Saori Utsugi (Demon Lord Dante)

 

Series Overview

Demon Lord Dante is a 13-episode anime miniseries released in 2002, a reboot/re-imagining of the 1971 manga of the same name created by Go Nagai. The series follows high school student Ryo Utsugi, who after encountering a Satanic cult and a group of militant Christians, discovers that he is the reincarnation of an ancient demon known as Dante. Both the original manga and the 2002 anime are best-known for it's twist on the traditional "God vs. The Devil" story, as Satan and his army of demons are portrayed as the protagonist, and God (an omnipotent alien creature) and his angels as the antagonist. 

Biological Unit

In the series' eleventh episode (Saori), God abducts Saori Utsugi (the adoptive sister of Ryo Utsugi) to be used as a part of God's Ultimate Weapon. 

Episode twelve (Quagmire) reveals that after God initiated the apocalypse and killed humanity, he dispatches his Ultimate Weapon to face Ryo/Dante and the remaining demons. A giant gilded serpent with a mane of purple hair and wings like a bird appears, and embedded into the creature's skull are two humanoid figures of white skin, whom the demons believe to be "Adam" and "Eve". The subsequent battle is long and comes at the cost of the lives of many demons, but Ryo/Dante is seemingly victorious after burning the golden dragon and "Adam" to nothing more than skeletons. God then takes "Eve" and places her into the forehead of his secret weapon: God's Solider, a giant female knight which rivals the size of Dante's demon form. Eve's white skin begins to break upon her instillation, revealing to Ryo that it is Saori who is now serving as the Biological Unit of God's Solider.

The final episode (Consummation) features the battle between Dante and God's Solider, with Saori breaking free of God's "mind control" on her (though she is still used to power the solider). Dante manages to turn God's Solider to stone with the power of the legendary monster Medusa, which then allows Saori to escape. Upon reuniting with Ryo and confessing their feelings for each other, the Earth is destroyed, and the two are reborn in the Garden of Eden.

Gallery

God sends his "ultimate weapon" down to Earth: a golden dragon controlled by two pilots...

"Eve"

"Adam"

Preparing to attack.

Eve initiates the first move.

The golden dragon bites into Demon Lord Dante's shoulder.

Performing another attack.

An attack from the demons shocks Adam and Eve.

Eve recoils as Dante's fire-breath roasts Adam.

Eve is shocked to see Adam's charred corpse.

Eve, feeling a powerful blast by the remaining demons.

After the dragon is destroyed, Eve feels herself being called by her master...

... and lifted up from the skeletal remains of the enormous creature...

... to now find herself operating God's Solider. 

A powerful beam of energy begins to break Eve's skin...

... revealing her true face underneath.

Dante is shocked to see that Eve was actually Saori, now under the influence of God.

To distract Dante, Saori briefly assumes a more "normal" form.

After God realizes that Saori has broken free of his control, the girl can do nothing but watch as Dante and the Solider do battle.

With the body of God's Solider now turned to stone, Saori is able to escape and reach for Dante.

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