The entire Devil May Cry storyline condensed and recapped in chronological order. From the first game to the light novels, anime, and books, this storyline will make even a Devil Cry.
0:00 Intro
2:46 The Beginning
7:08 The Legend of Sparda
12:59 Eva/Dante/Vergil
17:52 Tony Redgrave / Devil May Cry (novel)
29:10 Vergil's Visit to Fortuna
30:53 Devil May Cry 3 (manga)
40:50 Devil May Cry 3
53:28 Devil May Cry 1
1:01:29 Devil May Cry Drama CD Vol.1
1:03:52 Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
1:13:08 Devil May Cry 2 (novel)
1:16:21 Devil May Cry 2
1:19:25 Fortuna & The Order of the Sword
1:24:55 Nero
1:29:30 Devil May Cry 4
1:47:23 Post DmC 4
1:49:12 Nicoletta Goldstein
1:55:27 Dante Returns to Vie de Marli
1:57:00 Vergil Returns
2:00:06 Birth of V & Urizen
2:04:18 Visions of V
2:23:18 1 Month of Preparations
2:27:20 Devil May Cry 5
2:46:12 Outro
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I still can't get over the fact that Nero's first ever interaction with his father was having Virgil *steal his entire arm*
To be far, neither knew of their connection and Vergil was dying after finally escaping from the Demon World and from being Mundus' toy soldier. He's probably not in the right state of mind.
I still want to see the backstory Vergil and his lover. For a guy that doesn't care for humans, he certainly doesn't mind shagging one.
@@beavers1978 Indeed. I love Vergil's fighting style with the Yamato. I never thought a sheath could be used as a weapon until I played as Vergil.
Dysfunctional family. It’s a large theme in the series.
@@beavers1978 I guess he was young once too.
Dmc5: The story where Vergil hires Vergil's brother and Vergil's son to defeat Vergil so that Vergil can become Vergil
feat. Vergil
Yeah that sums it up perfectly.
Wait it's just vergil ? (Stabs chest with katana) *it always has been*
Featuring Vergil from the Devil May Cry Series
You need to leave the house immediately
Two years and Nero screaming “I’m not letting you die” brings a tear to my eye
Your pfp is great can you send me the link
Especially with the Ichigo voice actor
@@Reaperdokkan yeah he really killed it
30:22 Vergil knew any man would; now is that gut instinct guess right maybe. Is it worth finding out, sure. Is life hell, and overall preoccupying..Yes, absolutely. Does a man have time to go back and ask her, "Did you get pregnant after we had unprotected ***" Probably not. Humanity is nomadic by nature.
After, all he goes to the same town. Probably the same neighborhood she lived in. Too Vader Luke Nero's arm. In search of his sword. Between sensing it and knowing where to go; he had suspicions. Hints Vergil saying to Dante in DmC5: "that was a long time ago." Oh he knew 30:22.
A shame V never had a chance to join in on Agnus and Dante's poetry death battle.
Yeah, would've been a pretty anticlimactic end for the two considering the grand scheme of things
i have no knowledge of dmc yet. this comment has me sold though LMAO
It's really sad when you realize why dante is broke all the time isn't because of pizzas or strawberry sundaes but because he's still putting money in the bank account for grue's daughters.
Not sad, poetic.
And also paying for all the damages he causes during demonic invasions.
That basically sounds like captain vimes in the discworld book men at arms where one of the others thinks he is spending all his money on prostitutes but its going toward orphans and wives of fallen Watchmen
Don't forget he also paying enzo for keeping his devil arms and also cause he's feeling sorry for cutting one of his hand
No
when you know the entire lore but still watch a 2 hour video cause you love the series
Literally me
Its why children literally ask you to read them the same story again and again
Xxe
Okay
that’s me too
Still sad to know that Vergil thought he was left for dead by his brother and mother but his mother died trying to find him and Dante only ran because he had assumed his brother died along with his mother
Damn... That really sucks for both brothers
@@DirectorOfChaos9292 your comment is giving "that's rough buddy"
I love how the fifth game and manga finaly focused more in Vergil, making both brothers have well written Story and background fór their choices and behaviour
Reminds me of the backstories of a couple of kids in Deadman Wonderland the daughter thinks the mom left her for dead and tried to save herself which turned her into a sadistic person and then we come to find out the mom was blind and WAS looking for her but couldn't see her since she was blind. Heartbreaking when the two siblings fight and the brother tells her whT really happened.
@@debrahanes4439 wait is that hummingbird's backstory?
DMC 5 can be best described as a family therapy session that the world got involved with. Between Vegril and Vergil, Vergil and Dante, Vergil and Nero, and Dante and Nero, with the world being the office
Oh my god this is so funny helppp I instantly visualised a bunch of clones hanging out and yelling at each other about their feelings
Indeed. Coupled with Visions of V, DMCV is a character study of Vergil, through and through.
