English Dub Review: Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun “The Secret Behind the Ring”

OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)

Iruma continues his life at school, but finds that a strange demon from his magic ring that had previously shown up before is now able to talk to him. He gives it a solid form and a name, Alicred, as they both try out what kind of power the ring possesses. One such power ends up putting Iruma in an idol outfit he had used to crossdress a few episodes ago, leaving a misunderstanding with Ameri. They come to the conclusion that, as Iruma has gone up in power ranking, he has been able to control and give free will to Alicred more.

OUR TAKE

Welcome to Demon School Iruma Kun is a horror comedy anime centering around pushover people pleaser Iruma Suzuki has his soul sold to an ancient demon by his parents in exchange for becoming that demon’s grandson to dote over. He then starts taking classes at a prestigious demon school, trying to fly under the radar so that he doesn’t get eaten by human craving monsters, but because he’s an anime protagonist, he ends up being both super famous within the school very quickly AND catches the eye of several women in the school, all while further tapping into demon power his new grandfather gives him and surprising everyone with his straightforward decency, as well as introducing them to foreign concepts like friendship. Over the course of the first twenty three episode season, Iruma made many new friends, stopped horrible incidents from breaking out, and got to know most of his classmates, but the post credit scene ended with it seeming that he would be losing his pleasant demeanor and becoming more demonic in the future. It would be pretty interesting to see him gain some sort of Yami Yugi persona as his power and influence grows, so I guess we’ll see when that gets brought up again.

That may have just been a tease of things to come, because that scene is nowhere in this first episode of the second season. Instead the main focus is formally introducing Alicred and how his evolution is reflective of Iruma’s progress in the story thus far. It’s not quite a season opener as much as it’s just the story picking up where it left off. We also don’t get much check in with other characters, but with twenty more episodes left, there will be plenty of time. Though the most notable thing I can point out is that the new opening and ending themes are a definite downgrade from the first season’s, whose opening was a legitimate head banger, while the ending was…well, an ear worm, but not much else, though I can’t say the same of this new one. Maybe they’ll both grow on me like the new Dr Stone themes did. Having gone through the first season pretty quickly, I’ve noticed that the story is often pretty low stakes and focusing on personal issues, with a smattering of a greater plot of demons wanting to uproot the current society, but it’s too few and far between to feel like it matters all that much right now.