[Rewatch] Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Episode 1 Discussion

**Rewatch Host Welcoming Everyone to Demon School, subbed**

[Welcome, everyone!](#michaelwink)

Hope everyone here has a fun time with this show ahead of season 4 in April!

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- Gosh, the OP is so damn *catchy*. [](#pigeonbeats)

- [Ouch.](https://i.imgur.com/poJ1tsi.png) [](#toradorasalute)

- [It’s really funny how menacing this looks](https://i.imgur.com/3rHrvl4.png) when Sullivan ends up just being the sweetest doting grandfather ever. [](#ohoho)

- [Shimmering sky!](https://i.imgur.com/QSz8kp1.png)

- [How awful do you have to be as parents for your own kid to fully believe you would sell them to a demon?](https://i.imgur.com/zYIFB4K.png) [](#sakuraconcern)

- [Oh boy…](https://i.imgur.com/8d6HPPz.png)

- [Nice hand symbol, lol.](https://i.imgur.com/2tlZSjO.png) [](#kukuku2)

- [Best girl in the background!](https://i.imgur.com/6rro3of.png) [](#binoculars)

- [That’s fucking *early*.](https://i.imgur.com/X47y3UW.png) [](#sobright)

- [This sure is a school song.](https://i.imgur.com/ujKV9Oj.png) [](#crazedlaugh)

- [Welp.](https://i.imgur.com/Tp4JnpD.png) [](#kotohoops)

- [He’s so serious…](https://i.imgur.com/VmYpm2n.png) [](#cateyes)

- [What the fuck kind of parent uses their infant as fish bait?](https://i.imgur.com/sTEfDW7.png) [](#whatamireading)

- [OCEC for short?](https://i.imgur.com/ugETW6E.png) Not much fun of an acronym… [](#seasonalthink)

- [German suplex hype!](https://i.imgur.com/CbAJhHZ.png) [](#teekyuuhype)

- [So Iruma ends up with a servant on his first day of school.](https://i.imgur.com/mvebxoC.png) [](#rinkek)

- The ED for this season is *also* very catchy. [](#listen)

- Oh yeah just FYI, almost every episode in this show has a chibi SU-KI-MA short after the ED. Highly recommend not missing those, they are very fun (and AFAIK canon since I don’t think they contradict anything that happens in the main episodes?).

- [Spoilers for season 4]>!So I decided to play “Spot the Purson” with this rewatch since season 4 is apparently about his lack of presence throughout the events of the first three seasons causing problems for the whole class (or something like that, I only watched the trailer for S4 once). For this episode, it means [1) this shot in the OP](https://i.imgur.com/REuspzX.png), [2) part of this group shot](https://i.imgur.com/uIvjjmN.png), and [3) part of this shot while singing](https://i.imgur.com/3bggtZZ.png). [](#isthisameme)!<

**Rewatcher, Manga Reader, Subbed**

Iruma, my precious fictional anime son (his birth parents sure can't have him). Take notes on what he's like now - a frightened, traumatized child who can't refuse a request and desperately wants to not stand out.

Nice job dodging the tuna! For some reason I always thought Sullivan's time stop saved him, but no, he was already out of the way when the tuna stopped falling.

Opera did not want this human.

I really love the whole aesthetic of the Iruma-kun Netherworld. This series is arguably an isekai, but instead of Generic Medieval Fantasy World #237, Iruma got isekai'd to a place that actually looks really cool and interesting. The aesthetic is very obviously inspired by Disgaea, but still.

Lots of cameos as we visit the school for the first time. This is a very difficult series to play Spot The Main Character with.

I don't think we've ever gone into detail on the helpful little bat-things. They're cute.

The Babyls School Song is very catchy for a song about eating people.

[Episode 2]>!Kalego's expression! He is NOT happy about Sullivan derailing the entrance ceremony.!<

The fact that we were introduced to forbidden spells here, and then [Seekers versus Stealers arc]>!they next came up over four hundred chapters later with Mephisto!< really shows how Nishi forgets nothing. Queen of Shounen.

(For first timers, it's worth knowing that the power source for the spell was in the scroll, humans can't normally cast spells)

Sullivan with his stupid little camcorder. The proudest grandpa!

Iruma did not dump Dex.

A bit of worldbuilding I appreciate is that demon clothing almost always has visible wing slits. You can see them on the back of Iruma's uniform, even though they're useless for him.

No, Eiko!

