Maoyû: Maô Yûsha

Talk about judging a book by its cover; or a person by his (or her) race, rank and title!

A lovely tale of a smart, beautiful and shrewd demon, who looks and behaves every inch like a doting wife! She genuinely cares for the world at large and is brilliant at navigating the politics and subterfuge of corrupt rulers.

Enter Hero, who is never named but is conveniently overpowered and a tad naive. When it comes to ladies; he is used to adoring looks by the opposite sex for his exploits. Suddenly he falls head over heels with his supposed arch foe! He sees beyond her looks and is enthralled by her perspicacity, sagacity, generosity and vision for a better world. Truly a gem of a person! (Watch him risk his life fighting her dark side!)

Thus begins a heart-warming tale of trust and sacrifice.

You'll be chucking inwardly at times and feel stirrings of righteous indignation the next!

Enjoy!

This anime is quite wonderful to watch. I actually liked it. The art was magnificent. The story was average. But I wish there were season 2. But the chances are slim. But I'd still recommend to watch.

Like many anime, this had a very promising start and I was intrigued to see how they would develop the world they are in and the romance between the main characters. The first 5-6 episodes were interesting but it was clear they didn't have the budget to include the hero's side of the story while they were separated which were mainly filled with fights that don't get to see, so we mostly follow the demon kings story. While being mostly average for a kingdom improvement anime it was pretty good until they decided to make it a harem, Now don't get me wrong I love harem anime (I might even prefer them to regular romance) but this was disgusting. We a romance with a female MC and then a character that has gotten no previously shown romantic interest from either character Is interjected into their relationship with no warning. Then our previously jealous Demon king and previously romantically awkward Hero are just accepting of this change with no push back even though they are supposed to be married. It feels as if this was added in post by an editor or something, when watching these scenes it was the most uncomfortable I have been after watching nearly 80 anime's. It feels like our female MC is cucking herself for no reason other than author decided they needed more fan service. I promise if you like romance you will not enjoy this anime, and even if you love harem anime this one will make you say "what tf".

Based on the super fast paced intro of this story, I wanted to give it at least eight stars. Overall, I really enjoyed this story about managing to solve a conflict without violence. The whole dynamic of none of the character not having real names was also kind of amusing. That being said, I found that the romance really dragged after the first episode due to the main character being so inexperienced. While this does make perfect sense within the story, the first episode gave the impression that it would be doing quite the opposite. It was also frustrating because of the unnecessary drama it caused between the characters. Will they, won't they is a dynamic that has been played out to oblivion, and its answer is even more clear in this case. At least a bit more time could have been spent on the main story without this drama, and I think it would have made this anime far better for it.

I have to say i love the maturity of the content. It is not another typical emotional thriller kawaii no-brainer anime but it touches the worldly macro and micro economics, world development, military views, human values and so on. This anime delivers the evolution of a nation in a smart way and in perspective that you would never thought. This could be a story based on the historical events in Europe and potatoes. I am surprised to see the intellectual depth of the anime.