Devil HuntersAffiliationGovernment, Private SectorPhysical descriptionSpeciesMainly human with a handful of exceptionsDevil Hunters (デビルハンター, Debiru Hantā?) are individuals (human or otherwise) who, as the name would imply, have taken it upon themselves to fight against Devils whenever a threat related to them should arise in the world.
They tend to use contracts with Devils as a means of standing a chance in combat against their monstrous opponents, giving them a massive advantage over standard law enforcement whenever Devils appear.
Counting the Private Sector Devil Hunters, there are over a thousand Devil Hunters in Tokyo, meaning that being a Devil Hunter is considered a common profession. Devil Hunters that work for the government receive a salary regularly, just like any other government employee, while Private Sector Devil Hunters turn in bounties and do not have a permanent regular salary. Other Devil Hunters may choose to sell Devil corpses in the black market as an alternate way to make more money.
Devil Hunters will also sometimes capture Devils instead of killing them, usually for the purpose of using them to form contracts. The Future Devil is a good example of this. Devil Hunters are also the only people who are allowed by government to form a contract with a Devil.
While hunting Devils may allow one to earn considerable amounts of money along with the governmental benefits for those who work at Public Safety, this is considered one of the most dangerous professions in existence. Despite that, it is still a very popular profession, and even schools have Devil hunting clubs for students who seek to become one.
According to Denji, killing a Devil usually makes about 300.000 yen.[1] The Tomato Devil, who is considered very weak, is worth 400.000 yen in the Black Market.[2] The more powerful a Devil is, the more they are worth, with some countries willing to pay from 2 million dollars to anything for the Chainsaw Man and his heart.[3][4]
Since many Devil Hunters had their families killed by Devils, a lot of Devil Hunters have a hatred towards Devils and a desire for revenge. This became especially common after the massacre that the Gun Devil caused thirteen years prior to the present day. However, due to how powerful some Devils are, most Devil Hunters end up forming contracts with Devils in order to be more capable of killing them. Some Fiends and Devils also choose to become Devil Hunters and work alongside humans. Because of this, at times a bond can form between humans and their demonic teammates. Some Devils choose to help humanity out of fear of being killed by a Devil Hunter instead of doing so out of their own free will. And last, but not least, all Fiends and Devils who work as Devil Hunters are completely dispensable, if anyone betrays Devil Hunters by allying with other Devils or resigning to their job, Devil Hunters will kill and replace it with another one.
The Public Safety Devil Hunters (公 (こう) 安 (あん) のデビルハンター, Kōan no Debiru Hantā?), later known as The National Devil Extermination Public Safety Commission, are an organization of government-sanctioned Devil Hunters in Japan who function similarly to a Fire Department or Police Force. They're sent to dispatch Devils in the event of a threat to the public and are tasked with resolving Devil-related incidents on a smaller scale. Though the threat level of the Devils they pursue can vary, they're generally sent after bigger threats than those working in the Private Sector, according to Himeno. To compensate the fact that Devil Hunters from the public bureau are sent after more dangerous Devils than private Devil Hunters, the government gives them more paid days off and other benefits. Despite the benefits, Public Safety, like all departments that work under the goverment, must also do paperwork and always give well-explained and detailed reports about their activities.
Public Safety Devil Hunters are split into several different divisions. A notable division of Public Safety Devil Hunters led by Makima employs individuals who are outliers to most of the organization at large, such as Denji, a living human who previously fused with a Devil and Power, a Fiend. After Makima's death, Public Safety is shown to still hire Devils and Fiends to work for the organisation, usually assigning them to handle dangerous missions. Should they succeed in their initial outings, many of these Fiends and Devils are promised extensive benefits, such as protection from government persecution.
Public Safety Devil Hunters have a basic dress code. They usually wear formal clothing, such as ties and suits, while Private Sector Devil Hunters do not have to follow a dress code, since they do not work for the government. It is worth noting that the uniforms provided to Public Safety Devil Hunters are reinforced, meaning that the suits provide decent protection to Devil Hunters.
According to Makima, Public Safety has someone who can reattach limbs. This implies that the Public Safety Devil Hunters also have access to better healthcare than civilians and private Devil Hunters.
These Devil Hunters work on their own or in groups with other private Devil Hunters. They are similar to bounty hunters and freelancers, meaning that they are not loyal nor officially employed by any government. They are sometimes also given work by the Public Sector for a certain amount of time. They get paid the price of the bounty on the specific Devil which they capture or kill, however they usually are sent after smaller threats than the Public Safety Devil Hunters, likely because they have less resources and safety due to being self-employed.
There is little to no paperwork required to become a private Devil Hunter, since even high schoolers and children can hunt and kill Devils for money without any legal repercussion. For that reason, it can be assumed that anyone can be a private Devil Hunter for as long as they have the will.
It is considered an obstruction of justice when a Public Safety Devil Hunter kills a Devil which a Private Sector Devil Hunter is already engaged with, this can lead to the Public Safety Devil Hunter being arrested. An example is when Power killed the Sea Cucumber Devil out of thirst for blood when a private Devil Hunter had already reported it to the authorities, however Makima chose to turn a blind eye with the condition of doing great achievements.
