With Akito's help, Takagi gets another classmate and his school crush, Azuki Miho, who is an aspiring voice actress, to voice in the anime adaptation of their future manga once it is completed. However, Mashiro also proposes to Azuki, who surprisingly accepts only on the condition she will marry him when both of them have achieved their dreams. With a goal set before him, Mashiro begins a long and struggling path to become a famous mangaka.
Devil May Cry's look is vintage MADHOUSE, employing many of their seasoned veterans (Hisashi Abe, art director Katsushi Aoki, devil designer Yutaka Minowa). Beefy men with big manly jaws and lithe women with generous womanly mouths dominate the cast, and fast, furious motion is emphasized over flashy CG effects. Unfortunately Itagaki squanders this wealth of experience on action scenes so busy and crammed with distorted angles that they devolve into senseless montages of flashing swords, blazing guns, and random geysers of blood. It's such a conspicuous waste of talent that it's almost a relief when he starts cutting corners by dressing up stills and implying movement with fancy editing.