Fourteen-year-old Iruma Suzuki has been unfortunate all his life, having to work to earn money for his irresponsible parents despite being underage. One day, he finds out that his parents sold him to the demon Sullivan. However, Iruma's worries about what will become of him are soon relieved, for Sullivan merely wants a grandchild, pampering him and making him attend the demon school Babyls.
At first, Iruma tries to keep a low profile in fear of his peers discovering that he is human. Unfortunately, this ends up being more difficult than he expected. It turns out that Sullivan himself is the chairman of the school, and everyone expects him to become the next Demon King!
Iruma immediately finds himself in an outrageous situation when he has to chant a forbidden spell in front of the entire school. With this, Iruma instantly earns a reputation he does not want. Even so, he is bound to be roped into more bizarre circumstances.
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bend_over
I was unsure, unsure of watching this. I thought it would be so generic and unfunny to roll my eyes. I thought that I'd hate the show and its characters. I thought if I start watching the anime I would have dropped it within the first 5 minutes. I thought of all this and decided to skip it. I decited to not watch it, and I ignored it. I ignored all the memes people were making of the show. I ignored all the videos on Youtube and all the possible outcomes to getting a single picture of the show in front of me. I indeedthought and did all of this.
That was my biggest mistake ever. That was something I should have never done to myself. The cover certainly didn't help. The plot either. I hadn't read the manga the anime was based off. I never heard someone talk about this serie before. For a moment I thought that Satan himself brought it to me as a kind of torture. But instead it t was Jesus who gave it to Santa Claus to give it to me. It was an early present, and what a present that was. A masterpiece of an anime. Oh yeah, the best gift imaginable.
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun is by far the most surprising anime I've seen in recent years. No one, with a good understanding of anime would have though that this anime would have been this good. Most of the "elite" people would have gone with the typical answer of "Ah yeah, it seems like another of those generic isekais that we're forced to endure until the end of time". Which, they're Certainly not wrong. As most viewers would do upon watching an anime is looking at the cover and considering this anime as a cover has certainly turned off a lot of viewers on ignoring it (as of myself) because of the genericness the show has (It certainly does have it, to some extent, tho). However, sometimes in order to know the liking of something you have to go balls deep. Sometimes you have to even force yourself into watching something as the final result might actually surprise you. It's not recommendable but sometimes efficient.
In my case, it didn't just surprise me as a whole but since the beginning I loved it. I loved every second of it. I loved the environment which resembles a lot to Soul Eater. I loved the characters and their design. I loved the premise. I loved the humor. I loved everything the show had to offer. The main character while not relatable to me I could see why he would be one of the greatest isekai protagonist out there. His charisma and his timing for a funny face of his is something I truly liked. It's funny. While sometimes some clichès can ruin a joke I was relieved that the amount of clichès here found didn't had any effect on them. It was as if they were telling two different jokes and I laughed at both. That kind of thing. The characters are also likable. Very much so. They even tend to overshadow the main character at times on how great they are. Their personalities definitely helps and that's the best part of the show. Their personalities. I keep repeating this but I can't help it on how great their personalities are. They're fun on screen and whatever happens be it good or not they're hilarious at any given time.
With that said, there's one thing that I have a complaint with and that is the amount of characters the show has. Because most of the time the story is set at school it leads no time for any character devolvement. There's some but it's not in a gran scale, but then again it's not it has a crazy amount of episodes to accomplish that task. Many of them are fodder, so I guess it doesn't matter.
As for the technical sound of the show, I'd say if the second best thing about the show. Especially the opening. The opening has been a blast and it's in English. We usually don't get too many openings on that language so it's a nice touch, i'd add. Also, there weren't too many OSTs throughout the show. It would have been greater if there'd been variety of it. Nonetheless, for what we've gotten, it was awesome.
As I previously said, I loved watching this anime. While it didn't bring anything new to the table I still think it's a fresh air of the usual isekai we get, don't you think? It's actually hilarious of an anime and I would recommend to anybody. Ah yeah... I forgot to add. Best female of the show is Amelie. Liked her personality and the design looks so damn good. Definitely waifu material.
I had fun watching this, and I hope you did too.
Pipe
Sometimes we are tempted to exaggerate about a series. Mairimashita! Iruma-kun will give us that opportunity, but in the end, the series can be considered average. From some perspective, the series is for a demographic group, children, if we look at the character designs, the licensors, the plot all points to that. Despite all those facts, the series can be enjoyable for any group of age. I think that the series succeeded in the comedy execution, it is not the best, but it can bring a smile into our faces. The story follows a youngster, Iruma, who is sold by his parents to the demonSullivan. This demon takes him to the underworld and starts raising him as his grandson. As the plot advances, we follow Iruma’s daily routine and how he needs to find a way to survive in a world that “hates” the humans. Ironically as it seems, he enjoys more the demon world that humans, so this helps the plot and the character’s growth. However, not all is poetry. The show follows the typical iseaki rules. A guy goes to another world and is powerful. Is it the case of Iruma? Yes, it is. This kid can stand face to face against the fiercest demons from his school, and the only explanation given to us is, he suffered too much in the real world, or he received some sort of ring, that is childish but since it is a comedy we do not care too much about that.
On the other hand, the characters are enjoyable. There is a vast cast. It is necessary since the author needs to emulate a daily school routine. Without a big cast, the show will become the typical school anime with a small bunch of characters doing the same thing. Season example, Koisuru Asteroid. Also, I do not want to criticize, but it seems that almost all the spectators watched this show only for Ameri. Although she was a good and strong character if a different person than Saori voiced her, I bet that none would be saying the same. The main character, Iruma, is delightful. From a coward human, he ends as another “demon” that cares about his friends and his surroundings; he tries very hard to not been noticed, but he takes several risks for his new life, and all those risks lead us to some comedic and hilarious moments.
Asmodeus, he is talented and maybe the strongest demon in the school. He changes and becomes a great friend and Iruma’s support. In the beginning, you can see him as the typical school rival, but you will be glad that he changes and he is Iruma’s friendship anchor.
Clara, she maybe is the craziest demon around, her personality is very charming and cute. She is a delightful character that will make us smile with her craziness.
Ameri, she has a good personality, is reliable, is charming, and is a very dedicated demon, but her most significant development will appear in the second season. The best will come.
The art and the animation, the show has an acceptable animation. Do not misunderstand, but the palette and the design are childish. Makoto’s direction forced to use a bright and colorful palette to remove the dark and fearful demon’s traits. It is a widespread move when a director wants to deliver a show to kids, and that is reflected in the series’ actual ranking (1345) and the broadcasting time. The sound and the VO are acceptable and the voice fits the character’s personalities in most of the cases.
