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Hataraku Maou Sama!
- By Aditya R. Raghuvanshi
Synopsis: The Demon Lord and one
of his generals, Alciel, escape Ente Isla
through a portal to modern Tokyo,
Japan after being confronted by the
Hero Emilia Justina and her companions.
However, due to the lack of magic in the
modern contemporary world, both the
Demon Lord and Alciel change into forms
representing what they would look like if they
were human. In order to survive, the Demon
Lord takes a part-time job in a fast food
restaurant named MgRonald while Alciel serves
as his houseman. One day, the Demon Lord, who
now goes by Sadao Mao, meets the Hero. The
story then unfolds and explores the personalities of
each of the characters and their moral values. More
characters show up from EnteIsla and they too face
the new world dilemmas, often comically.
Review: “Fear the wrath of the the Evil One!“,
these words probably go through everyone’s mind
when they hear the name Maou (Demon King). But
godknowswhy there hasn’t been a decent Maou
themed anime ever!
‘Hataraku Maou-sama’ took a
detour from our expectations, i.e. from the
mainstream action genre to a more sliceof-life/rom-com/comedy genre, where
it fits beautifully. Although the story was
good overall, there were instances
where you start losing interest, which is
not something you want to see in a 13
episode short series.
Anime Reign | Issue 2 | 2013
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