The Devil is a Part-Timer Season 2: Episode 2 Review
The following contains spoilers for Episode 1 of The Devil is a Part-Timer Season 2, «The Devil and the Hero Inconceivably Become Parents» now streaming on Crunchyroll.
The Devil is a Part Timer! season two continued with the drama caused by Alas Ramus. This time focusing a bit more on how a baby affected the daily lives of those around her. Viewers were able to see both Emi and Mao trying to decide just how much of a parental role they were willing to shoulder, and how their peers judged them for it. True to the nature of the show, there was stalking, learning about society, animosity between the demons and humans, but unusually no real hint of magic. Also lacking in this episode was the trademark humor that pervaded season one.
The Devil is a Part Timer! follows the escapades of Satan himself as he adjusts to a mundane life in the all too human Japan. He fled there after failing to conquer his homeworld of Ente Isla, and was pursued by the hero who defeated him, Emi. Along the way he has gathered a fair portion of his generals and converted more than one of his enemies to a tentative truce and perhaps even trust. Season two kicked off with the introduction of Alas Ramus, a being whose allegiance is currently unknown.
The Devil is a Part-Timer Season 2: Episode 1 Review
The biggest issue with this episode was the lack of anything that really drove the plot forward. Viewers were able to see a glimpse of how the Devil's Castle is adjusting to life with a toddler, since this was the main focus of the episode, but those conflicts weren’t really played out on screen. The closest was a brief montage of frozen images depiction snippets of their time together. In general, the adjustment was simply depicted in the wan look on
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