Audience reviews
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shonenfan222
⠀⠀⠀⠀Helck has a pretty interesting "hook" to start, and you do want to know more about the titular character by the end of the first couple episodes. I think every good series starts off with a strong hook and this one wasn't particularly weak, so good job there. It presents itself as a lighthearted series about a seemingly unstoppable human man who we're not quite sure is friend or foe, as the show is from the perspective of the demons. The main character, a demon girl with red hair, is tasked with figuring it out in time for a major conflict.
⠀⠀⠀⠀It goes completely off the walls from here. Helck tries to do everything and ends up failing at everything because of it. There's some (very) light romance, some boring slice-of-life type filler sort of forcefully crammed into the show. There's…
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What started like a He-man/Conan the Barbarian/DnD/Berserk parody takes a sharp turn away from any actual comedy as it becomes completely copy-paste generic shonen adventure slop much like 7 Deadly Sins/Mashle. In fact the entire story seems to just be a near direct reskin rip-off of the plot of early 7 Deadly Sins which began 2 years prior.
Past the first couple episodes this is a shitty-joke shitpost that expects you to take it seriously as it becomes the filler adventure of traveling side-quests and 1-note comedic relief side-characters from every shonen slop of its kind as it slowly plods towards more dumb action fighting in lieu of ever finishing its 1-note plot of the conflict between [insert nonentities A and B] with nonmotivations and noncharacters.
The entire 24 ep season arc go…
Read at the sourceItsunaa
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…
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Story
I went into this with no expectations and was pleasantly surprised. The 24-episode length gave the story time to breathe, and we got decent development for many characters. Some moments even felt emotional and relatable, showing good writing. The goofy comedy at the start might throw people off, and while it becomes more serious later, the ending clearly sets up for a second season, leaving some plots unresolved.
Artstyle
The visuals are slightly below average, with some cut corners here and there. The MC himself looks goofy compared to typical overpowered leads, and the fights are mainly fist-based, so don’t expect flashy effects.
Conclusion
I recommend giving it a shot. It’s not your usual overpowered MC show, and despite its flaws, it was a refreshing experience.
Read at the sourceStarDust_01
Helck is an awesome anime, and I mean really awesome. At first, you might think it's just a comedy, but it's so much deeper than that. The story is super well-written, with twists and emotions that will hit you hard. It's not something you'd expect, and trust me, you'll need tissues for all the tears—it's that emotional.
One of the coolest things about this anime is how smart the characters are. They don’t make dumb decisions like in a lot of other shows. Every character has common sense, and their actions actually make sense in the story. That alone makes it stand out.
The animation is really good too, though not perfect. But honestly, the story is so good that you won't even care. It’s also not PG-rated at all, so be ready for some dark and intense moments.
I feel like some reviewers…
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Helck And Firewoman
An anime for real Men and demon lovers, we have helck the hero a man who looks like an 80s character and is here to save the demon race.
comedy anime slowly begins to become a good adventure and fantasy show it's weird, but it works and the main characters dynamic with the firewoman is so fun to see. The anime is one of those where we have insane tone shift, where it feels like we're totally different show when it comes to the horror torture blood comedy. It's it is weird.
Her uptight personalities slowly getting destroyed by helck personality, you can feel the fragments of her panties is slowly getting destroyed by helck.
Show looks fine. There is not anything bad to say about it. It's just very competent.
The demons are so charming friendly and just nice people…
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A breath of fresh air after watching so much unoriginal/generic anime. Helck finds a way to have charming, believable characters while delivering an interesting/compelling plot leaving you wanting more. It's not perfect though, and can drag at times, while the animation suffers a bit toward the end.
At the start the anime is more of a gag show with Helck trying to become the next demon lord, depite being a human. The jokes were quite funny, and I would have been fine if the whole show was just that. I'm not complaining though, since what came next was good as well. We open up to a large world full of different people and an interesting plot to hold it all together.
There were times it was a bit too slow, especially during some flashbacks, but overall I was quite interested. The animation…
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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, e…
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Missing comedy genre tag?
Vamirio, Piwi and Hon provide lot of comedy moments!
Hon by the situations he is put in, Piwi by existence and Vamirio by great voice acting.
Good story, flashbacks weren't boring and kept me engaged. Good artstyle, acceptable fights, environment wasn't stale.
First 3/4 of the anime are great but the last +- 5 episodes were disappointing, can't decide between bad writing or if it was just rushed. Also you don't get ending and don't expect s2.
MAL summaries are usually good but Helck's synopsis doesn't do it justice, this is not tournament arc.
Overall good anime that "didn't stuck the landing".
Read at the sourceLivxies
Seriously underrated
When I started the show I had no idea how amazing it would be (based on other reviews). Helck's story begins as a light-hearted comedy with a sprinkle of action. As the show progresses, the storyline develops beautifully in many ways. Have tissues prepared... the plot is likely very different than what you would expect.
The series is named after Helck, who is the protagonist, but it is told from the perspective of other characters for the most part. Because of this, his character development is a little slow considering he's the main character. I enjoyed this aspect personally, it makes the plot line a lot less predictable. The visuals aren't particularly stunning, actually, for a modern anime it's on the lower end of quality in that department. But to me, the show l…
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Helck is a fantasy anime with a rich world building and character development. I went in blind and I thought Helck was just another generic overpowered fantasy MC, but his entire character is slowly revealed throughout the story which makes it interesting and avoids him becoming a stale overpowered generic MC. Helck can be funny, mysterious, and many many more, which we get to watch and unravel his relationship to the world the more it progresses.
