The Devil Is a Part-Timer! (light novel)
| usually, i went by the biggest boobs... but this time I goes with Emi, she has better chemistry with MC :) |
| If you just did nothing because you thought it wouldn't help, then you'd end up doing less than nothing; for nothing would change and nothing would end. (Kira Yamato - Gundam Seed Phase 34: Seen & Unseen) |
IdealsNReality said: NeedHelp56: Do you know of any source where i can read the LNs in English (except for mittens's). Not trying to complain, but i want to know more about what happens in volume 7. And the fact that many people already knows up to volume 11 or so makes me wonder where they read them. Pm'd some stuff to you. I hope it answers some of your questions or concerns |
IdealsNReality said: Reading volume 7 chapter 4 made me realize something. It's that Chiho started to love Maou only 2 weeks after seeing him for the first time, and all she ever knew up to that point was that Maou was a model employee that others respected, nothing more. Heck, she didn't even know anything about Maou's situation, finances or personal life, and was fascinated by the concept of a perfect senpai who she relies on to get familiar with her job. Before, i considered her love to be pure and gentle, but now i see it as just another childish crush on someone. They literally had no moments together, only a normal senpai guiding his kouhai through her work, yet Chiho started to love him before their hands even touched. It really makes me wonder if Chi-chan truly likes him or just the image that Maou emits (a perfect employee who never fails to meet expectations, or in other words, an ideal type of man). Nice. I read this from the LN too yesterday, although this should be considered spoilers. Anyhow, I think that her crush when it started out was childish, as she liked him because she was a "model employee and perfect senpai". However, I don't see it that way now. She took the time to know all those things you mentioned, like his real situation, finances and personal life, and she accepted them for what they are. She could have backed away, but she took his "imperfections" head on and she doesn't regret it. Chiho has seen Maou in his daily life, which is actually frugal, beat down, and definitely not the perfect life that she thought he lived. Sure, the beginning of all this was from a childish crush, but she knows more about Maou than what most people know, as Maou doesn't seem to be so open to everyone. |
IdealsNReality said: I will accept that Chiho's current "love" is different (better) from the beginning, but i won't say that her "love" is good enough just yet. Like in volume 4 where she declared that she wanted to stand by Maou and compete with Emi, her current standing is still somewhat middling and hesitant. Chiho always try to solve things in a "damage-control" way, minimizing the risks that she might have to face. The obvious example is how she wants Maou and her friends to forever stay in Japan and always be with her. By forcing the choice onto Maou/Emi, she doesn't have to give up anything to achieve what she wants. Normally, a human like Chiho will have to decide whether to part with Maou/Emi or leave Japan behind and go with them, but in this case, she is making others go through those choices instead of her. Now i won't say that her "love" is fake, wrong or anything alike, but Chiho can certainly try to prove herself better than now. Despite her wishes in volume 4 and her declarations in volume 6, she hasn't done much to further her love. She said that she would accept any hardships that may come, but Chiho hasn't faced any dangerous situations yet, and the ones where she was remotely in danger, she required others's power to stay strong (Laila's magic and/or Maou/Emi's aid). She said that she would try her best to get Maou, but instead of directly appealing to him (going on dates, creating moments, inviting him over, etc), she still does what she usually did (bringing him snacks and all). She considered Emi her rival, but instead of directly declaring it, she only beat around the bush until it was too late. All of these for one simple reason, she is afraid, that she might lose something if Chiho were to do it. If you truly love someone, then go out there and act like you mean it, without worrying about needless things. If Chiho truly loves Maou, then she should choose between him or her family, not make him choose between her and his entire race. If you truly cherish the friends you have now, try to minimize the burden you place on their shoulders. Since the beginning, Chiho has been the weakest link between the protagonists that others often take advantage of, and now that she has dived too deep, she forced others to protect her. All in all, while Chiho's love has certainly improved compared to the beginning, but it is still nowhere near good enough to be worthy of Maou, she needs more time and confidence (which are quickly running out) in order to prove herself. Note: By dangerous situations i mean times when your life is constantly put in harm's way, like being hunted down by a group of people alone, for example. Even in the fight against Lucifer, Chiho was only considered a bait that the enemy had no interest in, and in the time with Sariel, Emi and her Holy Sword is the main target, Sariel himself had no intention of killing Chiho. So in short, her life has never been (or at least rarely been) in danger. Yeah, I definitely agree with the points you made, such as Chiho not really doing much to further her love with Maou, but I attribute this a lot to the author's writing. The author doesn't seem to be pointing towards Chiho's way since her confession, and it's becoming more apparent with Emi getting the spotlight. Chiho's definitely not there yet, but there's a strong feeling throughout the reading that she's more of a good friend to all of them rather a love interest to Maou. This is how I'm perceiving things right now, and I'm definitely not saying that Chiho should be over Emi. It is however much better than before as we saw from their interactions, but yeah, she does have selfish reasons for trying to keep Maou and Emi on Earth, although part of it is not only for Maou, but just for their mutual friendship that she doesn't want to lose. My hypothesis why Chiho is a bit selfish about Maou and Emi staying on Earth is that if the two left, she would lose her "goal" that she set at the end of Volume 7 I imagine it would be hard to lose the goal you worked towards, but I'm getting off topic. In short, Chiho still needs a lot of work ahead of her if she wants to be with Maou. For now it's Emi all the way, with a hint of bias xD |
