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maya_kotori
Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist is honestly such a great anime, and the way I found it completely by accident. I wasn’t looking for anything specific, just browsing around, and suddenly this series appeared out of nowhere. I decided to give it a try, and I’m so glad I did because I ended up absolutely loving it. The mix of demons, humor, drama, and supernatural elements works so well, and the characters are incredibly entertaining. Every episode kept me curious, and the whole vibe of the show is just addictive in the best way. It’s one of those hidden gems you don’t expect to fall for, but then it grabs you and doesn’t let go. I’m really happy I stumbled across it. It turned out to be something I genuinely love.
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Full disclosure, I am a Christian. I find the characterization of God, the religion, angels, demons, and Solomon offensive. Demons aren't sympathetic entities and angels aren't sadistic free acting monsters. If you were unsure of the writer's terminally online cringy internet atheist and/or satanist status, all doubt is cleared with the sexual tones inserted between all the characters, regardless of sex. It's your classic “free love” is a virtue and line blurring perversity. The content cobbled from pseudoepigraphical and other extrabiblical works and tales, while entertaining, are made up out of whole cloth and is grating to the religious.
With that out of the way, the show isn't bad. I wouldn't call it good, either. It's watchable. What I mean by that is it isn't emotionally draining to…
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Do you like shows with a fun story? How about shows with good art? Shows with a memorable soundtrack? Shows that do anything at all whatsoever to hold your attention?
Yes to any of these? Turn away now. This is the most milquetoast, poorly put together show I've watched in a while. I'd like to mention that apparently many important scenes/plot points from the manga have been taken out, so you're already getting a chopped up experience.
But if you aren't already warned away, let me go a little more in depth.
The two big offenders about this show? Visuals and characters. Seriously, the visuals are bad. Like, BAD bad. Characters are off-model more than on-model, close-ups frequently show characters with enormous noses or their eyes misplaced, the color palettes used make everything look wa…
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This anime is so gay without being gay. The cast is mostly men and they all love touching each other's faces and getting their faces really close together. Teenage me, who was a sucker for anything with a hint of BL, would have been thrilled. There is even an angel that the foot fetish people could support. Now that's representation.
The basic premise is that this entitled rich boy who is good at academics is the person responsible for choosing the interim ruler of hell and a bunch of demons are trying to get him to choose them. Also angels are doing things? I honestly didn't understand a lot of the world mechanics. Protagonist, who is recently poor, is focusing paying his tuition and being a #girlboss. He doesn't care about the world mechanics, so why should I? He doesn't care because he…
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overall, the anime was verry good the characters development where somwhat interesting and the show got me relly hooked but the last episode fealt rushed, lot of scene where re-use. A lot of informations where skip and not explain much, not in the sence of a cliffhanger for a season 2 ( lets be honest, after 11 years, there probably wont be one) but relly more in the sence of " go read the manga if you care about that" wich relly is a disapointing for a last episode.
beside the ending, the anime itself dident feal rushed, the story progressed at a satifying speed, some episode somewhat fealt as fillers but still progress the story, there are somme innacuricy there and there that break the immersion sich as implementing a 20 century japanese concept into a 19 century british school in epis…
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I'll cut to the chase right away:
Nothing much happens for the first 10 episodes, except for introductions of characters, some fights because the demons protect the main character in a way.
There are is repetitiveness to it because of "choose me and then I will do this for you". There are some comedic elements ingrained.
It's a curious plot; a hard-shelled realist protagonist is the Elector of the Ruler of Hell. His ancestor, Solomon, happened to get 72 demons to subjugate to him but our levelheaded William Twining won't believe in anything but science and only science.
Although supernatural events happen around him (and he sees that), he is stubborn enough not to believe that those were real.
Furthermore, the anime will make you ask yourself some major questions about the plot but hardl…
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Once again I'm left with a bunch of thoughts and unsolved mysteries.
I have stumbled upon Makai Ouji twice before deciding to watch it.