Like the funny man once said: the game about Vergil hiring Vergil's brother and Vergil's son to defeat Vergil so Vergil can become Vergil, featuring Vergil.
Hearing vergil say jackpot in dmc5 and immediately regretting it is amazing 🤣
He subconsciously like it but denies it
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@@anaherpes2501 who asked and why are you lying?
Just imagine Dante getting motivated and denies it but he is also liking it subconsciously
@@KainSpada09 he points rebellion at a random demon and says "show my your motivation"
Fun fact. Dante's first fight with Urizen, actually lasted for 24 hours. And then he still managed to have round 2, giving Nero and V chance to escape
"My man can last the whole night"
Round 2 lasted like three minutes lol
@@justacake16 well he had just been getting his ass kicked for 24 hours and then got knocked out for a bit
*Some lady gonna be very VERY lucky* 😉
@@VergilLover69 WTF but yeh am kinda jelly
A series that can summarized with the phrase: "If you want it, then you'll have to take it. But you already knew that." And it took me way too long to realize that the reason why Dante, Vergil, and Nero are so strong being part human is because Red Orbs are condensed human blood which powers up demons. And those three have human blood constantly mingling with their demon blood
Red orbs are crystallized demon blood. Not human.
@@xenowarrior282 which increases the amount of demon blood in there bodies
@@byronrush9802 i dont care if nobody asked ima just tell you i broke a fridge today
@@averageracistperson525 okay how did you break it
@@byronrush9802 the way i broke it was, i just broke it
I like how Nero reassembling the Yamato was basically just like Vergil summoning the Yamato back then. Stabbed by demon's, nearly dies and saying power. Like father like child.
Something interesting I noticed: At the end of Devil May Cry 3, where Vergil unsheathes his Yamato to fight Mundus, he throws said sheath to the side, traditionally, discarding your sheath was seen as disrespectful towards the katana and it's craftsman and was only ever done if the swordsman doesn't intend on sheathing the sword again (i.e. they expect to die)
Ofcourse, Vergil thinks he would die fighting Mundus. That man only died to one of the most powerful demons. He wasn't as strong as his own father, atleast not yet. So he threw away the sheath, to keep the code intact.
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@@averageracistperson525 Dwayne The Rock Johnson
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I know some people find weird Vergil's change of heart at the end of DMC V because the game is a bit cryptic about what V really is and does, but seeing all his growth in the manga you can really understand why Vergil changes his outlook in life, he really saw humanity down, but now just like his brother and father sees them as equals and by also accepting that he was in need of not only power, but to rely on others, like his brother and son by also finally putting an end to the trauma of the loss of his mother, yeah it may have taken supplementary media to fully understand everything but I still feel very satisfied with Vergil and his little plot to get a character arc by "doing absolutely nothing".
Well half of him did something the other half sat on a chair for a few days/weeks got beat up then absorbed without really making any memories that would counter any of V's new outlook
Vergil was a tragic character through and through. His hunger for power was the outcome of a misunderstood heartbreak. As a DMC fan, i am very happy about the direction they took with his character.
Also, trish has super human abillities yet she still struggles to pull v up who is like 60 punds
honestly they should put that manga in the game,but probably some sort of publishing deal is in place so they cant do that
@@huunamphannguyen2755 shes probably afraid of ripping V's arm off if she use too much power
Watching this video I can safely say that DMC5's story is much much more refined than anything that came before it, even if it required a manga to fill the blanks, Vergil smiling at Dante is something I found very wholesome.
That feeling is mostly from how 5 is the culmination of the sons of Sparda story.
3>>>>>> It literally made the story of 1 retroactively SO much better, and is the actual start and foundation to make every single game's story before and after it THAT much better
Its wholesome especially after the end of manga where V approaches his childhood self, who explained that he enjoys Fighting with Dante. The two just bickering over who Is better Is such a great siblings dynamic
@@gabrielemelucci4155 3s story is good and important to the Future of DMC yes However It is not the culmination of the sparda sons
You know when you grow up with these games all over these years and then see something like this and everything lined up perfectly it’s just damn it hits the spot you know
This was really good I feel like you could have gotten into a little more detail about the sparda apprentices twins. Also how Dante was NOT ONLY saved by the sword sparda Dante was spared by the Qliphoth because he was Vergil's twin brother. The Qliphoth mistaken him as Urizen so it also created a "throne" for Dante to rest on and healed him for that month.
I wondered why Dante was sleeping on a throne. Makes sense.
Do you know anything about the Sparda apprentice twins?
Is that last part a fan theory or stated somewhere in the game?
@@calfriedman6981 There was a bit in Nico's notes in the gallery section for "Awakened Dante" in DMC5, where she says that he was also receiving a portion of the Qliphoth's power during his month long coma
@@gustsofwinter931 Ah, neat!
