Maou no Musume wa Yasashisugiru!! • The Demon King's Daughter is Too Kind!! - Episode 2 discussion
*Maou no Musume wa Yasashisugiru!!*, episode 2
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2. Someone's tragic backstory, their heart gets healed by Doux.
3. Doux sings a cute song.
These appear to be the pieces of the episodes' formula - I am fully on board with that.
It seems pretty obvious that the Demon King isn't immune to his daughter's calming aura. Jahi doesn't seem to be able to get properly angry, either. How far will this demon child's influence spread?
I've already had too much to eat this winter and now my pancreas is screaming.
CR took me right to ep 2 (which I assumed was ep 1). So now I need to go back and watch ep 1 . . . retroactively (so to speak).
Doux using lightning magic made her hair all fuzzy, how adorable.
Demon Lord as Akio Ootsuka is a perfect cast as the doting father.
Jahy being thrust into the disciplined older sister/mother for Dou will be a lot of fun. I wonder what kind of impact Dou will have on Jahy as the series goes on.
Now that Dou has learned magic, I wonder how she will ~~help~~ torture humans.
Fortunately, Doux is there to put a smile on everyone’s face. Her cheerfulness seemingly reminded said demon hunter of his late daughter.
I know the show probably won't address it but Doux would probably grow up to be capable of ending the conflict between Demons and the other races and perhaps rehabilitate the Demon race, especially since her existence proves/implies that the supposed violent nature isn't intrinsic, but seemingly cultural.
I do wonder if Doux’s kindness was inherited from her mother’s side or something.
Based on the dialogue between those demons, it sounded like they were a roving band of bandits and not part of the Demon Lord's army. They mentioned the Demon Lord amassing an army as if it was some kind of hindrance to them.
Here is a proper tragic background story for a human slave, like not even half the isekai shows got the balls to go that far.
And after we are done with that you can sing along Doux in a proper kids song.
[**ALL HAIL DOUX-SAMA!**](https://i.imgur.com/9doOhod.jpeg)
I'm so happy to finally see this animated! I've been a big fan of the manga ever since I read the scanlations over on r/manga and this episode was exactly what I was hoping for the adaptation. I always thought that Kuno Misaki's voice would fit [the sweet and innocent Doux-sama.](https://i.imgur.com/45rmhVz.jpeg), so I was so happy to hear I voice!
[Watching Dou-sama befriend and heal the Demon Hunter](https://i.imgur.com/45rmhVz.jpeg) to [her giving the kids ice pops](https://i.imgur.com/vbLbjYv.jpeg) was just so goddamn wholesome. Doux-sama's overwhelming kindness is definitely going to change this world, especially since [we've already seen her dad change.](https://i.imgur.com/deSiHpX.jpeg) It's only a matter of time until Doux-sama takes over the world by spreading love and peace! <3
I'm gonna guess chronologically, this episode takes place first before the events of Episode 1 since this is where [Ahriman pulls out all of his troops](https://i.imgur.com/qy8MtCp.jpeg) and pauses his plans for world domination [to have Jahi take care of Doux.](https://i.imgur.com/EXvvIw3.jpeg) Look at Doux already stopping wars!
In a way she's the strongest demon, no one can hate her.
Just in case you were wondering if the series was going to be pure diabetes, it is just 80% diabetes, so don't worry about it. There are dark undertones as seen from both the backstories of both the Granny and the Demon Hunter so far. The demons are definitely inherently evil, but that stems from more of a cultural belief rather than an inborn trait. Dou is the bridge to forging peace and stay tuned to witness her journey.
That said I'm not sure what to say about Doux helping a rebellious slave be more content and hardworking regarding his life of forced labor. On the other hand her providing snow and ice pops to the slaves was nice I suppose.
I’m not worried about this getting repetitive because I think there’s potential for a surprising amount of depth here as we saw with the demon hunter segment which was actually pretty dark and heartbreaking. A guy who’d lost everything and only knew violence being reminded of the humanity he’d thrown away by a demon child. I think Doux is a great example of the natural purity we’re born with until negative experiences and the world corrupts us.
I already love Jahi and I can tell I’m going to have so much fun seeing her try and keep up with Doux and turn her to the dark side before Doux inevitably makes her see the light and become good. Doux actually has the opportunity to completely change the culture of demon society and human-demon relations all because she’s such a kind and pure person. So this story can be a lot more than a repetitive gimmick sort of story. Doux’s musical numbers are going to live so rent free in my head!! Daughter of the season!!
Also love the ED changing to show who Dou helped this episode. It’s a nice small touch.
What's interesting is if you flip the script on all the characters, it fits perfectly within the standard tropes.
Imagine instead a kingdom of light/peace, and a dark princess is born and for some reason she has dark tendencies that not only do dark things but also convert those around her to also be evil/dark. She slowly corrupts the king and others with her evil aura.
This is that story, bur everything flipped, because to the demons, kindness robs them of their identity.
And it is!
But I hate Torture Princess (falls flat on me), yet really liked Demon King's Daughter.
The anime are so similar, yet somehow different...