[Makubari Dome arc]>!Nice foreshadowing in the newspaper scene - we can see Kuromu overshadowed by Iruma and Asmodeus's duel, and Kerori getting angry about it.!<

Girl student with a snake tail instead of legs is my new favorite background character.

Iruma acquires his unbreakable spear and fujoshi everywhere break out their keyboards.

Sukima! Fun fact, "sukima" normally means "gap" in Japanese, so the idea here is that sukima fill in the "gaps" between episodes. Which is kind of an awkward term, but that's because it's a pun! Like pretty much every word with a "ma" in it on this show, it's spelled here using the kanji for demons, magic, and other spooky stuff.

Ganbare, Eiko-chan!

[Music Festival arc]>!Purson Sightings: Two. Once in the initial entrance ceremony crowd shot, and then again singing the school song.!<

**First time human sent to demon school, subbed**

I’ll start by saying that I’m going into this as blind as possible! All I know is that my 🐐 Saori Hayami voices one of the (more major?) supporting characters in this show, so without having seen anything, she’s best girl. I also know that the OPs slap. That’s pretty much it!

**Thoughts on the episode**

* I absolutely **love** Sullivan’s gremlin energy. He’s such a troll lmao. I didn’t expect him to be the school’s director. Poor Iruma had a ROUGH entrance ceremony.

* I’d recognize [that grunt](https://i.imgur.com/EixheoI.jpeg) *anywhere.*

* I was having fun trying to spot the characters who would be important later on during the shots of the ceremony crowds. Speaking of which, the character designs of the characters we’ve seen are really fun.

* That school song was hilarious. Can’t imagine being a human in the crowd hearing how they want to eat and kill you.

* Everyone’s reactions to Iruma’s speech was great. Thankfully the poor guy said it properly the first time!

* The only person having a worse day than Iruma might be Asomodeus. He was on the receiving end of a few misunderstandings that ended with being suplexed in front of the whole school. I was wondering how the spell Iruma was tricked into reciting would come into play and I was not expecting that! Chekov’s gun? Nah, Chekov’s magic spell.

Overall, a really fun first episode. The few characters we’ve met have been funny and I’m looking forward to seeing who else gets introduced and what tomfoolery they get up to!

QOTD:

1) Maybe, but I would be a hot mess like Iruma if I got trolled by him.

2) Both are fun so far. I'm excited to watch more :)

**First Timer**

Scumbag parents, but no one would actually sell their child's soul?

Is the demon language just normal speech backwards? I won't bother finding out since gramps casted that spell for all of us, what a nice man!

That's a lot of students in this school.

Oh that school song doesn't bode well.

I haven't felt this much second hand embarrassment from a school entrance ceremony since Akebi's Sailor Uniform.

Oh I've seen this fight before.

[](#cateyes "I wonder who posted it?")

Friend(?) Acquired.

**QOTD**

1. Yes, looks like I'd be set for life.

2. Rather wholesome even with Iruma's rather tragic backstory and how the demons view humans. I wonder how long will they will keep everyone in the dark about Iruma.

####Second time abducted

Ah, Iruma-kun. One of the more unique isekais I've seen.
And finally a rewatch where I actually have the files on my computer from when the show aired. Also feel like I remember most things about this show unlike most rewatches I've done

**[\*inhales*](https://i.imgur.com/Qv7xvK7.png)**

[Parents of the year award](https://i.imgur.com/SmbrCza.png)

Interested to see how first timers will feel about Sullivan. One might easily think he's just another perv

[...Though I didn't remember about this part](https://i.imgur.com/QvYHcyW.png)

I haven't appreciated the music enough before, this soundtrack is great

[](#listen)

[Sullivan can't be stopped](https://imgur.com/ufTYCMq) 😂

[Lmao](https://imgur.com/hBzQvLx)

[I like how these goats aren't even phased](https://imgur.com/kG7bZ1O) [Minor later]>!<

[Holy shit I didn't remember the reaction faces were like this](https://imgur.com/VHozBRz)


Wait! Alice is voiced by Kohei!!

[](#kannainspect)

[S3? spoilers]>!<

[Bebikyuu](#seasonallisten)

Sukima!! How could I forget the best part of the episode? Ganbare, Sh- ..Eiko!!

