Thursday, May 07, 2015

The Devil Is a Part-Timer! or Hataraku Maō-sama!

Devil is a part-timer!
Where to watch this series?
After attempting to watch it on http://www.crunchyroll.com/ and realizing it does not even have it.

I went to my trusty site and found the latest and greatest.




Short Review Spoiler-free
Funny, likable characters and a decent plot to start. Definitely worth watching first few episodes. It's just unpredictable enough to keep you watching even though the premise is pretty obvious from just the title.  It's also just cliched enough to make you comfortable with familiar anime must-haves: hero*, sidekick, girl of interest, mini-harem and super powers.

Devil is a part-timer!
Longer Review*Spoiler time
Here's why I say hero with an * since the main character is sort of a semi anti-hero,  This is a quick breakdown of the first two episodes.  After the devil tries to take over this world, he's attacked by a hero and in his injured state, he opens a portal to another dimension to be where?  Of course, Japan, the only place anime warp holes would go.  What is the most hilarious is how you watch the devil and his second-in-command accommodates to life as lowly fast food slave to the real world.
Then of course enter stereotypical moe love interest who you would predict may be the one who will change this "bad boy."  This is where the anime really takes a turn for the unexpected because that quiet girl that you think will be akin to Naruto's Hinata turns out to be Sakura with a temper to match.  She is not going to be the one to change the devil as he's already being changed by his life as a Japanese commoner working at McRonald's (no, that is not a misspelling, at least it's not the typical WacDonald's in all other animes). And just when you think it will be all comedy it goes back into suspense and action with the introduction of a villain.  This was a refreshing surprise since I have been watching so anime and reading manga for so many years that it is hard to find anything original these days.

Devil is a part-timer!