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Aug 18, 2007 6:08 AM
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What did everyone think of it? I haven't played Devil May Cry so the only thing I know is that he's a Devil Hunter and I don't know any of his history. Was he actually the "Tony" people thought he was?
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Never played the game either, just watching it for some story-less action.

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Aug 19, 2007 3:10 AM
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I have dmc3 but i haven't played yet. It seems like I will take some time with dmc3 ^^ But it is really mysterious. Tony=Dante?! maybe it is Tony Hawk=Dante. Maybe youngster Dante was pro skater!
Aug 19, 2007 5:28 AM
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Dante's alias is Tony.
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gorczak said:
But it is really mysterious. Tony=Dante?! maybe it is Tony Hawk=Dante. Maybe youngster Dante was pro skater!


Lol. Can't wait to see a 900° while slicing some demon's head off. xD

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Aug 21, 2007 11:11 PM
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Through most of the episode I was thinking "is he Tony or not? Which is it?" but yeah, it's pretty obvious he was that Tony by the end. Pretty good episode.
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Aug 22, 2007 12:29 PM
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Since many seem to wonder...

I have played all games that came out thus far... a guy named "Tony" or Dante using this alias is never mentioned even once...
But it´s not impossible since the games don´t cover his childhood or anything...
So... be at ease if you didn´t play... it doesn´t matter for this episode anyway...
( go play it non the less )

Anyway... good episode... I love how they put Dantes charakter together more and more, just a little bit at a time...
I expected some hack & slay anime like hellsing... but for something based on dmc it has quiete short ( but intense ) action scenes...
Jan 29, 2008 11:13 AM
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A weird one ^_^
I've finished DMC1 & 3, but know nallmost nothing, about Dante's past. This episode tells us something ^_^
Jun 17, 2008 2:57 PM
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I advise reading the sadly horrible Devil May Cry novels. The stories don't make much sense, but basically, Tony IS Dante. Tony is Dante while he was a bit younger and had lost all his memories. It doesn't really go into detail about the hows and whys though.

I've only read the first volume, I could barely finish it. Here's what wikipedia has to say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_May_Cry_%28novels%29
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I don't care anymore, I just want to see some decent fighting!
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cyruz said:
gorczak said:
But it is really mysterious. Tony=Dante?! maybe it is Tony Hawk=Dante. Maybe youngster Dante was pro skater!


Lol. Can't wait to see a 900° while slicing some demon's head off. xD
this is totally epic.

yeah, i wouldn't worry about the story, you know pretty much all you need to as far as this adaptation is concerned.
--actually, i thought it was pretty cool that they actually mentioned Sparda! ^w^
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skedaddle said:
I advise reading the sadly horrible Devil May Cry novels. The stories don't make much sense, but basically, Tony IS Dante. Tony is Dante while he was a bit younger and had lost all his memories. It doesn't really go into detail about the hows and whys though.

I've only read the first volume, I could barely finish it. Here's what wikipedia has to say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_May_Cry_%28novels%29


Isn't that like a spoiler right there? >.>
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It was very interesting episode. Finally we find out something about Dante's past. I'm only a bit disappointed that we couldn't see how he finished fight with that devil.

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Well not much fighting, but it was nice to get some information about Dantes past.


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Another nice episode and well actually I do wonder if Dante really was Tony, pretty interesting episode though! Let's see what's next!
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that guy was one ungrateful a**hole even tho dante had to clean up his crap he started
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Interesting episode,maybe Dante was Tony when he was younger!
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Seriously, why doesn't Dante kill that demon?
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patty is ruining this anime
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Poor Dante his childhood friend just ditched him like that.... I feel really terrible after that.
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It was a good episode, but it was almost comical how quickly that guy changed his tune and shifted all the blame for the incident onto Dante. It felt very forced. With this guys logic, we might as well blame victims of burglary for daring to own anything valuable enough to be worth stealing rather than the burglar himself.
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wait so dante was that kid named Anthony. Wonder why he kept saying na. Also that dude sure was a dick. I mean dante saved his life.
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i've played dmc 3 and thats by far the best in the series.

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Hm.. So was it Dante's past after all?.. That fire in town happened, his mother was accused, and in the end he left town with his mother.. Well.. Who knows.. He's not confirming, and denying he's not too convincingly as well.. Couple of Dante's reactions suggest that he might be Tony.. Like telling about treasure.. Again doesn't confirm anything, so it's question in the end.. I think anime suggests more that it is Dante's past, after all..
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It was a good episode, but it was almost comical how quickly that guy changed his tune and shifted all the blame for the incident onto Dante. It felt very forced. With this guys logic, we might as well blame victims of burglary for daring to own anything valuable enough to be worth stealing rather than the burglar himself.


Yeah I blame the poor writing. You see, it's all another one of those attempts to make the angsty cursed hero be angsty and cursed without having actually done anything wrong. Nearly all the badass loner characters are written like that, or at least the ones that are half human/half X. Like half human/half demon (Dante), half human/half vampire (Vampire Hunter D), half human/half Witcher (Witcher). Oh no! The world hates them for no good reason! But they still save the humans that hate them anyway! Like, find some other tune to sing goddamn.
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WTF ? Tony ? That was random.....

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Tony, is it really you??
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He's definitely Tony and this is his past life.

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