Netflix’s Devil May Cry Ending Explained

Adi Shankar’s creativity knows no boundaries. Well, initially, the man gained huge fanfare after coming up with Castlevania, which ran from 2017 to 2021. And now, with Devil May Cry, he has doubled fans’ expectations for his future projects. With his badass characters, dialogues, and 2000s vibe, the anime started capturing millions of hearts within a couple of hours of its release. While every episode of Devil May Cry was a thrilling ride, the final moments hit differently.

The White Rabbit Had a Great Fall

The White Rabbit is the ultimate villain of Netflix’s Devil May Cry. Well, he isn’t a major character in the video games, but Adi Shankar made him one in the 2025 reboot project. And I’m glad he introduced us to the badass manga-inspired villain. That’s because he made the story way more intriguing for us and for the main protagonist as well. 

White Rabbit wanted a homeland for the demons of Makai, also known as hell, where they could live peacefully. The Demon world was full of toxins, and no one, including the demons, could live there. So, he wanted to merge the human and demon realms so that the latter could survive. The ambition of the White Rabbit led him to a war against humans and the Darkcom. 

During the final fight, the blade of one of the White Rabbit’s minions touches Mary, paralyzing her. However, before she gets killed, Dante makes a heroic entry and kills the demon who is supposed to kill Mary. The White Rabbit looks at him and says, ‘Before we begin, don’t you want to visit your father’s homeland?’ Dante agrees to go with him, but he asks the White Rabbit not to do anything to Mary.

After returning, Dante clashes with the White Rabbit and his army. While he is combating the demon army, the White Rabbit removes his mask and reveals his true identity to Mary. After that, the episode shows a flashback in which Mary and her peers kill the White Rabbit’s loved ones. Mary ridicules him and says that she should’ve known that such psychotic ruthlessness only a human can have.

White Rabbit is determined to kill her, but before he can do any harm to the Lady, Dante distracts him, and after that, the two engage in a duel. The former knows that Dante will not spare his life this time, so he falls into the river to protect himself. However, it isn’t the end for him; instead, he returns and consumes a demon. Following that scene, he transforms into a deadly monster who gets slashed by Dante in the concluding moments of the final episode.

William Baines Reveals His True Colors

William Baines has carried a clean reputation since the start. He makes the civilians of the U.S. believe that he is the savior of humanity who can go to any extent to save their kind. However, as the story moves forward, darker truths emerge. After White Rabbit falls into the river, Baines asks his soldiers to leave all the dead bodies of the demon facing up so that their photographs can make it to the front page of the newspaper. Dante asks Mary why she trusts the man who hasn’t done anything besides giving orders to the soldiers. He also mentions that Baines never really cared who among the soldiers died in the fight against the demons.

Mary explains that Baines may look hard, but he loves his people. However, the Vice President calls her an ‘attack dog’ the next moment while talking to a soldier.

”More of a trained attack dog, brimming with anger and violence that serve their purpose. Though sometimes she must be brought to heal”- William Baines

Baines also makes Mary feel useless when he asks her about the amulet, and all she can say is that she was paralyzed at that moment, so she doesn’t know where the necklace is.

Mary Betrays Dante

Following the fall of the White Rabbit, Dante seeks a partnership with Mary. He believes that the Lady is good enough to be taken as a partner-in-crime. Initially, she showed interest in the proposal, but we didn’t know she had some other plans for the future. After Dante turns his back toward her, Mary injects her with a serum and arrests him after he collapses. She says that now that she knows what Dante’s blood can do, she can’t take the risk of letting him go with Sparda’s sword.

An Unwanted Guest Arrives

During the fight with White Rabbit’s demon form, Dante learns that his brother, Vergil, is alive. However, he doesn’t know that Vergil is all grown up now, and he has nothing to do with humanity. In fact, he has transformed into a demon who is all set to push the sapiens to death. Well, that’s what his arrival at the end of the series suggests.

After freeing the demons from the prison and killing the guards, a knight stands in front of them and asks to show Mundus some gratitude, as he is the one to bless them with freedom. After that, the knight turns into Vergil, who says, ‘The sapiens and their armies don’t know what storm they ride into. I am that storm.’

Devil May Cry has laid a foundation for a potential second season that may bring Mundus and Vergil into action against Dante.