New Devil May Cry season 2 trailer teases a brother vs. brother showdown as Dante takes on Vergil

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The new Devil May Cry season 2 trailer has landed, and the follow-up to Netflix's animated video game adaptation is keeping it in the family as brothers Dante and Vergil head on a demonic collision course.

While the new trailer, which you can see above, begins by showing Dante in full flow and firing off his twin guns Ebony and Ivory, he's soon stopped in his tracks by Vergil, who has returned and is seemingly serving the demon Mundus.

As expected from the franchise, there's lashings of heavy metal, family angst, and frenetic fight scenes for viewers to get tucked into as Adi Shankar's show promises to expand the mythology of the hack-and-slash series further.

This season's synopsis reads, "A war between worlds ignites as Dante must battle the only force that mirrors his own: his estranged twin brother Vergil…Dante must confront his own devils and the feeling of family he lost as a child. With the reemergence of Vergil, will Dante lay to rest old demons or fall victim to them?"

Devil May Cry performed admirably upon the release of its first season last year, becoming Netflix's most-watched video game adaptation in its first week with over 20 million hours viewed. Eat your heart out, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Whatever comes next, don't expect it to be more of the same. Shankar has been transparent about being anything but predictable this season.

"I’m allergic to formula," Shankar said in a prior press release. "I dislike when successful shows turn into comfort food. Devil May Cry won’t be TV that loops. My mission for Season 2 was to capture the feeling of a 2000s film franchise entry where the audience can’t predict the next turn."

Devil May Cry season 2 hits Netflix on May 12.

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