| So I recently found out that the director of the anime was a Chiho fan, so he made sure to do things that would make MaouxEmi less apparent. Examples such as having Emi be more aggressive towards him, or leaving out hints about I havent read volume 2 of the light novel since the anime covered it, but apparently the forehead kiss of Maou to Chiho in episode 13 didnt happen. All of this considered, it makes me uncomfortable since im a MaouxEmi shipper |
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| of course emi, alas=ramus and emi's mother is the key |
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| Emilia!!!! |
| Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. -Walt Whitman A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
TheBuddahman said: There only reasons someone would vote chi-chan over emi are: - Accidentally voted for her instead of emi. - Is a genuine hardcore boob worshiper. - Had tripped off shrooms/ecstasy/acid or whatever he consumed before voting. - Was out of his mind for some other reason. You missed one: -Happens to have a different opinion |
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| After rewatching the show, I will say that I dislike both of them equally. It's probably Emi who'll win though, because that's how every anime romance goes these days. Also lol at everyone who takes this so seriously. |
D-ohnutsJan 3, 2017 8:15 PM
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Natsu-chan_204 said: Everyone is saying Emi, but, for some reason, I vote Chi-chan. Emi is just too obvious for me. That love-hate concept is also very overused in the fantasy genre. I usually hate characters like Chi-chan, but I just see a lot more character and potential with her and Maou's relationship than I do with Emi and Maou. I know who's going to be chosen to be his partner or whatever, but I will always like Chi-chan more. ^ this. Also I hate tsunderes (that's why I had to drop toradora too). |
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| Definitely Emi. Chiho is cute but she tends to become annoying at times |
| I'm sure it'll be Emi but I really would love to see Chi-chan and Sadao together. |
| So many boobs in fairy tail, it's crazy. |
| Redhead FTW. Chi-Chan is typical mainstream loli with annoying chest size for me. |
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| Ofc Chi-Chan ,I hate tsunderes It will turn to another generic romance when the mc end up with the bitchy tsundere Im glad there is no s2 |
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| Not criticizing other's opinions but I lol'ed at some of the comments that states 'Tsunderes' and only Tsunderes are considered generic/cliche as the norm when the presence of 'Genki', 'DereDere' type heroines in most anime & manga equals to the amount of 'Tsundere' or possibly even exceeds that. Not to mention some of the 'cliche' haters failed to even recall of how many times the non-Tsundere types won not only the favour of the community but also won their respective series itself. Yet the community still label 'Tsundere' as generic and cliche just because they dislike the hostility expressed by said trope. What made me facepalm even more in this particular poll is that most people who voted for Chiho expressed their reasonings to be because she either has big boobs or that they hate the 'Tsundere' tribe. At the very least, my reasoning of voting Emi is because a real enemy x enemy pairing is really rare and the amount of potential developments that progress from profound hatred to caring love is high and much heartwarming compared to your typical 'fall-in-love-without-developments-and-hostility' trope(heck that trope is even more cliche than the hate-love trope). Furthermore, you don't see a lot of Hero x Maou romance anywhere. (There are some but not as good.) Some of you may not like us referencing the LN but I'm just gonna say it anyways. The reason why Chiho is poor character in this particular series is not only because she's too clingy but her character is being expressed in a forceful way to an annoying degree. Heck, her existence itself acts too much of a catalyst for other character's developments and actually overshadows Maou and Emi's self-development of their respective characters to the point that all of the characters really did worshiped her for being a saint and developing them. This happens in almost every volumes. Even Suzuno has better characterization than her to be honest. That said, I don't really hate Chiho. It's just that her character is a hindrance to all the other character's developments and it's getting unbearably irritating. |
Azai-kun said: At the very least, my reasoning of voting Emi is because a real enemy x enemy pairing is really rare and the amount of potential developments that progress from profound hatred to caring love is high and much heartwarming compared to your typical 'fall-in-love-without-developments-and-hostility' trope(heck that trope is even more cliche than the hate-love trope). Furthermore, you don't see a lot of Hero x Maou romance anywhere. (There are some but not as good.) That might have worked better if Emi was written differently from a Tsundere. |
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Hey now, characterizing her with any other archetypes will still need that hostility against her nemesis so she'll stay Tsun regardless. At the very least she isn't like those overrated and annoying Tsundere lolis. At any rate she'll drop the Tsun later on so it doesn't matter anyways. |
| I usually don't like big boobed character but Chiho is damn cute. |
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| I like Chi better personally. Emi kinda annoys me. |
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