Alternative TitlesEnglish: The Devil is a Part-Timer! Japanese: はたらく魔王さま!
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Apr 4, 2013 to ?
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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StatisticsScore: 8.301 (scored by 12062 users)
Ranked: #1952
Popularity: #393
Members: 41,411
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SynopsisDevil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses—and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation—he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses! |
Related AnimeAdaptation: Hataraku Maou-sama!
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Drauis
64 of 123 people found this review helpful
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7 of 13 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
A character travels to another world. Seems pretty generic. Honestly, the entire idea is overdone to an extent, but of course, that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. Obviously people have different preferences to what they like, but when I started watching Hataraku Maou-sama, I found it to be pretty funny.
In general, as I said, the entire idea of some demon lord coming to Earth to take it over is cliche. Honestly, there are some things that I just can't watch past the first few minutes because it just really is hard to watch. To me, Hataraku wasn't one of them. From the first episode, I was enjoying myself, and some points I was actually laughing. Or I guess i was chuckling under my breath. The entire idea of the demon lord working at mcronalds seems rather outrageous...I found it rather entertaining to see his work ethic. Though there are points throughout it where it's just so stupid, but I don't really think that's so bad, it was laughable in my opinion. Perhaps I have a rather dull sense of humor, but throughout the show so far, I've found myself chuckling at some of the stupid details, and facepalming at some of the events that happened - not in a bad way, but in the sense that I was entertained.
Of course there are the characters. At first, they all seem generic, and that's true. The basis for all the characters - DONE. It's been done. There's nothing new there. What was enjoyable in the show was the character interaction. Personally, there's nothing more hilarious than some good dialogue. Again, that might be subjective, but honestly, I found some of the parts throughout the show to be rather witty. I could be wrong because I lack in the area of wit. In general, the entire show is hilarious based on the character interaction. It's well written, there's a lot of...sass...lol. Let's just say that it's well done in the aspect of how they wrote the characters out to be and how they interacted.
In general, the music isn't really that outstanding. But it isn't that bad. Of course, what I mean by that is the background music, opening, and ending - they don't really do much against the show itself, but they don't really help it either. I mean, it's not so horrible that it's a turn off, but it's not SUPERB or anything.
Art-wise, it's pretty nice looking. Won't say much here because I can't really judge art that well.
Overall, I thought the show to be a success for this season since I rated it a 9. That hasn't changed since I first rated it after watching the first episode. I would recommend you at least give it a try. Of course, I guess this review is a little biased because I really do enjoy the show, but don't let it stop you. Ignore my subjective views! Give it a try.
Hataraku Maou-sama gets a 9/10 from me.
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priyag1990
12 of 26 people found this review helpful
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7 of 13 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
10 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
OH MAN, OH MAN, OH MAN ....this show is just absolutely hilarious! Only half way through the season and I'm completely hooked and desperately wishing there will be a season 2. Ok so I'm not giving out any spoilers, but I will say the first few minutes of episode 1 is nothing like what the rest of the show will be like. However, it does help set the tone. You THINK you know how the rest of the anime will go, all cliche, an overdone story line, but this show has a way of catching you off guard -- and in a good way! The writers did a great job of balancing out dramatic battle scenes and comedy throughout the story, and leaving you with just a hint of romance (wishing there was more). I am thoroughly enjoying this anime and I am sure you will too! read more
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Definitely get the same flavor from the Maoyu archetypes but now even more comedic because they take the settings and integrate them into the character backgrounds which then get thrown into a new world instead resulting in hilarious moments and situations. Demon king and hero again, with the use of magic but now in the modern world.
Just like others have said the storyline is pretty much the same, but it's set in modern society and that now the main hero is a girl, and the main villain is now a guy. Both have comedy aspects, however Hataraku Maou-sama has more of it.
In both series, there's a similar feeling and the main male character seems to have similar personalities.
There is some sense of supernatural themes but mostly presented in a fun way. With that, there's the comedy and humorous dialogues thrown together.
Although the settings are a bit different, Maoyu and Hataraku Maou-sama! maintains a similar background involving shaping a world (although in different ways).
Just reverse the role of the main character and put them in a different setting. otherwise both show are really similar.
It has the same kind of character development around Hero, Satan, and friends.
These anime's rely heavily on comedy and pulls it off quite well.
The art is appealing and characters are appealing. The subtle plot twists make them worth watching.
Most notable similarities: Demon king, and Hero.
Hataraku instead has a male demon king/lord/whatever and has a female lead hero/tsundere/whatnot. But a notable difference is that there is no romance between the to leads (at the moment). Beginning seems kind of rushed compared to the manga (same with Maoyuu) but can be quite enjoyable nonetheless.
The two have the same demon to human kind of relationship except one was set in some alternate middle ages setting, while the other was set in modern times. Another differences, the head demon from one anime was a woman, while in the other is a teenage boy, though he's actually older than one thinks.
Both have a hero, both have a demon king (although it is reversed in Maoyuu).
In both we see that the hero (Yuusha) goes to the demon/devil king to destroy them, but instead the hero ends up cooperating one way or another because of different circumstances.
Hataraku is like Maoyuu, just set in modern times with less politics and more comedy.
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A young male with almost no power (in our world) is actually the mao, demon lord. This is something both male leading characters have in common. They also have some sort of a sidekick and a female character that likes the main character, yet tries to fight him for some reason but grows to like him over time.
Both stories also have some sort of another female love interest that hangs around but this "love interest" is more obvious in Hataraku Maou-sama!
At the start, both male, main characters have little to no "Mao-power" but this...changes without the main character trying to achieve this. What happens next is up to you to find out.
Demon-lords adapting to a normal society, resulting in plenty of awkward (and funny) situations. Both shows constantly mix up comedy gags with more serious action scenes.
Both protagonists are very powerful demon lords who don't behave quite as everyone expects of an "evil" being.
Trying to live amongst humans peacefully isn't so easy when you're a demon lord.
Well in both series, the main male protagonist is considered a demon king/lord in the modern world. They have a strange (although with different interactions) in both series with the main female character. Additionally, there are also others who are interested in him for different reasons.
There is a lot of comedy, drama, and some obvious romance hints throughout both series. The main male protagonist often denies it or rather is dense about situations. Regardless though, they try to help their friends in various events and puts others above themselves.
There's also action with supernatural gags in both series as well.
A demon lord placed into an regular environment, even tho one is placed in a school and another in the general human public, it is very similar.
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Opening Theme"ZERO!!" by Minami Kuribayashi (ep 3-??)
Ending Theme#1: "Tsuki Hana (月花)" by nano.RIPE (eps 1, 3-4, 6-?)
#2: "ZERO!!" by Minami Kuribayashi (ep 2)
#3: "Star Chart (スターチャート)" by nano.RIPE (ep 5)
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