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Mico is Devilman Lady?


Just watched it.
Being a die-hard fan of Devilman, I cant say I like it a lot.
The CG is ok, predictable but the end of the world part is quite cool.

Anyway, I am just wandering the the character Mico in the show... IS she suppose to be Devilman Lady as in the other anime series?

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Considering her actions I'd say yes, just my opinion of course.

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Nope. Devilman Lady's name is Jun Fudo. The counterpart of Ryo Asuka in that series is called Ran Asuka. The story of Devilman lady is pretty similiar to the Devilman. Below is the synopsis of the manga series.

The idea for Devilman Lady came about when Go Nagai wondered what the future of mankind would be like if the person that became Devilman had been a woman. The manga started in 1997 and made its way onto television in 1998. The television show differs slightly from the manga. Jun is a shy fashion model instead of a school teacher. Despite how the story may sound, Devilman Lady is completely original and not a rehash of Devilman.

Jun Fudo is a teacher who raises her younger brother, Hikaru, while their father is away in the United States. Jun is asked to accompany a group of students an on outdoor trip and she begins experiencing unusual nightmares. To make matters worse, in a nearby chalet are a group of martial artists who take too much of an interest in Jun and her female students. However, these are no ordinary martial artists, but in actuality, they are demons. After reverting back to their true form, they break into the nearby chalet to rape the girls. Jun is caught by the demons and they proceed to violate her.

Feeling her soul being ripped apart, Jun undergoes a terrifying transformation into a demon-woman hybrid. With her newfound strength, she kills the attacking force of demons and gathers the surviving girls to protect them. A woman named Ran Asuka shows up and claims that she awakened the sleeping beast within Jun.

Jun is understandably confused about what is going on and the sudden appearance of her father (who was supposedly in the states) complicate matters for her. According to Professor Fudo, a strange phenomenon occured in shantytowns a couple years ago known as the "Devil Beast Syndrome". Some inhabitants would tranform into demons and rape women before eating them. The "Devil Beasts" do not retain the memories nor intelligence of their previous lives, but gain enhanced strength.

Is there some sort of supernatural explanation for all of this? No. The professor explains that this change that is occuring in people is the next stage in evolution for mankind. Professor Fudo theorized that this was Nature's way of dealing with mankind's overpopulation. A few people were genetically engineered to retain their conscience should the "Devil Beast Syndrome" occur in them. Jun was one such experiment. With Devilman Lady fighting for humanity, there may be enough time to prevent the creation of further devil beasts.

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Everyone dies in the end of Devilman manga except for Satan and Zenon. But Satan realized just before Akira died she (using she, because Satan's hermaphrodite but actually favors female forms after falling for Akira) was wrong and was acting like God who she claimed to hate. Akira realizes he's been mistaken about the "betrayal" too when he catches a sight of Satan's falling tears which haunts him in afterlife.

The manga Devilman Lady is a direct sequel to Devilman. The Devilman Lady is Jun Fudo who is assisted by Ran Asuka in fighting the demon beasts. The world was reseted and claimed by Michael because Satan exiled herself in Hell out of grief of killing Akira. God resets the world in order to control it again. Akira's adventures become manga.

Jun and Ran are actually Satan's female and male sides who, after her change of heart, is trying to do the right thing and try to bring forth evolution (turns up, she "forgot" or God made her forget all demons and mythological gods were human once, they evolved out of God's grip and he intents to destroy the world to revert the state which is what Satan, as Sophia the Wisdom and Serpent of Light figure, was against). Jun travels to Hell and both she and Akira fall in love. Akira makes love with her and all, he's looking for Satan too.

The ending, after Akira is brought back, Jun and Ran become Satan again, is both of them joining forces against Michael's forces in order to get their free world. Humans have 'ceased' to exist: they have evolved into demons. All devilbeasts or those who were demons return to life. Miki and old human characters stay dead. The ending makes implicit Akira and Satan won. Devilman manga was a story of the evolving relationship of Akira and Satan (as Jun, Ryo or Ran, those were just incarnations of Satan).

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