Finally, the show will make you laugh and have some hilarious moments. But here is the problem, you will laugh the first time, the second time maybe not (if there is a second time). As a friend said to me, the second time, you can consider the jokes average and weak. Mairimashita! Iruma-kun is a good series to spend your time, but I am sure you are not going to rewatch it, so that means that even if you liked and love it, the show does not deserve a score more than 7.0.
Stark700
"School is a place to learn." That’s what some of my parents and teachers used to tell me back when I was a kid. Marimashita Iruma-kun! takes the school life tropes by bringing in demons and supernatural entities to spice things up. Because in this demonic world, anything is possible when protagonist Iruma Suzuki enters a demon school. From Bandai Namco Pictures, Marimashita Iruma-kun walks along the line of a colorful scheme. By focusing on a protagonist of innocent and kind nature, you can probably expect a host of misadventures aimed at his way. Iruma’s life is changed forever upon being sent to a school full ofdemons. The catch is that no one really knows his true nature, that being a human. Without guidance and being alone in such a world, this anime leads an adventure that blends many genres together into one colorful package.
Watching the first few episodes gave me a bold impression, one which I assume the author wanted to make the audience laugh. Make no mistake. As bizarre as the synopsis sounds, the show itself is rather lighthearted that’s drenched with comedy. I’m talking about lighthearted comedy of character humor and jokes poking at the fun of being the only human in a demon school. Iruma is practically the new kid in the neighborhood and he must adapt his ways to survive and live his new life. Luckily, he is a gentle boy who seems to be able to easily make friends with just about anyone. There’s even jokes throughout the series where he never refuses favors, regardless how ridiculous they seem. This type of ‘nice guy’ can be irritating to watch at first but Iruma sells his personality exquisitely through the character relationships he builds with others.
I practically lost count how many friends Iruma made by the time this anime concluded. Running at a pace of 23-episodes, each one brings out more and more of his personality to fruition. From the very beginning, Iruma has an unnatural ability to change others. An early example is when he makes friends with Asmodeus Alice, an egoistic man who he managed to defeat in a duel. Since that defeat, the two have become close allies and friends together. Another close friend he makes is Clara, the green haired demon girl with a bubbly personality and essentially an airhead. Watching their relationship grow is strange to say the least but deep down, the two forms a friendship that is a national treasure. Even someone as intimidating as Azazel Ameri joins his circle of close friends. What initially started out an embarrassing misunderstanding turns into a bond built on trust. Whenever Ameri is around Iruma, her serious nature fades away and she becomes more of an innocent schoolgirl. The anime also makes jokes about her love for shoujo manga and the delusions she comes to believe based on its romance stories. The big picture here is that Iruma’s personality stands as a symbol of purity. When we hear the word ‘demons’ we tend to think of words such as “evil”. But here, we meet a sweet gentle boy who lives a life to help others while trying to hide his human nature.
Based on the manga, I knew this show wouldn’t have enough material to cover everything. But luckily, anime viewers can easily absorb what the author is selling to us with their colorful ideas. Adaptation wise, the anime doesn’t exclusively follow chapters by chronological order but instead structures every episode together to make the overall series flow. This ranges from Iruma building relationships with the main cast, his daily misadventures, and sometimes, the crazy amount of humor. There are minor details changed in the anime such as certain characters introduced earlier or additional scenes added in later episodes. A goal I noticed the anime in trying to achieve is getting the audience engaged with the storytelling. When there are episodes about school events, it tries to flesh out the comedy as much as possible. Other times, it emphasizes on how Iruma interacts despite being so different majority of the cast. It’s also safe to say that some girls in the show (namely Ameri) may have grown a crush on the boy. The anime doesn’t follow a forbidden romance route but it’s always fun to tease his relationships with the female cast. Besides that, the numerous amounts of comedy gags and demonic references (like the Number of the Beast, 666) is evident throughout the show. They’re almost like Easter Eggs thrown in to make the audience more aware about the show’s overall appeal.
Bandai Namco Pictures previously worked on the Gintama anime franchise and they bring in their talent to this humorous supernatural comedy. Every episode contains elements of humorous choreography whether it’s the character chemistry, school gags, or other shenanigans. The anime also retains the style of the manga, something that I applaud the studio for making it true as possible. Character designs has a cartoony look that sometimes can make the audience forget they are non-humans. Of course, that doesn’t apply to the case of Iruma, as he looks like an innocent school boy. Meanwhile, the character expressions sometimes jump over the board that is nothing short of classic comedy. Don’t believe me? Just watching Ameri’s first meeting with Iruma and you can see why. It’s just one example but this show is no short on fuse with its humor, enhanced by the cartoony art style of overall gimmicky display of character personalities.
Marimashita! Iruma-kun is what I describe as a testament of comedy national treasure. Often times, supernatural comedies can feel too scripted or out of touch by its dialogues. However, this show manages to connect all its dots right with a lovable character cast and lighthearted story adventure. Iruma may be a human but he accomplished a lot more than what demons can at their school. And with all that being said, I welcome you to join in the fun with more to come next year in Season 2.
El-Random
Marimashita! Iruma-Kun started as a welcome breath of fresh air; the plot, the character designs, the comedic timing, the backgrounds and even the OP looked like taken straight out of a forgotten shounen school comedy from 2002. Like those early noughts series, Marimashita! Iruma-Kun is based on a simple long running gag: Suzuki Iruma is our MC, a human without any sort of magical power who attends a demon school and the only thing he wants is to avoid danger by not standing out. Everything he does to keep his peaceful school life and annonymacy backfires and by the end of every story arc, Irumaends up being more and more admired by his peers.
It was a fun show that, I thought, would stay afloat if it didn’t (a) become to repetitive and (b) try to take itself too seriously.
Sadly, it accomplished neither of those things.
Iruma, the character, too often falls into the “Idiot Houdini” archetype, the “good natured but untalented MC who climbs his way to the top despite lacking any sort of talent, thanks to Deus ex Machina”. That type of character generally walks the thin line between endearing (Forrest Gump) and irritating (Jar Jar Binks) and the plot of Marimashita! Iruma-Kun walks the same fine line: at first the show is dumb but endearing, but as Iruma stumbles his way to an unwanted and undeserved success over and over again it becomes tremendously irritating to watch.
However, if there’s anything more undeserved and unneeded in Marimashita! Iruma-Kun it’s the length of the show. This didn’t deserve nor did it need twenty three episodes to tell the story and like most assets in life who are both undeserved an unneeded, they ended up being thoroughly wasted.
