Devils Line

I think this is a show where we all have a common, itching thing going for it:
An awful Twilight-esque story with Tokyo Ghoul elements that are meshed in and didn’t really fit well with bad to poor execution.

Devil’s Line tells the story that was founded on Twilight…only that there’s coherent but sometimes confusing or misunderstood storytelling, but nothing exciting nor engaging. It’s the equivalent of “Hey, you’re a vampire with your fang teeth and I’m a normal girl, let’s date!” And that sums up how I felt with the entire premise of the series. Not to mention that they have added the police-like feel of ... betrayal and camaraderie just to get you invested in the series, and guess what? It added a tiny breath of fresh air, though I can tell that most people will not care for this, and for that, I will tell you to read the manga adaptation that’s not as great, but you will understand what I mean.

So…ok, human and vampire. What could go wrong? The answer? Anti-vampire groups, that’s why! Most notably the CCC, who works as a police target group in disguise under the boss Kikuhara Kirio, monitoring the main group’s vampire movements and executing what they feel is right of a vampire-free world.

The characters literally write the same story as Twilight, only that the former does it WAY better than what’s found here. Tsukasa Taira is NOT the equivalent, but a dumbed-down version of Bella Swan, mute, expressionless, and there as a plot device to keep the story entertaining as its romance-supernatural genre can go. The same could be said for the MC vampire, Anzai Yuuki, a half-vampire, the dumb-down version of Edward Cullen, trying to control his half-demon, half-human powers and constantly breaks the mold for his police group (Public Safety Division 5 F Squad) into trying to live in a world that’s Twilight (where humans and vampires can co-exist). Johannes Kleeman as a half-vampire, I’d say he is only the handful of good characters that doesn’t have a backstory, but yet is kind to everyone, is intelligent and is able to discern stuff very well. Other characters are generic, bland and uninteresting, the only one-liners I can say about characterization (if there was ever any to begin in the first place).

I have never personally heard of the new studio Platinum Vision before, most particularly they made Servamp (with Brain’s Base) and the spin-off from the Saiyuuki Reload series, but this anime just proves that just like many 2nd or 3rd rate studios, it falls in the category of being mediocre and bad. The manga-to-anime adaptation…is quite frankly nothing more of good. I get it that the producers tried their best to replicate the manga, but try as hard as they can, it still falls short. The animation is less than Tokyo Ghoul quality, more so than ripping it off, it’s bearable to watch but when the action gets heavy, RIP animation quality.

The sound is another story in and itself. I get it that the setting has to be the super “edgy” feel, but they are only OK at best, nothing to write home about. Both the OP and EDs are unmemorable, but if I had to decide the good out of the bad, it will be Mamoru Miyano’s ED that takes the icing on the cake. Action scenes feeling empty, there’s not a ton of sound and sometimes poorly used.

At the end of it all, is Devil’s Line a worthy “Twilight: The Animation”? Certainly not, and it doesn’t come close to touching anything that is noteworthy nor remembering about. I’d guess for die-hard fans of Twilight, give this series a try and see how fast it sweeps you off so much that it becomes unwatchable.

Was it engaging? I’d say no, and please don’t waste your time if you desire decent quality-made shows.

Very similar to Tokyo Ghoul in a lot of ways. It was subtle but it did manage to achieve it's own tale within it's narrative, which kept me interested.

Overall, had a lot of potential but still couldn't quite deliver in the end.

PROS:
+ Relationship between Anzai and Tsukasa was the strongest facet of the series. It was down-to-earth and mature.
+ Interesting reactions within the society and how the force arranges protocol with the 'devils.' I found it to be more towards the lenient side of things unlike Tokyo Ghoul, which was an interesting spin.

CONS:
- First episode was poor. Introduction could've been a ... lot stronger.
- Cliché vampire story and characters.
- Wasn't the worst ending, but the climax was rushed and bland.
- Too many Tokyo Ghoul concepts.

OVERALL:
Fairly ordinary but had action, fondness and intimacy. Could of went on for a longer period but understandable due to budget and marketing. Probably recommend the Manga to continue unsatisfying loose ends.