It's poetic that the brother Vergil has been fighting all these years is the one to kill his nightmares. After all Vergil wants love and acceptance and Dante was fully ready to give him that when they met again.
Vergil has the best Character/development in DMC.
@@QuazarNovaPrime very true😌
I like how Nero is drawn in the manga because he reminds me of Ichigo.
Ironically His JP VA is Ichigo.
@@kasrkin100 and his English VA too 💀
@@achilles112 talking about a coincidence and irony. Also fall in love with a red/orange long hair girl turn out having a brother.
@@kasrkin100 a thicc church going "trope" girl who also share the same English VA Stephanie sheh
@@kasrkin100as it should be😂
with vision of V, Vergil's arc comes in a full circle. This is just perfection.
After almost 2 decades, I finally understand why Dante is always in debt. He was saving money to give them to Gru's two daughters. Man, what a good devil he is... Originally, I was thinking that he's just saving money to buy himself a new coat and 40 boxes of pizza.
Dante at his core is a kind man, its just that this facade is hard to remove.
I really wish they made like a DMC game about Sparda and the whole origin of his story
why? how many people care about this character
yeah I would love to see this, or at least a book about sparda and how his inner monologue would of been
No, imagine the possibilities. You could play as Mundus before the overthrow of the previous demon king. Everything to do with Sparda could be from a "the protagonist of this story DEFINITELY is not the hero of the story" and you have to recruit him and whoever else to challenge the rule of the demon king only for him to turn against you when you start your campaign on the human world
@@yashindiamente282 90% of the DMC community, probably.
@@yashindiamente282 He's like the most important character in the lore and him just one day leaving and only assumed to be dead is a bit boring considering his power, relevance and the consequenses that came with his death.
Y'know, I love how Nero is less powerful (at the time) than Dante, is missing in arm, doesn't have his demonic arm or the Yamato, sees Dante on the floor obviously being overpowered, and the first thing he says to Urizen is "Hey, Jackass!"
I love how the most replayed in 2:39:02 is the epic reveal of Vergil, I watched it over and over again for a few times before because it's epic af xD
Honestly, Urizen's decision to basically do to Trish and Lady, what Mundas did to him really paints how far he's fallen. Even Sparda, a full-fledged demon was capable of empathy and, being in a similar situation, killing them would've been a more merciful way of getting rid of them, but instead he went with the most heinous way possible. Here's hoping Trish and Lady were just in a coma for most of it
Considering the state they’re both in after the encounters, it’s safe to say they were unconscious and used as a battery to charge ‘Urizen’
@@j.w.5718 I'm not sure if i agree. Cavaliere Angelo threw a motorcycle at Dante the exact same way Trish did back when they met, and he (she?) immediatly recognised the sparda, maybe because the Angelo was tasked with finding it, or maybe because it was Trish's sword. I'd like to think that Cavaliere Angelo ran away from V but threw the nearest object at Dante due to how many headaches he gave her.
well, ALL of Vergil's humanity was discarded when he stabbed himself with the Yamato
What I find fascinating is how Trish's conversation with V doesn't really indicate her holding much ill-will over this?? Like, Trish tells him off for leaning too much on her superficial appearance for comfort ("I'm not your mommy, V"). But even though she likely connects the dots between Nelo Angelo and him repeating that fate onto her, she doesn't call him out or anything. TBH I can easily headcanon this as a moment where Trish recognized they'd *both* been used and discarded for Mundus' bidding (like a "yeah I get it" kind of understanding). Also they had more pressing problems to worry about lmao
@@HoplessNihilistit's possible she was at least a little conscious, not enough to control Cavalier Angelo, but just enough to have a little influence on its actions
That moment when you draw the similarities. Enzo was Dante's information broker but was also Bayonetta's. Man had a firsthand encounter with demons then angels.
I really wish we would get an awesome game where the two series crossover and see dante team up with bayonetta for time setting it would have to be ether a prequel game or a sequel if dante and vergil finally get the hell out of the demon world
Dante and Bayonetta would be best friends in a heartbeat.
@@Darkwarp1994 look up "Custom made Demon King". some guy made a crossover stories.
@@reddasher3061 thats fanmsde stories i am talking about a full fledged video game
@@reddasher3061 Thanks for the recommendation.
It's stories and experiences like this is something that film or shows can't capture. Growing up with the games and seeing the story unfold as I turn into adulthood is something you can't replicate. I love that you made this video and it just brings me to childhood memories experiencing the games as a kid. Fantastic video
We really need Sparda back in the game. Literally. Whether he's been alive this entire time, resurrected, or even giving us a clearer story as to Spardas story. We know the legend just not the truth
My guess is he went to fight either Mindy's or another powerful demon but without his full power they captured him and he's being tortured and maybe in 6 Nero Dante and Vergil go free him and end whatever threat he failed to stop
@@shdwfxgamerz7667 nah. They should fight their dad, like with swords n shit.
