Interesting facts about Nero from Devil May Cry

What are some interesting facts about Nero that many fans don’t know? Is he as cool and sassy as Dante or calm and stoic as Vergil? Who is he really? In this blog, we will discuss some very unknown and interesting facts about Nero from the famous Devil May Cry franchise. Nero is a character first introduced to the players in Devil May Cry 4. In Devil May Cry 4, Nero is a holy knight of an order called Orders of the Swords. He is a serious and antisocial person. Nero becomes very impulsive and short-tempered when people he cares about are involved in something bad.

In Devil May Cry 4, Nero witnesses Dante murder the high priest of the Order of the Sword, and at the same time, the devil army invades the city, where his love interest Kyrie gets involved. Nero fights Dante, but gains power when overpowered by Dante. His demonic side comes in a form of Devil Bringer. Dante later tells the truth about the Order of the Sword, whose main goal is to conquer the world. He defeats and prevents the order from reaching their goals. At the end of Devil May Cry 4, Dante gives Nero the Yamata, Virgil’s Katana. He reappears as the playable character in Devil May Cry 5, where he gains more focus and the player learns more about his background.

Interesting facts about Nero from Devil May Cry

Dante was originally supposed to own Nero’s Devil Bringer.

During the start of Devil May Cry 4, Nero gets Devil Bringer while fighting Dante. But before Nero got this power, Dante was the original bearer of the Devil Bringer.

But before it could get to Dante, the developers thought that with Devil Bringer, Nero will stand out more and have some interesting Dante and Vergil characteristics.

Nero is his voice actor’s favorite character

Johnny Yong Bosch plays Nero in Devil May Cry franchise. He has given voice to many characters in games, movies, anime, etc. His notable roles are: Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Vas in Trigon, Giyu Tomioka in Demon Slayer, Nero in Devil May Cry, Yu Narukami in person 4, Hajime Hinata in Danganronpa 2, etc.

Of the various roles that Bosch has voiced, his favorite is Nero from the Devil May Cry franchise. The reason Bosch gives is that he had the most contact with Nero while recording and expressing movements. Nero’s role led him to travel to Japan, which is also one of the reasons.