Cursed to live as both monster and man, Dante must spend his life fighting the demonic forces of darkness. Brandishing his sword, Rebellion, and his always-loaded guns, Ebony and Ivory, Dante is more than happy to send the demons back to hell—especially when there’s money to be made. The wildly popular video game Devil May Cry is now a series, and this time, there’s no sympathy for the devil. 
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Based on the bestselling game "Devil May Cry 3," this action-packed adventure features Dante, a demon slayer and bounty hunter with a demon heritage of his own that haunts his past. Then, a missing-child case sends Dante on a nightmarish adventure beyond his wildest imagination.
 
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Based on the game Devil May Cry 5, it's a spinoff story from the viewpoint of the mysterious man V. The story will go into V’s birth, how he meets his familiars, and other plot details in what is essentially a prequel to the game.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)
 
Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tony is a rough-and-tumble jack-of-all-trades with a haunted past. His encounter with Gilver, a mysterious swordsman swathed in bandages, changes his life dramatically for the worse. Tony is thrust into the dark underworld of an unsolvable case, separated from his partner and his loved ones, and pushed over the edge of desperation. Who's forcing him into a corner? What do they hope to achieve?
 
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Nero is a young man who works in the island castle-town of Fortuna for The Order of the Sword, a sect of holy knights who revere the demon Sparda and are led by their benevolent spiritual leader Vicar Sanctus. During the Festival of the Sword, Sanctus is murdered by a mysterious man in a red coat who then escapes, Nero is tasked with finding the unknown figure and sets out to trace his steps but over the course of the search he encounters with the dark side of the Order.

Devil May Cry 5: Before the Nightmare is a prequel novel set before the events of Devil May Cry 5 written by Bingo Morihashi and illustrated by Tsuyomaru. 
 
The story is told from the perspectives of Dante, Nero, Nico, V, Lady, Trish, Lucia, and Morrison.

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