@tyroneniggatello2110 why would they unless he's being controlled somehow for all intents and purposes sparda actually was a great warrior and hero
@@shdwfxgamerz7667 because it is, at least how I'm just gonna headcanon it, familial tradition to fight someone in your bloodline with or without reason in the Sparda family
@@slashedheart4256 ....your not wrong.
I like how vergil tries to sneak a slash at Dantes head and dante dodges it without a care. Kind of a vergil way to show affection by sneaking a obviously dodgable slash at his bro lol.
when
@@shadowcyclonexx2.097 close to the end about 2:45:45
Someday this will end with a "HE ALWAYS PICKS IT UP, HE ALWAYS STOPS IT"
@@luizalex.7424 that little prick
i saw it more like they are in synk so vergil knows dante will go dow and he does the slash... but you are not nececeraly whrong
It does seem way to convenient that Arkham, a man obsessed with gaining ultimate power, just so happens to marry and have a child with a woman with special blood. It does seem more likely to me that Arkham deliberately sought out Kalina Ann and was intending to use her for her blood from the start.
or it could be that HE was the one with the preistess blood which is why the first ritual didnt work with his wife and it worked with lady, cant rule out all possibilities.
May be
@@nameiswitty5344 This is what I was thinking. His obsession could be due to his ancestry relating to Sparda, that would make sense too.
It's because he has the special blood and why the ritual failed when he used his wife.
The only thing needed wasn't just preistess blood tho...? I don't remenber it being an specicif preistess's blood, just preistess blood in general and Kalinna Ann was a preistess so Lady has her blood and that's it
I really hope they make a DMC 6 focusing on Vergil and Nero building a relationship! I grew up on these games. Watching my older cousins play then played them myself and I keep going back to them. It's honestly so hard to pick a favorite from the three sparda descendents. I love them all! I will never tire of these games and the incredible stories.
Sure thing
But Vergil and Dante are trapped in hell though, they would have to find a way out.
@@antgarza4031 Just create a brother to sparda that goes to them and say sparda is trapped in limbo by the personification of darkness for going against his wishes, and they have to free him if they want to get out of hell, booom you got a sequal focused on the brothers and his dad. Maybe add that sparda brother did not agree with him but because sparda was still his brother he helped in his rebellion.
@@antgarza4031I mean, we seem them in the van in the menu, but that probably isn't canon.
@@antgarza4031they are NOT trapped in hell and can return to the human world ANYTIME they want :) but theres not really a reason for them to return
It really sad to hear Dante's struggles in life. But its also his story is a master piece.
God everytime i hear Eva's theme i almost cry cause when it plays during the scenes Dante is sad and such you can see just how much her loss affected him and Vergil
They both have 2 personalities of almost all kids who lose their parents, closed off and angry ar the world, and jokingly playfull at all times to hide that he's sad :/
Fun fact for everyone in the comments: The first battle between Dante and Urizen didn't just last for hours. It lasted for twenty four hours. Dante and Urizen went at it for an entire day before Nero even showed up.
Shows how stamina and will power Dante has
Urizen: let's destroy this toy in as many possible outcomes i can possibly think, until another toy appears
@@fakeletobr730 'Ah, new toys arrived!' *Bitch slaps Dante and starts to fight Nero*
And Dante asked for Round 2.
only fighting? there has to be some dialogue
im glad dante and vergil end up solving their rivalry, god tier ending
Even though I know the whole story of DMC, I stayed and watched the whole video due to how well it was made, great job to the team who made this beautiful masterpiece
3 is when they really started caring about the story, and to see everything coming together in 5 for that story, it's a heartwarming thing as a fan. Plus seeing that Vergil and Dante seem to have reconciled, at least on some level in the end makes me get the feelsm
Problem is... There's one story left unresolved... Mundus isn't dead, so no doubt they're gonna need to fix that
@@therealchaosguy and there's still the question of, What really happened to Sparda? Yes, it was said he died but, if he did die, what did he die from and how did it happen?
For anyone who doesn't know. It is speculated that Dante was extremely depressed during the events of the anime and the second game due to him having to beat his brother again and thinking he actually killed him. He blamed himself for letting Vergil go in the events of the third game and had lost his reason to live. He had no family left and he also had taken revenge against the destroyer of his family. This explains why he might have lost a lot of character and his usual cocky attitude in 2 and the anime to a certain extent.
Part of the reason was also that he had to be in Devil May Cry 2
@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 LOOOOOOL
@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 haha
@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 Freaking gold. Lmao
I mean if it fits then it makes dmc make more sense
This video really made me understand Dante and Vergil more as a character cause I always saw Dante as this badass cool character with funny quips and Vergil as a power hungry dude wiling to do anything just to become more powerful but after this I seeing this it’s just crazy how much depth is behind their personalities
Hearing about V and all the supplemental material was so good, i wish all of it was able to be in game.
