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Dude, I’m not Tony.

Summary:

Morrison arrives a the Devil May Cry late with a person named Earnest, who refers to Dante as Tony. He claims to have found evidence of the demon his mother loathed. When Dante asks Morrison about this later, Morrison describes the incident that happened years ago where a town was burned down. The injured people claimed that it was a demon’s work, but no one believed them. Earnest believes that Dante is Tony, who left the town with his mother. He even referred to him as a devil hunter, something people wouldn’t usually know. Earnest picks Dante up when he arrives at the now rebuilt town. Earnest tells Dante that he heard about him from a circus boy by coincidence, so Dante tells him to take him to that circus. When he walks inside, he hears a familiar voice: the one that belongs to the demon hotel manager who has constantly been showing up. He cannot find him despite shooting his guns, and Earnest is surprised to see them when Dante walks outside. Earnest then takes Dante to see their old teacher, and old woman named Margret. She asks about his mother, and Dante replies that she has been dead for a long time. During the conversation, Earnest once again brings up the evidence he has found about the demon that burned their town. After arriving at Earnest’s house, Dante is introduced to his wife Ellise. While talking with her outside, Ellise describes how Earnest was said to have changed. Dante suggests that he could have forgot about the past, but Ellise tells him that Earnest was determined. She also tells Dante how highly he thought of Dante, but there was one thing she didn’t know despite always hearing about him. Ellise mentions a promise that the two had made, which Dante puts off as something that would have been done by kids.

That night, Dante encounters the short demon in his room. He says that he did this for Dante’s sake, as the demon is quite dangerous. Of course, Dante does not believe him. After Dante slashes him away, the demon suggests that Dante was drawn to the demon scent. The next morning, Dante confronts Earnest about what he will do against the demon. He tells him that it is not something that a human could take on, but Earnest still believes that he has to take it on. Dante visits Margret alone afterwards, asking where the ruins are. Margret does not believe that his mother would want him to go there, but Dante tells her that he is not Tony. Although he had used the name Tony in the past, he is not the Tony they are looking for. Earnest summons the demon out of a stone door at the ruins, but Dante knocks him out of the way before the demon can attack him. While Dante challenges it, the demon claims that the reason he appeared in the town was to find him. Earnest faints as the ground around him burns, and wakes in a hospital. After hearing that Dante had taken him there from Ellise, Earnest runs out of his room to yell at Dante. He blames Dante for drawing the demon to the town, and tells him to never come back. Ellise later sees a box sticking out of the ground at home, in the same place Dante was looking when she brought up the promise. The short demon shows himself again when Dante is on the train. When Dante asks him why he is doing this, he tells him that he is defeating his parents. Dante prepares to cut him, but the demon has disappeared by the time he turns around.

Preview: Death Poker

Impression:

This turned out to be another surprisingly enjoyable episode. I really love the atmosphere that is given off at the end of the episode, with the extended ending track playing in the background. I really don’t know how else to describe it, but it just makes me feel kind of good after watching the episode. It’s hard not to sympathize with Dante after his trust is lost, and I loved the scene with him sitting alone thinking on the train. It was also interesting to find out about Dante’s childhood, which he has left behind. I still believe that the short demon is going to play some type of bigger role sometime in the future. I just don’t think they are having him constantly showing up for a cheap plot device, especially since he is causing so much trouble for Dante in various ways. The next episode seems to be mirroring a casino theme that so many American films are using these days. It might be a good episode, despite the usual cheezy title.

Note: I kind of forget sometimes that the original purpose of this blog was to help me study Japanese. I actually had to look up a few words today, so I thought I’d list them this time for kicks.

iseki - ruins (I’m sure I’ll use this word when I’m like…excavating Japan…..yea….)
shouko - evidence (I don’t really plan on being a lawyer…hey, still a good word to learn)
munen - chagrin (It’s pretty bad when I have to look up the english word after translating it from Japanese. Chagrin is a feeling of vexation, disappointment, or humilation.)

So yea…learning Japanese is fun. Everyone should do it. Woot.