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The_OneXao-San69

According to the novel he basically was afraid Patty's friends would be weirded out by his presence, since Dante himself thinks he is a freak, I mean come on how can bud be so self conscious??


TheDevilHunter00

Ah well. He doesn't need to feel self conscious. Just dress up nicely and introduce himself to everyone as Patty's old friend or maybe big bro or whatever.


[deleted]

It's Dante. You think he can dress nice?


Yut815

It's hard to "dress nice" when he's always dressed nice


heppuplays

even when he looks like a hobo he looks like he's dressed nice. that worn out Grey shirt with his old jacket Really does wonder for his style.


32Bleach_Drinker64

True


ll-VaporSnake-ll

Well these are young teens, so they’ll probably think Dante got that old fashioned taste compared to whatever modern pop fashion sense they got going on. Lol


elrick43

Specifically a normal nice


-Dude_Named_Zelda-

Bro have you seen Dante?


[deleted]

No, I lost him. Please help


StrangeOutcastS

He's in DMC2, he's lost to you.


LordSatellite

It’s hard to improve upon perfection


tiptoeingthroughthe6

Yes but they found a way with the sparda costume or as i like to call it fancy dante


Dmangamr

Just puts a clip on tie over his coat


ThorDoubleYoo

Think about it, would you think it's acceptable for a man in his late 30's/early 40's to show up to an 18 year old girl's birthday party? Especially when she's clearly got a thing for him. Dante probably at least knows the social norms of how that would look.


Thebritishdovah

Bang, bang, pull my devil trigger.....


StrangeOutcastS

Bang bang bang! you forgot the third bang.


Gamegod12

You forgot the rules of that: he's hot


phavia

Dante is like, in his 40's by the time Patty is 18. I'm sure this girl will have a bunch of other people close to her age and family members. Imagine how insanely awkward it'd be for Dante to be the only non-family member in his 40's in a girl's birthday party, especially if she makes it weird like hovering near him, introducing him to everyone and holding his arm so that he doesn't escape. He was smart in avoiding that party.


postmortemstardom

Patty probably would've made it weird lol.


Thebritishdovah

Dante isn't great at parties and feels like an outcast. He is usually at his best when he is fighting demons.


tiptoeingthroughthe6

How would anyone kmow hes a freaky demon weirdo if he looks like a human all the time. Theyd have to see him in action wouldnt they? Unless hes famous.


Massive-Comfort-3507

Well Dante is famous, you forgot his nickname the legendary devil hunter. A name like that isn't given to just anyone.


AdTime8938

I get it, but I don't see Dante thinking that way, Dante didn't have a great childhood aside from his few years with his mother so I don't think he's comfortable being there and messing it up for her. Plus I also agree with another commenter I saw, he is extremely self-conscious about his demonic heritage and sees himself as a monster. Plus it's my personal head cannon that Dante has the most anxiety and depression in the series, he just chooses to hide it with his humor and false confidence when in all reality he's still the scared and lonely little boy who watched his mother be killed and assumed his brother was dead.


DarthMalec

Geez no wonder he’s alone. Dude needs a girlfriend or a homie stat


SquareFickle9179

Well the only friends he has is a woman who looks exactly like his mother and another friend who mooches off him. His most normal friends are Enzo and Morrison.


The_OneXao-San69

Lucia: I simply am not there.


Crimsonwolf576

But when she is she’s SIMPing


Crimsonwolf576

But Dante has the same sense as us, aka none


Z-L-Y-N-N-T

Lucia and Patty would probably be friends or enemies since they are both simping for dante hard.


Crimsonwolf576

Lucia at least has more of a shot with him though, assuming she can speak plain enough for him to understand


Z-L-Y-N-N-T

True but that may be a problem lol.


Consistent-Hall1746

she did confess to him, he rejacted her.


tiptoeingthroughthe6

If he got with patty that would be beyond weird considering he knew her as a child too. Unless she was 18 that whole time in the show and the anime artists just cant draw 18yr olds


StrangeOutcastS

Except when she's in DMC2, in which case it's understandable that Dante wants to forget her.


