Devils' Line

The story was rather unique, the premise of blood thirsty 'monsters' hidden in a human society isn't unique but the way it was handled was. The devils were similar to vampires but had enough qualities special to them that made them stand away from the clichés. There are also a lot of twists and turns and events that catch you off guard and blind side you so there isn't too much stagnation in the plot. My only gripe is once in awhile there needs to be a dull chapter or 2 that is necessary to set up some major plot points. The Art was good.I saw many complain about the art being bad but it is consistent, there is no same face syndrome, and it is it's own art style. If you were shown a character that show's up later in the story that you didn't know yet I'm sure you would be able to identify them as a character in Devils Line. A funny thing is that the author can not draw proportionate hands. I like to call it small hand syndrome. At 1st it annoyed me a little bit but later I found it cute. Not all scenes have the small hand syndrome though. I think a lot of the manga had to prioritize scenes where the art needed to be on point and the scenes where corners could be cut, which is very reasonable. Very quick trigger warning: there are scenes of forced intercourse or attempted forced intercourse, suicide, child abuse etc. Devils Line has some very dark scenes involving those so I felt the need for the warning. Character: The characters all had their unique personalities and didn't fit into the common type of character troupes you always see. Also CHARACTER GROWTH! I felt like half the plot of this manga was based on character growth and not the typical character just happens to grow with the plot. Also, diversity. There were a lot of different couples with different sexualities and a lot of diversity in the couples. Minor spoiler: asexual couple, gay couple, lesbian character, gay character, cross dressing (male dressed as female but not the 'trap' type) character, etc. Enjoyment: Easily binge-able and re-read-able. All I have to say about that. Overall: I rated it a 9 because it was one of my favorites but I can see the different opinions on the different aspects of it.

Story (7): It was a rather unique plot but also not something that has never been seen before (which is to be expected). Anyway it is about a human girl, Taira, that gets involved with 'devils' (which are low key modified vamps). It is mainly told by her pov and the pov of her half-devil love interest, Anzai. But it does jump pov a lot, thus touching on a bunch of different social and political views etc. Art (7): It can definitely get wonky at times. My main issue with it would be that the anatomy really isn't consistent. Examples being big heads and super tinyhands a good portion of the time. Also the art def changed as the series went on, rather common, but there was one character who was supposed to be ugly but still looked rather normal but when her character arc came they like hit her with an ugly bomb to emphasize her issues. I didn't like the inconsistency with the art concerning her, it would've been fine to leave her design as before. Other than all that I actually enjoyed the art and appreciate that it isn't a common style. Character (9): I will just simply state that there was a large cast, all of which had strengths and weaknesses. They were all fleshed out pretty good. And with the switching of pov you got to experience a lot of different social and moral beliefs between characters. Enjoyment (8): I was able to binge it without stopping and can binge re-read it and still get a lot of entertainment from it. Overall (8): It was rather good and def up there in my favorites but there were some plot holes or just things outright left unanswered, which is spoiler territory so I will leave it at that.

I remember watching the anime first of this on YouTube, when I was younger and falling in love. I rewatched it, but now reading the manga it’s a lot better than expected, I gave this story a 7/10 because of the use of unnecessary rape and how the story ended, I understand that blood lusting and vampires and raping humans can go hand and hand but in my opinion all rape is unnecessary unless education. Though the author didn’t seem like the type of person to add in rape just for climax and or to weirdly bring the main characters together like some, no alot of stories do. The female Lead’s personality sometimes bothered me, one minute she was acting as a useless princess waiting to be saved next she was putting herself in dangerous situations for no reason. Her attempts was there though. The male Lead’s personality I loved actually, tbh I’m a big fan of cold characters slowly opening up towards others. The side characters besides the long white hair man didn’t really stand out, I didn’t really care much about them and found a lot of them annoying. The white hair character I don’t really love or hate, he had his best and annoying movements in the mange and anime. Overall if you enjoy a vampire love-story without a abusive relationship and characters that actually talk to one another, no sexual assault between love interest, and something you can easily get through I recommend this.