Hataraku Maou-sama!! (2025)

Panda_Roll

Not Recommended

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

Season 2 of a show that aired in 2013... oh boy...

There are a lot and I do mean A LOT of issues with this one. First of which is that it's being made by a different company. Studio 3Hz which seem to specialize in chibi girls with overly large and vacant eyes!

- Headache 1, animation and art style.

While the difference in the character's style is a bit of a shock you will get over it as the series progresses. The animation however is the main issue. Overly exaggerated responses all the time, very odd angles that make them seem almost alien, poorly choregraphed fight ...

worlddestroyer

Mixed Feelings

Informative

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

For those who have started watching this and those who are planning to watch this, it is important that you know that the studio who made this season is different from White Fox which had made the first season. Which lead to the changes in the character designs.

Studio 3Hz is the studio which has made this season, it is a studio which has done only a hand full of animations most of which are average. Which is why i believe that they are not experienced enough to make this project.

In the MAL profile for this anime we can see that there are several ...

Mcsuper

Not Recommended

It’s been a season of long-awaited sequels, with Classroom of the Elite Season 2, and Overlord Season 4 coming back after 5 years and 4 years respectively, and for this show, IT HAS BEEN 9 WHOLE YEARS since Season 1. It’s great that highly respected titles in the anime community are making a comeback after years of waiting, and that might inspire future sequels to come, for shows like No Game No Life, or Land of the Lustrous for example.

The Devil is a Part-Timer was a top-tier isekai I watched perhaps a year ago for the first time. It had a solid premise, good comedy, ...

GG-WP

Not Recommended

*SAD NOISES INTENSIFIES.* (REPOST.)

The fans have been waiting for 9 and a half years for a sequel... in exchange for this? NOT WORTH! You done messed up, Studio 3Hz. Everything about the show screams poorly constructed, from overblown reactions to bizarre camera angles to malformed appearances to cheap animation. It felt like the show was made in the early 2010s. You know you've fucked up when the sequel to KanoKari outperforms you. It makes me wonder if S2 should have existed at all.

Let's start with the obvious downgrade in art style and animation. While the differences in the art styles of the characters are ...

Chief_AJ

Mixed Feelings

R_2_R

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

vislife

Not Recommended

Funny

What in the frickety frack happened. What in the scribbledydoodyloo happened? Please, if you enjoyed season 1 of this show, stay far, far away from this monstrosity. This review will contain a few spoilers but honestly, I doubt it matters because nothing makes sense anyway.

Where to even start? Probably the art style and animation. Considering it's been nine years since The Devil Is A Part Timer's original release, me and probably many others were hyped to see an updated art style, along with smoother animations. Instead we got, well... Whatever this was? The art style looks more simple that it used to, and the character ...

ThatAnimeSnobRE

Not Recommended

Well-written

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Startled-Normie

Not Recommended

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

Haiku review:

It has the same name
But all-wrong ingredients
Its flavor now gone

Prose review after five episodes (but it would take a Biblical miracle to pull this one out):

There was once a company called Bell and Howell. It was famous and had a sterling reputation. It made some of the best professional movie cameras ever. Before it was just Canon, in the U.S. it was Bell and Howell Canon. The company went out of business and now we see the name of Bell + Howell stuck on any piece of flimsy crap the just-this-side-of-swindlers want to sell.

There was once an anime called “The Devil Is a Part-Timer.” ...

PsFreedom

Not Recommended

TLDR; The story is fine, but the quality is really... really bad

While Hataraku Maou-sama is essentially a comedy anime, SS1 has real-good quality and solid fighting animation sequences. The show has a good balance of comedy and action blend, which is why people love it so much. After almost 10 years, it returned... just to disappoint everyone.

To be fair, I don't mind the new artistic style and understand the studio change. The new art has its charm also, if they do it right, some scenes are pretty good. However, oh boi, they ruined the anime. The overall art is sloppy and lacks detail, I can ...

i-like-this

Recommended

Funny

The Devil is Running at 30fps.

Another finger on that cursed monkey paw curls after finally granting the anime community decade old wish for a second season of “The Devil is a Part-Timer”. We got it, but at what cost?

