English Dub Review: Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun “Dream Date”

OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)

Iruma and Ameri go on a date that Aremi has planned out meticulously, though naturally nothing goes to plan.

OUR TAKE

After an unexpected and apparently unexplained break last week, we return to the Iruma show for the final two episodes of the second season. While last time focused on Iruma’s strengthened bond with his two closest friends, this further develops his relationship with Ameri, who is now fully on the attack in terms of getting him to like her the same way she does him. One of the advantages of this story being a bit more light hearted and comedic than the typical shonen story is that it can afford to spend some time on the romantic relationship building, which are often left by the wayside and not really acknowledge in any significant way until maybe the last chapter, when we find out who everyone ended up with no matter how little sense it makes. So, in this case, we get to see the Iruma and Ameri ship go for a bit of a sail, even if it seems like Iruma is not exactly on the same page at the moment. Sure, he likes Ameri quite a bit. They have a special connection with him translating romance manga, they both admire each others’ ambition and drive, and they just gel pretty dang well overall. They’d make a pretty good match.

Though the point of this episode is not dissect or understand why they would be a great couple. It’s mainly just to have cute romantic water park shenanigans while showing Ameri being cute with her insecurities and then having her well laid plans mostly blow up because good dates are not just about making strict plans to fabricate special moments, it’s about those moments coming naturally and organically so that you can tell that things are working. And as we see, even as some plans don’t really work out exactly as she wanted them to, the day still manages to be a lot of fun for the both of them, so everyone who likes the two of them together gets to have a good time watching the adorable shenanigans. Apologies to the Iruma and Clara shippers out there, I think she might be too much of a comedy character to really have a fair shot. Anyway, that just leaves one more episode in the season, which will be mainly about setting up bigger things to come for the next season. There seems to be a couple chapters they skipped that would have been neat to see animated, but I can see why they were cut since they don’t really have Iruma in them. See ya for the finale!