Really enjoyed how they didn’t shy away from really having good funny moments, to even revealing much darker moments whenever needed all throughout the story. I say it was balanced all around and had a decently-paced story. Good for binge watching a 24 episode anime if you got a lot of time.
Most of the characters are not one-sided and actually…
Read at the sourceEllenya
I'm making this review mainly to tell you that the anime doesn't finish the plot, it ends in a cliffhanger. I don't think it's worth it to watch the 24 episodes while there's not a continuation out there to watch.
All in all, Helck has a vibe similar to the old 2000's animes, which is really refreshing. You can see that in the art style and also in the type of comedy that is scattered here and there and softens the plot, which is actually surprisingly dark.
Art style: amazing.
Animation: really good, well-balanced fighting scenes.
Plot: the main plot is surprisingly good, but it doesn't finish, and it's interrupted countless times by side quests that make the pacing of the anime kinda boring. Basically if you survive all the fillers you will still be disappointed because the anime doesn't…
Read at the sourceAnime_Cthulhu
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. Ev…
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in the beginning i thought i will be skipping this title, but after seeing random clips of it on tt, ig, etc. i was convinced and oh boy! i'm glad i picked up this show because it turned out better than i really thought. don't let the animation to fool you (you've been spoiled by jjk, ds and more...) IT IS FANTASTIC SHOW. the characters, the gags and comedic elements, the drama and the despair, all of it is in this show. i love our main duo, they're the best. and the final episode? i was sobbing. you thought it's gonna be about superpowered mc? yeah you're right but it's more than just. i'm hoping for the second season, the characters made me laugh so much, but also filled me with hope and idk man it's a good show give it a go, ig? this is my review. the end
Read at the sourceJasperge
(Mostly Spoiler Free)(Described in Broad Strokes)
Extremely mixed bag. So a fair warning, you need to be a fan of both dark fantasy and light fantasy. Cause the season begins as a light fantasy with hints of dark lore and at the end of the series it is the dark lore, with a few comic relief characters.
So heres the story in very broad strokes(Stop for 100% Blind):
First there is a tournament for Demon king with a hero running in it which is a very light hearted tournament storyline.
Then a few characters get teleported and a mostly light hearted journey back ensues. Near the end of that journey the hero drops a lore bomb and the entire series shifts in tone to be very dark. There were small sprinkles of dark lore and hints at his backstory beforehand though, so it's not entirely out of…
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Honestly this went completely different than what I was expecting. I think from episode 12 when Helck is talking about his past this became a much better anime and the next 6 episodes literally flew by. Idk what some people’s deal is, did they really want to see more of episode 1 and 2? Of Helck competing to be a demon lord? This plot adds sooo many more elements to the anime. It’s actually makes this a much deeper anime. It makes you feel the rage inside of Helck and it makes you understand why Anne was warned about what’s deep inside of Helck. At first it makes you think oh it’s just because he tries to be such a positive guy who has to go through shitty situations and when you watch his past you really understand and feel it. I love isekai anime’s more than anything, but I love isekai a…
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I heard that the manga was great; to be fair, the storyline was quite interesting. But the production of this anime was so bad that I considered dropping it multiple times.
The anime can be roughly divided into two parts based on progression of the story. The first half is a (relatively) light-hearted and comedic isekai adventure, contributing most jokes to the show. However, most humor felt "forced", and the overall pacing was slow. It seemed that the creators wanted the viewers to be patient, but the quality of the production simply couldn't sustain such a leisurely pace for the story to unfold. A substantial portion of the first half turned out to be quite boring for me.
When the story finally delves into the more exciting part, the other flaws became evident, unfortunately. Emerging…
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So... Helck turned out to be a pleasant surprise for me. Fantasy is kinda dead nowadays since pretty much 95% of the fantasy genre are isekais. That said, Helck was actually a pretty good experience for a fantasy lover like me. They slowly worked the story up, making it serious and more serious along the way and i really enjoyed that. They managed to world build a little bit, which i always appreciate, have solid character development and fun moments all along the way.
Helck is sold as a comedy but it actually is a tragedy. Was not expecting the series to get such a shift in moods when i started watching it.
The characters are fun and iinteresting and you feel the impact on the plot that each one has on the story.
It lacks a little bit on the animation department, since in some eps it loo…
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Although there are hints of a potentially serious story at the beginning, I almost disregarded 'Helck' as a pointless comedy because let's be real, many anime waste their potential, such as Spy x Family who could be so much better just by ACTUALLY EXPLORING ITS PREMISE and having the characters work together. Disregarding 'Helck' would have been a big mistake! A mistake a lot of people apparently made, but I'm glad I stuck with it - very much so - because the story does get real!
First, let's get the concise stuff out of the way.
Art: 6/10, fine. Not much wrong with it, if any. Subjectively, I disliked the design of quite a few side characters. Fortunately, I like the design of the main ones.
Sound: 10/10 both good and immersive, which is a rarity these days, when we have things like se…
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In a world of isekai shows, it is refreshing to get an unapologetically fantasy world. It has light hearted humor, likeable characters, and reasonably high stakes. Even the world building is okay.
So, where's the catch? Unfortunately, Helck has trouble committing to it's approach to comedy and tragedy. It lacks a greater theme, which would not be an issue if only the entertainment value was high enough. It is a little disappointing, how the animation never really reached exceptional heights, but there is also enough care to avoid any blatant issues. It all truly comes across as a bog standard production.
Yet, a lot of enjoyment was had. If someone without any media literacy watched this, then they would likely enjoy it as well.
This contradiction makes the show hard to recommend off-the-cu…
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