I guess it’s the magic of Hataraku Maou-sama that it can be seemingly immersed in clichés, but somehow transcend them. After seven weeks, I’m convinced of at least one thing – Hataraku Maou-sama has the best collective voice work of the season.  It starts of course with Ohsaka Ryouta as […] Read more

I can’t blame Chiho’s school friend, really – it’s not like Maou and Ashiya aren’t playing the part to the hilt. Call this a breather ep or whatever you will, but this was definitely the most low-key episode of Hataraku Maou-sama for a while, and probably overall.  That seemed inevitable […] Read more

This series is just as solid as a damn rock. Hataraku Maou-sama is the sort of series I can take for granted if I’m not too careful.  It’t not as stylishly beautiful and perversely fascinating as Dansi Bunri no Crime Edge, nor as elegiac and magnificent as Suisei no Gargantia.  […] Read more

Things are changing quite a bit with Hataraku Maou-sama. I don’t think it’s a surprise, but we’re at the point now where we’re going to find out if this series can be as effective a drama as it was a straight-up comedy.  Mind you, there’s still some humor there, but […] Read more

I sense there’s a love triangle forming here, but I’m, not quite sure who the third member is. I didn’t love this episode of Hataraku Maou-sama quite as much as the first two, for the simple reason that it didn’t make me laugh quite so much.  But it was still […] Read more

No letdown in sight here. There’s a word in Japanese, “Jouzu” (上手) which, like so many words, doesn’t translate perfectly into English.  It means some combination of “skilled”, “competent”, “expert” and the like – and it’s the word that springs to mind when I consider Hataraku Maou-sama.  This is a […] Read more