001, first timer:

* The OP is super catchy
* Iruma has to work at 14? Cuz his parents suck? That's awful
* Sullivan has a way deeper voice than I expected; I thought he'd have a voice like Yutaka Aoyama or Rikiya Koyama, based on how he looks
* Sullivan uses the same "wagahai" pronoun as the Earl of Millennium?? and Iruma is voiced by Hallow's Allen [](#SPORTS)
* Ok this is hilarious so far
* Iruma has NEVER refused anyone? Welp
* Sullivan blushing? over Iruma being cute in that outfit? LOL
* ... ok Sullivan is scary
* Babyls? Demon Hogwarts
* I'm feeling like Sullivan; Iruma-kun is just too precious and MUST be adopted
* The school song is creepy
* I feel secondhand cringe for Sullivan mentioning Iruma-kun to everyone gathered [](#therethere)
* "the honor student, Iruma-kun" [SULLIVAN WHY](#kyonfacepalm)]
* ... what does that writing in another language mean?
* Forbidden spell? lol
* Iruma-kun making a dangerous first impression! Nice assist, Sullivan
* Asmodeus Alice? First ship emerges?
* Iruma + Asmodeus remind me of Allen and Kanda
* The school paper? RIP Iruma-kun's reputation
* HAHAHA Asmodeus has joined Iruma-sama's harem?
* ED credits: Ah, "Sabnock Saburo" has HALLOW Kanda's VA?
* I don't like the ED song or visuals at all, will skip from now on

1) yes!
2) Funny. Iruma is cute. And he's already building a harem?

Rewatcher

Iruma's parents are the true demons in this story.

I completely forgot how many characters in this show are indirectly introduced in the entrance ceremony.

Still love this ED.

### First-time watcher, subs

To be honest, I didn't expected that I will ever going to watch this, but it was on my PTW, even if it was lower priority. And also honestly I would settled with Ascendance of a Bookworm instead, because that has also a season 4 incoming, same season, which is also a long series. But like every single time, I cannot say no to a rewatch hosted by u/Shimmering-Sky, and yes, I am such a pushover in this matter, just like Iruma. And also I had huge and good hopes for this.

In 2025, I did a terrible problem: abandoned lots of shows, maybe a bit too much it supposed to be. Then I promised for this year, I try to minimize the abandonments, which I can achieve one way: watching less and thus trying to participate on less rewatches. And let's hope I can keep this. Even though there might be a small chance that I might not watching this and not appearing in discussion posts because you might find me in random places, like wandering in a post-nuclear Mojave Desert or on a habitated moon.

So, shall we begin, don't we?

In the Demon World, there is no king for a while and an election event will come soon.

And here comes Suzuki Iruma, a 14-years old young boy, whose parents are quite weird and ignorant at the same time. He is forced to do any kind of odd jobs, even on a fishing ship, as he can't say no that or even be sold to demons, more like he can't say no that as well. Actually he can't say no to helping people even if he have to run for his life. So yeah, he is really sold to demons and ends up in the Demon World. And this demonkin named Sullivan found him and adopted as his grandson, and Iruma can't say no that. "Help", "Please", "I beg you", these words are his weak point, if somebody say these phrases, he will do it without haste. He is such a pushover indeed. And a nice guy.

Iruma as he accepted being Sullivan's grandchild, he got many gifts prepared for him. One proper room with a comfy bed, a Demon School uniform, and basically everything that he might need. He can't read Demonic script and speak their language, but there is a spell which allows to translate into human.

Sullivan is such a weirdo. He frequently depicted as an eggman when so funny.

So what is happening: a new season in the Demon School Babyls and Iruma is enrolling there. But there is a huge problem: he is a human and demons loves eating man-flesh. As long as his race is not revealed he is safe unless, "Looks like meat is back on the menu, boys!" Yeah, even the school anthem is all about glorify demonkind and eating those puny humans. Don't worry, Sullivan make it arrange this is not going to happen, ever. And I do smell nepotism here.

This day went really memorable. Sullivan is on the school principal board, he deemed necessary to talk about Iruma, and even calling to say those words. That is right, this is indeed nepotism. Which lead to a really memorable due with Alice. And how did Iruma win against him: because he is such a pushover. Hois parents asked to do many things, and cannot say no them. And these come with lots of hardships, and learned the best defense is agility, dodge everything. And also a best defense is also a spontaneuous counter, a fake dodge which is pushing and an unexpected German suplex. A new superstar of the Demon School is born.

This school is full interesting people. Alice Asmodeus, a man of honor, who lost the duel and became Iruma's most loyal retainer. Ameri, the School Student Council President, Sabro Sabnock who believes might makes right, Clara the green haired girl, [that strange-looking alien](https://files.catbox.moe/phvak9.jpg), those other girls from the ED, Eiko the scaredy-cat the council members and the board as well, among many others. Iruma can't catch a break for once, avoiding spotlight fully. But that is a life of an adopted nepo baby. And talk about a colorful cast.