This is literally the best overall comprehensive breakdown of the story and its crazy how much time and energy you put in to piece all of this information in sequential parts
5 minutes in and he already got shit wrong, but okay dude. Crazy how much time and energy he put into this, and in one minute says the most retarded thing I have ever heard.
Agreed and most of all its fictional still godlike. I love the dedication that capcom puts into its games to make a journey to remember in time to come.
Never played a DMC game, the "flashyness" that i seen in some videos just seemed so ridiculous i never gave the game a chance. Decided to watch this lore video to figure out what it was about. I regret my decision of never playing the games.
Never too late!
There is no shame in playing easy or normal mode. Anyway the game itself leaves plotholes for you to dig.
never too late to try, dmc5 is on a big discount on steam right now so I've picked it up as my first one
Wacky wahoo pizza man
Same, when i got hooked up to vergil's saving us from shits meme and started to wonder about dmc lore, now i'm addicted to it but couldn't afford to buy the game myself lol, maybe when i can support myself financially in the future, i'll buy all dmc game series.
Well-explained. Helped me, who sucks at action games, understand the story without sitting 2 hours to beat a stage that I've seen others end in a few minutes.
This still remains one of my favorite videos ever! I've watched it over and over again and I'm not even a huge DMC fan. Something about the way you tell the story, how everything is edited, and how indepth it is just makes the video endlessly re-watchable!
V's character journey is just so beautiful in its entirety(manga and game combined). I wish the games explored character backstories in the game itself rather than leaving them for later. it would have significantly improved the gameplay experience.
V is trash.
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I personally don't like V's gameplay but having the manga context does make it far more bearable
Gotta be honest: I never gave Nero enough credit and realize it only now
I've always known of devil may cry through Dante and Vergil's iconic appearances and cameos in different games, but never actually took the time to look into their series. This is a pretty insightful video, thanks for the timeline .
Really appreciate your effort explaining the whole story of dmc! Keep it up
I always thought of Vergil’s return in DMC V as a badass scene, but now that I know the full story behind it and how LONG he had been gone before that scene, it just makes me happy to see it
I do also feel there is a lot of wasted potential in regards to Trish's character, her story, and characterization. It would have been very interesting to see her come to terms with her new life as a devil hunter on the side of humanity, as opposed to being a servant of Mündus hell - bent on wiping all humans out. There is also the resemblance she shares with Eva. How did she feel about it? Did she ever have a crisis over it? Did she ever feel like she was living in Eva's shadow? How does Danté feel about her? Etc.
Arguably, the DMC series has always had a character writing problem outside of the Sons of Sparda. DMC 3 gave the best side-character writing in Lady (and somewhat in Arkham, but only as far as fake-out final protagonists go) DMC1 gave personality to Dante, but the character writing for everyone else was fairly surface level. Trish is a hook for Dante and a redemption side story, little more. DMC 2 nearly killed fans interest in Dante, and tried to make Lucia cover that fact. DMC 3 is phenomenal for Lady. Multiple cutscenes focused on specifically her interactions. DMC 4 has Trish show again, but she's just sort of there, with little memorable writing to add much to her beyond what we already knew. DMC 5 gives us Niko, and she plays off of all 3 main characters throughout the entire game while Lady and Trish honestly are just... Plot hooks again, conveniently written out at the start and unused for the rest of the game except to tell Nero things that he disagrees with. Meanwhile after DMC 2, Dante, Vergil and eventually Nero are main characters and thus have a lot of screen time allocated to them, which by nature adds to the them being better written than the others. It's a shame, but my hope is that with the announcement that 5 was the end of the SoS story, we'll see more side character love between Nero and the DMC girls (here I am hoping they make Kyrie an interesting character instead of a damsel in distress)
Dante: "milf"
@@SoloEcho "Monster I'd Love Fighting?" Gloria's "not very holy outfit" made me laugh, I think all the holes were actually the problem.
@Corey Parker *thinks* I don't THINK so.....? She's ... if I remember correctly, either a lesser demon or a demonic construct altogether, either way she's made to resemble Eva. And visually (although some of this may just be graphical improvements) Capcom has gone out of their way to show Dante aging over the series but Trish doesn't seem to have. Lady has, too, even Nero to a lesser degree. That's a dang good question Corey, I'll write back if I find something concrete out. Take care :)
@@ksad96 It's because of this that I really want a spin off game just for Lady and Trish. It could expand on their character and gameplay. A story in another medium would be welcome as well but I think that a game would be better
I absolutely love the bury the light edit during vergil's return
Hey man realty glad you got your channel back. I watch this dmc timeline vid every night before bed!
