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T
here have been 2 other well-known
anime with the same Demon King
plot: ‘Maoyu Mao Yusha’ & ‘Kyo
Kara Mao!’. Whereas the first took a
political (& boring) turn about the
female moe Demon King & the shy
teen Hero planning to stop the
war by creating a neutral zone,
the second one was just a
plain yaoi-comedy with a teen
boy with “secret demon powers”
marrying his male subordinate by
slapping him during an argument
(and this the cue for you fujoshi girls
to run for it). Compared to these two,
Hataraku Maou-sama is actually
worth watching without getting a
headache. Having one tsundere
and one moe-filled heroine added
a cliché but great comedy twist to
the plot, though there was even
remotely no romance involved,
credits to the oblivious Maou.
The action scenes, though
only a handful, were really
well made. Plus, there’s
a
little
fan-service
episode later on in
case you thought
of skipping the
series.
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Anime Reign | Issue 2 | 2013