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13 spoiler-free reasons why you should read Mairimashita! Iruma-kun

...if you haven't done so already 👀 (With "spoiler-free" I mean I'm not describing plot points or characters, but under the cut I'll discuss the overarching themes, so be warned if that's too much for you. The first 7 reasons may be enough lol)

It's both funny AND wholesome. I literally can't read it without laughing out loud, and there are a bunch of chapters that make me cry every time I read them.

It's clever! The Japanese version contains several puns based on the kanji "魔" (read "ma", = devil, demon), starting from the title, but it's a recurring pun. The English translation adapts them pretty well. Plus, there are some of the best plot twists in recorded history (IMO). And the names and characteristics of most characters are based on real-life demonology.

It's queer AF. Like, really gay. There are explicitly homoromantic relationships and several nonbinary and gender non-conforming characters. One of these is the best unashamedly nonbinary character ever written. Plus, the manga premise can be seen as an allegory of hiding in the closet. The only thing that made me uncomfortable because of cisnormativity (boys in drag as a joke) is completely fixed in later chapters, and very well so.

It's feminist, without being preachy or paternalistic. Simply put, the women/girls are three-dimensional, complex characters, as the norm should be. And there are lots of them, without it being a harem (...the harem trope is actually used as a joke).

It's spooky and adorable, imagine Halloween vibes all year round. Both main and background characters are super diverse, and if you like monsters there is stuff for you.

Most characters are neurodivergent-coded. It's basically the autistic/ADHD manga.

The art is phenomenal. It's especially good to see the improvement of the art style over the years (the first chapter was published in 2017 and the manga is ongoing). Some panels are really breathtaking.

8. The story is about personal growth - like most shounen manga, fair enough. But the protagonist, Iruma, is so far from toxic masculinity I dare say he's the antidote to it.

9. It's also about found family, the discovery of unconditional love, and trust, and healing from familial trauma.

10. It's about finding a group of friends you belong to, and transforming your weirdness into a strength, identifying and cultivating what you're good at instead of fitting into a mold.

11. It's about the beauty of learning in your own way, and the importance of education and the shaping of future generations.

12. And the reason why I opened this blog: it's about fascism and fighting against it. I mean real fascism, as in "a powerful individual/group wants society to be hierarchical and oppress certain minorities, elevating a specific subset of the population based on intrinsic characteristics which are being misleadingly treated as merits". Ethno-nationalistic stuff. More specifically, it's about being a somewhat politically illiterate person, who learns about systems of oppression beyond personal injustices. It's about questioning what is the best way to arrange society.

13. Most importantly, this manga gives you hope about the future, something I find harder and harder to have. Hopelessness is dangerous - as people without hope stop fighting. This manga makes me actively feel better. Since it's ongoing I can't ensure it will always remain that way, but I've come to trust the author enough that I expect it to.

How can this character be dead, if there are 40k stories on AO3 telling me otherwise?

Yeah, pact commands are powerful and allow you to control the Seven Rules of Hell any time you desire. Pact commands are a little intense though. You can probably get the same outcome by bopping them on the head with a flimsy cardboard paper towel tube.

The great part is that this also works on demons you don't have a pact with, reapers, and other humans (even powerful sorcerers).

The longer your cardboard tube, the more power you wield and the greater your authority becomes. The downside is they can wrestle the tube away from you. But, y'know, until that happens you feel so mighty.

Skytober Day 1 - Skyfest✨

I liked the parade the most!!

ohhh having a job is actually ruining my life.  ok

lately ive been addicted to these tiktoks where people put on an alien filter and just browse google maps and mark off countries and all the comments are people with pfps of little green aliens saying like "YES BOSS" "ALL CLEAR" "UNDERSTOOD BOSS"

AH I FOUND ONE

It makes me happy when they listen

this is probably the most blasphemous thing I've said,,,which is a lot considering the blog I run but......

Is MC.....Jesus coded???

NO HEAR ME OUT!

• MC initially, and for most of OM, had 12 friends

• One of said friends betrayed them

• Killed and was resurrected

• Known for being kind and more or less leading the way/paving the path for a more peaceful and accepting future

• Related to a divine being, and because or this they are able to perform miracles/magic

• Just by meeting people and talking with them, they are able to get said people turned towards their views and ideology

• The whole Lamb thing

But also inverted because MC's also referred to as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" and is also shown to be a cheeky, chaotic dickhead who has no problem making threats and trying to set people and things on fire, and basically sacrificing the entirety of humanity to save their family

The contrast makes the similarities all the more interesting and intriguing I think,

do u think omegaverse acknowledges covid-19 and the generation of people who permanently lost their sense of smell like how are they all scenting each other now is the omegaverse economy in shambles

[10:56 PM] Simeon traces your smile in his drawings with a fond smile before realizing with a start that he's forgotten what color your eyes are.

that's it. That's the post.

Something about the way that MC flirting with Asmo is actually subtle but them flirting with Mammom might as well be "WOW that's CRAZY. I'll need mouth-to-mouth cpr to recover, HOW TERRIBLE. Mammon, come here." is so funny to me

I hate it when Obey me fics make MC the enemy of the people, public enemy #1 for no reason. Every female in the general vicinity hates MC and is jealous of them being so close to the brothers. Succubi are the scum of the earth in the fics and all of them are sassy, mean, borderline psychopaths that need to sleep with the brothers so bad that they'll falcon punch MC before doing the cupid shuffle on their grave. This even happened to Thirteen when she first showed up in the game. Yeah we know the MC is still at risk of being attacked but they are basically a celebrity and most people respect or fear them.

MC canonically attracts demons and other mystical creatures. We need to stop acting like the MC knows nobody but the main cast and wakes up every day with glass bones and paper skin. It's genuinely getting old and it's getting on my nerves. Idk I think it might just be a me thing.

I’m shy….. even on my own BLOG

Reminder that all the OM characters are canonly queer/mspec.

Even if you were to ship your straight MC with them. That doesn't automatically erase their queerness. They are still canonly queer/mspec no matter what. 🏳️‍🌈

everyone drop out of college and quit your jobs we are losing our best fandom bloggers to the machine of capitalism

Something about the way that MC flirting with Asmo is actually subtle but them flirting with Mammom might as well be "WOW that's CRAZY. I'll need mouth-to-mouth cpr to recover, HOW TERRIBLE. Mammon, come here." is so funny to me

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passage

TGC: Why are players so frustrated with us?

Fans: The prices.

TGC: It's a shame we can't figure it out.

Fans: It's the prices.

TGC: They must need more events!

Fans: *scream*

"This fic was ai generated—" Cool, so lemme block you real quick