It’s no wonder then that the pacing in this show is horrendously inconsistent. Things move at a good speed for the first half of the show until it hits a tedious wall known as “the Batora/School festival arc” which simply goes on for too damn long until by the end of it, it’s hard to care anymore about what’s happening with the arc and what will happen to the show moving forward. If you felt that the best thing that could happen to the show was Kirio blowing up the entire school, trust me, you are not alone.
The biggest attractive to Marimashita Iruma-Kun it’s the colorful, interesting cast of side characters who range from trope-defying to functional to the story. Asmodeus is the perfect complementary sidekick to Iruma, his general story arc (a powerful demon who is destined to do great things but prefers to take a secondary role and support someone who he deems more powerful) is perfectly symmetric to Iruma’s arc (a demon with absolutely no power who would prefer to stay low-key but is pushed to the forefront at every single chance). Clara is a complete energy ball who continuously generates laughs which are never at her expense. Amerie is an decently written love interest, a strong female character revered by his peers for her power and demeanor without a single trace of the tropes and fanservice that at times plagues the shounen demographic. Sullivan and Callego-sensei both play their roles to perfection and add laughs to the story and the story even nails the comedic timing with some tertiary characters like Sabnock and Kamui.
Sadly most of these characters take a back seat by the second half of the show which seems to focus on annoying secondary characters turned antagonists (Kirio) and probably the weakest character of the show: Iruma.
Overall, Marimashita! Iruma-Kun was a show that had good, fun, lighthearted moments but proved to be too repetitive, long, inconsistent and filled with bad decisions in terms of storyline to be able to fulfill its potential.
Marinate1016
Every now and again a show comes along that seems interesting, but you're not quite sure if you want to get into it. Sometimes you take a leap of faith and it results in you wasting your time. Other times, it ends up being a hidden gem and you thank your lucky stars you got to try it. For me, Iruma-Kun was the latter. Iruma- Kun is an isekai, but it's not your typical otaku escapism bait. It's much closer to the feeling of watching Cartoon Network shows as a kid than it is to watching a Log Horizon or Re:Zero. I was put onto theshow by some friends in anime club during the start of the Fall season and decided to give it a try once I got home. The show started off quite slow for me. In fact, I would even say I was pretty bored for the first two episodes. But once episode 3 came around and we were introduced to some of the side characters who go onto become very prominent in the latter stages of the series, I was hooked.
The show is essentially about a boy who gets kidnapped from his home by a demon and brought to the underworld to act as the demon's grandson. His "grandfather" enrols him in a Demon Academy in which he goes on to become sort of a legend. The gig of the show is that Iruma, as a human, does not belong in the underworld and if ever discovered he would be killed/eaten/imprisoned. Yet, somehow he manages to maintain an air of secrecy about his identity and rises up the ranks of the school to become one of the most respected students.
While the latter half of the show features a fair bit of drama/tension, it's overwhemhimgy a very relaxing comedy with focus on character interactions and bonds. As I said earlier, it's much more closely related to those old cartoons you used to watch on Cartoon Network after school than it is to other isekai and that really adds to the freshness of the series. If you're apprehensive about watching isekai or about this show, I can assure you, give it a try and you will not regret it.
The animation and art are very well done by Bandai and the textures/shades of the background and character designs are excellent. There's no real sakuga scenes in the show as that's not the focus of it, but everything is more than good enough for this type of show.
As I said before, the characters make this show. All of them feel unique and fun. The comedy is very well done as well. I guarantee you'll be laughing out loud constantly throughout the run of the show.
In conclusion(TL:DR) Iruma-Kun is a very fun and fresh take on isekai and will provide you with hours of entertainment. It's very under appreciated and slept on, but it's a hidden gem. Watch this show and thank me later.
Agent_Redacted
“Imagine making an anime which is essentially a rip-off of Hotel Transylvania with a protagonist which is fundamentally a rip-off of Deku, the most retarded-looking protagonist in it. Tagged as Shounen as well? Pfft. This might possibly be worse than My Hero Academia.” - that’s what I thought before watching the show. Before I began watching Mairimashita! Iruma-kun, I was a big hypocrite towards the show. Trying to judge and criticize it in every way by simply perceiving it and not actually try it myself. When I gathered my courage and began the show it felt like opening a present box given by the peoplewho I love. It was bursting with many sentiments that allowed me to stay happy. I laughed, laughed and laughed. I haven’t laughed this hard ever since a long time now. All the shows I’ve seen in the past mainly consist of sadness and sorrow. I’ve seen so much of those I’ve forgotten about the joy of watching a generic, happy and peaceful anime like this.
The Opening song is very catchy and good. The story has a relaxing pace to it and it's quite entertaining and interesting. The plots aren’t super thrilling yet I just couldn’t wait for it to unleash. The characters are likable and they have many unexpected, unique traits and features. The art style and quality is also very good as well.
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun is a hidden masterpiece. It helped me find the happiness I lost. I’m so glad I watched this show, and I don’t regret starting it a single bit.
This is recommended to everybody. Yes, you as well. Criticizers. This is actually good I’m telling you. If you haven’t seen this then you’re missing out big time.
TakaCode
Let's rewind back to the golden era of western cartoons, the 2000s. You had a bunch of fun, creative and clever cartoons that were filled with heart and passion. Some of my favorite cartoons growing include Ben 10 as well its sequel Alien Force Phineas and Ferb, Kim Impossible, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Codename Kids Next Door and Teen Titans. Too bad that western cartoon has become a cesspool of shit in recent years. Sure I heard there were a couple of decent to good cartoon series to come out in the 2010s but for every one good cartoon you have to dealwith 10 forgetful, lazy, poorly animated, pandering, and offensive garbage cartoon that are void of certainty and passion.
Say all you want about isekai anime but least there don't outstay their welcome by not receiving multiple seasons compared to cartoons nowadays where they keep receiving squeals despite many people despising them.
Lucky this western cartoon-inspired anime series Welcome to Demon School Iruma doesn't fall into the same traps as those shows that I just listed.
Comedy gold is the keyword to describe Iruma Kun. It is a show that understands comedy structure as well as comedic timing. Whenever the series does a joke, the anime makes sure to set up correctly.
No character interactions felt forced it never tried to abuse its gags to a point of annoying. This is all thanks to the series splendid comedy writing which is one of the best I have ever seen period.
Which leads me to my next positive aspect of Iruma which is worldbuilding and man what a world this is.
It has been a long while since I have been invested in an anime setting and while the demon school itself may not be as special as it uses to but it still outclassed those anime that did that setting because you see when people were recommending this anime to during the fall 19 anime season they often compared it to Rosario + Vampire due to both series being set in demon school and honestly the problem with the Rosario + Vampire is that apart from being an outstandingly horrendous adaptation of a fairly good manga that show did the criminal act of discarding its worldbuilding and setting in favour of sex appeal.
