Devilman G 1

Translation is basically prepared for scanlation should anyone be interested. It's free for use just as long as you credit me with the translation. I'm open to proofreading changes for flow and the like, but should read fairly well as is.

Anyway, Go Nagai is back with some excellent Devilman action and fun. This one is based around the Grand Grimoire and the occult. Not anything out of the ordinary for Mr. Nagai, though.

Enjoy.

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I am a witch!

Don't mess with me!!!

Author Nagai Go & Dynamic Pro
"Devilman"

The masterpiece that shook the world of manga returns!! (*this line is likely not in volume scans)

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Legend of the Resurrected Demon!! (*this line is likely not in volume scans)

Brought back through the gates of hell at last!! (*this line is likely not in volume scans)

The gong to begin the fighting has rung!! (*this line is likely not in volume scans)

The curtain is raised on a grand violent action story!! (*this line is likely not in volume scans)

Devilman G (Grimoire)

Author Go Nagai

Art Takato Rui

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The ring of Solomon.

Once upon a time, King Solomon of Israel

received from Archangel Michael

a magic ring with the name of God carved into it.

This ring

gave the power to hear the voices of plants and animals,

and to even call forth and subdue demons.

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King Solomon enslaved 72 demons

and had them build a huge temple.

Afterward, he sealed them into a brass vase,

and dropped them to the bottom of a lake.

This happened

over 3000 years ago...

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Miki!

Sorry, you were waiting awhile.

Weren't you?

You're so late, Fudoh Akira!

You take too long in the restroom!

Sorry, sorry. I got stuck cleaning.

Again!?

God, learn to say no!

You're so timid, makes you an easy target.

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Join a club, get some muscle!

Men get their confidence from power.

Hahah. No way.

I can't do that.

I'm just not into it, personally. Competing against others.

I don't like working out either.

Okay, okay. Whatever.

You're so ladylike, Mr. Fudoh Akira.

Aren't you?

What? What gives?

You say that but aren't you part of the Go-Home club, too?

I'm different.

I'm in training to become a witch.

That agaaaiin?

My childhood friend Miki

is a bit of an odd girl.

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She's believed that she's...

a witch

ever since she was little.

Ch. 01 Little Magic

Bam!

Look upon my right hand!

This is the legendary, famous ring of Solomon!

Wow! So cool!

... What's that?

Listen and be amazed, Akira.

This has the power to summon and subdue demons!

D-Demons?

That's scary...

I am present day Solomon.

Kneel before me!

Heheh.

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When we went out to play,

it never ended up normal...

I order you by the great power of God.

Oh Demon! Heed my will! Appear before me now!

Aglon tetagram vaycheon stimulamathon.

Boom!

Master.

What is your will!?

Bring me juice and a biscuit!

As you wish.

Hey guys.

Tell me if you need anything.

This is a secret,

but I can call forth demons.

I'm a witch.

Huhh? Demons? Witch?

No idea.

Gross nerd.

Everyone laughed at us when we started school.

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I was so embarrassed that,

I stopped playing demons with her, but...

her faith

never wavered...

Miki is still

Ah.

I need to buy some chicken from the butcher.

Ugh.

Another sacrifice...

Nope. Mom wants to cook one tonight.

Oh, okay...

a witch.

Hey you two.

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A nice walk home together again today?

Makes me jealous, heheh...

Ack.

Himura?

Hey Miki. Come hang with us for a change.

Going home with a bitch like this isn't fun.

Oh, you're pretty cute.

That some cosplay?

Come play with us.

No, thank you.

I'm pretty busy, unlike you lazy bums.

Don't say that. How long have we been friends?

We were just in middle school together.

I wasn't your friend.

In fact, I hate you.

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Don't, Miki.

Let's go now.

Hey! Don't touch me! Shoo-shoo.

I'll catch your stupid!

Ah! Why can't she just ignore them?

This is how disasters start.

Even still.

I'm persistent.

Kyah!

Miki!

Whoa there.

Urgh.

You stay back, little bitch.

You damned punks!

You'd better keep your hands off Akira or else!

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So gutsy, Miki.

Just my type.

But shouldn't you be worried about yourself right now?

I don't mind forcing you to come with me.

You scared, little Akira?

That's no good, your lady's getting attacked.

Too bad.

If you hadn't run into us,

I'm sure you two'd be on your way to a hotel right now.

N-No.

That's wrong.

I mean.

Uh, you see.

Um.

There's a reason we go home together.

It's like this, my parents died in an accident when I was young.

So I've been in her family's care for over ten years because they're distant relatives of mine.

So she's basically family, you see.

Living together, huh?

I'm jealous.

Sharing is caring, so how about you share?

We could be brothers.

Oooh, good idea.

Let's do it, Himura.

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Be silent, scum.

What you don't know is that I'm a true witch.

And if you keep messing with me,

this treasured ring of Solomon will cover you in fire!

Hahah.

Always lost in your own world.

I like that as well.

Bring it then, little witch Miki.

A fireball, a familiar, anything...

Heheh.

For the likes of you?

I don't need to rely on astral powers.

