Story (8)
Hataraku Maou-sama hooked me in, It started with 2 "Devilry" creatures are forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo.
The story follows Maou (Devil King) and his right hand man Ashiya's daily lives, Adapting to the new world, learning the culture and the ways in Japan and even getting a job and other "Real Life" things people need to learn. I found this aspect to the show rather rewarding to watch and kept the meaning of the series rather being just another Slice Of Life focusing on Characters ONLY. The balance is nice and adds elements and story twists that worked for the series.
Art (9)
* Backdrops are really stunning at points
* Characters are very diverse stylistically
* Characters also easily show slight emotions which was nice to see
Sound (9)
* OP - Was decent enough and catchy with the opening part of "Get out of gate"
* ED - Was nice nothing to complain about, Her voice is really good.
* Characters - All suited themselves for example Chiho's sounded Vulnerable yet feisty and Maou sounds nice when Normal, but you can tell he has a deeper/dark side to his voice which suited both of them.
Characters (8)
The characters drove the story forward and each different from one another, The slight issue is many characters are left rather one dimensional, Hardly focus on any bits in the past apart from some people from the "Other World" which for some hardly give any information, Just a simple instruction or goal.
I felt they needed to explore these further to give some depth to the characters, And they simply played on the little we know way too many times, For example knowing why Emi putting up a tough and uncompromising front when talking to/about Maou is something that got overused far too many times.
But don't get me wrong, I liked the characters i just wanted a bit more to round them off and give them needed depth.
Enjoyment (8)
Hataraku Maou-sama! is a really enjoyable series for me, Has decent characters and interesting and unique story and is pulled off rather well, Would defiantly recommend this series to you if you have watched Maoyuu Maou Yuusha (Maou Sama is better) or Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou etc.