Spoiler Free:
Devils’ line has several well executed elements - a terrific story, a solid romance, well animated, full of great dialogue without sacrificing action, SOME good characters, but there is one aspect which brings others down with it: the female lead, Tsukasa.
The story is phenomenal. There are multiple compelling sub-plots woven into the romance seamlessly making the anime appear as a single, multi-faceted story. The dark atmosphere is perfectly captured visually and through the voice acting. The pacing is fast which amplifies the drama, but perhaps at the cost of characterization. Also, in the first few episodes, the story felt ... a bit rushed. Devils’ line can hold its own on the story alone, even without the romantic component. The romantic aspect is good with respect to everything except for Tsukasa.
This is the entirety of what the audience knows about the female lead: She is in college; she takes good notes; she lives alone; she seems to be uninterested in guys; one of the classes she is in is a history class. She’s quiet. That is everything – we don’t know her hobbies, passions, family, after college plans, or anything about her personality other than being relatively reserved. That’s it. She seems to be made as generically as possible so female audience members can self-insert. However, if there is one thing Yuri On Ice should have taught the anime industry, it is you do not need a generic, female protagonist devoid of personality in a heterosexual relationship to create a romance appealing to a heterosexual female audience and becoming a massive financial success. The other characters were made quite well, and their personalities are portrayed in a “show don’t tell” way.
This anime could easily be 8 or 9/10 if only for slightly more character building of Tsukasa. Some have compared the story to Twilight, which I believe is unfair, as it is superior in many ways. However, they share one commonality outside of being a vampire romance, an uninteresting, underdeveloped female lead.

When Devil's Line started airing, I definitely wanted to like it, but as it continued, it got harder and harder to make excuses for how mediocre it ended up. At first, watching Devil's Line felt kind of like a guilty pleasure, you know the kind you get when you're enjoying Twilight or something similar, but the pleasure bit faded as the show continued came to a conclusion. There were times that I considered dropping it, but I'm glad that I didn't. It wasn't that Devil's Line was terrible, it was just that it was inconsistently good. More on what I mean in a minute.

Technically speaking, ... Devil's Line was a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes the animation was pretty solid, but other times, it was really choppy. I would love to say that the choppy bits were few and far between, but in reality, it was pretty consistent. That being said, it seemed to be isolated to mostly the beginning of the series, but it could be that I just got used to it's choppiness. The sound was strange too, especially when the someone went full "Devil Mode". I get what they were trying to accomplish with their sound mixing in those segments, but it ended up being less creepy in the way that they wanted and more creepy in an amusing way. However, the sound isn't all bad, most of the music was pretty good, especially then ending, which kept me going for a couple of those weird episodes towards the end.

I'd be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy the premise of Devil's Line, especially since that's what drew me to it anyway. In fact, the themes of racism and segregation between Devil's and humans were the most interesting parts of the show. Unfortunately, those interesting themes got pushed to the side for a mediocre love story for most of the run-time. Not to say that Tsukasa and Anzai's dynamic wasn't interesting at first, but it got shallow and generic pretty quickly.

One of the major problems Devil's Line fell into had more to do with its overwhelming cast of side characters. And by that, I don't mean that there were countless side characters, but more that they were indistinguishable. Most of the designs were generic and they're referred to by name most of the time, which makes it extremely confusing, since you don't have a clear face to put with the name. Every time a side character's name was mentioned, I would struggle for a few minutes to figure out who they were talking about. Maybe I'm exaggerating this issue, but it certainly felt like they weren't doing a good job at making the designs unique enough to stand out, especially the police force characters.

I think that illustrates Devil's Line's inconsistencies well enough, and I haven't even touched on the story at all. I won't go into detail, but I'll say that it's the same as everything else in this show, inconsistently good, with quite a bit of bad. I wouldn't not recommend Devil's Line, but I would definitely not tell anyone that it's a masterpiece. Your enjoyment depends on your interest in the relationship of the main characters and how much the premise and themes hold your attention. If those aren't enough, you aren't going to find much else.

Devils Line is an anime with good story progression.
In my first impression, what i expect from the synopsis. Its gonna be a mediocre story, and character. But after seeing 4 episodes i can see the writer of this story has make the potential of the content out nicely. Nicely here is not nice for mediocre, but nice almost for very good one.