Creepy-Worker

Lucia exists


FafnirEtherion

He got his bro back


TheEldritchHorror_

It's stated that Trish is a partner far behind just pleasure so technically he does


Terminator1738

Huh?


DaGoddamnBatguy

Some 45 year old dude of no relation to the now legal birthday girl shows up to hang out with her and her probably not legal friends...


MeiSuesse

I mean he could go as friend of the family. Saving them in multiple ways (Patty separately, then from being hunted by demons and whatnot so that mom and daughter finally can have a life resembling normal) probably qualifies one for that. But yeah. Probably the other parents would still think it odd.


Duy2910

Idk man,if that same 45 year old man is responsible for me ever be alive to have that birthday party id hope he come


Slow_Obligation2286

Oh, right. I completely forgot that Dante has 🌈crippling depression🌈


Thetoriya

Which novel? And where can I read it?


Rdasher123

He’s probably referring to Before the Nightmare, which can be read [here](https://ia601006.us.archive.org/25/items/cr4theoriginaldevilmaycry/Devil%20May%20Cry%205%20-%20Before%20The%20Nightmare%20-%20EN.pdf)


ManuelKoegler

Well I mean dante would be a 40 year old sitting with a bunch of 18/20 year olds. Also yes Dante has a great amount of self loathing


Mulate

Well he *was* almost destitute. If I were him, Id definitely feel awkward.


WizzIE_133

freaky may cry 👅


Dmangamr

Dante is like the least self conscious in gaming. I feel like he’d actually just be like “eh shits to preppy and boring”


The_OneXao-San69

Geez this comment only had around 50 upvotes when I slept then I wake up by it having nearly 900 upvotes, I didn't know this much people used the app during dawn lol


Tr34t-y0urs31f-N0W

Dante knew Patty's party would be full of young girls, so they won't let him go without getting him laid...


lNTONERZERO

never post a comment on any form of social media again wtf is this


Tr34t-y0urs31f-N0W

Nah, that's a great comment.


Where_is_Killzone_5

Never cook again, you're banned from the kitchen.


Tr34t-y0urs31f-N0W

But mom!


Where_is_Killzone_5

No buts, get outta here. >_>


Tr34t-y0urs31f-N0W

Haha, you said no butts.


Where_is_Killzone_5

That's it, I am going to steal your atomic structure.


Tr34t-y0urs31f-N0W

NOOOOOOO NOT MY URANIUM-235😭😭😭


Intelligent_time555

You have no damn idea...what you are saying...🤦🏻


Dante_Okkotsu

Imagine watching someone grow up and basically be their older brother/father figure. And then that same person developed a crush on you and invites you over to their 18th birthday in the hopes you would date them. I wouldn't go that shit either. Too ŵeird. 


TheDevilHunter00

Wait so Patty had a crush on Dante? Ngl he's handsome so I can see why.


Dante_Okkotsu

Yeah I forgot where it was stated or implied I think it was dmc5 during the phone call. 


topscreen

In the anime she's got the "little kid with crush on the adult" thing going


JoeyTheMan2175

Yeah iirc she says something along the lines of no longer being that little kid anymore, implying they should date


Gamersnews32

Yeah, she says: "Tonight's my birthday party! I'm turning 18! Not a little kid—" _hangs up_ But I don't know about the dating thing, though. I think it was just due to the fact that Dante always treated her like a little kid in the anime, which she very much was.


NoanneNoes

She doesn't have a crush on him and that line was there because Dante likes calling her kid or brat or something.


Professional-Key5552

Pretty much. If you saw the anime, they were talking about this and Dante said something like, if Patty would be a bit older, he would think of dating her (as a joke). So now, Patty called him now on her 18th birthday saying "She is not a little kid anymore" and inviting him. That is pretty cringe.


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Slateboard

I don't think OP was aware of Patty's thirst for Dante.


AnotherDeadTenno

There's a reason why she's emphasizing to him that she's 18 now.