I wanted to see how the demon school society works in Rosario + Vampire but that show wouldn't let me see as it decides to shovel fan-service right down my throat.
Throughout the series, we learn about how the demon system works, how demons perform rituals to summon their familiars. How certain activities playout, etc. Iruma Kun perfectly meets the requirements of building a believable and creative world that sticks to rules.
The thing that Iruma Kun stand out from your typical comedy anime is that the characters develop along with the comedy.
Every single noteworthy character gets strong and meaningful development.
One of the best examples of this happens in episode 10 where Iruma and Asmodeus were put in the opposite teams for the dodgeball match where they get ranked. Up to that point, Alice has been all over Iruma to a point where he has been holding back. After Asmodeus sees Iruma determination, he starts to push himself where he starts to put his royalty to Iruma aside so he can give it his all without holding back. This is so good on so many levels. For one it showcased that Asmodeus is not a totally obsessed with Iruma (I hope this gets expanded upon in season 2) and two it gave Iruma the opportunity to come off his shell that he has been mostly hiding in the previous nine episodes.
Characters are where this show truly shines.
They aren't the deepest character cast around but they are certainly the most fun and compelling cast I've seen in a long while.
Iruma Kun is a fun and engaging protagonist. From his first appearance to the last appearance in the final episode, I was in love with these characters. For starters, he's a pacifist which is rare for shounen male leads. Rather than solve issues with violence he solves issues by talking in a calm and friendly manner. His character interactions towards the cast were hilarious, and he's facial expressions every time he gets nervous and worried always had me giggling.
His character interactions towards the cast were hilarious, and he's facial expressions every time he gets nervous and worried always had me giggling. Throughout every arc, we see Iruma slowly his through actions.
This is shown in the dodgeball, school festival and devil-idol arcs.
Heck, he even eventually starts singing the demon school anthem at one point despite him being human himself. If that's not outstanding character development then I don't know it is.
Asmodeus is the butt money royal friend of Iruma. I really Asmodeus a lot. He was so fun character to watch. His royalty to Iruma and chemistry toward Iruma and Clara provided a lot of comedic gold of the show.
The chararter that I never expected at all like at all is Clara. Just be appearance and personality alone you expect to be this annoying moe girl.
Behind her charming annoyance, she's actually the most developed character in the entire series outside of Iruma and we see that development as early in episode 3 where thanks to Iruma advice as well people talking behind her back she started to recognise that are people who generally like her for who she is rather than what she can do.
That's not all to Clara. She's also an incredible comedic relief that enhances the already strong comedy in the series with well-executed punchlines, hilarious fourth-wall-breaking, unique background goofy distractions.
Honestly, if she wasn't in the series than the show wouldn't be funny as it is. Clara is essentially the driving force of this show fantastic comedy and removing it would kill off half of the show's appeal. Easily my favorite character in the show.
The rest of the characters in Iruma Kun were fun and likeable. They either had good development or had quirky personalities that encase the comedy.
Its very easy for me to label this show as perfect and while I love this series and everything that it stands for I do have some gripes with it. For one I did not like the character Kiriwo whatsoever. He was boring, uninteresting and utterly contrived as he just monologued his evil plans to Iruma just before he does his evil scheme.
His presence alone hurt the arc as his evil scheme could have worked if he kept quiet or lock Iruma in a cage zipped. The fact he didn't keep his mouth shut about his evil scheme make the arc very predictable as Iruma would just come and stop the evil scheme from going live. Now, do I think about out it the Batora Party Arc is the worst arc of the entire show. The arc has seven episodes as opposed to the usual 3-4 episodes of the other arc yet somehow the show managed to make the longest arc in the series thus far so uninteresting. Not only that but this is where the series temporarily lost its way. The perfect comedic timing wasn't as consistent.
Honestly, Iruma carried the arc.
Atmospheric and nostalgia are the best words to describe Iruma Kun. Its variant, colourful and appealing to the eyes. The background scenery is very stylish. Character designs are distinctive and unique from each other, and the use of sharp colour palette really does a great job of bringing Osamu Nishi art-style to life. Its honestly astonishing how beautiful this show looks.
Sadly I cannot say the same for the animation which more on the rough side. You can tell that from the very first episode that this show was working on a tight budget while the animation never reached to the bad category. It has some good animation moments particularly in the final arcs of the show but the rest of the time its standard if not average in some cases.
Regardless of that I still find Iruma kun production to be pleasing despite its limitations.
Iruma Kun soundtrack was composed by the crime underrated Akimitsu Honma the same guy who did Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, and this is easily his best score yet. I loved the spooky score of the series as it provides a lot of atmosphere to the series.
It honestly feels like am listening to the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy's soundtrack at points.
Iruma Kun has some of the best openings and ending themes I heard in a long while. Both are extremely catchy themes that fit the show perfectly.
The voice acting is strong in both languages. The original Japanese audio has a lot of high profiled Seiyuus who all did a great job with the roles that they were given. Ayumu Murase continues to be the king of voicing young and energetic with his amazing voice range without sounding like a girl and his role as Iruma is one of his bests. My favorite Seiyuu performance has to go to Daisuke Ono who voiced Callego the same Seiyuu who voiced Shizuo, Sebastian and Joutarou. Other favourites seiyuu performances include Ayaka Asai as Clara and Saori Hayami as Amelie.
At the time of this review, I've only watched the first 12 episodes of the series dubbed and it was just as good as the original Japanese audio. Granted the dub actor for Iruma is a girl but instead of a boy in the original Japanese audio but she still did a stunning job of bringing the character Iruma to life.
Welcome to Demon School Iruma Kun is one of the funniest shows I have seen in a long while. It's a series that is filled with so much heart. Despite its rocky animation and its few shortcomings such as the school festival arc, the show perfectly excels at worldbuilding, character development, atmosphere and humour. If you're tired of watching typical isekai anime than I strongly recommend Welcome To Demon School Iruma Kun.
It is a magical series that will remember for a long time, despite its minor faults.
tallotaku
I was initially skeptical about this anime, but it surpassed my expectations. I haven't laughed this much in a long time. It's truly one of the best anime experiences. All the characters in this anime are just so likable, and that's what makes every little thing in the story interesting and memorable. It's the characters that make this anime special. While the story may not be entirely unique, the time invested in this anime was far from wasted. It serves as the perfect remedy after a long day — if you're seeking laughter, this anime delivers precisely that. Despite the familiar narrative, the enjoyment it bringsmakes it a worthwhile watch for relaxation and amusement.