As we always see, anime or show like this is gonna have an expected story progression with expected character. But the result i got from finishing the show has prove me wrong (even though not all of them are unexpected, but still ... the "mediocre" thing we expect its gonna be is balanced with the good story progression and unexpected character).

At the end of the word, the show has give me enough enjoyment, which makes me kind of grateful for watching this anime because it gives me hope for anime, because lately instead of giving us a story we are not expected or at least a show that makes us say "its very good anime", they give us poor adaptation, mediocre story and character, and poorly progress of story content.

So I picked this show up just randomly browsing and I saw one of the posters/ads for it. Being a nerd of horror related things and having a lack of shows to watch at that given time, I figured I would give this show a try.

The show was only 2 or 3 episodes in, and I'm a pretty impatient person, so I decided to look at the manga. The subject matter seemed interesting to me, so I figured it wouldn't hurt.

This series definitely falls victim to the original content being sacked/cut out for time. If I remember correctly, episode 12 ends around chapter 40? Each ... chapter is approximately 30-40 pages. That's a lot of content to cover for 12 episodes.

I hate to be that guy, but if you were/are hoping for stronger character development, read the manga. I binged all 59 available chapters that were currently out in about a week. I originally had the impression that Devil's Line was a Tokyo Ghoul copycat, but the story itself evolves into something completely different. It'd be a little rash to compare devils and ghouls, too.

This isn't a manga review, so I'll be talking about the anime from here on out.

The animation at times was weak and awkward. It was noticeably choppy more than once. The coloring of the characters and the background didn't mesh sometimes either. It looked like you were looking at two different scenes at once.

The ending really upset me. I won't mention what actually happened in the manga, but even if you didn't read the original content; the ending was horseshit. It was terribly rushed and wasn't believable in the slightest. Given how timid and stubborn Anzai is, he would not have reacted the way he had, nor would he have easily let go how much he hates himself despite how persistent Tsukasa is.
This is my own personal opinion, but I really disliked Kikuhara's voice. Not how I envisioned this originally well written psychopath's voice.

Now for the positives, I did like the music/OST/opening. I thought the ending was kinda lame, but I didn't hate it. I'd include the characters here, but for me they just weren't fleshed out enough in the anime. Lee wasn't as good of a comic relief either. Ishimaru is also one of my favorite characters in the show/manga. He's written more as a complex guy as well as someone who I enjoy to see because of the fact I find him to be pretty well written. The anime made him seem one-dimensional and boring. I was really exited to see him, but I was only let down.

Honestly, 6 is a generous rating.

WOW did this anime disappoint me.

When I heard this anime was coming out, I ran to read the manga. The manga was great. It managed to combine both the romance and vampire plot lines together without one overshadowing the other and I loved that. I watched the first episode of this and knew I was in trouble.

First, the plot line. The biggest problem was they always either shortened the plot lines, or lengthened them for absolutely no reason. I mean they had one fight continue for 15 minutes when it lasted maybe 4 pages in the manga. And as I said it was ... for NO REASON! Also, the plot went all over the place. One second there's a vampire attack, then there's a romantic scene with absolutely no transition into it. They explained some things so fast even if it was super important??? It's super disappointing how they took away so many things from the manga that would have enhanced the story so much more.

Next, animation. So wow. That's all I can say. And not in a good way. The characters felt so stiff at times even during very emotional and crazy moments?? Honestly it was almost funny how straight faced and bored they looked at times.

I don't even remember the music from this anime and I usually skipped the opening and ending, so nothing noteworthy to say there.

The characters were a HUGE letdown. I think the art played a huge part here. They acted so stiff and bored that it was pissing me off! I was actually getting mad. The characters backstories seemed so cheap and brushed off in the anime that it didn't even make sense. Also, they made a lot of the character's decisions seem dumb as hell! Like they barely explained why they did certain things. Also, none of them seemed to have any development which made them all feel very flat.

Overall, I would not recommend this anime. I only continued to watch it because it was only one episode per week, but I even skipped some of the episodes when it just became too much for me. If the story seems interesting to you, please do yourself a favor and skip this anime and go straight to the manga instead.

Let me start with this - Devil's Line is absolutely a guilty pleasure of mine. I have been reading the manga for a while and though the character development in Tsukasa's case is...well, non-existent, I can't stop myself from enjoying the story as a whole.

