Netflix’s first tussle with Dante (Johnny Yong Bosch), the demon slayer, has come to an finish in “Satan Could Cry,” teeing up one other chapter that can have followers of the long-running online game franchise itching to press their Satan Set off and see what occurs subsequent. Preventing its technique to changing into one in all one of the best animated reveals on Netflix for some, issues ended with Dante seemingly being taken out of motion and Vice President Baines (voiced by the late Kevin Conroy in one in all his final roles exterior his remaining stint as Batman) invading Makai, teeing up hell on Earth as a everlasting scenario.
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The excellent news is that our dual-pistol-wielding hero will in some way bust free from captivity and battle the nice battle to make sure the dangerous guys do not carry everlasting darkness to humanity. Now the query is: Which villains shall be there to try to cease Dante from finishing his mission? Within the remaining moments of season 1 of “Satan Could Cry,” we bought glimpses of two enormous gamers within the Dante’s historical past who will undoubtedly make an look subsequent season. One is lining up completely with the online game franchise this story is pulling from, whereas one other is dropping in slightly before anticipated. Both means, they’re each going to be a handful for our hero to tackle and will require just a few extra allies than Mary (Scout Taylor-Compton) if issues are going to get as heated as we predict they’re. You understand how it’s with sibling rivalry, proper?
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Vergil is alive and, nicely, fairly mad in Satan Could Cry
Showrunner Adi Shankar, who took on the demon hunter after being a producer on “Castlevania,” had a variety of enjoyable toying with devoted followers of “Satan Could Cry” this season when Dante got here nose to nose along with his lifeless twin brother, Vergil (Robbie Daymond). The looks was a trick, nevertheless, courtesy of a shape-shifting demon, nevertheless it was sufficient to tease the concept the opposite son of Sparda was going to make an look. We simply needed to watch for the very finish of the present to see him accomplish that.
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No sooner had White Rabbit (Hoon Lee) damaged the information to Dante that Vergil was alive was it revealed that we would already crossed paths with the forgotten twin brother, solely in a totally completely different kind. It seems that the hulking demonic knight whom White Rabbit had performed dealings with was, actually, Vergil all alongside and was able to go to battle with humanity following the invasion of Vice President Baines. From right here, the present was teeing up an inevitably heated encounter.
Similar to Spider-Man has Venom and Sonic the Hedgehog has Shadow, Vergil is the way more cutthroat counterpart to Dante within the video games and has been the antagonist for just a few of the titles. Whereas Dante leans extra in the direction of his human aspect, Vergil sways extra to his demonic heritage, which is why he is so understandably miffed over what’s turn out to be of Makai. It is also what’s going to spark the inevitable conflict along with his brother when he units his sights on the possibly new massive dangerous operating the invasion of the demon realm.
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Arius would be the subsequent massive antagonist of Satan Could Cry
Whereas it’d appear to be Baines is the brains behind the latest takeover of Makai, a glimpse at who he is stood with suggests that basically is not the case. Smirking behind a gasoline masks and wielding a wafer-thin mustache is Uroboros head and grasp of darkish magic, Arius. First showing in “Satan Could Cry 2,” Arius was an evil sorcerer who has all of the traits of a basic online game villain. Reverting to darkish arts to mine for ore, he involves blows with Dante and one other protagonist within the sport by the title of Lucia, who has but to seem within the present. Within the online game sequel, Lucia was really a demon created by Arius, who broke freed from his management and went on a mission with the red-coated satan killer to carry him down, so it might be fascinating to see if and when she turns up later down the road.
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With the hell-scorched breadcrumbs which have been laid to this point, it appears like Shankar is merging key components from the second and third video games within the franchise simply as he did right here. If he does, it’s going to be fascinating to see how sure characters that by no means actually interacted within the video video games come nose to nose in no matter story is deliberate and the extremely explosive bother that can come from all of it whereas Dante spouts his tacky one liners.
“Satan Could Cry” is now streaming on Netflix.