YeeYeeAss
A truly funny and cute anime. So where can we start here? I still don't know if this is an isekai or not but it probably isn't one. This anime just manages to make me laugh with its comedy and absurdity. The character are just very lovable and likable. They have good chemistry with each other. Story: So we start off seeing Iruma working somewhere in a ship that handles frozen fish? Iruma tells us that his parents are fucking shit since they don't do anything and just forces Iruma to work a lot. The ship starts shaking and lots of frozen food starts falling but Irumadodges all of the falling stuff since his dodge is at least 100. He then suddenly gets kidnapped and arrives into the demon world. A spell is cast on him that lets him speak and understand the Demon language. After that Iruma is sent to school, a demon school that is. He, much like Yoshikage Kira, doesn't want that people pay attention to him but that ain't going to happen. Since his "Granpa" is the headmaster of the school he gets too much attention. He becomes a celebrity overnight after getting into a fight and winning with a suplex. The man who Iruma defeated joined Irumans crew. He then meets a very happy, weird and hyper demon named Clara. We mostly follow their adventures and their school day. Sometimes it is packed with action and stuff and sometimes it is just them doing dumb things.
Characters: Iruma is our Protagonist who got kidnapped into the demon world. He for some reason can dodge anything. He is very kind and caring for others and can't refuse anything if someone says "please". He only wants to be the background character but he stands out too much. Alice Asmodeus is the demon Iruma defeated. He then later joined him. Asmodeus is like Irumas bodyguard. He is very competitive and strong. He can utilize fire magic. He is funny and his best scenes are when he is alone with Clara. Clara Valac is very hyper and funny character. She is also kinda dumb but cute as heck. Her first friends were Asmodeus and Iruma. Before that she was just used as a tool. Her magic is kinda powerful. She can take anything out of these two pockets and I mean literally anything. Amelie Azazel is the Student body president. She appears to be very strong. She was the first one to suspect that Iruma was a human. She, for some reason has a lots of Romance manga. And Iruma usually reads it to her. Most of the supporting cast are also very unique looking and funny or cool.
The opening is amazing once again. It has very cool visuals and oh boy the song is a banger. The ending is also nice and it has a good song. The background music is also very good. There are relaxing tunes in there but there is also some tunes that gets the adrenaline pumping. Like in the Dodgeball tournament where it was a 1v1 Iruma vs Alice.
This much like many comedy anime is very funny but comedy tends to be relative so this might not be the show for everyone. I personally liked it since episode 1 due to the cool designs, the characters, the colors and such. So I recommend this show a lot. It is very funny.
Snapshot426
Honestly with every season of anime, it’s probably encouraged to watch as much anime as you can. Sure, there may be sequels or highly anticipated adaptations that you want to watch. That’s fine. Do as you please. But it’s worth to give other shows a shot because you might find a gem that you like. I found myself in this situation with this show as I almost didn’t watch before it aired. My gaze was more focused on other shows like No Guns Life, Beastars and Cautious Hero. Shows from fall 2019 that looked more intriguing than this show. It was a last minute decisionand I decided to watch it. What I found was not only one of the more enjoyable shows of fall 2019, but one of the most underrated shows from 2019 in general.
Sit back, relax and hope you get abducted by your own daemon grandpa as I present to you the anime review for, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun. Lets begin shall we?
Story: 8/10
Our story follows Iruma Suzuki, a young lad who is forced to work because of his lazy and irresponsible parents that won’t do any labour. However one day, he finds out that his parents have sold him to a daemon by the name of Sullivan. Sullivan takes Iruma to hell where he plans to adopt Iruma as his grandson, giving him a rather luxury life and have him attend the daemon school Babyls. However there is one thing, in order to hide the fact that Iruma is a human, he wants to maintain a low profile to make sure that he is not eaten.
Of course this being a high-school comedy anime, that plan goes up s**ts creek from the word go. As he soon finds out that Sullivan is chairman of the school who loves to talk about his new grandson and he took the spotlight from the expected honour student, Asmodeus and get into a fight with him. What follows is some very well done comedic episodes and some well done world building. Like Iruma, we don’t know how the society these daemon run, so we learn slowly how this society is run, their views on the world and on humans and how daemons get their powers. It’s done well and is done sometimes in comedic fashion. It’s not trying to portray it in some dark, gritty fashion, but a more light hearted, goofball fashion that helps set a consistent tone so we know throughout what kind of show Iruma-kun is.
Now the show kind of takes a more episodic approach with its storytelling, only really getting into more multi-episode storylines around the halfway mark. But it does help with the pacing of the show. It starts by setting its world and characters and then gets into some more interesting storylines once the setting is established. The show never felt like it was rushing anything in order to get a conclusion to something. But it never felt like it was moving at snail’s pace either. It had a nice balance to it to keep me engaged throughout; with plenty of intrigue to keep you waiting for the next episode. There was a bit of a lull moment during the battler arc for me but it picked itself up rather quickly and quickly got back on track.
Characters: 9/10
Iruma is the kind of character that doesn’t have anything unique to them as he is a rather generic, nice guy protagonist, but he does have a certain charm to him that makes him a likeable protagonist. Mainly because he’s flawed and can’t reject a request and say no; even if he thinks it’s a bad idea. That and he has impeccable dodging skills due to all of the labour he has done. It’s his quirks that make him enjoyable because he has that rather nice spirited, selfless mindset yet it ain’t to the point of obnoxiousness where you want to strangle him for it. He hits that nice balance but again, there isn’t anything totally unique that makes him stand out from other protagonists but everything about him is done quite well.
Now the rest of the cast is what helps give this show its legs in my opinion. Asmodeus is a great prideful, yet a total suck up character who reminds me of Demiurge from Overlord where he thinks Iruma is a masterfiul genius and everyone should bow down to him and his might and should be respected. And much like the protagonist of Overlord, Ains Ooal Gown, Iruma is just winging it at times. Which does lead to some comedic moments. Clara is where half of the goofiness comes from this show as she is just a ball of playfulness and energy waiting to share it with someone. She does round out a well balanced trio of main leads as she is the most free spirited and carefree out of our main leads; with Asmodeus being more by the book and sensible one, whereas Iruma is somewhere in between. But they ain’t the only ones I like. Sullivan is the other half of the goofiness of this show and his personality really makes you want to have a daemon grandpa of your own. Always smothering Iruma when he gets the chance and becomes the parent figure Iruma deserves.
But my favourite character without a doubt is our resident tsundere and class president, Amelie Azazel (who is best girl by the way, come at me bro). The reason being is that her personality is just great. While she isn’t a strict tsundere as she does open up to Iruma more as time goes on, she has a strong will as she is the student council president and must help maintain order in the school. Yet she does have her soft, girly side as she has access to some forbidden texts that she is infatuated by (which I won’t spoil what they are if you haven’t seen it) and develops an affection towards Iruma. This leads to these two having excellent chemistry with one another; which is just the tip of the iceburg with the rest of the cast and how they interact with each other.