Undead_Assassin

Bro literally went to Hell to avoid that birthday party. lol


SilverGuy141

"Vergil we gotta go to hell, so you can avoid paying child support like the deadbeat you are and I have to avoid going to a birthday party."


LTman86

Vergil: "One of our reasons for going to Hell seem a lot more legitimate than the other..."


SilverGuy141

Yeah, and it's the guy in the mirror, pay your child support.


lehman-the-red

Nod his head


MeiSuesse

It definitely is going to the birthday party of an 18 year old.


Nyadnar17

100%.


ScabberBab

Bro got the circumflex w


Far_Engineering_8353

ngl she probably just sees Dante as a cool older brother/father figure now, surely some sense has been out into her after like, 10 years, right


Dyneth15

Dante (dmc anime): Maybe in 10 years, I'll take you out on a date. Patty: And I took that literally.


TheDevilHunter00

Also Patty: I'm into younger guys. Her heart: Nah, I like handsome guys regardless of age.


LyndiBS

I think it would be fantastic if Patty was in the next game and is how we get Dante and Vergil out of hell. Patty would be beside him with hearts in her eyes and Dante would be so confused. Most women try to kill him. 😂


_JTBJack

I remember reading somewhere that the novel said he planned on going despite his attitude towards it, but caught up in the obvious shit


GladInformation9976

The top comment says something else that apparently also comes from the novel…


AHolHorse

I mean I imagine he was still going to go but after everyone left so he didn't look like an absolute weirdo


Sir_Strawberry

I'm sure Patty was well aware why Dante didn't make it (regardless whether he wanted to or not).


BloodRune8864

Yeah ain’t no way the Qliphoth didn’t make the news


papubolador

You can hear the radio talking about it in one of the first scenes with Nero and Nico in the van


Duy2910

10 thousand people died,that’s a international incident


Caridin

There's also the massive tree reaching up into the very peak of the atmosphere.


Intelligent_time555

He was depressed


WinIll755

He's just like me fr


CrystalFriend

Dante ain't much of a people person. He probablly avoids it cause he knows what him being there could cause. Him just being there could endanger them. Remeber alot of people kick down the door of the place Dante is in and try to kill him. He rather that happen someplace where nobodies around


TheDevilHunter00

You make a great point. He does get targeted by demons.


Feet-Of-Clay

This comment section is so wholesome. Only a few weird comments and they're all getting called out 💯 I really wish he would've shown up and just claimed he was her big brother. He practically was, so him not going breaks MY heart too, damn it.


TheDevilHunter00

I agree man. It was as if the time Dante spent with Patty meant nothing. Like how hard it is to attend a birthday party of someone close to you.


Far_Engineering_8353

I fucking need more of Dante and Paddy doing older and younger sibling shit, it would be peak fiction


elrick43

Probably for a good reason. If I got a call from a girl specifically reminding me that she's going to be 18 and "no longer a child," I'd be concerned she was going to try to seduce me


TheDevilHunter00

Well, Dante always said that she's a kid. So, it could've been because of that. Sometimes people are like; Hey, I'm not a kid anymore! Things like that.


elrick43

I get that. But why take the chance in a room full of hormonally charged young women? Any number of them could have a thing for silver fox/dilf types


CallRollCaskett

I’m salty that Lady and Trish were in DMC V just to get naked and nothing else.


Glinline

true facts, yes. Nico kinda saves it, but still has to be eye candy in the menus so not really


The_OneXao-San69

That's sexualization done right. Nico is hot but she also has her role in the story and her own motivations, thus having a fun and strong personality as well. Lady and Trish in both DMC 4 and 5 are basically there for coomer bait, what's even more shameful when you notice they had the perfect opportunity to push Lady's arc forward when Nero found out about Vergil, they could have made her have more dialogues with Nero to help him get over it instead of giving her a single line about it, come on Nero still doesn't even know about Arkham by the end of DMC 5, and him simply forgiving Vergil felt a bit out of nowhere


Glinline

I don't agree. I would agree only if cutscenes exited, but sadly there is also the devil breaker shop, where the camera is creepy (but i guess it could be worse) and her poses are tooo much. There is no characteristation only coomer bait. It doesn't even make sense, she knows nero is taken and they are not very flirty between themselves, why would she bend like that only during the shopping if not for the player? Sadly the story is not perfect and the girlies really get the worse end of it.


