Welcome, readers! The first half of The Devil is a Part-Timer Season 2 aired in Summer 2022. At the time, I didn’t know it was only the first half, so I went ahead and wrote a review for part 1. Now, it’s finally time for the review of the second half of season 2. (It aired in Summer 2023, just a few months ago.) Despite the considerable success of the first season ten years ago, the second season was not popular. I wouldn’t call it a fringe anime by any means, but it doesn’t feel exactly like mainstream anymore.

Anyway, regardless of its mediocre reception, I hope you will humor me for a review of this anime. It’s always been one that I enjoy. For this article, we will look at five different aspects of the anime and judge each as its own category. At the end, I’ll calculate the final or overall score. Please be aware that there may be spoilers in this review.

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Visuals: 8

Some reviewers on MAL wrote that there was a drop in visual quality between the first season and the second. If there was, then I certainly don’t see it. Season 2 looks great! That being said, in my review of season 2 part 1, I might have given the visuals a bit too much credit. I now think 8/10 is more reasonable than the 9/10 I awarded last time. Preamble aside, the point is that the art and animation are excellent.

The particular art-style in The Devil is a Part-Timer has always been captivating to me. The bright colors are delightful, and I love the simple yet memorable character designs. Something about the way the eyes are animated always impresses me. I just love the way they look. In addition, the face expressions are always interesting and/or funny. The lighting and shadows are usually good, and the action scenes, though few, are terrific. These visuals definitely deserve a high score.

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Story: 8

The story in Season 2 part 2 picked up with Emi and Suzuno teaching Chiho how to use celestial energy to call for help in the future. Alas Ramus is still living with Emi and frequently spending time with Mao and his roommates. The group is in for a lot of action this season, mostly fending off demon attacks. The plot culminates with an emergency trip to the fantastical world of Ente Isla to save Emi.

Though I loved seeing more action this time around, the best part of the plot for me has always been watching Mao and Emi learn to live in the human world. Season 2 part 1 did a good job with that, while part 2 focused more on relations with the other world. There were still some really great moments, though – including when Mao appointed Suzuno, Emi, and Chiho as his three new generals.

The themes of forgiveness, acceptance, and change are actually fairly poignant in this anime, at least once you’ve become attached to the characters. I also loved the conclusion because it was ultimately the “Angels” who were hurting everyone more than Mao’s demons. The subversion of the trope was nice. On top of good themes and an entertaining plot line, the fantasy and mythology aspects are also really neat. I’m feeling generous today, so the story category gets an 8/10.

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Audio: 7

The audio was pretty good, but not great. It took a while for me to like the opening, “Hikari no Nai Machi” by nano.RIPE. (Random: the title translates to “City without Light.”) But over time, I started appreciating the song, and now it’s stuck in my head. I do like female-led rock music, even if the vocalist in this band has a very unusual sound. The ending song was “Bloomin'” by Liyuu. It’s fine but not really my style. Also, I noticed some great OSTs in this half of the season.

As for voice-acting, it was excellent as always. I could ramble about Japanese seiyuu almost endlessly, but I’m trying to be pithy in this review. So, I’ll just mention the two main stars: Yoko Hikasa as Emilia the Hero and Ryouta Ohsaka as Mao/Satan. Both are talented, though of the two, Ms. Hikasa takes the cake. I have mixed feelings about the acting of Nao Touyama, who plays Chiho. Otherwise, I liked all the voices.

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Characters: 7

In my opinion, most of the characters in this anime are memorable, cute, and funny. Since the cast is relatively small, time could be spent working on each of the characters. That being said, the character development in Season 2 part 2 mostly focused on Emi. She changed a lot over the course of the series. Mao also got a reasonable degree of development, though there’s still a lot I want to know about his past. Suzuno received attention from the writersa as well, becoming a more understanding person.

In one sense, some characters can seem one-dimensional – for instance, Emi is a classic tsundere, and Lucifer’s main personality trait is that he is unemployed. On the other hand, Emi had a great character arc and a personality that genuinely interested me. As for supporting characters like Lucifer, they don’t have to be super deep in a fantasy comedy/slice-of-life. And when they do actually go beyond the first dimension of development, it becomes more memorable than it would be otherwise.

If the characters had a little more serious psychological development put into them, I would definitely give this category a higher score. As it is, they’re a bit simplistic and goofy, so a 7/10 seems fair. After all, 7 is still well above being average or mediocre, which would be about about 5 according to my standards.

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Personal Enjoyment: 7

The Devil is a Part-Timer Season 2 part 1 was entertaining enough, but part 2 was even better. There were fewer instances of poor or overused humor, and very little sexualization of the characters. (Though I suppose you could say we got some “eye candy” on the bathing episode.) There was so much to enjoy, from the music to the beautiful and cute art-style I love so much.

My favorite characters are Emi, Suzuno, and Lucifer. Though Lucifer didn’t get much development in this season, Suzuno and Emi both went through serious struggles and impressive progress. That contributed a lot to my appreciation of the anime. Alas Ramus and her adorableness helped, too.

I’m not exactly sure if I have a favorite scene, but I did love the part where Suzuno forgave Mao during their confession session. I also loved how, in the last epsisode, Emi and Mao finally apologized to each other and/or made it clear that they had done wrong. That was so cathartic. I think Emi now respects Mao at least as much as she hates him. As you can see, there was much to enjoy in this season of The Devil is a Part-Timer!

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Overall Score: 7.4 / 10.0

In my reviews, the overall score is calculated by taking the average of the five numbers given for the categories above. Typically, a really great anime will break into the 8s domain. However, a score in the 7s is certainly not bad. I was surprised that the score on MAL – currently 6.67 – was so low. But then I realized that everyone was trying to make the score 6.66, the “number of the Devil.” On that amusing note, we’ll wrap up for today.

Thanks for reading~

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PATREON