Lv1 Maou To One Room Yuusha

Long ago, once great enemies fought each other. The hero being the victor of course. But the vanquished Demon Lord isn’t dead, not by a long shot. He vowed his return one day. But when that day comes, the hero is now a lazy bum?! And even though the Demon Lord is also a weak ass being, he vows to bring him back up like before so they can settle their unfinished business. Yeah, Lv1 Maou To One Room Yuusha may sound like Jashin-chan blended with Milky Holmes because it wouldn’t quite cut it if you defeat your enemy at their weakest. But of course you know, when an ex-Demon Lord and an ex-hero spend too much time together in daily life, do you see where this is going? I wonder if this brings a whole new meaning for yesterday’s enemy is today’s friend.

Episode 1
Max the hero and his party fight the Demon Lord AKA Maou. They struggle but in the end they never give up and successful strike him down. But before Maou ‘dies’, he proclaims that he will be resurrected and in time, he will get his revenge. Fast forward 10 years later, Maou is now a little demon girl?! The only minion awakened is her secretary, Zenia. I guess Maou’s resurrection has caused her to regress back to level 1 power. Maou is interested in Max’s whereabouts and believes he has become king or an important figure revered by many. However Zenia claims he has disappeared and not resurfaced since. Even so, Maou wants to go see him, something Zenia refuses. This has Maou believe she is hiding something. Using her sense to track down Max in his human world, Maou rushes there and relishes seeing Max’s surprised face. Yeah, Maou is going to be the one surprised because WTF this filthy and unkempt room?! Uhm, this bum is Max? Maybe she got the wrong room. But wait! That’s the holy sword that slew her! And he treated it like trash?! Definitely the hero. Max remembers Maou’s resurrection or something but doesn’t care. Maou is further shock that he is indifferent. What happened to the Max filled with vigour 10 years ago? Well, after Maou was defeated, a hero was no longer needed and thus he was abandoned. Maou refuses to accept this as she does her research on the internet. What’s this? A scandal with a married woman?! Dating with 10 girls simultaneously?! Assaulting a civilian too?! He claims he was framed. Really? And then there’s this cringe interview after he defeated Maou, promising to preserve the peace. Laughable. Max has lost touch with his party members too. Maou now understands why Zenia tried to stop her from meeting him. When Maou threatens to destroy the world again, Max tells her to go ahead. He doesn’t care. Maou is so pissed she tries to kill him now but wait! He slams her out! Yes, his skills are still there. But why didn’t he just kill her? Well, he can see the article about him abusing and causing the death of an illegitimate child! Besides, even if Maou wreaks havoc, he is not interested to become a hero again. A new one will come and do the job. A sad Maou leaves. But she soon returns with ingredients. So, she’s going to cook for him? Yes, she’ll be staying here for a while and cooking for him! Is Maou scarier this way? Anyway the food tastes good…

Episode 2
Max goes out by himself as Maou thinks he is going to do some secret training. Maou disguises herself as a high school girl and tails him. Only, if that sexy figure didn’t make heads turn! Maou sees Max bumming around at the park doing nothing but drinking beer, playing with the neighbourhood kids and then even gets harassed by local punks. Because Max doesn’t fight back and gets bullied, Maou can’t stand it and puts those thugs to sleep. Max hopes Maou understands his predicament now but she is impressed he didn’t fight back. She has him come home and she’ll cook whatever he wants. So after Maou finishes cooking a hearty dinner, who is that ringing on the door. Why, it’s Zenia! I guess Maou never returned so she came looking for her. Yeah, she’s famished and eats up all the food! There goes Max’s dinner. Zenia can’t use magic so she walked all the way here… Zenia is not amused Maou decides to stay here although she claims it is to experience the human world. After all, why so obsessed with this useless bum? Well, Maou can’t let this idiot die. Zenia will sever Maou’s attachment with Max and will beat him down. She ignores Maou’s warning as Max easily overwhelms her. Now you see the difference in power? Zenia then borrows the bath since she got a bit sweaty. After done, Maou goes out to buy more food, leaving Max with Zenia. Oh dear, a single beer is enough to make her drunk as she accuses him of trying to get his hands on Maou. With a little accident, a drunk Zenia goes on an attacking rampage. Knowing the room will be destroyed, Max runs out with naked Zenia chasing him! At the park, Max is going to go all out against her when the police arrives. It is then Zenia realizes herself in the nude and breaks down in embarrassment. Max covers for her by saying she is an acquaintance. They let them off the hook. Next day, Zenia has completed the procedures. For what? She has moved next door to keep an eye on Max as she still doesn’t trust him. Also, to spy and collect data on the human world. You know what they say about two’s a company…