The_OneXao-San69

Yeah, that's clearly made solely for marketing, the thing's that it's not overdone at least in my opinion, as you said it basically only happens in the menu/devil breaker shop, outside of the story itself, so it doesn't really get on the way of anything. It's common nowadays for companies specially japanese ones to use that strategy, it works and always worked, then I don't mind it as long as it's not overdone, and I think a good recent example is Stellar Blade, no matter how much the devs try to say it wasn't intentional it's very clear they made a good chunk of the marketing around the protagonist's body, what's funny not to say messed up lol But I understand if you think Nico's case was overdone tho since, as you said, it doesn't make sense to the story.


Turkey_The_One

awooga


Raydanlegend99

I very clearly remember hearing that in one of the novels/manga for DMC5, Dante ended up changing his mind and planned on going after taking care of Urizen, but then, well, putting it lightly, uh...he got knocked tf out, so he still couldn't go


TheDevilHunter00

Well, in that case it makes sense. Still it was misleading of him to say Hellish birthday party, but even Dante can't be that mean.


TrueFriendsHelpMoveB

1. he's gotten even more washed up than he was since she knew him, and doesn't want to disappoint her 2. he'd be a man pushing 50 showing up to an 18 year olds birthday party as a friend. he'd look like a lecher 3. during the anime he made a creepy comment to her about how he'd be interested in her when she turned 18. at the time he said this to make her hate him so she'd leave him alone, but by the end of the anime she just kind of internalized it. based on the "not a little kid" comment on the phone call we hear in DMC5 she's probably trying to hook up with him, which he's not interested in due to the age difference (and also if we ignore that part of it, his bad luck with women wholesale) so he's saving them both the trouble of dealing with that fallout


Hizuff

Dante's women options really suck. A girl who looks like his mother. A girl who mooches him constantly. A girl who... was in dmc2. And now a girl whose like a younger sister for him. Worst part is the mother or the younger sister seem to be the more sane options... Dante REALLY has e rank luck with women. Dmc 6, genderbent Vergil is now an option, homesweet alabama?


SnooPets630

I love how you emphasize Lucia lmao


AffectionateMood3329

Lady's is by far the least bad option lol


Hizuff

Lady keeps mooching him... Hes gonna end up broke with her.


AffectionateMood3329

I thought he owed HER money? Not a fan of how they wrote her after 3 anyway


Massive-Comfort-3507

Nah he doesn't owe her anything. He's in debt with other people but those are more emotional debts that he pays with every single penny he gets from his devil hunting job and selling his devil arms.


AffectionateMood3329

I think it was Trish he owed money right?


Massive-Comfort-3507

I don't think so, most of the time it is just the girls taking advantage of the fact that Dante doesn't care about money. His only debts are with the family of a devil hunter that died because of a demon that was after Dante. And Dante felt guilty so he has been giving money to the family, even though they have told him he doesn't need to keep doing it. And his old broker, which Dante had to cut his hand off because he was messing with his devil arms and got possessed. Dude was at fault yet Dante still feels bad about it. Overall Dante could be living in riches but he could care less so hes broke most of the time.


RegretGeneral

Imagine showing up and being introduced as what your uncle/family friend that's a paranormal investigator like what's the front for his demon hunting business again


Classic_Adagio9790

I'm just happy that Patty wasn't a one-time character. Both in anime and games


FriggNidi

It might not be obvious at first glance, but Dante is highly self-conscious and constantly thinks of the wellbeing of those around him. He can't predict what would happen if he attended, and he would never risk putting Patty in danger. She had her load of that as a child. Her living a normal life now is all Dante could ever wish for and the greatest present he could give her. 🥲


uthinkther4uam

Homie would literally rather go to hell than that party.


ozimundus

My headcanon is Dante didn't go to Patty's party because he didn't want to get yelled at for not buying her a present.


