Anime Review: Maoyuu Maou Yuusha
Maouyuu Maou Yuusha or commonly called as Maoyuu is one of the great anime that i find these days. A Japanese Light Novel by Mamare Touno and has several manga adaptation. The anime adaptation was released last January 5, 2013 and so far has 10 Episodes including a special Episode. The series follows the exploits of a human hero and the queen of demons who joins forces to bring peace and prosperity to a war-torn world.
I've started compiling the lessons of the anime per episode and thought that I could give out a review since I am re-watching the first few episodes of the anime. If you want to learn what Lessons I picked out, you could go to these site or visit my other blog: Lessons of a Demon King and a Hero or to Thought for Today to read more articles.
Spoiler Alert!
The Story:
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| "We Need Education" |
My first impression of the anime is that, this is going to be one of the anime that shows only love and a little bit of comedic humor, a little time waster for me since I don't watch too many romance themed anime (But I still watch some). But as I watch through the series, I suddenly realized something, Maoyuu shows a reality of humans in a sense that it had added some spice and some twist over what we think is normal. I mean, who wouldn't thought that one who will initiate the action to bring peace in a way that there will be a bloodshed will be a demon king? And to the top of that, the Demon King is the one that brings knowledge to the world of humans about a new livelihood.
What I loved about the anime is that, it emphasizes the necessity of education as a means to survive and to stop wars and disputes. On top of that, it also gives out lessons on life that we for sure can relate in one way or another.
The Characters:
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| One incapable of determining their own fate is an insect. |
Though this anime whose characters' name doesn't matter is kinda new to me, I find it fit for the anime just using titles of their own like "Hero" "Demon King" "Head Maid" "Female Knight", etc. It feels like we are just narrating a story without proper names.
There are also some characters that doesn't go far on a traditional anime like a character with a lot of useless flesh, a cold character and a sort of "tsundere" type character. I find it entertaining that way. What I really admire is their own struggle to live and to bring a contribution towards the peace they are aiming. For a little fast paced development of the characters, I think that the viewers won't miss out any development from the characters' itself since it was being explained through the course of the air time.
Fan service? I never thought that there would be some but since I saw the Female protagonist with a little of a more useless meat, I was a little disappointed but amused at the same time for a reason unknown. Maybe I just got used looking at a bunch of unused meat that I find it rather normal and old thing. Well it's good thing that there are characters that can give of something funny in a serious themed story. :D
The Music:
As for the OST, I tried searching for it but I guess not much is released of it yet. So we will have to wait for it to be available for review. :D
Overall:
Since I find the anime really entertaining, and I, at a little, could relate with the ideals present, I could recommend this anime to everyone. In rating, I think I could give out eight of 10. Why eight? There seems to lack on the anime on which I don't really know, in some point during the watch, I find it boring, but still the entertainment value is present especially since that the anime is nearing its climax and all we have to do is to wait what will transpire.
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