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Genre: Shounen, Action, Comedy, Mystery, Supernatural
Mephisto Bart Kucabara is a devil lawyer. In order to return to the demon world that he was exiled from he needs to collect enough Dark Matter. To do so he creates a plan to claim the Dark Matter from the souls of sinners sentenced to hell. Prove the soul's innocence and the Dark Matter becomes his. But how can he gather enough Dark Matter when his kind personality causes him to continually use it up in order to defend the soul from the Shinigami that has come to take them to hell?
[QUOTE=Wikipedia]Kucabara was recently banished and stripped of his powers. In order to regain his powers, he needs dark matter (ダークマター daakumataa?) 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 (æ»ç¥ž?, lit. Death God) 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
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I guess you can say it's like D. Grayman, in a lot of ways. I mean, Alen in D. Grayman is technically a demon, the 14th's reincarnation, and the protagonist in Defense Devil IS a demon. Hell, they both even try to save humans.
Chapter One:
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Defense Devil Chapter 1 Page 00 | One Manga
Current Chapter Defense Devil Manga chapter 45:
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References:
Defense Devil Manga - Read Defense Devil manga scans online.
Manga Fox: Defense Devil Manga Series
One Shot Notice
Akuma Bengoshi Kukabara
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Akuma Bengoshi Kukabara Chapter 1 Page 01 | One Manga
Genre: action, drama, one shot, shounen
People die everyday. But what happens when you die? Do you go to heaven or to hell? What happens when you go to hell? Thats where a devil advocate comes in. Before you get dragged to the pits, he/she makes a contract to defend you in exchange for the devil essence that surrounds your soul when you died.
Jake Watson just died by suicide. He now has a choice, to make a contract with the devil advocate D. Lorian Kukabara or else his soul will face the pyres of hell.
The prequel to the Defense Devil series, a nice little one shot that I've finally found. Check it out if you need/want to. Recommended.