Of course, I haven’t mentioned characters like Iruma’s homeroom teacher Naberius, Magical apparatus battler leader, Kiriwo or Iruma’s “rival,” Sabnock who are also great characters, which should go to show how much I like these cast of characters. They help bring something to the table and while they may not be fleshed out compared to others, they do fulfill their own niche that makes the cast as a whole enjoyable.
Animation: 4.5/10
There’s some good when it comes to the animation and some very bad. First the good. The art style for this show is very bold with its colours and helps make some of the characters rather distinct from one another. As well as the background art that helps set a more light hearted, gothic atmosphere, like how Bablys looks from a drawn out distance. It helps give this fun vibe that makes the light hearted and goofy nature of Iruma-kun more enjoyable while also acknowledging what kind of world our characters are in.
Now the bad. This show cheaps out A LOT with its animation As if the animation didn’t feel lacklustre enough with sliding panel shots and still images, they use the same few character models for background characters WITHIN THE SAME SHOT and that’s if they animate a character at all and they just have a silhouette in the background. I know this show ain’t heavy on the action but I would have liked for them to put more effort into the animation quality because despite how good the art style is, it still can be jarring if the animation quality isn’t up to standards. While I do recall a couple of times where the animation was alright, most of the time, it was pretty bad.
Sound: 6/10
The sound does do its job to help set the scene, which to be fair, they do a good job of it. But I don’t recall a single point in the soundtrack that really stands out above the rest. I don’t find the soundtrack to be bad in any particular sense, but it never made want to go back and listen to it again.
The opening, "Magical Babyrinth" by DA PUMP, certainly matches the tone of the show with a light hearted, hip-hop sound that I didn’t really get bored watching or listening to it. The funky beat and lyrics made the opening more enjoyable than I was expecting. The ending on the other hand, "Devi-Cue" by Yuu Serizawa, was an ending sequence that I tried to get into but didn’t carry the same charm that the opening did. While I like the style that was used to animate the ED, the song was a bit of a turn-off in my opinion. After watching it a few times, I skipped over it, only remembering the very end in order to watch the SU-KI-MAs.
Conclusion:
While the show is underwhelming from a production standpoint, Iruma-kun surprisingly turned out to be a very fun watch. The story is funny and charming and I really do like the cast of characters that are on display here. It’s a testament to how good writing and characters can overcome lousy production values. It’s worth the watch if you are looking to watch a high school comedy with a fantasy flare to it. All the while, you realise that this is technically an Isekai show. Although is it really? Iruma does get sent to another world, but it’s hell so does it count? Ah never mind. It really is a shame that this show didn’t get enough attention as it did back in the fall season, because it really was one of the best shows of that season, regardless of the faults. So yeah check this one out when you can.
My Personal enjoyment: 8.5/10
Overall Score: 7.2/10 Recommendation: Watch It
TheRulerofDeath
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It really amused me in the beginning, but then the villain with a stereotypical story joined. And in the last episodes of the series, 3 or 4 episodes have been wasted for this man. Oh come on... This series amused me until the 20th episode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In short, it was a nice comedy series. The art wasn't bad. I also liked the character development. Frankly, I didn't care about the story in this series. Enjoyment was more important to me. Give this series a chance. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story (4/10): "Iruma Suzuki has been sold to the demon by his irresponsible parents in exchange for money. Surprisingly, the next thing he knows, he isliving with the demon and has been transferred into a school in the Demon World..."
Art (5/10)
Sound (7/10)
Character: (6/10)
Enjoyment (9/10
Overall (6/10)
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Serial_Exp_Lain
The protagonist,Iruma,is a teenager who has been worked to death by his exploiting parents.He's grown used to doing chores and just accepting everyone's requests.Thus,becoming a pushover.He is a good guy though.One fine day,he wakes up in the netherworld.He's told by a prominent demon,Sullivan,that his parents sold him off.Sullivan always yearned for a grandson & he got a good bargain.He really loves Iruma & spoils him to bits.Much of the initial humor of the anime comes from how out of place Iruma is.Thus the premise itself is funny,though not original by any means.And so,the writers take many diversions.They imbue the world with a lot of characters.Evenminor characters seem to have a personality.They all have their ambitions.The world building is great & actions have consequences.While it's a 'fun' show,there is a lot of continuity and character growth that we see.We also see multiple unexpected situations and rather unexpected 'answers'.Most of the details are very well used.
"Mairimashita! Iruma Kun" is a good show that is elevated to very good via the strong writing.All relationships have a depth and the characters feel like flesh & blood characters.The arcs are nice and we learn more & more about the world with each of them.The anime is also able to touch upon themes of blind faith,racism,bullying,etc.The presentation is very good & the color palette is fantastic.You can just see a character's silhouette and you'll know who he/she is.That's good character design! The music is decent,the animation is very good and the voice acting is great too.The anime was a nice surprise.Give it a chance.
panderez
I like to start this off with the quality of this anime, everything from the art to the music to the storyline, in my opinion, was very well executed and interesting to watch. I loved the colour and happiness in this show which I haven't really seen before and it makes a refreshing change to have something so fun and exciting along with great music, great animation and a really happy atmosphere. Obviously that's, not all that makes an anime and without a decent storyline, the base of any anime, this would have just been another happy go lucky show. Luckily enough the storyline isvery well executed and interesting, it keeps you watching with very well done character development (the characters, in my opinion, were one of the best elements of the show), interesting plots and a well-done arc system which includes some very good stories and really watchable experience. I talked about the animation and you can probably just tell from the cover art the kind of vibe, it is a very colourful and vibrant art style but extremely pretty and the quality of the animation is very good and very pleasant to look at with no obvious corner-cutting. Something that stood out to me as well as was the music/soundtrack which I thought was one of the prettiest and most catchy elements of the show and one of the best soundtracks I've heard.
This is a very enjoyable and relaxing show that is just fun to watch but keeps you wanting more, the comedy is obviously a big part of it but the actual plot pulls together very nicely and keeps you interested and invested in the show. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a fun and exciting story with fantastic characters and an interesting storyline. But don't go expecting the new show of the decade, the storyline is still short and not quite as interesting as other shows and in my opinion, it could be a bit more detailed and as interesting as it was it does leave you wanting for a bit more excitement. However I think this deserves the nine I'm giving it, I'll revisit it as with most of my shows and that may change.
