Akira Fudo is a timid, kind teenager. To fight the demons that are waking up to retake the Earth, he fuses with one of them, becoming Devilman: a creature with demonic power but a human heart. Go Nagai drew this in 1972 and it starts as pulpy horror-action before turning into something much darker. As humanity learns demons exist, fear curdles into mass hysteria, witch hunts, and atrocity, and Nagai builds toward an apocalyptic ending that drops the action-hero frame entirely. It is crude in places and rushed in others, but its bleak final act, where human cruelty outdoes anything the demons manage, gave it a reputation that endures.
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