Punishment Devil

Punishment Devil
Name
Japanese	罰 (ばつ) の悪 (あく) 魔 (ま)
Romaji	Batsu no Akuma
Biological Information
Species	Devil
Status	Alive
Professional Information
Contracted Humans	Michiko Tendo (formerly) Yutaro Kurose (formerly)
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 76

The Punishment Devil (罰 (ばつ) の悪 (あく) 魔 (ま) , Batsu no Akuma^?) is a devil that embodies the fear of punishment.

Appearance

Because of the circumstances in which the Punishment Devil made its only appearance in one gigantic amalgamation of several Devils, it is rather difficult to pinpoint exactly how it looks. They are a being of what may be several conjoined humanoid bodies with distorted faces, each carrying a different weapon. Outside of the bodies they have several conjoined arms on a opened mouth that looks very similar to the mouth of Snake Devil. In the colored manga the inner body is a very light brown or brownish-yellow and the outer body with the conjoined arms on a mouth have a bolder yellow.

Personality

The Punishment Devil's personality is currently unknown.

Plot

History

At some point Yutaro Kurose and Michiko Tendo made a contract with the Punishment Devil, for an unknown price.

Gun Devil arc

Makima uses the abilities of the Punishment Devil, along with several other devils and their contracted humans, to battle the Gun Devil. It is used to torture the Gun Devil enough off screen to the point it had to become a fiend.

Abilities

As a Devil, the Punishment Devil possesses all of the standard devil abilities. Besides those, not much is known about the Punishment Devil's abilities. It has a contract with Yutaro Kurose and Michiko Tendo for an unknown price.

Chapter Appearances

Gun Devil arc
71. Bath	Absent
72. All Together	Absent
73. Everyday Life No More	Absent
74. What the Waves Say	Absent
75. 9,12	Absent
76. Don't Open It	Mentioned
77. Ring Ring Ring	Absent
78. Snowball Fight	Absent
79. Play Catch	Absent

Trivia

• The Punishment Devil embodies Mastigophobia (from Greek μαστιγόω: "to punish"), the fear of punishment, abuse or being beaten.
• Their Japanese name, Batsu, can translate to different words with similar meanings such as punishment, penalty, wrong, retribution, damned, curse, judgment .etc. It is also the term used for the Japanese "x" gesture when pointing out something as "wrong".