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The Devil Is a Part-Timer, Vol. 1 (manga)
by Satoshi Wagahara, Akio Hiiragi
I'm not particularly in to Manga or Anime, so I was unaware of this series and only read it because its on the Excelsior Award short list! I enjoyed it though, much more than I expected to.
It's light and fun and really cliched. I don't really understand how/why the Devil King, his General and The Hero go send to our world.. but I guess that doesn't matter, or will be explored in further issues. Sadao Maou is alright as a character, although I am just as confused as Emilia as to why the Devil King acts so nice all the time?! He's overly nice.. nobody is that nice! He's meant to be Evil.
Emilia is kind of cool in that she's the Hero, and very dedicated to her cause. However she shouts A LOT which is annoying and yet again there is the issue with a lot of scenes of her being naked in the shower (for literally no reason, no reason why we need a full frontal, full body shot of her naked...!) Sure she's smooth all over and nipple-less like doll, but its still pretty suggestive and unnecessary! I think this occurs 4 times in this short book... worth noting that none of the others characters are depicted in this way. I'm not a prude its just that only the female characters get shown naked (and seriously there is no reason for it!), it's sexist. It's also a bit of an issue when this book is for a school library... sniggering teenage boys etc a lot of attention is also drawn the size of the only other female character of note's chest size.
Why do you do this to me Manga? I want to like you...
That said it's light and fluffy and passed the time.
It's light and fun and really cliched. I don't really understand how/why the Devil King, his General and The Hero go send to our world.. but I guess that doesn't matter, or will be explored in further issues. Sadao Maou is alright as a character, although I am just as confused as Emilia as to why the Devil King acts so nice all the time?! He's overly nice.. nobody is that nice! He's meant to be Evil.
Emilia is kind of cool in that she's the Hero, and very dedicated to her cause. However she shouts A LOT which is annoying and yet again there is the issue with a lot of scenes of her being naked in the shower (for literally no reason, no reason why we need a full frontal, full body shot of her naked...!) Sure she's smooth all over and nipple-less like doll, but its still pretty suggestive and unnecessary! I think this occurs 4 times in this short book... worth noting that none of the others characters are depicted in this way. I'm not a prude its just that only the female characters get shown naked (and seriously there is no reason for it!), it's sexist. It's also a bit of an issue when this book is for a school library... sniggering teenage boys etc a lot of attention is also drawn the size of the only other female character of note's chest size.
Why do you do this to me Manga? I want to like you...
That said it's light and fluffy and passed the time.