Episode 3
Zenia has returned with her intelligence on Leo (Max’s former comrade). Something about his rebellion. However Max doesn’t want to talk about it and leaves. Outside, a reporter starts hounding him questions about this naked girl chasing him! Yeah, that video has gone viral! Max’s manages to cover for Zenia without blowing her identity. But Max isn’t too happy when she starts asking about Leo so he gives her the slip. Upon returning to his room, someone rings the door. Max can definitely tell this powerful aura and tells Maou to hide in the closet. Oh, who could it be? Yes, it’s his former comrade, Fred who is now the head of the Magic Bureau. Fred is on his way for some business and stopped by. He talks about their old times together but Max isn’t amused. Then he talks about his real intention. After Leo betrayed the kingdom, he formed a new country called Gamma Republic. Of course in the eyes of many, he is illegally occupying the kingdom’s territory and they’re just a group of traitors and sociopaths. War is believed to be inevitable so Fred wants Max to join his side. Perhaps seeing Max with them, Leo will be persuaded to give up and the war will end before it even starts, minimizing and casualties. Of course Max refuses and claims he is not the right guy for the job. Despite Fred offering rewards and other incentives, Max still turns him down. Fred respects his decision but as he is about to leave, he talks about that viral video. He is hinting he knows that woman is a demon. While he has no qualms about humans and demons cohabitating, but what will the public think? That’s right. He will be labelled a traitor like Leo for being with a demon. Hence the ‘threat’ be a hero again or a criminal. In fact, Leo could sense a demonic aura from the closet. As he opens it… OMFG! WTF IS SADAKO FROM JU-ON DOING HERE?! Well, it’s no surprise if you have kept your eyes peeled, this ghost girl can be seen peeping out from the closet at times. Fred gets scared and leaves. Though, he hasn’t given up on convincing Max to join his side. Flashback shows Max and Leo entered Fred’s hometown and seeing him sell charms that guaranteed protection against demons, they thought he was a scammer. But demons attacked the place so the trio cooperate to fight them till they retreat. Max offered Fred to join his party and the rest is history.

Episode 4
Oh wow. Maou has compiled a book of (demon) girls for Max so he can get a girlfriend?! Have a look. There’s Zenia. Lots of sexy shots. Too bad, Max isn’t into dumb girls especially one who chased him while drunk! But the rest of the girls are monsters and he rejects them all. Oh Max… ARE YOU A RACIST???!!! So what kind of girls he likes? He describes them as Maou takes note. Aha! She transforms into her sexy human form. Hey, Max can’t help stare. Could this be it? Both get embarrassed and this whole charade ends with Zenia coming in. Long ago, Maou did ask Max to join his side and become a demon to live forever. He turned him down. Now she asks the same thing and he too turns her down. Maou and Zenia go on to explain about all the perks and equality of becoming her subordinate. Sounds very good. All he needs to do is sign this contract and be reborn as a demon. Of course this is all just formality and they can continue their relation as it is now. However Max still refuses. He explains this human dignity thingy. Well, even if he got all those perks, he won’t be himself as a human anymore. It will also be inconvenient if he can’t die. That is what it means to be human. Maou is sad because she wanted to be with him. Oops, did she let that slip? Too make up for it, Max will work hard and earn more. By being a live video streamer on PooCube?! WTF?! Well, let’s say his first video didn’t do too well. Boring commentary. 14 views. It’s a miracle he got that number. Other videos he made are a pain to watch. Yeah, toxic comments. Eventually he gives up and thinks this isn’t for him. Maou pleads to do 1 more and if he fails, he can stop. She’ll even help. Oh really? Because now Maou in her human form is the star as Max directs from behind. Oh yeah, the subscribers are quickly rising! Then as they do more sexy and risqué videos like licking ice cream and even taking off her top (f*cking viewer count is going through the roof!), it all comes crashing down as their account is suspended for term violations! OH DAMN!!! Sorry girl, should’ve been on OnlyFans! Or OnlyB*tches if that’s what I call it, HAHAHA!!!