A much simpler magic should suffice.

Ohh?

What kind?

This kind.

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Sprint, Akira!

Okay!

For real!?

Ahahah! All too easy!

Serves you right, punks.

Now you know the magic of my ring!

That...

wasn't magic...

More like a weapon.

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Hm?

What's wrong, Miki?

They'll catch up to us.

We need to get to the street.

Okay.

It was nothing.

My imagination.

... I think...

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And then!

I knocked him out with my witch's fist!

That's my sister!

Akira, you were useless in comparison.

I can't look up to you as a man at all.

Listen, Miki.

What if they'd pulled out a knife?

Akira was right, even if it isn't cool.

Tare,

Thugs are very persistent.

It's better to run away than to fight them.

Yes.

Tokyo is getting more and more dangerous these days.

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According to data from the police, the number of missing persons reports filed in just the first half of this year is twice that of the entirety of last year.

Apparently there's a possibility that... these are some kind of organized kidnappings targeting the general public.

We must be vigilant.

And it's not just the human world.

If you take a look at sites about urban legends on the internet,

all of the recent first-hand accounts are of monsters eating humans!

There's a turtle with people's faces in its shell.

A woman whose stomach is a mouth.

All sorts of shapes and sizes,

but they're all carnivores.

This is just like when the world was full of monsters, no?

Like how the plastic surgery boom in Korea at the start of the 21st century resurrected the split-mouthed woman.

Monsters that eat humans down to the bone.

Does any of that lead to these disappearances?

Ack!

An army of man-eating monsters!

I don't wanna see that!

I'd pee myself.

Hmm.

Perhaps it's some sort of evil spirit.

Maybe they were summoned by an evil Magus

and he's controlling them...?

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There might be an element of the unnatural behind these missing persons cases.

That means the time where a witch's powers are needed has arrived.

We must certainly be vigilant.

Like I'm saying, Miki.

That kind of thinking is dangerous!

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Really!?

And you just let her go?

But this little baby was crying, man!

Fuahahah. That's so uncool, Himura.

Shut up!

She sure was fine.

A bit crazy though.

Miki.

Hey.

Let's get her for real next time.

What you think, Himura?

Oh? Still down?

Wait. You can't possibly be in love.

No way, moron!

Mikiko, go buy us some drinks.

Um.

Hello.

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I'm looking for someone.

Have you seen this person?

Nope.

Sure haven't...

Who is it?

I see.

Thank you for your help.

Heeey. You leaving us already?

Let's have some fun, babe.

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What's this? You're pretty aggressive.

You say you're looking for someone,

but you're really out looking for men.

H-Hey, Mikiko.

We should, too...

What?

No way.

Idiot.

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Mguh.

Hey now, that sounds fucked.

What're you guys getting into over...

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there...

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Waaaaaaaah!

What's wrong?

Ahhh.

Nooo.

Don't eat me.

St-

Stop. Stop.

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I'm sorry.

I won't be bad anymore.

I'm sorry.

Mommy.

Mooommy.

What was that!?

What was that, Himura!?

Fuck if I know, moron!

Fuck if I know!

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Help me!

Gyaahh!

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Mikiko?

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Yeah.

Kawamoto Mikiko from our class.

We haven't heard from her for three days.

And she apparently hasn't been home, either.

Have you seen her?

Akira.

Seen her?

No...

Have you already given this to the police?

Well yeah.

But Mikiko's been hanging out with a bad crowd lately, skipping class and staying out nights.

So they're not really taking it seriously.

She's actually a pretty honest girl.

We're checking everything we can think of.

But we've got no clues.

Well if you don't know, you don't know.

Let us know if you see her.

Bye.

Wait.

Maybe I can help.

Maybe I can find her.

Are you free tonight?

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... Wait...

Summoning magic!?

You're shitting me, right?

No, no...

Listen here. We are serious about this.

Are you saying that some demon is going to pop out and tell us where Mikiko is?

Not exactly.

But.

Close enough.

We're going to follow instructions from an ancient grimoire and call a demon here.

Then, ask it where Mikiko is.

Help me,

your belief and the power of your desire is the key to success.

She's nuts.

I won't do this.

Wait...

Let's try.

I've heard about her before.

If you're looking for something or something's troubling you then you should see the witch of Class B.

She's helped people find their phones,

helped friends kiss and make up,

and even found the porno library made up of books that the teachers had confiscated from the boys and were secretly enjoying.

Well.

Where

do you think demons come from?

Dunno.

Well... Hell? Maybe.

Hell? Something like that...

If we're talking in a Christian sense, something like that.

Demons fought with God and were sent to Hell.

They're an evil existence that tempt man.

Those who try to commune with the demons for their own desires, and those who try to borrow their power are to be punished in the name of God.

That's the reasoning that caused the witch-hunts in the middle ages.

Present day magical thought is a bit different.

A demon just comes up from Hell,

and does your bidding like a fairy or a gnome.

... Well, it's not that innocent.

At the beginning of the 20th century,

sorcerers of the "Golden Dawn" in various secret societies described it like this.

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"Magick is the art of causing changes in consciousness."

