#absolutely valid

Saw this & it reminded me of your blog lol (/pos)

Overall, I'd give it a solid 7/10.

To get my main gripes with it out of the way:

- Sciencing magic. Not everything needs to be "quantum", it's okay for things to be just magic sometimes XD;

- Demon refugees. I get the analogy they were going for and I'm absolutely down to exploring the theme that both demons and humans can be good or bad, as well as giving a thought to the structure of the Underworld, but even Agni and Rudra with their brotherly goofiness were a better way to do it, than making up "sorta demonish humans™" for the audience to feel bad for. Should have at least made them more monstrous looking, so that finding 'humanity' in someone so alien felt actually shocking;

- Political/social commentary being too "in your face". I'm not against it being a part of the story, but it requires way more subtlety. Including a real world groups and names and modern commentary guarantees that it will quickly get dated, rather than become a tasteful commentary on timeless human issues;

- Pacing. Actually I feel like pacing is a root of most issues I see with writing, where it struggles to really pack maximum exposition and world lore in a couple of first episodes. Which also creates issues with Dante's story being way too public. Leave some privacy for the man XD.

Initially, I was going to add Lady's swearing to the list, but somewhere along the line it grew on me as well as the fact that the cheer volume of swearwords seems exclusive to her 😅. Still I wish they'd space it a bit more, f-bombs loose impact way too quickly and add adolescent kind of edginess that seems a bit out of place.

Now the things I liked:

- Action, animation, combat - all of that. It's pretty and simply fun. CGI looks rough at times, but I can't say I'm bothered by it.

- Characters. As I mentioned in some previous post - it's a dmc-inspired universe, not an adaptation of any game, manga or novel. And so far I like this take on the characters. I want to see where their arcs will go and how they'll change. I like seeing them interact. I liked new reference characters, however little we got with them. Judge is still out on Banes, though, he is too flat currently.

- I liked that Dante (and demons) got nerfed. One of the writing pitfalls of the original material was making the MC into the most powerful character in the entry game. It can work for the game cause despite whatever the lore says, MC still can get his ass beat if you suck at playing. But for the longer continuous story, it's a way more probable failure in the making.

- While I have some issues with it, I still like that Underworld is getting explored.

- I like Lady's new outfit. I like that's it's an armor that helps to compensate for human fragility and limits in comparison to demons. I know it'll change and I want to see how she'll gonna proceed without it.

And there were many more little details that I absolutely loved. Most importantly - I had fun watching it and it makes me interested to see the continuation. I had a genuine blast, binge watching something in a long while.

wait correct me if i’m wrong but aroace is aromantic right? bc real, me too, i’ve only ever been attracted/in love with fictional characters which i don’t think counts? 😭 idk if i can say i’m aroace bc of that tho 💀

‘i would never be with someone nonchalant’ she says, as she reads fics about MEGUMI FUSHIGURO

HAHAHAA I’M JK 😭

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