There are underlying elements to the story, like the world, that really draw me in. But this has been in terms of the manga.

In terms of the anime...someone help, please. (I have watched all that has aired as of today.) I find the animation a bit wonky and the music is abysmal in my opinion. It gives me this ... weird, creepy feeling like I'm watching something I shouldn't be instead of evoking emotion and making me fall in love with scenes. I despise all the music from the intro/outro to the scene soundtrack.

But you know what, if you're not here to overanalyze and just want to enjoy watching something cool - a little brutal, kinda science-fiction, all the cop action - then you'll probably enjoy this. My approach to anime nowadays is don't think about it too much, just have a good time.

It's okay to let Devil's Line be a guilty pleasure. You won't regret that.

Not too great but not too terrible.

I enjoyed the quality of the animation the most and it was decent when it came to entertainment and action scenes.

Must I mention that the level of gore is satisfying? Yes.

However, the plot had plenty of gaps compared to the manga and it could have resulted in something really good otherwise

The main character is your usual mysterious emo boy who hates himself and refuses to let anyone near him until he meets /the/ girl that changes him forever, who may be quite cringy at times during the serie.

It was okayish. I'll give it a solid 6.

This anime have a really good concept about being a vampire and their hardship of overcoming their "bloodlust" and certainly the main plot of this anime circles around that concept. For those who's looking for a real action type anime with some vampire vs human type of scenario this is not really a good anime for you but for those whose looking for more romantic focused anime between human and a effing horny vampire then this may be an anime for you. I give it a fair rating for that concept of bloodlust

For Arts, I admit that I love ... the character design for the mah boi Horny Vampire MC he's really cool looking but the other characters not so much so they are really forgettable of course expect Lee. I really love his character but that's another story. The sound in the series is nothing much to catch my attention even the OP and ED. so nothing much to say. The characters here is so meh. I love the concept but how they execute it with these stupid characters ( The main boi and girl) really is just boring. Well there are good scenes but not all scenes are good specially in the first half of the anime. Seriously, falling in love in your first meeting? Girl, you must be horny af. There are some characters that i do really like but not these two stupid shit. Overall this anime is a decent watch if you have nothing to do with your life and want to try some vampire animes but still you might want to try it. 6/10
HOrny vampire in a nutshell

Devil's Line is an anime with loads of potential and Tokyo Ghoulish vibe from the get-go. Instead of utilizing this potential, you get a mish mash of confusion and an anime really overdoing it in trying to be enjoyable.

The anime starts off okay but within the first 2 episodes you get to know why the rating for this anime isn't all that great. Let me elaborate on that bit, you get next to no backdrop on the characters and the story is shoved into your mouth so quickly that you can hardly taste anything. I could feel next to nothing for the characters because ... I was given no reason to.

Devil's Line fails to make you root or feel anything for the "Vampire" or Humans and that is why this is not a brilliant anime by any figment of the imagination.

If you like vampire stuff then this might be the thing for you but besides that I don't see why this is a journey you should embark on. The good thing about this anime is the Opening and ED, that's about it.

It's been a while since I watched a Twilight-like anime before. This was vampire-romance junk food that I didn't even know I needed it. If you don't like Twilight, you're not gonna like this. If do you like Twilight you might like this.

I won't lie, this isn't a good show. However if you want a quick, really cute romantic vampire show to watch, then look not further. I found the romantic moments to be funny, sort of sexy, and just kinda cute. I really like how inmate yet still naive the main couple could be. There are a couple of moments where I ... simple have no idea how we got to this point, but I accepted it cause again....the main couple is very cute.

First time i saw the trailer, I was so excited for this anime cause the love story between human and vampire always makes me curious.

Unfortunately, this anime is quite disappointed. For the story, it's just too much, there are many characters and they have similar look as each other (luckily our main characters are somehow different from the others). The main girl doesn't give me any impression except her love for the vampire, the vampire - the girl's boyfriend - in my opinion is quite weak, who loves breaking the rules, jumping and can not control his desire for blood. No impression on this character, ... too. But the supporting character did a great job, he is funny, helpful and he knows his strengths. I like the way he lives his life.

