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Adi Shankar, the outspoken creator of Netflix's Devil May Cry show, has promised the second season of the alternate universe video game adaptation will be "very different" and seemingly fall more in line with game fans' wishes for series protagonist Dante.
In response to a fan asking him whether Dante will lose fewer fights in the next season, Shankar replied, "Season 2 is a vvvvveryyyyy different show. Yes, Dante levels up. His skills improve and you’ll see him embrace more of the iconic badassery fans of the game expect."
Shankar, who also helped bring Castlevania to Netflix in acclaimed fashion, added, "That said, I'm still telling a story, and great characters don’t just win – they grow. What makes Dante compelling isn’t that he’s unstoppable – it’s that he learns and keeps getting stronger."
On another fan-led bugbear – being set in an alternate universe and being effectively 'non-canon' – Shankar wrote, "going non-canon and creating my own AU gave me room to honor the spirit without getting trapped in the timeline gymnastics."