Demons come in many flavors. Most of them humanoids with some unique features, like horns, tails, pointed ears or teeth. Some of them have animal characteristics, some of them are real furries, or even beastkin. Plus those which looks like straight up alien species.

Babyls basically is your average Japanese high school. School anthem, entrance ceremony, student council, uniform, class system decided with exams, and lkopts of other stuff not covered this episode, all checks out.

Damn, I really enjoying this a lot so far. OP and ED is really catchy which is so great.

> 1) Would you agree to be Sullivan's grandchild?

I'd rather not.

> 2) What are your first impressions on the setting & characters?

Damn, that's so funny.

**First Year at Demon School, Dubbed**

The OP somehow made me think I’m back in 2011 (complimentary).

*Oooooh* ho ho this is an anime with a narrator who has ✨presentation✨, yes!

Tuna Bombs. Huh. In another light, a tuna bomb sounds like a cool sandwich.

Wait. **Wat.**

Honestly, I’m ready to be an aunt. Not desperate enough to buy the soul of child from negligent parents though. Not *yet* at least.

>I’ll respect your decision

>𝐈’𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

Girl.

Chibi-Grandpappy is so cute.

DWMA ass school, what on 😭

Thank god the boys uniform is blue and the girls are pink, because I never would’ve known the differences.

**Silence, 5s, a 10 is talking.**

I saw that limp wrist, I know what you are Pappy 🤨

And I approve! ***Wooo!*** Rainbow demon grandpappy, I’m sat 💃🏾🏳️‍🌈

Pappy and Lord Death would get along and one-up each other. I’d bet on it.

I’m sorry, rewind there.

Man’s speaking in tongues and making everyone gagged, but I’m seeing a clearly high vampire who’s seeing sounds and hearing colors. I want to be what he’s on.

Ooooooh noooo this is Billy Kametz for Asmodeus, isn’t it? Aw 🥺 RIP and ***fuck*** cancer.

New School, New Subordinate. New subordinate goofin’.


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**After School Additional Thoughts**

What a chaotic first episode. I feel so bad for Iruma. I hope his parents get theirs. That whole set up for him is just WTF all around.

This anime feels like it’s gonna be queer chaos in a way I can’t explain it, but I’m here for it.

I guess with demon’s speaking stuff backwards, that makes Zatana Zatara and her dad speaking demon language 😭

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**QotD**

1. If I can bring my kitties and it’s written in ink that they will be pampered and protected? Hell yah. If I can’t, hell no.
2. It’s so bright! I love all the demon designs. It feels like a very “fairy tale” underworld, which isn’t a bad thing. I’m curious ***who*** this grandpa wants to brag about his grandson to, though.

**Rewatcher**

I will admit from the beginning, this rewatch has three purposes for me: remembering all the stuff I forgot, making bad posts in the rewatch threads, and [Season 4]>!Purson hunting in episodes going to his "reveal" later on.!<

There's a world out there where Iruma was isekai'd by Tuna-kun, lol.

I do wonder if all the demons normally can use wings, since almost none walk the road like Iruma does but that would be a major give-away to the scheme...

We have only known the student body President for 30 seconds at this point, but if anything happened to our giant as-of-yet unnamed Foxgirl, I would kill everyone in the Underworld and then myself. Because Ameri is best girl.

* 1. No, because frankly i cant tell if Sullivan is an idiot or just pretending to be n idiot, and thats the scary part.
* 2. I appeciate the color palette of the Underworld, you know? Even most of thr darkest areas are purple and green instead of black, and I like that color shift, even when I cant see it right.

First Timer


Returning to watching anime after a fifteen year hiatus so I went into this blind. This is so delightfully stupid, I love it!
I started wheezing when they started singing the school song. 


QOTD


1. Yes. I think I could match Sullivan's unhinged energy.


2. I'm rather entertained by the first episode. Asmodeus seems to be one of those over the top characters that ignores blatant inconsistencies, so good for Iruma-kun, I guess?

First time watcher as of almost exactly 2 months ago. I had been interested in the series for a few years but had never slotted it into my schedule until I heard about S4 coming soon and I figured the time was ripe to jump in.

Best case of a human being sold to a demon that has ever happened, I don't know that I would go for it myself though as I don't think I have enough dodging ability.

I like the silliness this has from the get go.

**Rewatcher**

Once again, trying a rewatch here. Hopefully I won't speed ahead like all the previous times but I can't see myself stopping hahaha

Damn, been a while since I heared that sukima...