Aside from being a rather perverted little bastard, there is something quite alluring about the works of Go Nagai. Though he’s infamous for creating stories as morally abhorrent as Violence Jack, I’ve always loved his Devilman. It might be vulgar, violent and edge towards illogic, but it’s fun too. Up until yesterday, I’d only seen the excellent yet all too short 1987/1990 OVA series, but now, finally, all 5 volumes of his original Devilman manga have been scanslated. 2 volumes in and I’m sitting here buzzing with excitement, it’s wonderfully weird, crazy stuff. Indeed, there is something innately fascinating about Nagai’s depiction of demons; not that they’re monsters per se, but they seem to have built up this whole culture and have their own ideas about beauty and morality. Whenever I watch (and now, read) Devilman, that aspect always catches me off guard; it’s all the more remarkable for suddenly transforming into this bitter-sweet, demonic love story.