Helck

Three months have passed since the Demon King was defeated by a hero. Mankind rejoices over their victory, but dwellers of the demon world do not share the same sentiment. With the loss of their king, they must now hold a tournament to decide who will become his successor.

Monitoring the competition is the hot-headed yet powerful Vamirio—one of the Four Heavenly Kings. Among all the participants, she is extremely distrustful of one: Helck, a human hero who claims to hate humanity. As much as she wants to get rid of him, it is impossible due to Helck's incredible strength and popularity.

Amidst the competition, Vamirio discovers that humans have vanished from various towns. As a result of this puzzling turn of events, Vamirio grows desperate to reveal Helck's true intentions by carefully crafting a plan to make Helck lose. If she proves to be successful, she might uncover where his loyalty truly lies before the demon world is endangered.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Vermilio Main

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Helck Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Piwi Main

Izawa, Shiori Japanese

Azudora Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Hyura Supporting

Maeda, Rena Japanese

Alicia Supporting

Kondou, Reina Japanese

Asta Supporting

Aoki, Shiki Japanese

Rococo Supporting

Tokui, Sora Japanese

Isuta Supporting

Shiraishi, Haruka Japanese

Cless Supporting

Ono, Motoharu Japanese

Cao, Cong Producer

Imai, Ransen Producer

Takano, Kenichi Producer

Shikama, Taisuke Producer

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Oct 11, 2025

Itsunaa

Recommended

I dropped this anime when it was airing, I have watched 2 or 3 episodes but I found that this anime is so unserious and a bit funny but not enough to keep me in. But i picked it up later in 2025 and I can definitely say that this anime is definition of "let them cook". The story is really really good at the middle of the show, so if you plan to drop this anime please wait until the half of the show.

The cast look really interesting. Helc is so unserious but he is really badass when he needs too, and Anne is ... just really adorable. The other minor cast as well as the enemies design is also look really sick, even the mascot character is really funny. I don't have any complain about it and the only complain about is is that this anime is said to never have season 2 so it's really makes me sad to not seeing them again

The comedy is design to hook people in and it become few and fewer with the continuation of the story as the story progress to be more and more serious. Personally I like that format but people that are hooked by the comedy at the start of the show might find it lacking.

The story is the best part about this anime, it is really original. It is really slow at the start and picking up by the episode 6 or 7 or so. This show have huge flashback in the start of the second half and it's really long, but it's actually the best part of this show since Helc identity and his backstory is biggest mystery at the start of the show.

Overally this anime is really really good, but unfortunately I don't think this anime is going to have another season. But the ending is I think satisfy enough to call it "end", albeit you can call it cliffhanger too. I want to give it a 10, but the fact that this anime is not going to be continued it's a 9. But I would give it a 10 if it have a good 2nd season

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 25, 2024

Nilsou

Mixed Feelings

A surprising anime that is quite original with a highly evolving storyline.
It is a 24-episode adventure anime which begin in the demon empire :
where the demon king of one of the demon castles is defeated in an attack by humans, specifically by a human hero. The demons organize a tournament to determine the new demon king, but surprisingly, a human named Helck participates in the tournament. Who is Helck, given his power? Is he not the hero in question? Why is he participating in the tournament to become the demon king?

I won't spoil the plot because it is the interesting point of the ... anime: despite the lightness at the beginning, it actually has a well-written, rather dramatic, deep, and quite surprising storyline. The characters are also noteworthy, as they are solid, well-written, each with a well-developed backstory revealed bit by bit at the most opportune moments.

Moreover, with 24 episodes, there is a lot to offer, so not only is there quality, but also quantity. (There is a big but to this, which I will come back to later).

However, it's not a success on all fronts: one of the biggest weaknesses of the anime is undoubtedly its form, the direction, the animation. It oozes from every pore that all this was done with a minimalist budget and it's hard to watch: even for me, who is used to average anime, watches anime mainly for their storyline, and is generally not much affected by these aspects.
That's saying ... However, they manage honorably with the soundtrack considering the budget.

Finally, do I recommend the anime? If you are not allergic to a low budget, I would have tended to say 1000 times yes, but in reality... the anime has a second big flaw: it is not finished at all, and worse: it leaves us a bit hanging in its storyline, which is quite frustrating. And since the main strength of the anime is its storyline and universe, this last point is unfortunately a major handicap...

So, as it stands, I do not recommend the anime for the moment (unless you want to read the manga after the S1) and I hope it will be concluded with a season 2 that will allow the adventure to be finished.

?/10
Without season 2 and considering the execution, it probably doesn't deserve more than a 7, but the storyline is really very good, and with a successful season 2, it could serve as an introduction to an exceptional anime and end up with a solid 9. It all depends on season 2 for me. I rate it 9/10 on MAL for encouragement.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Feb 4, 2024

Anime_Cthulhu

Not Recommended

Honestly, Helck is disappointing. The show starts off really well as a strong comedy, however as the show progresses almost all the comedic elements disappear and we are left with a stereotypical shounen action show. It includes all the tropes that I hate in shounen action, such as the MC being strong enough to stop everything that happens but standing by and watching all his friends be defeated because he's sad, or being able to stop pretty much any attack but not being around when attacks occur due to random details from the plot or just standing around waiting to join the fight for some ... reason.
After about 20 tedious episodes (the first two were good) the season ends without resolving the central plot, leaving an already tedious show hanging, possibly in the hopes of a second season. Even if there is a second season, I won't be watching.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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