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DEVILMAN MANGA VOL 1 FULL
Go Nagai experiments with genres, style and tone ultimately creating a story that is incoherent, full of nonsensical plot twists that culminate in a truly bizarre anti-climax ending. It ventures so far to question God himself and makes us wonder what truly is evil. The colors of Devilman are not black and white there is no strict dualism that helps us create moral separations. The opposites must be conciliated and balance each other so as to achieve a dynamic equilibrium, which is - in Devilman - manifested in the acceptance of one's inner demons. I would say that it focuses mostly on duality, or rather the absurdity of belief that there are two separate extremes. It tackles philosophies from Buddhism, Zen, and even Christianity. The story itself is ostensibly simplistic, but in actuality is so complex that with each re-read you discover more about it. Naturally, since it wasn't pre-planned, it's ridden with plot holes and erratic pace, however, it does in return offer a certain refreshment worth and perhaps a peculiar charm. The world of Devilman is multi-layered and it is very difficult to analyze its elements individually and in a typical way, because they are all juxtaposed into a sort of an incoherent unity. Where he has to accept his inner evil in order to defeat evil, which is where the aforementioned fails. That can be seen in the way the main character is written, as a paradoxical counterpart to humanity. Justified move, in a sense, since traditional hero portrayal is cast aside in order to act on a wider scale. When it comes to characters, this work refrains from any in-depth characterization, but rather shamelessly uses them as convenient tools in order to proceed with Akira's development. Go's expressionistic style flirts with reality, thus never makes violence seem to be there for the sake of fetishization, but instead experiments with the abstraction of it. Which pertain to violence and chaos as one of the themes.
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Emotional overtones simply ooze out of panels, while anatomical accuracy is sacrificed for the sake of distorted depictions However, there is more than meets the eye in this clunky and out-of-place cartoon-ish style. One of the weakest and probably most prominent aspects is its artwork which could repel readers immediately. However, it is questionable how well can it cope with the tastes of today and not be cast aside as a mere superheroic work with horror elements. I think it gives us a little peek into the history of the medium and this is my favourite classic collection so far.Considered to be the author's most iconic work, Devilman has created certain standards for works to come after it and could be considered a pioneer in that respect. I like seeing this older Manga come over here. There are two volumes of the classic series, both have nice hardback presentation and some colour pages. It can be a little strange when a few pages of disney-faced human dialogue is suddenly interrupted by a hyper-detailed menacing demon with heads coming out if it's elbows.
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However, in volume 2 we start to settle into a more epic narrative that, in my view, pays off. There's some writing here that comes across as pretty goofy and it also feels like it takes a little while before Go Nagai decides where to take the story.
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This is very much classic Manga, so I feel you have to compare it to silver age comics from the 70's or 80's. In particular, there are grusome scenes, disgusting monsters and violent action all rendered with a high degree of detail and imagination. I was drawn to purchase this on hearing that it was a source of inspiration for Kentaron Miura, the author/artist of Berserk.