English Dub Review: Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun “Can We Make 100 Friends? / The Students I’m Proud Of”
Overview
“Can We Make 100 Friends?”
The owner of the amazing castle in the middle of the jungle was none other than Picero! Picero and Goemon fought in the Harvest Festival and had this castle to return to. A busybody and a demon who marches to the beat of his own drum… This unlikely pair apparently have known each other for a while…
“The Students I’m Proud Of”
Meanwhile, in the tutors’ tent, there was a party going on. The tutors were all watching their students’ performances during the Harvest Festival… and somewhere down the line, a rivalry was building up between the tutors.
Our Take
Dosa and her group of girls sure got tricked by Agares’s Ikemen beauty with him and Garp using the castle for their stay, though there’s more to them than meets the eye. The busybody managing the sleepyhead with the former’s ambition like Komi to make “100 friends”, he’s a persistent one to keep dragging Agares along in whatever he is doing. But this time, it’s the Harvest Festival, and saving people is his forte, and Agares didn’t really have a choice but to let them in the castle leading to a comical yet meaningful outcome.
At the same time this is going on, All the teachers/mentors have their time feasting, including Grandpa Sullivan and Bachiko, whom Gramps found her while watching Iruma’s progress. The various Misfit Class did great to decent based on their pairings…except Iruma and Lead that are stuck talking about romance and had their points stolen from Clara and Elizabetta. While Bachiko settled things with liquor, almost everyone rested after the 1st night, other characters are revealed to not be sleeping at this hour…
Overall, we’re seeing more focus on other characters outside of Iruma, and on a progressive level, we’re getting to know them a lot more in the process. In particular, Garp and Agares’s friendship was nice to see and it seems like everyone in their big house agrees. Though part of me felt bad for Agares because his friend wants 100 friends without regard for his feelings and privacy, nor does he comprehend boundaries. As for the Teacher subplot, The teacher rivalries are also heating up, and Bachiko will not take any Iruma slander which helps break her awkwardness, but everything feels like filler. even the second half was decent, but I feel like the entire episode could be summed up in 2 seconds, but hopefully, the next episode should be interesting.