Episode 5
Max and Maou go out shopping. A woman offering food samples seem to hint she knows Max and wants to talk. Max tells Maou to go home first. Turns out Anego is one of Leo’s subordinates and this means she is from Gamma. She talks about Leo always talking about him and wondering how he is doing. Of course, she is here to invite him to join and as expected, he turns her down since he doesn’t want to get involved. Nevertheless she gives him air tickets to Gamma in case he changes his mind. Meanwhile Maou is approached by Will and is told to come with him if she wants to see Max again. She knows he is from Gamma and plays along and follows him. This is all part of Will’s plan to take Max’s ‘girlfriend’ as hostage to force him to join them. Anego isn’t pleased he resorted to terroristic ways, something that Leo is against. Even if Max still won’t join (what can a useless old man do?), Will won’t let him go since he knows their existence. So as he is about to get rough with Maou, Max instantly bolts towards him and throws him into the sea. Hope he learns his lesson. Anego and Will retreat for now and will return to Gamma. Back home, Max thinks of selling those tickets for money! Maou is not impressed and suggests they take up the invitation to visit Gamma. Don’t worry, she puts this teleportation mark in the closet so they can return here instantly if something happens. Max isn’t convinced but those puppy dog eyes tricked and hypnotized him. Before he knows it, they’re on a flight to Gamma. Hope this goofy disguise will do the trick as many ex-comrades will recognize him. They enjoy a lot of stuffs at this tourist attraction. Gamma doesn’t seem like a bad place, right? Well yeah, have to raise money to fund things and run a country. Plus, Max explains this isn’t about Gamma being good or evil but its very existence is enough to cause dispute. He wants to know why a demon is interested in petty human squabbles. To invade everything in the midst of the confusion? Then they see Leo being the star attraction by diluting the hotspring water temperature for everyone to enjoy. This brings back memories of Max fighting Leo during a martial arts competition final. It was a heated battle and they became friends after that.

Episode 6
The duo seem like having an awful lot fun. Then they hear the border is closed off because of fighting and the citizens are not to go anywhere near it. In fact, the citizens find it all normal and continue to live happily. Maou decides to go and see the fighting as she wants to gauge both sides’ fighting abilities. Max isn’t so fond of it but he has to since she is holding the tickets home. As they watch, it seems both fights are in a deadlock. Gamma’s side manage to use magic items to put the kingdom’s soldiers to sleep. Just when they thought it is over, Botka sends highly concentrated shots through the wall. One of them grazing Anego’s arm. But don’t fear, Leo is here. He uses his immense strength to blow everyone away. Not even freaking magic! He talks to the captain whom he once served under although the captain is adamant peace talks will never go his way. Botka fires a lethal shot right at Leo’s throat but he survives! Then he easily knocks Botka out and tells the rest of the army to GTFO. Maou has seen her fill and prepares to teleport home. That is when Leo detects a demonic presence and instantly goes to hunt her down. If not for Max’s quick thinking and reflex, she could’ve been a goner. A short chase until they can run no more. Max tries to cook up some lie as passer-by but Leo doesn’t buy it. He wants this demon child hand over and he’ll let this incident slide. Maou is willing to go with him so as to give Max a means of escape. After all, she can find an opening to teleport and in worst case scenario if she gets killed, she’ll get resurrected later. Of course Max will not do it and goes to fight Leo to buy time for Maou to activate her teleport. Max is able to parry and block all of Leo’s moves. Even when his disguise comes off, Leo doesn’t recognize him! Only Maou gives him away by calling his name. The teleport is ready as they disappear back home. Leo believes everything makes sense now even if he doesn’t understand why Max is with a demon. Maou thanks Max for protecting her and hugs him. And yes, it was a hell of a fun trip.