About this anime, it's quite entertaining and that's it :)

A possibly enjoyable series that felt cut short. It seems like you are just getting into the meat of the plot in the last few episodes when suddenly it ends. Major plot points are not even remotely resolved, and some are only brought up in that last episode. Leaves the series feeling unsatisfying. This is not aided by the very generic relationship between the two main characters in this kind of dangerous relationship that otherwise could distract you from the world building. The after credits final scene is somewhat baffling, leaving you wondering what has happened in terms of plot. It seems clear this is ... certainly the end of the anime as they have changed several things from the manga, omitting scenes and even characters, that would otherwise be progressing the plot forward in this final episode.

How do I start? Hmmmm. All right! Firstly, if you are looking for something cheesy, the-not-so strong character and plot development, this is it! Nothing deep or having the needs to make theories (no necessity to be critical), this could be the perfect vampire story for you. Therefore, please lower your expectations if you are looking for something with heavy themes.

It focuses on romance, police, investigation, injustice, prejudice (between human and vampires) and much more. I have to admit that I dropped this series due to my own disappointment. I was hoping things to develop more strongly, especially the main characters (Tsukasa and Anzai). However, ... they did not. The plot is also quite predictable and a bit sudden. You know, where Tsukasa continuously gets dragged into some messes that are related to Anzai.

Enjoyable? Yes, it is! If you love mature (more serious-type) romance between vampires and humans, you'll definitely love this. Initially, I personally thought that Anzai was attractive (until later when he really looks like he needs some proper sleep). And Tsukasa started as a lovable character who is smart, independent, realistic young lady... until... (sighs) she became so dependent. Quite a disappointing development I'd say.

Overall, I would only recommend this if you love vampire/monsters, police themes. The voice actors/actresses did a great job and the animation itself was pleasing! I'd definitely try to finish the remaining episodes soon. ^^

Devil's Line is one of those anime's that tries to fit in too much into a short 12-episode airing and ends up falling over its own feet. I would recommend that you watch this anime with an open mind and just know that if you came here for any kind of intimate or intense story you are in the wrong place, sadly.

I don't like being too critical about anime as at the end of the day it's whether you found some kind of enjoyment out of it but DL had me constantly wondering when I was going to receive concrete answers to many of the ... mysteries surrounding the MC, when in actuality they get pushed to the side or answered very briefly/vaguely meaning that they could have developed a story that got the viewers more involved but chose not to. However, DL has a tendency to re-use and recycle very basic character traits that in the end just make it a very round-about anime making you feel that you wasted a large amount of time.

With the fact that this has been made in 2018 around all the other newest and amazing anime series, this series lacks quite a lot. The characters have no background and you cannot connect with them at all. The plot is compressed in 12 episodes and doesn’t even have a real ending to it on the last episode. Nothing gets resolved and no answers are revealed. More questions are introduced and the plot thickens but then it just dies. End of story. The only reason why I liked to watch this to the end is because of the cute girl being with a “bad boy” ... who is “troubled” by his inner thoughts and self. The art is super bland where everything is stand still except for one character’s mouth movements. They go from one thing to another in less than a second and they start to introduce some sort of resolution to the main problem and then just cut it off like, “nope, I’m bored already, lets just let it die and see what happens next.” I hate it when anime ends with no resolution and where the protagonists are separated with no answers as to if they are ever back together or what happens to the bad guys. Just a waste of my time to be honest.

I do think the show's quite underrated, since anything below 7 is a relatively low score here on MAL. It has a lot of problems, but the rough start develops into an actually decent action flick.

Well, the beginning is awful and may put off many people (including me before I came back to it a couple years later) because of the romance which is unfortunately the highlighted focus of the anime. I myself am not truly devoid of making the Twilight connection in my head because the first 3 episodes had established so and ended the 12-episode cour with that in my mind. But I'm ... getting ahead of myself, let's start from the beginning.

The start of Anzai and Tsukasa's relationship feels unnatural, forced, and rapey, even. The girl had trouble with dating and couldn't reciprocate the feelings her classmate had for her only to later randomly fall in love with a dude who kissed her all of a sudden. The dynamic between them had to start somehow, but it did on a bloody fan-fiction level of writing. A formerly closed-off girl falls in love with an emo vampire with bags under his eyes who "saves" her - how can you not compare it to Twilight after seeing this mess?