Well, the animation was the cost. It’s unavoidable to not notice the slightly stinky artwork and choppy animation by Studio 3Hz. From poorly animated fights to faces falling off models, the difference in quality compared to White Fox’s first season is almost deal-breaking.

Luckily though what it lacks in depth of artistry it manages to make up with charming characters. The voice actors still have it when ...

KariforuniaJin

Not Recommended

Preliminary (8/12 eps)

I wouldn't consider dropping a show once it becomes a chore to watch. But I WILL drop it if it CONTINUES to feel like a chore to watch.

To be fair, I am tackling 5+ shows at the moment, and with every new episode release that I have to catch up with, I have to make decisions. Unfortunately, Hataraku Maou-sama S02 did not make that list.

I pretty binge watched Season 01 due to the Reddit hype revolving around Season 02. I found the show just okay.
But man, did Season 02 not hook me at all.

And I'm not sure who is coordinating the QC of ...

slimysteak

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

Season 2 of The Devil is a Part Timer has been getting some pretty serious criticism from fans, and I think a lot of it is pretty deserved.

This season just lacks a lot of the charm the first one had, and that goes for almost every aspect of the show. The art style isn't bad, it just doesn't feel the same. The writing isn't bad, it just doesn't feel the same. The storylines aren't bad, they just don't feel the same. Etc.

The first season was carried by the absurdity of the the situation that the characters found themselves in. However, the honeymoon phase of that ...

BowlerConspiracy

Not Recommended

"Sorry, honey. Mama lost her courage for a minute."

-- the following is a discussion on how poor animation and misunderstanding can ruin something previously fun. very brief run through of events to illustrate bad pacing. reader discretion is advised. --

I've been late to the party for most recent anime events. I started my days with Sword Art Online around its release, but that's the only hype train I was apart of back then. In the years following, I frequently saw The Devil is a Part Timer shine brightly on Netflix pages and never gave it the time of day. I tried a few other shows ...

KillTheFuture42

Not Recommended

This season was a huge disappointment. Hataraku season one was not a masterpiece by any means, but it was good at what it was trying to be. A nice mix of reverse Isekai, Slice of Life and a Mystery, all strung together by a charming cast, grounded humor and a wink of the creator.
Like this they were able to mask the problems and focus on the strong aspects of the show.

The problem with this season on the other hand is simple. Nearly every positive aspect of before is gone and replaced with a new negative one. Sadly this way, there is little left to ...

AquaTheGoddess

Not Recommended

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

Some people have been waiting almost a decade for a sequel to The Devil Is A Part Timer and a lot of us feel the need to ask, how did it come to this? I normally wait until I am done watching all the episodes in a season before giving a review but I'm not confident the remaining episodes will change my mind much if at all so lets get into it.

Everything about this season is a major downgrade compared to the first season in 2013. The animation is a downgrade with a mediocre at best moe artstyle, the plot has downgraded from glorious comedy ...

lelouch777s

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

aurora_aeterna

Mixed Feelings

tl;dr the sequel curse hit strong. lacks the charm and easy humor of the first season

Maybe it's just nostalgia but I swear I remember the first season being much funnier or at the very least much more noteworthy. And I mean from a content perspective it makes sense since by this point Maou & co are more adjusted to Japanese society, but it still means you don't get the same great reverse isekai laughs.

But honestly that's pretty minor compared to the extreme pacing issues. If it weren't for that I'd honestly have given it a 6 or higher. With a nicely sized group of ...

KaibaTheRevenge

Not Recommended

Ironic that its rating is currently 6.66 at the time of this review😂

Dropped because of the drop of quality in animation, which somewhat reminded me of Nanatsu no Taizai's fail a few years ago. Especially Emi's very awkward grimaces when she's mad at Maou. Kind of the same issue with Ashiya, but that may be because he is overworked.

Story/Plot may be decent enough to overlook the issues with the animation. However not as dynamic as season 1.

Overall lower quality than season 1 in most aspects, but may still be enjoyable if you are a hardcore fan of season 1.

TheEtherea

Mixed Feelings