Episode 7
Maou wonders why Zenia hasn’t come back yet. You see, when they were away at Gamma, she had Zenia undergo a mission to infiltrate the Magic Bureau. So we see her sloppily infiltrating the building and thinks she’s helluva great spy. Until of course while hacking the server room, Fred finds out about the intruder and captures her. Dumb demon girl unintentionally spills all the beans to him and it seems Fred also knows she was the one running around naked chasing Max. But it’s time to get serious as he threatens her to reveal why she is trying to get on Max’s good side. But timing is on her side since a high ranking minister, Grimms is here to see him. Hence he has his assistant, Lim watch over her. We see Grimms fooling around and being friendly to a very patient Fred. They talk about how Max is doing and they don’t believe that Max is the kind of guy who took bribes and somebody framed him. On to serious business, Grimms thinks of making a peace treaty with Gamma. As many of their own kingdom sympathize with them, he thinks he can get some support although a few other ministers are against it but he’ll try to convince them. After all, Gamma has not attacked the kingdom directly except out of self-defence. This has also worsened the kingdom’s image. His long term goal is to establish a strategic alliance. It’s way better than this fighting so he hopes Fred can join him in achieving that since he is quite popular in public. Fred agrees. Meanwhile, Zenia gets desperate to break free. This oily lotion, she messed up. But she manages to break out although Lim quickly neutralizes her with her flame magic. As Grimms leaves, suddenly an explosion rocks the Magic Bureau’s office. Grimms tells his driver to keep driving as he doesn’t want to get involved with those terrorists. Noting this will turn up the pressure, he is going to wait and see what Fred does.

Episode 8
Zenia is okay but remembering Maou’s words, she can’t let injured Lim be and saves her. As the bombing is all over the news, Max wonders if Maou sent Zenia to do it. Nah! She can’t be that dumb, right?! Well, here she returns with injured Lim. When Lim wakes up, she is in a daze of her whereabouts. Because Maou senses her great magic ability, she tries to make her sign a contract to be her underling. Luckily Max stops her. Maou and Zenia apologize for everything and claim they did not do the bombing. As to explain why they are living with Max, Maou concocts the greatest lie how they were left to starve after the Demon Lord’s defeat and this kind soul took them in. She bought it. Fred then calls her and seeing there is no reason to hide, Max allows her to tell him everything. Then Fred talks to him for an explanation. It will be easy to pin the blame on him, Max colluding with demons to bomb the building. But he wants to meet up and talk things up. Now we see all the 9 ministers of the kingdom discussing that their next action with Gamma. Yes, all this has been set up as an excuse to start war with them. Of course Grimms draws the short end of the stick as they want him to get Max and Fred on their side to fight. Max and Maou meet up with Fred at a fancy restaurant. Fred of course knows Max isn’t the kind who would do such bombing. He also knows Zenia wouldn’t do it as she has left obvious traces of infiltrating the building. End of story, right? Well, not quite. Fred can turn a blind eye on this if Max does him a favour. Sorry, it’s not getting his way with Zenia or Maou’s body! Seriously, Fred doesn’t want to go to war but still needs Max’s help to stop it. This or he’ll implicate Max colluding with demons. Return being a hero or banished as a criminal forever. Guess what? Max hints he wants to go become a citizen of Gamma. This is treason but Max doesn’t give a sh*t about all this. Leave him out of this stupid war. The guys are ready to fight and only Maou’s threat stops them. That’s it for tonight. It isn’t over by a long shot. Well, Max comes home and has a bad tummy ache. Curse that laxative! Thank goodness it isn’t poison. As the terrorist attack reaches the Gamma side and of course Leo knows his underlings will not stoop to this. But if this is war they want, then he’ll bring it to them.