2:39:09 can we talk about how god tier it is that he edited “Bury the Light” in to this sequence? I think it actually improves the scene a lot and actually uses “Bury the Light” properly for once.
I mean if her majesty says so.
I think it would massively clash with the more serious tone of the scene if it were in the actual game. I see this opinion all the time, probably because BTL is an amazing song but I really don't understand why people wish it played in this scene
@@samuelw6529 I see your point. I agree. I just think it’s like the only time “Bury The Light” could have been used properly in game because you hear it almost nowhere else otherwise.
@@xmsjd that's the sad side effect of it not having been written at the time the game came out I guess. Maybe he'll cameo in dmc6 and they can use it then
@@samuelw6529 was it really? I never knew that
This game series is how my son got named, I was playing #4 when I was pregnant with him, it's always fun getting to yell dante!
Lady you did not name your son Dante! didn't you see what happens dante's mother!??
Lol
Good thing you didn’t get to play something like Asura’s Wrath at the time then lmao
That’s kinda a sweet story Hopefully your husband isn’t like a demon freedom fighter
Dante is a pretty sick name ngl Shoulda called him vergil though
You have my eternal gratitude for laying this out so masterfully. Thank you so much.
I love this video man. Probably the greatest explanation of the lore I've ever watched. My favorite franchise of all time
Vergil is the best character in the entire series - He is both amazingly written and flawed as a character. All aspects of who he is - From his desire to not only attain power but to protect and be protected. The Dichotomy of his character is one of the best part about the series, painting him as a heartless villain whilst also making him caring and almost protective of his brother in his most dire moments and honestly I wish that Capcom would make a game of him separate to Dante rather than just having him as a reskin. Maybe Devil May Cry 6 we will finally get a story that has both Vergil and Dante as playable characters with their own separate boss fights and separate stories/cutscenes but I guess we will see when that comes in like 5 years xD.
Agreed
Maybe an anime
The story will continue to focus on Nero as long as Itsuno and Bingo are around
Nah Vergil is always gonna be the busted character for the special edition release
I’d say Dante is the best and most nuanced character. But yeah, Vergil is great too.
Played a bit of DMC when I was younger, was too preoccupied with doing deadly demon dick destroying combos to know there was an actual story to it all, thank you for the effort u put in your long form lore videos. I absolutely love them all
They did put a lot of effort into the combos more than the lore in a way after all.
Very well done. There were alot of things others left out and the fact they were touched upon made me respect this video.
Can we appreciate how well done and professional grade level this video was done
I love that Dante joined his brother Vergil to keep and eye on him and to not lose him again. 😭😭😭
The work put into this timeline is incredible, good job man :D
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Have you ever streamed this game before Oleg??
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@@Br0leg Oelg Plz plae Dee Emm Cee Too Dante is teh best he schut the gun
@CloutChaser English translation: 0leg please play Dmc2, Dante is the best he shoot gun.
It's finally back! Glad to see your channel alive again!
You did a great job at telling the story and a great job giving us the whole story from start to finish loved it
I always had a feeling the Dante was holding back when he fought nero in DMC4. because through both fights with dante, he does not even use devil trigger or any of his styles un either fights, only using rebellion along ebony and ivory. Dante even goes on to taunt you mid fight in both boss battles when you stand still.
the hell dude? dante uses his 4 styles in his second fight, were you blind when you play it?
He does, if he doesn't then Nero already died from the beginning of DMC 4.
@@0Chino13 depends on difficulty if i recall
@@limeangelo6019 i played it on normal and hard, i dont have the game installed but i bet its the same om Easy
Huh im pretty sure he used 3 or 2 of his styles on their 2nd fight on devil hunter mode now if its the 2 modes past devil hunter then yeah 100% uses all 4 on that fight
It is also a shame that we never got Lady's volume of the DMC 3 manga. We know from Danté's line in 3, "It's been nearly a year since we last met." that the manga takes place around that time frame. And Arkham and Vergil are shown first meeting around that time, too, and Arkham is already shown to have burns on his face, so he's already killed Kalina Ann at that point.
It is also highly speculated that Arkham is responsible for the scar on Lady's face. We do see Lady in the manga and she doesn't have any scars. It also makes sense metaphorically; Arkham both physically and psychologically scarred his daughter. It also hints that Lady was there when her mother was killed. This would have made the story with Lady all the more engaging.
best video ive ever watched. watched it from start to finish. incredible narration and dialect. 20/10 never enjoyed video as much as this.
This was such a perfect summary of DMC's story. Combining with the mangas and drama audio is pretty amazing.
Two hours of a timeline, you're an amazing narrator to the point it felt like I was listening to an audio book and more importantly you've earned my respect- which doesn't account to much given I am just some random dude on the internet pfft.
