THE DEVIL LADY – Volume 1: The Awakening

Another story of split personality. Fashion model by day, Jun turns into a different model by night. Two of them, actually: the first, a house-size model – voluptuous and deadly Devil Lady; the second – skyscraper level in height, much less beautiful / much more deadly ‘Giga Effect’ killer. Cliché after cliché: she hates her Devil-self, being shy and introvert role-model to younger peer, lives through the gruesome nights as through nightmares; pursued by stalker from some shady government agency, lady who actually introduced her other self; after attemted suicide find herself in protective facility – white room with a video-camera…
More than enough of already seen. Including the scene setup.

And now the good stuff:

Metamorphosis – shredding clothes, claws, wings, pornstar-type body ( suggested for 17+ audience)
Battle scenes – ugly, fast, lot of blood, close camera, effective kills ( suggested for 17+ audience)

Monsters design – really good creations, proves the known quality of Go Nagai horror ( again, there is a reason why this anime is for 17+ audience).

The story has it’s qualities. I sincerely hope that now, after standard introduction, we’ll encounter much more interesting plots ( relationship between Jun and Kazumi(??!)) more death, more monsters, and that Good wins in the end. Or not. Promising ‘a la David Lynch’ scene from the last episode gives hope. And suicide attempt was nicely created. ‘The Devil Lady’ has potential, but we’ll see, it is not enough just to have excellent horror motifs. We need more.