Lina Romay was credited with co-directing this film, while Franco's first wife Nicole Guettard edited it. This shows that Franco was still with Guettard as late as 1980 (eventually they broke up and she was replaced in Franco's life by Romay). Pierre Chevalier was the art director on this film.
The film was released on 5 December 1980 in West Germany as Jungfrau unter Kannibalen, and in Spain as Sexo Canibal. It was theatrically released in the U.S., the U.K. and Italy as The Man Hunter, but was later released to video in the U.K. as Devil Hunter. It also appeared on U.S. video as Mandingo Manhunter. It was banned as a video nasty in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s.
Devil Hunter has been critically panned. Kurt Dahlke of DVD Talk called it a "horrible, trying piece of dreck that should have remained legendary and lost. That said, it's pretty fun stuff."[1] DVD Verdict, similarly, called the film "trash" and wrote that "the storyline is threadbare and the characters are idiots (the horrid dubbing makes their dialogue endlessly entertaining) but Jess Franco does not hesitate in blasting out the nipples and bloodshed."[2]
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When you activate Devil Mode, you cause an Explosion around you, dealing 500 damage, ragdolling enemies and you heal fully. Being in devil form costs 1 Mana per second and you automatically deactivate devil form when reaching 0 Mana. You can deactivate Devil Form at any time, at the cost of 10 Stamina (This is to prevent abusing devil form for free heal). Your Jump/Dash Cooldown is also reduced, meaning you can jump as high as high as you want(Until you run out of stamina).
Yohko Mano is your typical, ditzy teenager. Well, then again, there's her mother, who's always sleeping around, and there is the fact that her grandmother insists that she perform all these strange ceremonies. You see - Yohko is actually the latest in a line of Devil Hunters, the 108th, to be precise. But there's a hitch - to become a Devil Hunter, you must remain a virgin until you have completed all the sacred rituals proclaiming you to be one. Keeping her virginity is precisely the last thing Yohko wants to do, and she's found the perfect guy. Unfortunately, so have the devils she's meant to hunt, and she soon has much more to save than her chastity, as those around her turn out to be demons from the underworld.
So sue me. I like this show. Mind you, this is chock-full of almost everything that gives anime a bad name. You've got the gratuitous nudity and fan service sequences, the violence, the sexual innuendoes, all focused on a cute little high-schooler who's definitely a blonde underneath all that braided brown hair. There's even tentacles on some of those demons she has to fight- but, no, this show, despite the borderline ecchi first episode, doesn't go there. What Devil Hunter Yohko does do is entertain. The characters are likable and funny, with Aya Hisakawa at the top of her form as Yohko herself. Konami Yoshida as her sidekick Azusa is also super-cute. (Don't watch the English dub, though, if you know what's good for you.) The action sequences are topnotch (I'm apparently not the only one who thought the swordfight at the end of the first episode was really cool) and at times, the plot can actually venture into the realm of genuine cleverness, especially in the fifth OAV. The animation in the first few episodes has suffered quite a bit with time, as the first OAV was made in 1991 (which predates both Sailor Moon and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, two series this is often compared to). However, the plotlines and writing remain more than adequate, and the music for the whole series, mostly J-Pop, is quite good if you're into that style. (The ending song to the second OAV, "Not So Fast Sexy Girl", has to be one of the funniest anime songs ever written.) It was certainly popular enough to merit an entire episode of music videos (OAV 4), which I don't count at all as being part of the storyline (and neither should any other sentient being, for that matter). What didn't I like about Devil Hunter Yohko? Well, the first OAV is borderline porn, and while it's obviously taking a crack at the whole cliche of the helpless female victim a la Iczer or Urotsukidoji, it just doesn't seem enough of a parody. I didn't know whether to laugh or not, at least until the second OAV, when we pretty much figured that, okay, it's supposed to be a comedy series. By the fifth OAV, we were alternately laughing our guts out (check out Chi-chan, who becomes Yohko's "agent"!) and cheering on the heroes - err, heroines. (Guys do NOT last long in this series.) Watch for the villains though, who, while pretty much on the we've-seen-it-before demonic side, actually get very creepy. The atmosphere's a good deal darker than most comedy shows, that's for sure. There is a bit of a caveat to the "magical girl" tag - Devil Hunter Yohko is NOT a shoujo title in the least, and though eventually the whole title ends up being a very positive "girls rule!" sort of series, there's way too much fan service for it to be truly aimed at a purely female audience. Of course, plenty of female fans will probably appreciate the later episodes of this series. I personally found the final OAV, which was meant as a launch for a second series, extremely contrived (even more so than all the rest combined, and that's saying a lot!) and not nearly as good as its predecessors, but as a whole, despite the extreme inconsistency of episodes, Devil Hunter Yohko is a heck of a lot of fun, and frankly, I'm surprised more people don't know about it. Besides, not many characters fill out a Chinese battle-dress quite like Yohko does. I'll drink to that!
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