It changes with the fact that we all feel like you about him
When I first saw the scene where Dante is crying , I was kid watching my cousin finish this game. I didn’t know why we couldn’t see his face like he look embarrassed. It wasn’t till know I never realized he was crying for Vergil which is so sad .
Been watching your videos to get through my long work shifts, great videos!
Damn the way that they managed this storyline is amazing, along with the game itself is pretty much one of the best care franchises ever. Thanks for the video, incredible job! 🔥👹👏🏻
The most remarkable thing about this is that most of the plot is made of constant retcons and taking previously minor details and recontextualizing them into major plot points, yet somehow it adds up to a coherent and well told whole. Also I'm pretty sure that if DMC2 had been made by the original team instead of Capcom handing the project to a different team the story would have gone in a completely different direction. Probably something more akin to Bayonetta.
I really hope that in DMC6 Virgil is a playable character from the beginning and doesn't just get put into the game when the special edition inevitably releases. Additionally, he should actually be part of the story and not just replay the campaign without Cutscenes.
Hmmmm... A DMC game with Vergil getting Dante level amount of moveset upgrades. I kinda dig it.
@@fefega Oh no I actually don't want that. I have started to dislike playing as Dante because he's so complicated. I like Vergil because he's relatively simple to play.
Ok ok hear me out. DMC 6, Sparda is the SE character
@@maxgoose707 it would be great to make a spinoff for Sparta's timeline, meaning his origin story, in more details then we have now
@@torr3n and the reason why he disappeared
This video made me appreciate V and Vergil so much more. Very well made video!
The time and effort you put in all your work is amazing. Hats off to you good sir.
I like how the usage of Dante's Legendary Dark Knight outfit in 4SE is the go-to Sparda reference. That and it really looks like Sparda after sealing the Demon World. Plus the portraits have different depictions on how he looks like. Thanks for this History Vid bruv. SSS Ranked Vid Edit: There's a small info you missed. But you should know, Dante was watching Nero kick ass during his route to the Opera House/Church. Its a really small yet fast appearance cuz of Nero's spinning around
Pretty sure it's Vergil who has Poppa Sparda as a skin. Then again could be both of em. I prefered DMC3's take.
@@jdottdeestv8149 Nah, that's called Corrupt Vergil. Basically its just Vergil with Sparda's clothes but his face is super white with veins.
This video is just masterful, you explained each characters depressing back story so damn well especially with Dante and Vergil. And Blending it with Eva's theme, it made me tear up. Wonderful video!
Wait that’s Eva’s theme? I thought that was the dr stone peice
i was even more intrigued with V's backstory. And now V is one of my favourite characters in DMC
This was spectacular! Thank you for what you do.
Thank you for telling this epic story. I love the franchise, it feels fresh and unique even after so many years.
IDK how many people caught or this or hell, even care. But @ 2:35:43 the way Dante tries to summon his sword, it failing, and him having to summon it again just puts into perspective how unfamiliar he is with his new powers. It's cool little touches like that are the reason I fall I love with games.
I also like to add this the comparison between Dante and Vergil's SinDT Dante SinDT animation have him floating above the ground and a very wide spreading attacks with monsterous roars, while Vergil SinDt animation is more "grounded" all his movements is still the same like his human form and can use other weapons in this form Yes Dante is expirience with demonic powers but Vergil is more expirience despite that this form is very new to him
that is right, that whole scene of him saying that corny line about filling her dark soul with light was cause her 'death' was almost like he was seeing his mother die for him again, throughout the series we see hints of that pain, when Credo dies you can briefly see Dante making his right hand a fist and the anger and pain on his face cause he knows what it is like losing someone. the rage he shows when he impales Urizen with DSD it is a kind of anguish anger, the anger one has when they do not want to do something like kill someone but has no other choice, lol let just say i know lot about the lore and such of Devil May Cry
Shoutouts to DMC for having the good kind of camp and corniness
Well considering Dante already gave Urizen chance and he just ignore him, Dante has no choice to kill him even though it would hurt him mentally
1 of the best story cover essay I've ever read. Definitely made me a huge fan of the series and ur channel. Can't wait to play dmc v
why I feel like rewatching this right after watching entire thing great work keep it up
This is beautifully well done and well detailed of the chronological order of the entire series. Hope we get Devil May Cry 6 sooner or later. Maybe even a prequel game that depicts Sparda's life and learn of his true fate before Eva's murder.
Better yet dmc 6 should be with nero and sparda
DMC6 is definitely a long way to come
@@deadopsgx8578 It took 10 years for DMC5 to come out after DMC4, so... see yall in 2029.
They need to make at LEAST 1 spin off DMC game that has every character from previous games playable with a huge focus on COOP. That would be the ultimate love letter to fans along with closing up the series with a DMC 6
Keep the series going, but keep doing the multiple year time skips between games. I want a game with 90 year old Dante and Virgil fighting it out in the burning ruins of an old folks home.