Just when I thought I would end up laughing watching the remaining episodes, the fourth and fifth episodes happened. The introduction of Lee (which I find to be the best character in the show alongside later introduced Ishimaru) spiced things up, as he expanded on the whole vampire thing. Shortly after, we were introduced to a certain fraction, which really started the world-building process. It took me a couple more episodes to realise that Devils Line wasn't strictly about romance anymore and instead focused on the grand moral issue of humans and vampires coexisting, all the while slowly but surely connecting the dots and characters which purpose was to build upon the narrative.

Now, I must say, the characters aren't the best, and they seem to be lacking proper treatment, but it's not like they are complete cardboards either. What I like about the show is that it doesn't throw away characters, and many of the supposedly episodic ones end up returning at some point. They also have their own motives and don't exist only to serve a single purpose.

There are some pretty exciting twists in the story, and I like how everything smoothly transitions. Unfortunately, the romance thing hadn't died off. It's still a fairly promiment matter that I've purposely omitted to show the good sides of the anime, which I cannot understand how everyone fails to see. And even despite the romance not dying off, it's now handled way better. The couple tries to understand each other, and they show some kind of maturity (Anzai's a little bitch, though, lmao). The other thing that showed potential is that their love story serves a purpose to Anzai trying to fight off his inner demons, and in that sense, it makes sense. I won't, however, forget how cringy some of the scenes could be, and I just really wish there was no romance at all.

I also had slight problems with the animation, as the characters didn't look great and had these weird white outlines. The background was pretty plain most of the time, and the action sequences were meh, but it wasn't anything jarring, and I doubt it will bother you that much.

The adaptation isn't full, so the ending left much to be desired. They went in an interesting direction, but the entangled cheap love-dovey aspect was, sadly, sigh-inducing. I can't help but get frustrated at how unnecessary this romance thing ended up being most of the time.

But even despite the noticeable flaws which a lot of people have also pointed out, I realised halfway through that I was simply having fun. I became interested in the plot outside of the silly romance, and it was my intention writing this review to shed some positive light at the story and the world-building.

The manga is real good but watuhek is this adaptation man. they ruined it. it has potential and all yakno like the story is actually pretty interesting but the way this adaptation executed it is pretty badddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd.

I read the manga after watching this one because there is no way that this anime is this bad u kno? and i am right cuz i enjoyed reading the manga ngl it wasnt bad. they left out so much scenes on the anime and it is disappointing T_T they wasted the story. i hope there will be another adaptation of this someday THAT IS ACTUALLY good and can ... give this some justice. daz all ty ciao bella.

What do you get when you want to create an anime with plenty of action and equal amounts of fanservice, but don't quite fully commit to either? You get Devils' Line.

See this anime started, in my opinion, as solid as a fanservice-oriented anime could be. We have an edgy love interest, a surprisingly responsive MC (despite her total lack of personality), and actual decent tension between them. It's not a love story for the ages by any means, but they tip-toe this delightful line (ha, ha) that pulls you in just enough to keep you watching.
It's just plain good fanservice, and it doesn't ... have to be amazing - you can appreciate a good guilty pleasure anime for what it is.

Thing is, despite the heavily nsfw undertones, tension, and build up to a relationship, there's something dark lurking in the background: an attempt at having a plot.
The love interest, Anzai, is part of the police, and as the anime progresses, the focus shifts more and more towards the crime/mystery.

This wouldn't be an issue if the story was interesting, but no - we're treated to this vague series of events that feels rushed beyond belief (the 12-episode curse strikes again), characters that you form no attachment to because of how irrelevant they seem in the grand scheme of things, and no satisfying conclusion.

Not only does Devils' Line fail to deliver any kind of compelling story, but it shoots itself in the foot by removing any of the fanservice that it started with. People looking for tight action will be disappointed, as will fans of romance. There's just nothing to latch onto, except for hope that things get more interesting.

I don't think it does, but if you're stuck at home and need a little entertainment, I'd give it a go. It might do more for you than it did for me! Besides, they do have a killer lineup of seiyuu, so they at least did good in that department.