Episode 9
Grimms talks to Fred about the recent bombing incident and hints there is no choice but to go to war. But it seems that as long as Leo is around, Gamma will not fall. So theoretically if he is no longer around, Gamma will fall by itself. Fred knows what Grimms is up to but assures that he alone will be the one to do the job. Max is meanwhile in tears. Lost a bet in a boat race! Maou scolds him for losing so much and should bet on a winner. Okay, he’ll do that. He asks for some money and Maou would’ve given him had not Zenia stop her! Then they go out as a neighbourhood kid has them play badminton with her. Then as Max and Maou play with each other, they start arguing about Max not wanting to get involved in this war. Yeah, it soon turns into some power battle! Kiddie so impressed! I’m even more impressed the shuttlecock survive all that beating! The kid then gives Max a candy from someone but he knows what it implies although he isn’t sure what he is supposed to do. Meanwhile Fred disobeys the army and will attack first. This includes destroying Gamma’s fort although there is no one in it. He will now go in alone and warns everyone not to cross this line. Grimms notes it would be best if Fred wins by killing Leo. But in the case if Fred loses and dies, Gamma will continue their terror attacks and this will cause some country to stop backing them, effectively making Gamma slowly starve to death. Suddenly everyone is abuzz because there are video clips of Fred beating up Gamma rebels online live. This is being broadcasted to the whole world too. The culprits are a couple of PooCubers (?!) who are secretly using drones to upload the truth via their multiple fake accounts. Fred did notice them but lets them film anyway. Fred now faces off with Leo. Only 1 shall survive…

Episode 10
Flashback shows while Max, Fred and Leo were travelling to go defeat the Demon Lord, they met a mage named Yuria who too had the same goal. However she isn’t friendly and keeps her distance. Even more so, not a team player. Until one day a Demon Lord general ambushed her. Can she take him on alone? Well, hero’s party is here to help her out. Now we see Fred and Leo going all out to kill each other. It’s not joke. Everybody watching is worried. Maou is trying to persuade Max to do something before the inevitable. Max remains indifferent. To a point he tells Maou to STFU because it’s like she’s trying to make him choose. Maou gets disappointed in him and leaves. This is of course to come in between Fred and Leo’s fight. She also makes herself known to the world that the Demon Lord has returned. Yeah, good luck convincing the world. Yeah. How cute, this little girl. She tries to show her power but gets owned by Fred and Leo. Yeah, better get that nuisance out of the way before she interrupts their fight. At this point, Max can’t take all of this stupidity. Hence he doesn’t care anymore as he sets off his journey. So, he is going all the way to Gamma carrying his sword on a bicycle? Don’t laugh. He actually can do it! Get out of the way! Max coming through! Before Fred and Leo deal the fatal blow on each other, Max comes in between. Poor hero gets owned. Well, at least that saved them from being butchered by getting butchered himself. Flashback continues with the Demon Lord general escaping after exhausting all his ammo. Yuria can’t believe they saved her. Why? Because they’re friends. And that was how she joined their party.

Episode 11
With Max now in the fray, looks like this is going to be a 3 way fight. Simple. Last man standing wins. So we see the ex-comrades pulling all the stops as they hit heavy on each other. It seems Max goes down first. Over? Then he remembers an old mission where his party was fighting some behemoth. They were on the verge on giving up until Yuria told them to keep fighting and never to give up. Whatever strengthening spell she did to concentrate all her magic into their weapon, it did the trick. And now Max does the same as he uses some bead from Yuria to summon that same power. Though, it comes with a projected hologram of Yuria for some added morale booster. With Max at maximum overdrive, Fred is pushed off as Max goes head on with Leo. The fight until it is dusk and at the end of the day, Leo falls first. However Fred is not amused with everybody’s foolishness and unleashes the ultimate magic that could actually kill them. Only to be knocked away by Maou. This allows Max to counterattack and send Fred to his defeat. Then as he brings both unconscious comrades to the camera, Max shocks the world as he prostrates himself and apologizes for this incident. He hopes all those who are watching would be considerate in dealing with this matter. Please resolve this in a peaceful way so that they don’t have to fight again.