But as a fun and interesting show with just fun and exciting atmosphere it is the perfect show to sit down and relax with and have a good laugh to as well, and the characters will really get you invested in the show.
kristoforc
Do you just randomly want to throw something on, but dont want to sit and actively try and figure out the deeper level of meanings of each dialogue exchange, or hidden meaning of an insincere smile. Season 1 might do the trick for you Although I started watching this due to a crunchyroll suggestion, I was quite surprised on how much I liked it. Not because of any overpowered fighting scenes, intense showdowns of guts or determination, amazing arcs or even romanticisms, just because its actually funny. Season 1 had me snickering that passed my understanding of why. I think it was just some of the jokeswere just so unexpected that it got me.
Dont expect any major plot developments with the show, just enjoy an episode as is. Most episodes are not connected directly other than character introduction and development (as limited as is)
I do want to admit the the jokes got quite diluted and predictable after a while, which is also why I rated season 2 considerably lower than season 1
But first few episodes are definitely worth trying out.
robert788
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun (2019) This show is a clear comedy but not always funny for the normal comedic reasons. It follows a dark story in regards to the main character's backstory but it is always supported by making it comes across rather funny. The art style of the show utilizes a wackier style than you may expect which is suitable for this and makes up for perhaps some of the lesser jokes used. The OP and ED are upbeat. The magical sounds are a bit disappointing in that they are not so cinematic as I would have expected and doesn't have much oomph behind them. Characters arevery interesting being demons and such. Iruma a human blending in with demons is interesting but knowledge of humans is basically a myth in their existence so no one can tell.
The most interesting one for me was Clara Valac because of the modern Hollywood interpretation of the demon Valac to be shown in such a nice method just was so surprising.
The show is very enjoyable and a great watch. As I said the dryer jokes are made up by the art style. I would recommend this and await for season 2.
Aku_Bukan_Wibu
I highly recommend this anime, let the rating and the number of episodes per season do the talking, and I also give it a score of 8, maybe 9 when the new season arrives, basically it's about a teenager who enters the world of demons/hell, but not hell as we think, it's just an isekai with a hellish look, there the main character lives happily, has many friends and pursues a career as a demon king. My favorite moment is definitely when she enters the evil cycle, it's amazing, she's so badass, so yeah, I highly recommend it. especially for those of you who likeisekai anime, with comedy, and have friends/subordinates. the main character is always the center of attention and adored, it's really very satisfying.
PyraXadon
For a netherworld that has a 'Demon School' and is populated with demons in a place that references the Hebrew language quite a bit, this setting is surprisingly Japanese. I don't know, there's some kind of weird fallacy there I don't quite buy here. Story: Suzuki Iruma is a 14 year old boy who has just been taken advantage of all his life. Thanks to his awful parents basically making him a kind of slave that makes money for them and take care of all of the chores at home, he now resides on a tuna fishing boat in order to make back some kind of debt.However the seas were not kind, and the rockiness of the boat drops the frozen tuna load on-board, nearly killing him in the process. That is until a kind gentleman with horns on his head saves Iruma, and tells him that his parents had now sold him to a demon, and as a part of this new contract, is asked to become this demon's grandson and attend demon school in the netherworld, a place that (supposedly) eats humans.
By large, the setting of Iruma-kun is what really drives the story. The whole 'fish out of water' thing where we watch this puny human child attempt to survive life in a school surrounded by foreign creatures and concepts is how the show tells its story and puts Iruma in the precarious (and often times hilarious) situations that make up the brunt of the story. A typical arc for the story involves some event happening in the school, which therein Iruma must tackle the challenge, often times with a little bit of luck and unwanted attention that Iruma doesn't want. As a result, the storytelling is a lot more 'reactive' than 'active', since Iruma as a protagonist rarely catalyzes any event (at least intentionally) and mostly falls back on the idea that he's 'unlike any demon ever seen' due to his different ways of tackling various scenarios.
The setting also falls back on things I really wish it didn't, which is: "Japanese Highschool Tropes". For a demon school, the place is weirdly Japanese, what with cultural festivals, clubs (or Battlers as they're called), idols, and a couple other things here and there being event points the show puts in for its plot. The demon school of 'Bablys' still manages to have its own identity thanks to the netherworld's rank system, magic system, and more outlandish classes that students are allowed to take, but I still feel like the show didn't take enough of a dive to make the demon society truly unique. Especially since the joke for most of these is the fact that Iruma likens various events or structures to what he's seen back home in Japan, just with a 'devil' twist with the word 'devil' and the number '6' slapped around everywhere.
As for comedy, the show prides itself on a variety mix of slapstick, hero praise, and grave misunderstandings. Because Iruma has put all of his skill points into evasion, his ability to dodge any incoming projectile creates some interesting situations where the student body sees him as an honor student whereas he just wants to remain in the background out of fear of being found out as a human. His friends also provide their own brands of humor whether or not that be pulling an entire vending machine out of their pocket or misconstruing Iruma's words to their own interpretation. The show has quite a lot of variance to it, which makes it a lot more entertaining when a group of characters either break out into song and dance or just do something that brings everyone's attention to Iruma.
Overall, the story of Iruma-kun is...entertaining, but not exceptional. Its setting does most of the heavy lifting since the netherworld is a completely new environment to our protagonist, but its infrastructure (especially in the school setting) reminds me so much of general school tropes that it's hard to see it as anything less than going halfway. I wish there was a little more effort in trying to push the story to being something more, but it's alright still. I guess.
Characters:
Suzuki Iruma does...not want to be here. As the only human in an all-demon realm, his very existence is threatened by the prospect that the students and faculty of the school will see him as some kind of snack. Generally heartwarming despite living such a hard life, Iruma's character is the definition of 'killing them with kindness' due to his demeanor and willingness to be nice to everyone. His growth starts to occur in the latter half of the series where he starts thinking about what his ambitions are, given that living as his parents' slave didn't really give him time to think about his future. It's a nice change of pace, but it doesn't really impact him beyond a couple key moments in the series, which is a shame because it was a way to progress the character only for it to not really matter since his goals of "Not standing out" and "Rise through the Demon Ranks" are repelling forces by nature.
Next are his friend Asmodeus and Clara which I want to call out is bullshit that demons don't have a concept of what 'friends' are. Clearly there are demons in the show that hang out with each other on a daily basis. What the hell do they call each other then? Compatriots? Rant aside, these two serve as the other two parts of our trio of characters, serving as both the "Best friend character that spouts exposition and praises our protagonist endlessly" and "The Gremlin Child" respectively. These two are arguably my favorite parts of the cast because their contributions to the show add more life to the viewing experience, and the dynamics between the three character are genuinely entertaining to watch. While I wish there was a lot more development with these two given how they're given at best one episode to explain who their characters are, their interactions and chemistry with one another more than make up that lack of character growth since they're just fun to watch.
