Hmm, I think it was decent. I think it was a nice decent filler show that you watch between bigger shows. Or just a little bite sized nibble to wean you back into anime if you’ve been gone for a while. I enjoyed it, but I couldn’t help but feel as though I’d enjoy it more if I watched the 1990s version before it. You don’t HAVE to watch its predecessor, but the original had 42 episodes whereas this series only has 12. I can’t help but feel as though there’s a lot of useful backstory, specifically with the previousAkuma-kun. Imagine watching Boruto without watching Naruto, you know? Sure, they can include vague and cryptic allusions to the past, but you’d have to see and feel, you’d have to BE there, in order to get why certain things are so important and meaningful.

What I liked the most about this series is that it focuses on parents, specifically fathers. Good fathers, bad fathers, fathers just doing their best. I think we’ve become way too accustomed to absent parents or single mother homes that we don’t get to see how different variations of fatherhood also affect children. I really loved watching the duo solve mysteries and using those mysteries to implement them into their own lives. What does it mean to be a friend? Can you love your child too much? How can humans love and hate one another at the same time? So many complex human emotions being examined by demons while warding off evil.

Perhaps I’ll watch the original version or search high and low for the manga. In the meantime, give this anime a try. You might like it!