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'Back When You Called Us Devils' is a story of a person, or to some a devil, called 'Yusuke, Saitou' who has committed a lot of horrible crimes in middle school. Some of the worst types of crimes you can think of. He, however, has lost his memories. The focus of the first part of this story is on him trying to recover said memories. Along the way he encounters the people he's hurt in his past and you see how he deals with these situations.

The question 'will he revert to his 'devil'-like self?' hangs in the back of your mind when reading, adding an ... amount of tension. You also consider whether it's even worth him trying to regain his memories, will he be able to live with himself afterwards? The 'first' part of this story generally can be seen as a bit of a build-up for the 'second part' but I found it very enjoyable and well worth the read.

It's hard to describe the 'second part' of this story without spoiling it subtly so I will not. Instead, I'll mention some of the ideas that are tackled, like whether we should allow 'devils' to be forgiven, how a 'devil' can be perceived differently from person to person taking into account their own experiences with the 'devil', and how people can do horrible things or even become 'devils' themselves when armed with justification.

It's a strong story on the whole that makes you think quite a bit, has good art and includes quite a satisfying ending.