One final character of note is Ameri, the student council president who is a woman of such stature as to quite literally tower over the rest of the student body being at least 7-8' tall. (Seriously, the girl is huge.) She comes a little late in the series's first half and doesn't really have a lot of time overall to devote to her, but the splash she makes as the designated 'waifu' character given the contrast between her strict exterior and her newfound fondness for shoujo manga make her endearing nonetheless. She's not a very deep character with enough screentime for development but at least she's kinda cute.
The sidecast for Iruma-kun goes from fellow classmates in the misfit class who all represent different tropes (whose names are all but unimportant in the grand scheme of things), various faculty members like Kalego and Iruma's new grandfather, Sullivan, unimportant world building characters, and other miscellaneous peanut gallery characters that're sprinkled around the school. Like Eiko, a demon girl who seems to be genuinely interested in Iruma but always gets the short end of the stick by fate shafting her the moment she decides to put in any effort into wanting to talk to Iruma. They serve to help build the world but really not much else.
Aesthetics:
Produced by Bandai Namco Pictures (Bandai Namco has an animation studio?) the art for Iruma-kun is average at best, sub-par at worst. The color scheme looks solid, but without much variance aside from just "COLOR" in the designs of the characters. One thing I will praise though is the halloween aesthetic the show has for the architecture of Bablys, which is something that stood out to me because at least visually the show looked like some kind of themed school even though it fell on familiar tropes.
As for the character designs themselves, for a show about demons, a lot of them still feel too 'human'. Traits like Ameri's cat ears atop her head (in addition to her height) and Clara's razor sharp teeth among horns and tails on the various students are very commonplace and help add to that overall aesthetic of a different species entirely. However, most of the characters still retain a human appearance, which is a shame since a number of its peanut gallery members look monstrous or alien in nature with some unique design elements like the sleepy dude's eyes being in the shape of a sleeping mask. I just want a little more of that because a lot of the time, it felt like a cosplay convention where everyone just put on horns and called themselves demons.
Animation though, there's not too much to take note of. Most of the good portions of the series happen in still frames where the show briefly frosts the image to make a picturesque scene, which is cute in some areas, but takes away from the fact that the show doesn't really do anything outlandish with the animation beyond maybe Clara doing her rolling ball attack a la blue hedgehog.
DA PUMP's "Magical Babyrinth" is a song that I love and hate for the same reason. The OP has such an energetic and steady beat to it with repeated lyrics that it's both memorable and also extremely annoying. It's definitely not a song that I expected for a show about demons going to school, but I for one am all for out of place OPs that subvert whatever expectations I might've had otherwise. That being said, I cannot listen to this godforsaken song more than a couple times at best. The chorus is so easy to get stuck in your head that it infuriates me and forced me to skip it a practically every episode after the first three.
Yuu Serizawa's "Devi-Cue" has a similar problem, being a song that sounds EXTREMELY repetitive but is also memorable because it repeats the same fucking word multiple times during the chorus. I don't really have any qualms about it because it's a cute little song that finishes off the episode with the silhouettes of various girls in the series bobbing around like shadow puppets, but oh my god I hate repetitive songs like this. The show doesn't even have a second OP or ED, so why the fuck did they do the same kind of song TWICE?
Final Thoughts:
Iruma-kun was a show I put on the docket mostly out of impulse. I wasn't really interested in it at first, deciding to give it the time of day only when I managed to see a couple clips of the show involving Ameri and her interactions with Iruma. After watching it...really the only thing I can say is that the show is 'enjoyable'.
Iruma-kun isn't really a show that tests any boundaries, any limits, or what have you. It's a school comedy filled with slapstick and whatever else it can fit in there, occasionally getting serious only to give the audience something to root for before going back to what it was doing before and bringing unwanted attention to this poor, poor fourteen year old boy. Really the only thing it's good at is being entertainment, and it does that in spades. Despite that, I wish there was a little more to the series. As it stands, the setting feels unique, but doesn't separate itself from other magical-based school shows. And that's really a shame considering how much legwork the school and its systems are doing to push the show in the right direction.
As a recommendation, I would personally put this as a show that provides entertainment above all else. It's a school comedy with demonic-like characters and a lot of misunderstandings, which according to anime is just how life functions given that's how the deep undercurrent of plot starts moving. Its arcs are a mixed bag of good ideas with some average execution, and the show doesn't do anything too offensive while also not being brave enough to go beyond its comfort zone. While I wish we got a lot more character than we ultimately got, it at least got the fun trio of protagonists right.
Viest
I really love this anime and i know it just finished but i want another season immediately! I don't want to make one huge paragraph of why i love it so much so i'll try to keep it down to the basics (although there's still paragraphs). [Alot of talk about the character development from beginning to end] Story: The story was really interesting and grabbed my attention in the very first episode. In the beginning, however, i was very concerned with how the story was going to go since the main character seemed very VERY sensitive and weak. Despite my concerns, the story kept getting better andbetter. What really made me happy was that despite his fragility and difference in "species," he was able to make such dependable and amazing friends. I, however, wished that the story would have ended with him telling his friends the truth about himself.
Characters: Iruma was very sensitive and weak in the beginning and it concerned me slightly because most animes with weak main characters deter me. Iruma hasn't changed from the beginning but he's more confident with himself, more comfortable, and more happy. I really enjoyed his character development. Asmodeus was really up-tight in the beginning as well and I actually despised him. I'm glad his character changed, though, because now i can't see the anime without him. Clara hasn't changed one bit from when she first appeared in the anime and i love her! She's a bit silly but it's nice to have a little wild moments sometimes, and that's what Clara's job is, GO WILD!
I highly recommend this anime to those who are just starting to watch anime and even veteran weebs! It's a good break from major action animes like naruto, dragon ball z, one piece, etc. It's also a very calming anime with plenty of comedy, some action, and a story progression that leaves you on the edge of your seat!
AngelOfGrace123
I really liked this anime so much. And it got me so hooked that I am desperately waiting for the next season and even finished till where the manga has been updates. The anime is quite quirky despite the tension it should contain (like a prey in a world full of predators) and I like how the MC dodges all these issues with his adoptive guardian and hell lots of luck. I honestly have no complaints... except for probably that the anime should come quickly and the manga should update faster... and the ending of the anime is left on a humongous cliff hanger that I wouldnot have been able to sit still if I hadn't read the manga...
Also such genres (magical academy) as well as story lines have managed to capture my attention so well that I am looking forward to so many similar ones.
It is truly good for entertainment and also has quite a good re-watch value. I am looking forward to what is to come