Aleister Crowley

"The fact of gods, qliphotic forces or even Invisible Leaders really exists is relatively immaterial, what matters is that the universe behaves as if they existed."

Brodie-Innes

What, you mean like a placebo!?

Can you really find someone with that!?

Yep.

Placebo is one way to put it.

A better way is to think of it

as a theory of realistic spells.

Be aware of a spiritual existence from within,

then you picture it working in your soul.

This will cause your thoughts to turn positive,

And a new solution could come to mind.

In other words, present day demons don't come from Hell,

but they come to help you from your own unconscious self.

I see.

Err...

You have a point.

Maybe.

Akira! Prepare the candles and incense!

Okay, okay.

She's so lively...

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Is this enough for the magic circle?

Cardboard and markers...

A bit shoddy.

It's fine!

It's written that they used to carve them into goat skin long ago.

Like I said, what's important is our conscious, not our tools.

Let's begin.

Don't leave the magic circle.

No idle thoughts. Relax, relax.

Chant after me.

Okay.

The demon will appear in the water's surface.

You won't be able to see it clearly like you see in comics.

Bring about the change in yourself to believe that it is there.

... "Emperor Lucifer."

"prince and master of the rebel spirits,"

"I implore you to come and speak to me."

"In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."

"I command and entreat you."

"In vist."

"Demon Virsago."

"You, who speak of everything past and present, hidden and lost."

So much...

Where do we start...

Just leave it to her...

"Come noiselessly and without giving off any offensive scents, respond in a clear and intelligible voice."

Elohim, Ariel, Jehova, Agla, Tagla, Mathon, Oarios, Almoazin...

Arios, Membrot, Varios,

Pithona, Majods, Sulphae, Gabots,

Salamanddrae, Tabots, Gnomus, Cellis, Godius,

Aqua, Gingua, Janna,

Etitnamus, Zariatnatmix...

What's this?

My ears are buzzing?

So much.

Come to me now!!!

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Th-Th-Th-They're here!

No way!

Really!?

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This isn't...

How are they so clearly visible?

And uh.

Everyone else can see... them?

Really...!?

We're looking for someone.

Have you seen this person?

Huh?

... Nope.

Wait, stupid!

Listen here, Mr. Demon. We're the ones looking for someone.

Ah, no!

If you leave the magic circle...

You haven't seen her.

Then,

we have no use for you.

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Ah.


Huh?

Eh.

Eh?

Eh...

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Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah!

What is going on here!?

What is this!?

What did you summon!?

I... I don't know.

I don't know.

I didn't do anything.

Aren't you a witch!? Do something!

I'm a witch!

I'm a witch, but....

Well.

I've never had demons appear bef--...

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Nooooooo!

Mama!

Ah.

Ahh.

Ah...

No...

I'm going to

die too.

And Akira...

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Gah!

Akira!

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My...

My, my leg.

My leg.

Ah.

Ahahah.

Ahhhhh.

Ahhhhhh!

This...

This is...

my fault...

It's all...

I'm paying for my sins.

Have to be.

I don't actually believe in demons,

but I said I was a witch and acted the part.

So real demons

came from hell to kill...

Run!!

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Go on.

Miki.

Give your parents,

and Tare...

my regards.

Forgive me.

Please forgive me...

I'm not a... I'm not.

I'm not a witch.

I'm not...

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"Prince Lucifer."

"I am satisfied with you at present."

"I leave you in peace and I will permit you to retire."

Miki!!!

What are you doing!? Run away now!

"I am a descendant of Solomon."

"By the power of the ring engraved with the name of God,"

"I command you."

"Obey now, or I will eternally torment you."

"I permit you to retire from my sight!"

Please, Miki.

Run away.

No!

I summoned these demons,

so I can send them back to Hell!

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Right.

There's no way Miki would ever leave me behind.

Miki has always

protected me, because I'm weak.

But...

But that's useless.

Miki.

You are a true witch.

But,

But isn't that ring just some trash your folks picked up on their honeymoon?

If these are really demons...

There's no way they'll listen to you.

So...

So you have to...

While they...

While they eat me...

Eat me...

Eat...

I don't want to die!

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Descendant of Solomon, Makimura Miki!

I am a witch!

Don't mess with me!!!

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I can hear her behind me.

Miki's voice, one last--

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My conscious mind

melted into...

a deep darkness.

Amon.

Ahh...

Amon.

Amon.

Amon.

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If there's one thing I could do

I'd want to protect

someone important to me.

... Please,

leave that one,

faint thought...

... Ah...

Aki...

ra...?

It's Amon.

Amon!?

Amon's been resurrected.

Amon the Hero.

Why is he here!?

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The resurrected demon.

Been a while

since I've had flesh...

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Akira became

a demon!?

A-...

Amon...!

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Gyahhh!

What's going on!?

Did I call forth something else!?

Is it bad?

Is it good?

Akira?

Or...

I...

I don't understand a thing, but...

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It doesn't matter!

Get them!

You don't have to tell me.

The demon's howl reverberates!!

I'm going to rage!!!!

Next Chapter: Continues in the July Issue.