What can I say, third time is the charm.
This is one of the first anime I've watched where magic plays a big role.
I've never been much into that sort of stuff but Makai, that's a different tale.
I always go for the Shounen-Ai and things alike. Makai Ouji Was no disappointment.
The story was a bit repetitive despite there being only 12 episodes.
But personally, I don't mind that it's repetitive as long as I get to uncover more and more mysteries and answers along the way.
The last episode felt too hasty and in fact, there were even more mysteries popping up in the end and I won't be able to solve.
Nonetheless, I got attached to this anime quickl…
Read at the sourceCoyhardt89
This review has no spoilers.
First off, I would like to say that despite the fact that I never read the manga, I would suggest everyone read it rather than watch this anime. The adaptation is horrible, and through forum posts, I have learned that some major story segments have been cut out.
The story is bland. Simply bland. Its plot is somewhat stagnant, with very few things to keep the watcher hooked in. Each episode has its own rising action, climax, falling action, and epilogue as if each individual episode was a season of the anime... though only 23 minutes long. It might be good to watch this as a chill, non-committed anime or as an unstressful anime to watch when you are sick.
The art is pretty dreadful. Yeah, Sytry and Isaac are adorable, William and Dantallion are hot, but not…
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This show is pretty average.
The protagonist is entertaining and can be funny at times, however the rest of the cast is pretty generic. The cast is very pretty-boy centric, and the show in general is obviously aimed at female viewers. However there are a handful of not-terrible female characters also, which is nice.
The setting is a bit unusual for a Japanese cartoon, being set in a (I'm guessing) 19th century English boarding school. It actually seems as though a bit of research was put into the setting too, which is nice. I think that they also tried to give the supernatural things a bit of a history, although they lost me on that one.
One of the things that annoyed me a little was the gag episode that was towards the end of the season. I don't have anything against light hearted epis…
Read at the sourceUmaru_chi
I thought it was generic anime because it wasn't outstanding or anything like that. I thought it was a bit unique, I did enjoy the art, and the characters themselves but the plot was a bit lacking. Possible if it was longer then just maybe I might have given it higher rating since the story was cut off for me T-T
I would recommend it to those who like seeing bishounen or good-looking guys. I think it's for someone looking for a light-hearted series that isn't basically looking intensely into the story. I might just try the manga to see if there is any difference :D
Read at the sourceKaguyachinchin
Spoiler-free
Rating: 8
Story: 8
Art: 9
Sound:7
Character: 6
Enjoyment: 10
I typically don't write reviews, but for an average plot-line and somewhat abrupt ending this anime is somewhat intriguing. Never having read the manga, nor being a religious expert, the idea was pretty interesting, yet unoriginal. I have to say though overall the art is stellar; you can tell it deteriorated at points, but generally it was fine. It's plot line might be sub-par, but it was still enticing. Every episode had me on the edge of my seat for the next one, and every episode had a good mix of comedy and serious content (Thought the filler episodes were a bit much.) I feel like some of the slow filler time could have been spent on the ending, but I guess without the filler the audience would have gotten les…
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This series is a very interesting one didn't know how I felt getting into it but it turned out to be pretty good. This series follows William Twining a descendant of King Solomon and has the ability to choose the next demon king while Lucifer is in deep slumber. King Solomon was chosen by God to be able to rule over demons and even angels. King Solomon choose to be with demons turning his back on god and the angels. King Solomon thought the way to feel something is by committing sin this is why he made contracts with demons of hell and created his great pillars. King Solomon was killed due to his lust for sinning and his lust for the demons. Thousands of years later William Twining is pronounced the descendant of King Solomon and must choose who will become the demon king. I really thought…
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The story of Makai Ouji was nice, it's not that perfect but not too bad either. I was intrigued the whole time on what will happen next and that. Some scenes were rushed and I felt like they were just goofing off from the main plot line.
Last episode gave me the chills but that ending was a bit meh. Too many questions left unanswered, the anime has a lot of potential but it just feels rushed. The story progression was slow from the previous episodes, they just rushed everything for the last episode.
