They say YOLO in it.
Moving on to the actual review, this is my second favorite anime of all times. The setup is fantastic, the characters are all thoroughly likable (even the side characters) and the music and art are both great. The only thing that this anime could have improved on is the weak 2nd half, but character interaction and humor makes it very bearable.
Story: The story has a fantastic first episode, setting it up for various comedic moments throughout the series. The demon overlord and his general are transported to the human world, where they have to fit in. It's funny, but the demon world is a source of some serious story development. The serious overtones aren't out of place, though, and culminates in a fantastic first half. Really, the only weak point is that after the first half, the story drags...hard. The serious storyline involving the demon world doesn't really move forward except for the introduction of a new character. So the reason I'm giving story such a low mark is because of this second half.
Art: The art is clean. Every character has a distinct design. The animation is very smooth. Really, I'm no good at judging art. It's either "good" or "crap" to me.
Sound: The voice actors in the japanese dub did their job juust fine, but the english voice actors felt like they were really into their role...Is it because they're speaking english? Because it felt like they put way more emotion, tone, and perfect deadpan snark at the perfect time than the japanese voice actors. Perhaps it's because I've become so used to the japanese VAs.
Oh, and the music's good, but not too memorable.
Characters: You can't have a good story without good characters (looking at you, Expelled from Paradise). This anime is completely carried by character interaction, and I'm 100% alright with that. The two demonic main characters adapt to the human world so quickly it's played for laughs.
Everything mundane in our world is treated with utter seriousness. They treat money with such seriousness that they would completely ignore a threatening villain in favor of arguing over allowances. The demon overlord would seriously consider using what's little left of his magic to fix the potato frying machine.
Then the hero enters the picture, and she notices that the two demons are completely innocent and following the human world's laws. This is both a fantastic setup for humorand makes for great character development by both her and the demon overlord. She has to constantly struggle for a reason to continue fighting him when he's doing basically nothing wrong.
Those are just some of the characters. I'm not going to go through what makes each of them so great, I'll leave that up to you guys.
Enjoyment: Likable characters allowed me to overlook a mediocre story. That's rare. Kudos, Hataraku.
