Defense Devil



Defense Devil is a Japanese manga written by Youn In-Wan and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il. It is serialized by Shogakukan in Shōnen Sunday since April 22, 2009.

Kucabara was recently banished and stripped of his powers. In order to regain his powers, he needs dark matter which is found from human sinners. He decides to become a Defense Devil in order to get dark matter. A Defense Devil's duty is to prove the innocence of human sinner of his or her crime. Once that is done, a Defense Devil shall be allowed to take the sinner's dark matter. Kucabara then must prove the sinner's innocence before a Shinigami takes the sinner to hell. One day, Kucabara's friend Funi arrives and tells him the demon world is in dishevel and Kucabara must return to save it.

Needs More Love. Totally.

It has since ended at 100 chapters.


 * Aborted Arc:
 * Accidental Pervert: Kucabara all the time with Idamaria.
 * Father Serma peeks on purpose though.
 * Genderflipped version with Jupiter and Shugarl, due to some confusion with the newly transformed women-to-men-shower room the little girl Jupiter ends up in the shower room alone with a very naked Shugarl. It's up to the reader to interpret what exactly she saw and/or understood due to the steam but the girl is still blushing long afterwards.
 * Accidental Unfortunate Gesture: A little girl that Kuccabara saves, Jupiter, gives him a cross which is deadly to demons as a thank you gift, and then leads him to the girls shower when he could not touch the cross.
 * Later, the cross
 * Actually, I Am Him: Kucabara to Idamaria
 * Badass Adorable: Aside from Idamaria, THIS
 * Barbie Doll Anatomy: Brillheart either has this, or is wearing very tall tights.
 * Better to Die Than Be Killed:
 * Bishounen: Phoenix and Legato fit the 'beautiful' part very well, less beautiful and more goodlooking/handsome/whatever are the rest of the main male cast (Kucabara, Shugarl).
 * Blade Below the Shoulder: Father Serma has a variation of Type 1: think the Sword of Conviction, and you have Serma's weapon.
 * Break the Haughty: Shugarl got one.
 * Cheerful Child: Kucabara's sister Bird,
 * Church Militant: Idamaria and Father Selma
 * Clothing Damage: Lots and lots both on male and female (but leaning more on the fairer sex) which results in a lot of Fan Service.
 * Complete Monster: Believe or not,  just barely subverts this. That is, if you believe   instead of this trope. Now   is revealed to be this for a long time already.
 * Christian Car: Jody
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Kucabara embodies this trope; he constantly presses the fact that he's a demon, and he uses Dark Matter to supplement his powers, but he never does anything evil.
 * Defeat Means Friendship: Not so much friendship as ally in the war to save hell, but after Kucabara defeats Shugarl he starts to actively appose Legato.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Shugarl after meeting Jupiter.
 * Also, who can't bring himself to.
 * Deliberately Cute Child: Legato.
 * Demon Slaying: Idamaria does this.
 * The Dulcinea Effect: That would be this line here.
 * Ecchi: The amount of Fan Service, BOTH male and female, is...yeah....
 * Mr. Fanservice: Random girls on the street guess Shugarl is a model when he strolls down the street, some of the scanlation group are already his fans and he does give the female portion of reader a nice amount of fanservice.
 * The Exile: Kucabara
 * Expy: Legato looks suspiciously similar to a certain one-winged angel of Final Fantasy fame.
 * Appearance-wise we could compare Kucaraba to L, and Shugarl is like Light with slightly longer hair (Death Note, anyone?).
 * Facial Markings
 * Fairest of Them All: Brillheart
 * Final Solution:
 * Fire-Forged Friends: Kucabara and Idamaria,
 * Fire and Brimstone Hell: Every Hell is different, since every Shinigami gets to make their own version of Hell for the victims they bring back. This one is Maya's version.
 * Genre Shift: The series starts out as a court drama in hell with a demon fight near the end of every story line. Now it's a shonen fighting manga with a bit of ecchi.
 * Good with Numbers: Shugarl is so good with physics that he can cause power lines to break by flicking away his cigarette the right way. Doing equations also allows him to attack people with his demonic abilities.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Shugarl, to save.
 * Hitman with a Heart:
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Shugarl and Jupiter
 * Improbable Weapon User: Shugarl with his books and math.
 * Jerkass: Most of the Shinigami
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Bichula loves this trope.
 * Shugarl in recent chapters also shows tendency to be like this.
 * Heel Face Turn: Shugarl,.
 * Kill All Demons: When Idamaria goes insane.
 * Light Is Not Good: Holy crap, is it not.
 * Liquid Assets: Brillheart steals youth.
 * Luminescent Blush: Idamaria sports these a lot when Kucabara is not getting a case of foot in mouth disease, and when he is being an Accidental Pervert.
 * Magic Pants
 * The Messiah: Kucabara. Takes it to some pretty dumb lengths sometimes, like here.
 * Moe: Jupiter and to some degree, Idamaria.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Elimona loves to cosplay as slutty occupations not like as strippers, but teachers, police, ect.
 * Idamaria get's seen naked or changing a lot, but she is not happy about it.
 * All relatively attractive female character old enough get one scene or another.
 * Mundane Utility: See Supreme Chef.
 * Naughty Nun: Idamaria. It's inevitable when a Church Militant meets Ms. Fanservice.
 * Noble Demon: Kucabara.
 * Nonhuman Humanoid Hybrid:
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: Kanto
 * Also, "If you can't protect it, destroy it", indeed
 * Obfuscating Stupidity:
 * One-Winged Angel: Quite litterally done by
 * Panty Fighter: Pretty much inevitable, when Idamaria's battle outfit involves a skirt.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Brillheart, who is over a thousand.
 * Retired Monster:
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Kucabara, when his mentor Dukov is attacked. Seriously, holy shit.
 * Royally Screwed-Up: Kucabara's family.
 * Say My Name: One heartwrenching example would be
 * Shinigami
 * "Shut Up" Kiss: In the last chapter
 * Sixth Ranger:
 * Super Drowning Skills: Kucabara.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side: Idamaria and Kucabara
 * No, Kucabara didn't go evil, just got stronger.
 * Supreme Chef: Shugarl becomes one using his intense skill in mathematics and physics.
 * Thanks for the Mammary: Kucabara ends up groping Idamaria after Elimona teleports him into her shower for some reason.
 * And it happens again, with a random ample female when he is transportet to the human world to prove someone's innocence.
 * That Came Out Wrong: About 80% of Kucabara's opening lines to woman. He keeps doing it with Idamaria though.
 * Tomato in the Mirror:
 * Tsundere: Idamaria and to a lesser extend Samus.
 * Training from Hell: Ironically, it's for a demon and a nun!
 * Unexplained Recovery:
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: Kucabara's friend, Funi, is killed off in the exact same chapter he's introduced in.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: pretty much.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic
 * Wreathed in Flames: Phoenix, of course.
 * Yin-Yang Bomb: This is what happens when you do it right.
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: Kucabara's friend, Funi, is killed off in the exact same chapter he's introduced in.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: pretty much.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic
 * Wreathed in Flames: Phoenix, of course.
 * Yin-Yang Bomb: This is what happens when you do it right.