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This write-up doesn't feel very good, but I don't have a whole lot of time to work on it. I guess it's hard to put into words how little of an opinion I have about this anime. I feel like the Futurama neutrality meme, "I have no strong feelings one way or the other."

205. Devilman Crybaby
https://myanimelist.net/anime/35120/Devilman__Crybaby
Winter 2018 (10 episodes)
My Score: 3/10, MAL Score: 7.77/10
Best Character: Kuroda Miki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM5mnH7JrJE

Premise: Fudou Akira, always weak and overly emotional, unwittingly merges with a demon. Now extremely powerful, he fights to resist a newfound darker side to his personality.

The Good: Devilman Crybaby is certainly unique. Im not sure Ive ever seen anything else quite like this animation and art style. The story also accomplished what it set out to do, both in terms of plot and themes. It went to some interesting places. As for characters, Kuroda Miki is the only one whose arc really sticks out in my memory, but everyone was fine.

The Bad: The whole time that I was watching this, I felt no strong emotions, either positive or negative. I dont want anyone to take that statement too strongly, though, because Devilman Crybaby hit the emotional beats it set out to. It didnt do anything I can point to as wrong. Other than a few parts in Kuroda Mikis story, however, nothing about it appealed to me. Its rare for me to consume a piece of fiction and have almost no opinions at all, but thats what happened.

Overall: Were at another dividing line in this ranking. I am completely neutral on Devilman Crybaby. The bad outweighed the good for anything below it, and vice versa for anything above it. It didnt appeal to me, but Id still recommend this for anyone who thinks they might like it. The best word to describe it really is unique, its just unfortunate that this brand of unique didnt do anything for me.

COMING UP TOMORROW:
204: This anime is getting sent to the void.
C33: This character doesnt want to play these games anymore.
203: Im bringing this anime into the real world.

(Since no one commented on potential spoiler worries, I'll just spoiler-tag the video with the character write-up, make it clear it's a video link behind the spoiler, and we'll see how it goes)