OH MY DEVIL!!!!
Hey Guys, this is Jaime again.
Welcome to another anime review. And this time, I am focusing in a little entry that has kept my attention since last October, but that only I was able to see carefully right now.
And that is…
WELCOME TO DEMON SCHOOL! IRUMA-KUN (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun in Japanese).
But before I continue, I must ask you… The Question.
Are you ok? Feeling happy today?
If the answer is yes, then I am happy as well.
Having said that, let’s go with the review.
WELCOME TO DEMON SCHOOL! IRUMA-KUN
Based on the manga written and illustrated by Osamu Nishi, the story is about Iruma Suzuki, a 14-year-old boy who, incredibly, is sold by his own parents to a demon, called Sullivan, who, again incredibly, welcomes him into his family and adopts him as his grandson. Much to Iruma’s surprise, he is also enrolled into the Babyls School for Demons. And despite having adapted so quickly, Iruma-kun must fight not to let the other students discover he is not a demon, otherwise, he will be eaten. That’s right!!!!
But he is not alone, he has very special friends, like the popular Asmodeus Alice, the wacky, yet adorable Clara Valac, and the imposing and shoujo manga fan student council president, Ameri Azazel, with whom Iruma-kun will live all kind of wacky situations.
Iruma-kun is produced by Bandai Namco Pictures (Aikatsu!, Gintama)
Ok. First things first. As I said before, while i was watching a lot of anime through Crunchyroll and YouTube, I met a lot of references of a new anime series, from which I could only get the words, Demon School, and then I thought:
Wow!! Is this a spin-off of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba? Awesome. I’ll watch it.
NAH!!! Just kidding! I didn’t thought that. But I decided to leave it for later, for I was watching other anime and focusing in reviewing other stuff. Nevertheless, the more I was into winter/summer anime, the more I was finding clips from Iruma-Kun, so I decided to do my best to watching it. And then, finally, at the beginning of this 2020, I was able to see some of the episodes of Iruma-Kun.
Now, I am more eager to watch it complete, because I really loved the animation and the character design, as well as the characters. Especially this adorable, sweet thing…
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you…
CLARA VALAC
Let me tell you, I got the great feeling that this waifu (Yeah, she has the standards of an amazing waifu!!) will bring a lot of energy and life to Iruma-Kun with her antics and personality, especially because, according to Raim-sensei, she is, and I quote…
«More innocent than a baby, with a 2% of sexiness»
From the moment I saw her face, and read this, I immediately LMFAO to death, and I currently do every time that she says… IRUMA-CHI or AZZ-AZZ. From the beginning, I knew that this character will be a breakout one, and of course, I was right. Every time you see her, she is so simple yet so childish that you want to see and know more from Clara. But the best part is that she is never obnoxious. There is a purpose in everything she does, believe it or not, and there is some cleverness on her character… Kind of.
But I can assure that you will indeed love her. And don’t let the excitable girl trope fool you.
Speaking of interesting female characters, we also got…
Ameri Azazel
Before I start with her, you must know that she is voiced by Saori Hayami, the same seiyuu of this lovely lady.
YUMEKO JABAMI, from KAKEGURUI
I immediately fall in love with everything related to Saori Hayami. I am kind of her Number 1 Fan!
Anyway, Ameri is the textbook representation of the student council president; strict, stern, doing things by the book, and of course, insanely well-endowed; think about either Eri Ayase or Dia Kurosawa from Love Live!!! But deep inside that authority, she is actually a fan of shoujo manga, but there is a problem… She can’t understand Japanese, so she get Iruma for…
You get it.
And we got…
Asmodeus Alice.
The best student at Babyls and the son of the noble Asmodeus family.
Of course, he is the pretty boy that begins as the rival of Iruma-kun, but then they become best friends. And just like with Clara and Ameri, as soon as the story established the kind of relationship Alice will have with Iruma-kun, you get to love this character, because the story gives him a motivation, and, combined with his powers and design, you get a great male character.
One thing that I could not stop wondering is that neither Alice nor Ameri wear the school uniform. This is only mere speculation from me, but it’s because their respective position that both are required have very imposing design, and, honestly, after imagining themselves with the school uniforms, I don’t think either Ameri nor Alice will give the same impression.
Any way…
Naturally, I will not forget our male protagonist, Iruma-kun,
There is something very interesting I noticed about him. I mean, 14 years old, average teenager, very gentle personality, excitable, and blessed with a great power.
You know who I am thinking about?
Izuku Midoriya
And their facial features are very similar.
NOW!! I am not saying Iruma-kun is a rip-off of Midoriya. He is not. But that, for me, both have so much in common that I simply could not let that pass. Nonetheless, I think both are really wonderful protagonists, and their journeys to become something amazing from the opportunities they are granted is what make them more enjoyable to watch.
BRAVO!!!
My apologies. I know I talked too much about the main characters, but that’s because they are great, at least from my perspective, and all of them make Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun more entertaining. I love this series, and I deeply regret not to include it on my What to Expect this Summer/Winter 2019 entries.
Perhaps I should say:
OH MY DEVIL!!!!
Finally, the art is beautiful, the backgrounds are cute and badass, and for me, more is about to come.
CONCLUSION
To sum up, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun is a worthy entry for you to watch this 2020. Regardless or not you like this high school drama stories, you can definitely take a couple of hours to see it by yourself.
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-Kun is currently available at Crunchyroll
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