Episode 12
Maou has cooked a lot to celebrate Max as the MVP! Wow. She sure has fatten him up! Both Max and Maou remain humble that they didn’t do anything and credit and thank the other instead. Zenia comes in with bad news. The data she stole from the Magic Bureau contained some virus and now all the data is gone. Oh well, it can’t be helped. Max’s kneeling has become viral and popular worldwide. So much so it forced the kingdom to acknowledge and give Gamma autonomy. Hence Gamma is now known as Gamma Autonomous Region. GAR!!! Both sides are now helping to build a road to connect both nations. Lim gives Fred some valuable data. Inserting the USB, it seems this is some cringe videos of Max doing stuffs to be uploaded to PooCube. Please subscribe. But the worst part is that ghost girl climbing out of the screen to grab him! OMFG!!! IS THAT REAL???!!! Meanwhile the minsters are discussing the events that have happened. They have to accept it whether they like it or not as the public approves of it. However the main topic at hand is now Fred. He is summoned to face the consequences of his actions. His actions of attacking his own side was also recorded on video. Then there is the explosion at the Magic Bureau which is now claimed to be a botched magic experiment. Fred is willing to accept any punishment that includes resigning from his position. But as the police step in, it is not to arrest him but Grimms! He is under arrest for embezzlement. Based on the Magic Bureau’s financial log, there were huge amounts transferred to Grimms’ virtual account. Grimms realizes he has been setup. Whether or not it was Fred’s doing, he accepts his fate but warns Fred that all this may not profit humans. Demons maybe? With a vacated seat, seems this is all part of the ministers’ plan to get rid of Grimms and install Fred in that seat. Max can’t catch a break in town as reporters are hounding him. Even back home, he isn’t happy Maou and Zenia are still staying. Isn’t the fight over? Shouldn’t they head home? Maou claims it is not and if they leave, he can’t taste her cooking! Okay. Maybe just for tonight. Time for another celebration. Flashback shows when Max’s party was victorious and disbanded, Max told them he might not see them again. Because this is what they call peace. All then went their separate ways.

Maoyu: Maou-sama Wa Kujikenai! Yuusha Yamemasu!
Wait. Is that how it ends? I don’t know, but it just felt a bit anti-climactic. It didn’t end on a cliff-hanger and the whole thing felt like a low keynote affair. The war has been averted, everyone is happy to return to their peaceful normal lives. Okay. Fine. So I guess it must be just me who felt the whole ending was underwhelming. Yeah, what was I expecting? More conspiracy theories that would usher and hint another season? After all, the manga is still ongoing and the adapted anime could all be just scratching the surface of what is more to come.

Well, I didn’t expect the story for this series to turn out something like this. Because of my experience watching the Milky Holmes series as well as that Jashin-chan one, I was expecting the story to follow that sort of flow. Oh you know, Maou trying real hard to get Max back into shape like he was 10 years ago. Hence all the slapstick comedy and jokes will be on Maou failing real hard to get this bum back to how he was. But she won’t give up because of her ultimate dreams to see Max become the respected adversary she once fought and lost to. Unfortunately for better or worse, the season soon turned into some sort of weird war between the warring nations and Max who doesn’t want to get involved in this sh*t was forced to. Maybe that’s the way Max can return to his good ol’ days? But yeah, it was far from what I expected on how the story should be. Which isn’t actually a bad thing. Because if what I expected happen, I would have eventually labelled this a copycat of Milky Homes and Jashin-chan. Heh. Thank goodness.