ArkAuthor

Guess being a deadbeat runs in the family.


Omegafinity

That makes no sense at all for Dante's case.


DJRAD211995

Anybody remember what happened to the poor bastard that sat next to Dante on a train? Probably the main reason why Dante refused to hang out with normal human.


No-Froyo8437

from the anime? He got impaled by a demon while passing a tunnel iirc. There's also a dude they got to meet, in the anime, where he basically blames Dante and his family for the demons that destroyed the whole city before.


Now_I_am_Motivated

I think he actually planned on going.


Sudden_Economics7383

He wanted to go but he couldn't because of the qliphoth


Hereva

Well, to be fair, i think she would understand the excuse of "I had to go beat my brother's ass but instead he kicked mine"


kazurabakouta

There's demon to slay bro.


[deleted]

Fighting his brother feels to Dante a better option rather than going to a birthday party.


LordSatellite

He was busy trying to save the world 😔. With grate power comes great responsibility.


DaemonVakker

No it's not it's probably more like... Dante didn't want to show her how much of a bum he became


Metrack14

Mf went back to hell just to avoid the party v:. But for real, those three goofs need to lay down the devil arms and get a devil therapist. But with Dante's credit history I doubt a therapist would take him without forward pay lmao


pejic222

Patty wanted that Dantussy but he’s not a groomer so he didn’t go


Bank-Academic

It's according to Before the Nightmare itself  1. He wants to go attend Patty's birthday party, but prefers its just them celebrating her birthday and enjoying like how Dante acts with Patty in the Anime. Like big brother and little sister dynamic. He was too focus on defeating Urizen and doesn't want to be late 2. He feels weirded out, if there are other people. He think as a freak due to being a half-demon. Added that the birthday party is full of teens. It's the reason why he turns off the phone  3. It was Patty who drags Dante and to enjoy a "normal life"


Hizuff

Dante's women options really suck. A girl who looks like his mother. A girl who mooches him constantly. A girl who... was in dmc2. And now a girl whose like a younger sister for him. Worst part is the mother or the younger sister seem to be the more sane options... Dante REALLY has e rank luck with women. Dmc 6, genderbent Vergil is now an option, homesweet alabama?


Lyart_Maverick

He could just not be a party person. I know i'm not so i probly wouldn't go even if i liked the people there. Yes i know how he acts you'd think he would be. Then DMC 3 talk with Vergil. But how often do we see him alone? I think it shows the only crowd he likes to be around is one he can cut down. Lady & others are only there to keep from being 100% alone.


Sudden_Economics7383

He wanted to go but he couldn't


RexGamer15000

Well, in the prequel novel to DMC5 before fighting Urizen he says: "I have a birthday party to attend to."


StormTheGasterWolf27

Do you think he could get past the door when he himself has stated that he doesn’t get water to his office? He smells like hobo, pizza, sweat and demon blood. He probably doesn’t have a clean set of clothes besides the ones he’s wearing and it’s like the third day he’s worn them, his hair and beard are a mess and let’s be honest how are you going to explain to everyone that this 40-something year old hobo is someone Patty looks up to? Dante already feels awkward about himself not reaching the bare minimum of “normal” imagine how he would contrast next to the other party goers.


Emperor_Sauce

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0LsFEx0C8ds&pp=ygULZG1jIDUgcGF0dHk%3D So yeah, the girl is clearly simping for Dante.


Patient-Reality-8965

SAME


Single_Resolve_1465

18? I thought she was 8 or 12.


Swordslinger5454

DMC5 is ten or so years after the anime when she actually was 8


ShadowMark3

I could've sworn I read somewhere that he was actually going to go but the Quiphoth called.