Fire Sparda was able to live for 2000 years considering Dante and vergil are half breeds I would say they have a couple hundred years left.
@@khalifrhodes9503 But you can't deny that they *do* look middle-aged in DMC5, in a good way. The DMC Team has enough confidence in their game design skill and Dante as a character that Dante isn't stuck in the perpetual mid 20s, and I find that refreshing. It really helps sell the idea that Dante and Virgil could actually be Nero's older relatives.
Dmc6 is not needed at all lore-wise but we can’t stop now, can’t we?
@@mertondunikov1106 not needed, but we can’t deny they have many ideas. i’d like a game that shows more about Sparda and why tf he got so powerful. dude’s such a legend for every dmc fan and we know very little about him.
Awesome video my man and great edit. I know you out your heart and soul in this. Thank you
have not played even one of the games but iv seen this video like 5 times already, amazing video!
The entire timeline is very moving actually. Funny enough I didn’t much care for Vergil until watching this but his story really touching.
Also, we know from the anime Drama CD that Trish only stays with Danté for a few days before leaving. There is a bit of an error in the english translation, where Trish tells Danté, "Didn't I tell you for years to go easy on the pizza?" However, in the Japanese version, the " years" is omitted.
Thank you for making decades of content make cohesive sense.
What a friggin masterpiece. Bravo, good sir!
Vergil Voice actor says that She was gorgeous priestess who hunted him down after he was leaving. She seduced him and they spent the weekend together, only when Virgil felt something other than disgust at his humanity. Did he leave her there. She died in childbirth and never spoke about Nero’s heritage.
OH MY GOD?!!
Nero got spawn killed damn
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@@junjun8855 he got a spawn kill pog
when did Dan say that? do you have a source?
I still like to think Sparda didn't die but instead is on a secret, heavily secret mission that will come into play in a future game having to do with a dangerous plan Mundus put into motion a long time ago. I like to think that Sparda figured this out and knew he couldn't tell anyone what he was doing in order for his plan to work.
I don't think he'd leave his family too through that, plus there's even theories that he split himself and became Vergil and Dante which i really hope won't be the case, because it'll completely destroy the entire story
@@babyhater8062 nah man he had Dante and Vergil before he disapeard. the only thing he split was his power puting it into the three swords.
Or maybe he is the villain in the next game,it would make sense every demon has been defeated to the point vergil, Dantes brother had to be one in DMC5 there's no real competition so in the next game Sparda as the antagonist would make sense and bring a flashy finish to the series
@@deadopsgx8578 Well you can connect the Parallel World on DMC2 novel if Sparda is trapped between realms just to find his own world, only to see Nero and Nico
This was explained perfectly, thank you.
this... this is so awesome...thank you so much for this explanation. i fully grasp the story of dmc and realise how much there is than meets the eye and it actually feels nice and you can feel the development when you reflect on what happened to the start to what happened at the end. it's truly an epic story and i love it so much
It is also a shame that DMC 4 and, by extension the Special Edition, remained unfinished. Given how many characters are involved, it would've been nice to see multiple characters perspectives; Lady dealing with The Order's interference, Trish going undercover as Gloria, Vergil arriving in Fortuna; these really would've added to the games narrative.
ikr, devil may cry 4 could been amazing, the concept art looks so different, even nero was gonna have his devil trigger evolved
@@imsmart799 and yet even in its unfinished state its still the best game of the series. The artstyle is simply unmatched
@@SIGNOR-G I really how they atleast remake dmc 2, that game has potential,
@@SIGNOR-G Sorry but no. DMC3 is still the best. Given that DMC4 was half assed, it failed at being the best. DMC5 isn't the best either, it lacks too many fundamental elements/values, especially with how long until it was made. 5 isn't the sequel fans actually deserved either.
@@Ghost_of_James_Doakes if 3 had a better artstyle and the ability to switch all styles and weapons it would be the best, but i prefer the 4th
Everytime I see nero and nico, I cant help but remember tony redgrave (dante) and nell goldstein. And its funny how trish and lady would always mess and troll dante while they are sweet and caring to nero.
I mean, Trish and Lady are basically Nero's aunts.
@okuu the nuclear Yeah they really behave like that especially Lady
I'm new to this franchise and honestly the fact that this series focuses so much on family and familial relationships rather than romance is really refreshing to see
@@Liscinov and Trish totally looks like nero's dead granma
@@digitalclownery kind of interesting, although its also really sad, the fate vergil and dante suffer during the course of their journeys and ladys emotional trauma of killing her only family. All this is kinda sad if you look at it honestly.
Devil May Cry 5 is best summarized as: Vergil hiring Vergil's brother and Vergil's son to defeat Vergil so that Vergil can become Vergil. Featuring Vergil.
Enjoyed this a lot, your narration is epic. I didnt even notice i finished the whole video. 👍