Only in the earlier parts of the season all that seemed so just to establish some sort of setting between our titular characters. At this point, it would have been very obvious that Maou doesn’t exactly want Max to become that strong hero. All she wants is his company, am I right? That’s why she doesn’t easily get disheartened whenever she fails or rather he continues to be indifferent and not give a f*ck. The same can be said for Max. Because otherwise, why does he not kick out this annoying little chubby demon weakling? Yes, they may have fought fiercely 10 years ago but in those good ol’ days, as such they have created an unbreakable bond with each other. Something like an alumni, I guess? You know what they say about old pals needing to stick together and that’s why this seemingly weird relationship they are having right now. It could be that with all the scandals that has befallen on Max, Maou may be sympathizing with him. The great hero who has saved the world and this is the thanks he get in today’s world? Yeah, why not we old pals hang out together and have a great time? Uh huh. The flow of this series and their relationship would soon turn out this way rather than what the synopsis told us. Just short of becoming lovers! Oh heck, that will be so weird! I don’t know, last episode seems to put them this close with each other…

So I suppose in this way, it keeps their relationship and interaction with each other dynamic. Like I said, had they follow the route similar to Milky Holmes in which every episode it is nonstop nonsensical slapstick comedy about Maou trying to power up Max, that would ultimately become boring and a blatant copycat. So with the focus shifted on the kingdom’s thirst for blood, it diverts our attention from that as they turn the kingdom into the villain of the series. Oh yeah. You know men. Always fighting whatever stupid wars for whatever stupid reasons for eternity. If it is not fighting other races, they would be fighting among themselves. So what a way for Max and Maou to eventually team up and save the day. Because after all that we have seen, that is the best outcome that is to be expected from the duo, right? So being weak and fallen could be a blessing in disguise to bolster this unlikely friendship of theirs.

In many episodes, they randomly show us snippets of flashbacks during Max’s heydays. The days when he and his fellow friends go on a journey to defeat the Demon Lord. I don’t know, I just feel that such clips here don’t really connect. Mainly because the times then and now are so vastly different so I don’t actually see how it all connects to the Max now except that it is to show more of his valour and friendship as a hero back in those days. So it is pretty jarring to me to see those clips since eventually they are all unrelated in today’s time. Perhaps in the future, a greater threat will befall on the land and these ex-comrades will be forced to join hands once more? This time Maou in tow?

As we all know the dynamic relationship between Max and Maou, what about the rest? Well, feels like a hit and miss. Especially Max’s ex-party members who were once close to each other, they are like big sworn enemies now, torn apart by the different ideologies of the nation. Hence Leo and Fred have not actually changed much as I can see they are the same as before. However it is only because that they are serving on different sides and that just complicates everything and throwing a spanner into the cogwheel of their friendship. Who could blame Max for being a pessimist after years of scandal and he should know better even if he gets involved, nothing would change. That’s why he prefers to do nothing. But eventually he has to because well, he is the hero. The greatest redemption story? Making up the quartet of Max’s party is Yuria but I feel her character is most negligible as she is not even seen in present time. As said, she is married and pregnant and that’s why she is no show but because of that, I feel she is quite redundant in this context.

As for the other characters, love them or hate them. Like Zenia, I am figuring she is only there to provide some sexy fanservice and distract us (swimsuit or catsuit, take your pick) and provide some balance because Maou is some short chubby ugly loli! HAHAHA!!! True. Even Jashin-chan is cuter than this blob! Ugh. Don’t want us to fap to her? Well, Zenia’s the best next alternative! Then there is Grimms who is of course a very cunning fellow but it feels like the rest of the round table of ministers that he is in, they’re a bunch of cosplay weirdoes. I swear one of them I thought is a granny witch and there’s a clown kid whom I believed popped came out from Alice In Wonderland story. Yeah. Weird group of people. Although Grimms is out of the scene, it remains to be seen if he is totally out of the picture yet. My guts tell me that guys like him will not take it all lying down and he’ll try to get back by pulling strings behind the shadows. Or in his case, behind bars. He is after all still quite a powerful and influential person.