I haven't read the manga yet and just watched the anime, But what I could say was the episodes were enjoyable and they made me laugh and smile. I really liked the characters but there were some scenes that just made me cringe but it's manageable.
Overall, I'd recommend this anime for those…
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i watched this anime because it was at the point in my anime watching where I really enjoyed the supernatural genre; for some reason I was suggested this.
I don't want to negatively comment on it but the pretence was very misinforming. I thought this was going to be action packed demon brawls (although it does have it's moments), however what I got was a lot of over tones of the shounen ai which I did not sign up for when I started watching it.
some characters do have their good points with a lot of them looking very effeminate and not like men at all. I felt like the characters were a bit one dimensional as well as they only seemed to repeat the same thing every episode.
the story progressed at a weird pace with stupid episodes most of the way through and a final rushed conclusion.…
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The Devil and Realist was an interesting watch for me, I am a more fast paced type of anime gal who enjoys watching sexy MALE strong Cast. Did I see YAOI based anything in this anime? No, because a person who would know the difference between a good relationship between a male and another would know that it is NOT.
I enjoyed it a lot but it was very slow for me and like many other viewers found that this anime was INDEED rushed. The ending is left open. This was something that I would wait if there was a SECOND season but I wouldn't be disappointed if there wasn't.
Good watch.
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I really wanted to like this anime. Unfortunately after sitting through 12 episodes all I could think about was how it was a complete waste of my time. I haven't read the manga myself so what ever that I say in this review I say it for the anime only.
Basically the entire show was a flatline, nothing special and nothing particularly interesting. At the beginning it shows some promise by leaving a few mysteries here and there which is why I actually stuck with it for 12 episodes, only to find a wall at the end of the tunnel. The story revolves around main character William Twinning who comes from a wealthy family and possesses extraordinary intelligence. He is also supposedly a hardcore realist, so hardcore that he still claims to not believe in anything other than science even after just…
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Let's cut the chase, and go to what really matters:
Story: one of the most curious plot I've seen in my anime watching life. A rock headed realist with the power to select the new ruler of Hell. A meatheaded demon and his companions/rivals wanting to be selected as the new ruler of Hell. A Victorian England set. Angels in the middle of it. Wait...what? That was my first good impression, the setting was good, the time was good (personal opinion, I love the Ol' England times) and, well, I didn't got disappointed. The plot was amazing, even though sometimes it was quite slow-paced (again, personal opinion, I could live without some "filler-esque" episodes). The episodes were hilarious, or dramatic, but even so they didn't fled the main theme of it, the Hellking must be chosen, and a certain…
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First of all, I assume this anime is not for everyone. Many of male audience may find it disturbing because of some shounen-ai-ish elements. But hey, it's a goodie for girls, especially those who're into BL.
From my perspective, it is a really great anime; a somewhat complicated plot, handsome anime guys and shounen-ai-ish supplement which a fujoshi like me will highly appreciate.
The characters there are fairly interesting in each of their ways. The sounds are perfect to me and the opening/ending theme are of my taste.
BUT, at some points of the anime, I find the NOSES of the character drawings very disturbing. It is obvious in episode 1 and the opening song. But as the anime goes on, the art gets real better! Horray!
I've just finished the last episode of Makai Ouji today and the e…
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Makai Ouji is definitely something you would probably on first impression be like: This is so unoriginal, the story is boring, why would anyone make this.
But once you actually finish the first episode, you become enticed and deeply connected with the whole story and it's characters, honestly worth your time.
Story: The story is great. It's action packed with jocular/jovial relief. The story centers around a young high-school teenage boy named William Twinning, and the setting is around the same as Black Butler, I would say. William turns out to be the descendant of the great demon tamer Solomon, and William is now forced to balance out his regular life, of realism, while demons begin to meddle in his life and bring out this "nonsense of heaven and hell" as William is supposed to choose o…
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