Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta

Alright, guys!!! This is another anime to review in this fantastic season of mediocracy!


Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen data.

Humans and demons have been battling it out forever... The main character is an OP spell caster in the Demon army. Who happens to be a HUMAN!!! PLOT TWIST!!!!
He was raised and trained by a demon mage who made him strong and smart! However, only a select few can know that he is a human, so he has an elite disguise... a skull mask.
The main gimmick for this anime is that the MC is trying not to kill anyone in the war but ... instead find a way to live peacefully with the humans. Thus, he sometimes runs into conflict on how he spares lives.

He also happens to be building a Harem, and slowly, demons and humans fawn over him.

What this anime has going for it:
It follows your standard cliches that catch your attention and take no real risks to be edgy or unique.

What sucks about it.
It is yet another of the many animes I have watched before, and it has no actual character development or plot movement, which excites me for the next episode.

Overall:

It's a Fine anime to watch, but it's not one you will remember.

The premise given by the title seems unique--a human not only working alongside demons but commanding their respect--but it nosedives straight into a subpar generic plot.

It's impressive that the anime with the most unique title/premise turned out to be the most generic out of a lineup of fantasy and isekai anime with far more generic titles. Granted, I'm only 4 episodes in, but a lot of the promises that were set up in this anime's story have been broken. Of those promises: the MC who is the human in the demon lord army and who is designated the "strongest" is not shown to be the ... strongest (or smartest or otherwise having any sort of interesting quality) in any of his actions; and (not really a spoiler but if anyone truly cares this is a very minor SPOILER) his race being human being a secret to the other demons is not actually a secret and it doesn't even matter.

The problem with an uninteresting character goes beyond the MC. It's not entirely due to the characters themselves, as the plot and pacing tends to breeze by events and moments that could instill character development. And stakes. Golly gee, the characters treat the stakes with minimal care, which subsequently just leave the conflict feeling so benign and unengaging. An example: the MC was given a test on behalf of another character he cared about that put her life on the line. None of the characters treated it as important including the character whose life was at stake, and the MC anticlimactically completed the test in a totally unimpressive way that defeated the purpose of the test.

Outside of plot and characters, the animation and music aren't things I'm going to complain about but they aren't great either.

An unfortunately generic anime that has its music wasted on it.

Every season we get dime a dozen of anime like this. Either an Isekai or a Fantasy (or both) with the concept of "but X". This time, it's a generic copy and paste BUT the demon general is actually a human.
Unfortunately, it changes nothing. The MC is generically OP, but is also the super nice guy and savior with no extra features or qualities.

On the side, we have our own share of cute or hot girls who are all around the MC but are equally uninteresting.

The CGI in this anime (for monsters, effects, spells, etc.) ... is pretty horrendous.

It's sad seeing Kohta Yamamoto's music (AoT S4) being wasted on this work.

Skip, 3/10.