However the most mysterious and curious character of them all that would make viewers guessing and concoct dumb conspiracy theories is that ghost woman residing in Max’s closet! Who is she?! I thought she was Yuria but apparently she is not. The mystery deepens. Why she lives in there is also anybody’s guess. But she makes very teasing appearances and actions as we always see her peeping out from the closet and nobody notices her presence. Very curious indeed. Don’t tell me this is Max’s guardian angel! Or did Sadako get lost and entered the wrong series?! Or is she even a ghost in the first place?! What if she is a fanatic fan of Max who is stalking him!!! Or even his dead mother???!!! Or Fred’s ex-lover?! Because he is the only one who is seemingly aware of her presence! OMFG!!! WHO IS THIS GHOST GIRL???!!! Oh my God, the tension of the mystery is killing me!!!

Art and animation are rather okay. However the general feel of the characters seem to be, uhm, should I put it less appetising? Because for many mature ladies, they have this thicc or masculine-like body. Anego is understandable and to a certain extent Yuria, but take a look at Maou in her high school girl version. Cute and thicc but uhm, doesn’t her body look a bit manly? Oh right. Maou is actually male! Otherwise, some characters look chubby like those neighbourhood kids and I thought they were Maou’s siblings or something. Even with all the voluptuous curves Zenia has, is she also a bit fat?! Not sure if it’s the swimsuit but yeah, that’s the bait to make horny amateurs fap to her. Also, the general character design looks simple and almost bordering cartoonish. Because take a look like Leo. Doesn’t he look like some sort of discount Disney’s Tarzan? And sorry if I thought Fred is the anime version of the Scooby Doo’s Fred Jones. Yikes! This anime is jointly done by Silver Link (Non Non Biyori, Hamefura, Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu, Kokoro Connect) and Blade (Saikin Yatotta Maid Ga Ayashii, Iwakakeru! Sport Climbing Girls).

It’s an all-star cast here! The other main reason why I was attracted in giving this series a look. Naomi Oozora helming Maou is perfect. That’s why I keep seeing shades of Jashin-chan in her. Looks like sugoi dekai or sugoi chicchai characters best suit her! Then there are Yuuichi Nakamura as Max, Youko Hikasa as Zenia, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Fred, Hiro Shimono as Leo, Ami Koshimizu as Yuria and Shizuka Itou as Anego. With such all-star veterans, why isn’t Mamiko Noto here?! GRRR!!! But wait, there is one more whom I didn’t catch. Yuu Kobayashi is that closet ghost girl?! She doesn’t have much lines and only usually groans and gruffs so I didn’t quite catch her until I went back and listened again. Yup, it’s her. The rest are Nanako Mori as Lim (Dorothea in Sirius The Jaegar), Kenyuu Horiuchi as Grimms (titular character in Guin Saga), Kazuyuki Okitsu as Will (Nagare in K) and Ryou Sugisaki as Botka (Hoshikage in Gyakuten Saiban).

The opening theme is One Room Adventure by Madkid. It’s a rock piece mixed with some hip hop elements. I guess it is pretty okay but for some reason hearing this song somewhat brings to mind Boku No Hero Academia. Maybe it just means I think this song would’ve been more suitable for that show. The ending theme is another anime rock outfit, Mirai Teleport by Nenne. Quite a lively piece although personally I just feel it’s rather alright and yeah, generic.

Overall, this is quite a fun and funny series so obviously I enjoyed it all the way despite having lots off goofy and silly moments. I mean, who could forget that YouTube PooCube video exploit. It was riot when Maou teased our cocks for actually going to strip for the views! Curse you, terms and conditions! So if you like you animes with some silly fun, this one is for you. After all, it cannot be totally a bad thing if a Demon Lord and hero get together and hang out, right? Yesterday’s enemy is today’s friend. You don’t need to be very high level or have great status, immense wealth or materialistic values to be great friends, do you? Now that is what you truly call peace.