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Some feats from the novels (secondary canon) in the Demon physiology page contradict the games and anime (primary canon).
Note: I consider the anime to be superior canon to the novels because it is mentioned in DMC5's "History of DMC" recap
"Superhuman Physical Characteristics: Even the most simple type of demon is easily capable of tearing humans apart, cutting them in half with a single blow, and posing a threat to entire sections of a city. Demons are also confirmed to be impervious to all man-made weapons in existence.[21]"
The latter statement is contradicted several times in the games (DMC3, DMC4, DMC5) and anime when Lady kills demons with normal weapons. Lady is not a demon, she cannot use demonic energy to amp up the power of her weapons, she kills demons with normal bullets.
Also Nico hurt a demon with a simple cigar ( 1:58)
"Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Type 2 & 3), and Aura: The mere presence of demons causes despair, fear and insanity,[46][47][48] Victims can go insane with the mere sight or even immediate and impending knowledge that demons can arrive. Victims affected like this are very prone to hurting themselves and even killing themselves."
This is again contradicted several times in the games and anime. Lady, Nico and Kyrie ( 15:32) have already been in the presence of demons several times in the games and they have never been affected by fear/emphatic/madness. In the anime we see several times humans not being affected either, like here ( 12:00, 18:00), here ( 13:30), here (https://youtu.be/2TxQ_7Mupnc?si=xhhtXhtOOZ8OxjRm 18:00), here (https://youtu.be/FG3t405fm44?si=gOr3ataeFWHd643d 19:22) and here (https://youtu.be/SdcLFDF77yM?si=Un8_qDorIMzq3z7J 19:08)
"Poison Manipulation and Acid Manipulation: (Capable of resisting different types of poison and acids numerous times throughout their life, like when Dante was unaffected by the demon monkey's poisonous blood, which was poisonous enough to dissolve his own body,[140] They are also shown to be unaffected when Beelzebub spat out poison on him[141] or when they are unaffected by the Nobody's poisonous bodies when they die and explode into pieces[138] and also when they are unaffected by Chaos's neurotoxin sacs inside his chest, which he spits on his enemies[142])"
Ok here the feats do not come from the novels (except the first) but from the games, but they are just descriptions/bios which say that these demons have poison and acid manip. We do not see Dante resisting it and there is no statements that say that Dante resist it (the descriptions even make it clear the opposite and warn Dante). The anime confirms that Dante is not resistant to acid because he protects himself against it and dodges it multiples times (https://youtu.be/hEcsMXRH6ho?si=YqHG5cchU-DjnPG3 18:11)
"Probability Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation and Death Manipulation: (Dante is unable to be cursed by the Poker Demon's ability, which gives incredible luck in probability-based games, however, they become engrained with greed and a sick sense of wanting to play more and more. This effect goes as far as changing reality. When the main user of this effect loses in a game of chance, they instantly die without a seemingly physical cause, this also happens to the ones the main user is playing against if they happen to lose. Dante can stop Patty whom got possessed when they were playing a game of "who dies first". Dante is also able to let himself be shot and lose the game in purpose, letting himself win. When Dante loses to Lady, he doesn't outright die, he just pretends he's dead)"
Dante literally says the artifact's magic worked on him (https://youtu.be/FG3t405fm44?si=7DY4h0-t7ruQi3IQ 19:35, 20:20).
Dante was mind controlled and won the poker game because he was affected by the supernatural luck of the artifact, and he is not dead because he won the poker game (only those who lose against the owner of the artifact die).
There is no resistance for Dante here.
Note: I consider the anime to be superior canon to the novels because it is mentioned in DMC5's "History of DMC" recap
"Superhuman Physical Characteristics: Even the most simple type of demon is easily capable of tearing humans apart, cutting them in half with a single blow, and posing a threat to entire sections of a city. Demons are also confirmed to be impervious to all man-made weapons in existence.[21]"
The latter statement is contradicted several times in the games (DMC3, DMC4, DMC5) and anime when Lady kills demons with normal weapons. Lady is not a demon, she cannot use demonic energy to amp up the power of her weapons, she kills demons with normal bullets.
Also Nico hurt a demon with a simple cigar ( 1:58)
"Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Type 2 & 3), and Aura: The mere presence of demons causes despair, fear and insanity,[46][47][48] Victims can go insane with the mere sight or even immediate and impending knowledge that demons can arrive. Victims affected like this are very prone to hurting themselves and even killing themselves."
This is again contradicted several times in the games and anime. Lady, Nico and Kyrie ( 15:32) have already been in the presence of demons several times in the games and they have never been affected by fear/emphatic/madness. In the anime we see several times humans not being affected either, like here ( 12:00, 18:00), here ( 13:30), here (https://youtu.be/2TxQ_7Mupnc?si=xhhtXhtOOZ8OxjRm 18:00), here (https://youtu.be/FG3t405fm44?si=gOr3ataeFWHd643d 19:22) and here (https://youtu.be/SdcLFDF77yM?si=Un8_qDorIMzq3z7J 19:08)
"Poison Manipulation and Acid Manipulation: (Capable of resisting different types of poison and acids numerous times throughout their life, like when Dante was unaffected by the demon monkey's poisonous blood, which was poisonous enough to dissolve his own body,[140] They are also shown to be unaffected when Beelzebub spat out poison on him[141] or when they are unaffected by the Nobody's poisonous bodies when they die and explode into pieces[138] and also when they are unaffected by Chaos's neurotoxin sacs inside his chest, which he spits on his enemies[142])"
Ok here the feats do not come from the novels (except the first) but from the games, but they are just descriptions/bios which say that these demons have poison and acid manip. We do not see Dante resisting it and there is no statements that say that Dante resist it (the descriptions even make it clear the opposite and warn Dante). The anime confirms that Dante is not resistant to acid because he protects himself against it and dodges it multiples times (https://youtu.be/hEcsMXRH6ho?si=YqHG5cchU-DjnPG3 18:11)
"Probability Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation and Death Manipulation: (Dante is unable to be cursed by the Poker Demon's ability, which gives incredible luck in probability-based games, however, they become engrained with greed and a sick sense of wanting to play more and more. This effect goes as far as changing reality. When the main user of this effect loses in a game of chance, they instantly die without a seemingly physical cause, this also happens to the ones the main user is playing against if they happen to lose. Dante can stop Patty whom got possessed when they were playing a game of "who dies first". Dante is also able to let himself be shot and lose the game in purpose, letting himself win. When Dante loses to Lady, he doesn't outright die, he just pretends he's dead)"
Dante literally says the artifact's magic worked on him (https://youtu.be/FG3t405fm44?si=7DY4h0-t7ruQi3IQ 19:35, 20:20).
Dante was mind controlled and won the poker game because he was affected by the supernatural luck of the artifact, and he is not dead because he won the poker game (only those who lose against the owner of the artifact die).
There is no resistance for Dante here.
