Review of Demon King Daimao

Daimaou is a trainwreck, but a fun one. For the first part of the show, you get a slice of life that is sort of a cross between Devil is a Part Timer and Baka-Test. Our protagonist just wants to be a nice guy, but who has been titled "demon king" by this show's equivalent of the Hogwarts sorting hat. So he gets involved in all sorts of goofy situations against his will. In this first part you are treated to some goofy action, light comedy and fan-service. But this is some pretty serious fan-service, you will even get to seesome nipples, what a treat! Throughout this arc, it's evident that is light-hearted, and has a parody vibe when it portrays "serious" situations, battles, or sob-backstories. Easy, cheap, and relatively effective entertainment, though nothing incredible.

Then we get to the second part of the show, the final 3-4 episodes. All comedy and fan-service flies out the window and we are treated to this enormous "final battle" involving every character. This is where everything gets hilariously terrible, in a good way. The writing quality here can easily compete with your average hentai. You have no idea who's fighting who or for what reasons; people are changing sides constantly; characters that you don't even know about are making their "big comebacks". It can't even stay consistent over 3 lines of dialog. Think Guilty Crown cranked up to 11 in terms of terrible. I was just wondering in a sort of awe as absolutely nothing made sense, how it continuously raises the stupidity to a new level. This is definitely entertaining, but please god, don't take it seriously.

The absolutely dreadful animation and soundtrack just make it that much harder to take anything seriously. It's a bit of a shame, because during this final section, you can see small seeds of good ideas here and there. You get a faint doubt that this show could have been actually decent with more budget and 24 episodes to flesh out those plot points. After all, the characters are decent, although one-dimensional. Lots of them manage to stay likeable. But alas, things are what they are and Daimaou will have to remain as a "parody".

I would definitely recommend seeing it if you enjoy watching things ironically (and enjoy tits), just don't expect any Victor Hugo here.