Devil May Cry (デビル メイ クライ)

What'll it be?

Strawberry sundae.

This is a bar, Mister.

No place for a kid.

Really?

Just tryin' to sweeten up the air in here.

Smells like shit. Or more like...blood.

That's fine with me...

What I'm interested in is this rumor I heard.

They say that somewhere around here there's some bar.

More like a dive.

A place where they'll take someone's life

in place of money.

Kinda scary.

Sorry. Forgive me pal.

Royal Straight Flush, is it?

Laying a hand like that could kill a guy.

How about... I buy you a round?

Not bad, Mr. Royal Flush.

The next time you open up shop,

don't forget to add strawberry sundaes to the menu.

Bingo.

Yeah, my usual pizza.

The special with prosciutto and garlic potatoes. And rush it.

What, my tab? Don't sweat the small stuff.

Soon, I'll pay you everything I owe ya.

Oh yeah no olives and be sure to make it a large.

Don't forget.

Are you listening to me, Dante?

Didn't you hear me? I'm studying.

I may take the occasional odd job here and there,

but I have no desire to baby-sit some brat.

Brat?

Sorry, young lady.

Maybe in 10 years or so,

I'll ask you out on a date.

And I'll tell you "no" in 10 seconds.

Me, I'm only into younger guys.

Listen, Dante. She may be a kid, but...

Oh I'm sorry. My apologies.

But the young lady standing before you is not just any girl.

She's Patty Lowell.

The Cinderella girl who is heiress

to the Lowell family fortune.

She sure doesn't look it.

That's because all this time she's been living

as an orphan downtown.

I can tell.

Kinda like Cinderella but after the magic wore off.

Actually it's the opposite.

The head of the Lowell family passed away.

When the will was read, the existence of an

illegitimate child came to light.

And the lucky winner was our young lady, Patty?

Precisely.

In other words, the magic is just about to begin.

If you like, I could always hire you

as my very own personal servant...

Yeah.

Basically, it has been requested that you escort

Miss Patty back to the Lowell Mansion by 6:00pm tomorrow.

Think you can handle that?

That's all?

That's all.

I won't do it.

I've got a pizza on the way...

There's no pizza on the way.

I stopped by and talked with Andy at the pizza place

and told him that, until you pay your tab in full,

they are not to deliver a single pizza to you. Capisci?

You bastard... What right do you have to...

Shit. not again.

If you win, I'll pay your tab in full.

And if you lose...

Fine. Alright. I know the routine.

Heads.

You're not much of a gambler, are you?

Shut up.

Dante!

You forget something?

You've got a show to play, right?

A show?

Don't forget, I'm counting on you.

I could come and see your show...

I mean, there must not be anyone

who comes to see you otherwise, right?

Sorry, but my shows are for adults only.

So the woman in that picture is coming to your show then, huh?

Picture?

Well whatever you do, you should buy yourself a new car.

I don't see any romance happening in this car,

that's for sure.

It's dirty, it stinks, and it's falling apart.

Don't you know?

When it comes to women,

it's not where you take them that's important.

It's how you get them there.

Dante.

This girl's life is mine!

Hey! Are you even listening to me!?

What are you doing?!

What's wrong with you? What was that all about?!

Don't you think that's a little dangerous?!

What are you trying to do, kill me?

Can't you do something about this, bro?

You are a lawyer, aren't you?!

There's nothing that can be done!

If the person who sent that letter, Patty Lowell,

actually does exist, the fortune belongs to her.

You're kidding me!

Relaaaaax. Take is easy, big bro.

If that letter isn't a fake, then Patty Lowell

will come here around 6 o'clock tomorrow evening.

That's what I'm worried about!

Tomorrow at 6 in the evening...

That makes exactly one week, doesn't it?!

Ha, ha...

"If Patty Lowell's existence is authentically proven

within one week of the death of the Lowell family's head...

then the entirety of the family fortune

is to go to Miss Lowell". Well.

Unbelievable. That our ever-so-serious brother

had an illegitimate child all this time.

So...you can look cute when you want to.

Is that a picture of your boyfriend?

No! It's my mom, you halfwit!

And she's a lot prettier than your girlfriend!

But... I don't remember anything about her...

My mom got sick and died when I was just a baby.

That's what the hospital director said.

That's why I don't remember... anything... about my mother...

The only thing I have... is this picture of her...

Wow! That is one pretty lady!

That wouldn't be a picture of your mother would it?

Hey, and you're pretty charming yourself!

Mind if I sit here?

Huh?

There are open seats all over the place.

Here you go!

Thank you!

I hope I am not bothering you.

You're not botherin' me,

but I can't promise that you'll live long.

And what is that supposed to mean?!

I mean really!

Why would anyone need some promise like that,

just because they sit...

Good grief...

That's why I told you...

He's dead.

Oh Mommy... oh Mommy...

He was beat to death. Damn.

I can't be! Was it you?!

Over here!

Geez! What is this!?

You. How 'bout you... start telling me what's going on here.

Sure, so how about I run this little scenario by you.

For the ten seconds or so that this train was in the tunnel...

in this car there were those three, me and the girl.

And then our dead friend here. That makes six.

First off, the old man.

He didn't do it.

And the couple there was making out in the dark.

And that's how she was.

So that only leaves you!

No, there was one more person.

Or to be more precise, one more thing.

That man on the train... Do you know killed that guy?

Who knows...

It was a demon. He was killed by a demon, wasn't he?

Could... Could a demon be hunting me, too?

Dante! Dante!

Let's go.

Checkmate.

Damn. I lost again!

Ever since we were kids,

you've always run out of steam in the closing stretch.

And that is why Jenny left you.

It's because you got in the way!

No, that was because you were at fault

for jumping to conclusions.

Shit.

But what I'm wondering is