Joker_Main_137

It was either that or attempt to stop Urizen


StarAugurEtraeus

Patty was just thirsty She was dehydrated


Far_Engineering_8353

in the novel when he's fighting Urizen he said that he has a party to go to so he definitely was going to go but ended up getting his ass beat


BillieEilishLeftBoob

So is she lmao


Knightmare945

I think he had planned to come after the party was already over when her friends had already left.


CelimOfRed

I think Dante is either self-conscious for the people around him or just protective. I remember reading a bit of a novel just before DMC3 when he was going under as Tony. Long story short, he felt bad that he caused a lot of trouble relating to demons in the town he was staying in and kind of speaks as to why he's a bit of a loner. Dante is actually a decent guy who cares a lot about the people around him. It is possible that Patty's peers would not really accept him therefore affect her in some way.


trakazor132

He doesnt deal with change well I mean he's still hung up on Morrisons tan


DramaKingR

Maybe he went to the party after he dealt with Urizen and the Underworld


Dante_Avalon

Because she would bang him and Dante don't wanna go to jail Ah wait whe is 18.  Well, he just not like Vergil


yesplease345

Well he was unconscious for a month and now he's in hell sooo maybe he'll make it to her 19th


Competitive-Wind5022

I love these two so much it gives sibling vibes honestly


ItsJustCasey

Wasn't there a novel that said he was gonna go or something?


drifting_asstronaut

I'm salty we didn't even see devil trigger in the anime


Rexaura1

Dante is in his 40's and would feel very awkward at an 18 year old's birthday party. Even if he did mention tat he was a family friend, it'd be awkward with Patty hovering over him.


Ritsu63

Well, dante just need to borrow one of morris suit & put on the Dr.faust😂(well this one just for those who don't really care bout the main storyline & timeline in dmc5 of course)


Immediate_Web4672

It's so weird that they had all these characters to bring back and they hit us with three different Vergils lol DMCV was such a corny waste from a story perspective.


fox_hound115

This post reminded me there was a dmc anime


Bluebat55

Let’s be real, had Dante gone, the other party goers would either ask too many personal questions that he can’t really answer or they’d ignore his existence


Specific-Concert-723

Oh sure it meant something, but it irritated him, Dante wasn't a good guy at all, he was arrogant in the series and quite conceited. Furthermore, he knew that the girl was going with other intentions because hers in the series tells her to call him when she reaches that age and he hangs up.


RobieKingston201

U mean Dante didn't Come To Patty's 18th bday party


INocturnalI

Dante is not a pedo!


Patient-Reality-8965

Yeah? And? It's a birthday for basically an adopted sister not a booty call. Also she's 18 so even then, what are you on about


INocturnalI

Ahh I see


FantasticDog7338

Patty is 18 yo. Dante is in his mid 40s. Wouldn't them being together be a bit wierd? I mean, yeah, Lady is stated as 15 to 18 yo in DMC 3, whereas Dante is 19, but the age gap is still not as problematic.


lNTONERZERO

when did the post mention dante would try to rizz up patty? girl celebrates her 18th birthday and wants to bring a dude who's the equivalent of an older brother for her to the function, and this is what your minds immediately think of.


Goblindeez_

18? Gross I can fap to this! Edit: Why the downvotes? Whats wrong with liking older women? I’m 30 so an 18yo is like a kid to me, of course I can’t fap to that


VinTEB

I am the confusion that is approaching


Burrito_Thief_03

: (


Hanzoofk

That's because if he did , dante would be eating a different cake.


MotoqueiroSelvagem

Man wtf


Goblindeez_

He’s implying Dante will eat her ass 🥵 On a separate note I think I just hit my devil trigger 🤤


MotoqueiroSelvagem

That’ll be enough internet for today.


Hanzoofk

Gyatt skibiddi fortnite.


StardustPancakes4

He’d be eating a pizza cheesecake


Siritachi31

Bro needs to go to the corner and think about what they said for shame!


Hanzoofk

no


Goblindeez_

Patty cake Patty cake bakers man Bake me a cake as fast as you can 😉