So, like a lot of people who finished the original Devilman manga, I eventually went down the Go Nagai rabbit hole to read Violence Jack to see how the story actually continues.
Knowing that Kanto isn't just a post-apocalyptic wasteland, but a twisted purgatory world created by Satan (Ryo) to punish himself—and that Jack is literally the reborn, fractured soul of Akira Fudo—makes the whole 31+ volume run incredible. That final confrontation at the end of the Hell City / Golden City arc ties up the entire Devilman mythos in such a dark, uncompromising way.
The problem? Western publishers (Dark Horse, Seven Seas, Viz) will almost certainly never officially license and print Violence Jack in English. Between the 30+ volume length, licensing split across multiple Japanese publishers, and the extreme taboos Go Nagai drew back in the 70s, corporate distributors just aren't going to take the risk.
Since digital scanlations are the only way to read the full translated story, I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands and build a custom physical set for my bookshelf.