hairstyle and the trimmed goatee, but nothing's been confirmed.

* During the middle of Episode 5, when the Rapper Gang is looking for Kukun, they come across a [[https://i.imgur.com/GP8N3wO.jpg young man]] that bears a striking resemblance to [[https://i.imgur.com/smEJgLq.png Moyuru Koda]]. The thing is, was that ''actually'' Koda? I can only guess due to the similar hairstyle and the trimmed goatee, but nothing's been confirmed.

* During the middle of Episode 5, when the Rapper Gang is looking for Kukun, they come across a [[https://i.imgur.com/GP8N3wO.jpg young man]] that bears a striking resemblance to [[https://i.imgur.com/smEJgLq.png Moyuru Koda]]. The thing is, was that ''actually'' Koda?

* During the middle of Episode 5, when the Rapper Gang is looking for Kukun, they come across a young man that bears a striking resemblance to Moyuru Koda. The thing is, was that ''actually'' Koda?