Yuusha, Yamemasu: Tsugi no Shokuba wa Maoujou
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I'm not far into this light novel, but I love it. It's funny and strangely relatable, and its genre is basically a fantasy office drama, which is inherently hilarious. The main character may be magically and physically powerful, but that's never the focus of the story, and arguably is his least important strength. He delegates, he organizes, he teaches people how to communicate, and just feels painfully human in the best of ways. Honestly, I would call this light novel soul-food, in that it's extremely wholesome so far and brightens my day. Highly recommended.

Additionally, those strengths I mentioned above? He isn't perfect at them. ... People don't understand him immediately, he's actually a little socially inept, going off of a set of rules and experiences he's learned over a lifetime that are rigid in some places and loose in others, and often times he barely scrapes out of a social situation. Additionally, something about the way he describes social interactions almost like a battle he's winning is deeply charming, because it brings tension to something most people would think of as easy or harmless. For someone socially awkward like me, the story feels deeply relatable.

I found this light novel on a bad day. It made my day so very much better. Go read it, please.

READ THIS FIRST-
Okay, so the story kinda shoots itself in the foot at chapter 14 and 15. But it gets better from there. Chapters 25 to 35 are actually really interesting and well written. 16 to 24 aren't bad chapters by any means, but the sour taste from chapter 14 and 15 will linger in your mouth. Plus, 25 to 35 are sooooo much better.

Also, the guy above me is stupid. He talks about how the MC is like "Look how powerful I am" yeah, no that doesn't happen. The fact that he's insanely strong gets brushed to the side almost immediately. There are no ... fights in the first half of the story and is mostly character focused and the MC doesn't really use his powers. The only time he gets serious is to body a bunch of justifiably weak characters at the end. In the second half however, he starts struggling against opponents that have an actual reason to be just as strong as him. So his OPness doesn't affect the story very much at all.

Okay, on to the review.

Yuusha Yamemasu is a solid blend of themes, characters and world building. Plot is basically non existent, however, it's more of a short read anyways so it doesn't really matter. It follows the story of Leo, an insanely powerful super weapon joining the demon king's army. The concept is generic enough, however the story is actually really fresh and enjoyable.

The main characters in Yuusha Yamemasu are mostly Leo, the Titular Demon King and her Four Heavenly Kings. The Four Kings are the main subcast in this story and while nothing amazing, they are all given a few chapters for them to grow and for you to understand their characters enough. They are interesting and unique enough to make you invested in them and for them to not drag down the story and they serve their purpose. The weakest of the four character wise is Dragon General Edward. Edward goes through the most generic of training arcs and even worse, is the last of the four generals to do so making him seem underwhelming compared to the others.

The Demon King herself is nothing special. She's your generic goody good demon king who doesn't see the need for unnecessary killings and has another, more kinder goal than world domination. Her background, goals, relationships and abilities are completely ordinary. Although her design is quite nice, if a bit generic.

The main focus is on the tragic hero, Leo. Leo is a really good character, and one basically worth reading the manga for. He's has the same vibe as Frieren from Frieren at the Funeral, although in my opinion, a lot better as a character. His goals and his past are a lot better than Frieren's to begin with and he's more of an interesting character by default via his personality. While I am on the topic of Frieren, there aren't as many emotional moments, in fact, only one worth mentioning, but it's a really good one that is on par with Frieren's best. It happens near the Climax of the first arc at around 14 chapters.

It is also very good at dealing with themes of Immortality, Self sacrifice and Duty and is very emotional and powerful when doing so. The author has a knack for making strong scenes and lasting emotions and swaying the audience's viewpoint. If you feel like this is for you, then I highly recommend it.

*HEAVY SPOILERS AHEAD*
If you are here, you probably know why this is rated so low. The bullshit chapter 14 and 15 pulled during Leo's death. Once Leo tells his backstory and reveals his goals, he is killed in an epic final confrontation where he goes all supervillain and tries to end the world. It's a fitting and satisfying end that is in character and thematically appropriate for the story and should have been the end, however, his friends persuade him not to die with the power of friendship.
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Yup. It's just as dumb as it sounds. After his friends break down his resolve and plans he suddenly gets cured of the "Curse". That was a completely crummy chapter and a complete waste of time. The author must have been on crack when they made that.


7/10

It starts out with the main character going on about how powerful he is, how he easily beat all the leaders of the demon army by himself. He could even beat all four of them by himself, he's more powerful than any person or thing on earth, continuous masturbation for the self-insert's ego.

It's boring. It makes him joining the demon army pointless, if he wanted to stop the assassins, take over a kingdom, get revenge, he easily could. He's so powerful there's really no reason he would need the weak remnants of the demon army that he singlehandedly defeated to do anything. He just wants ... a place to stay and some people to hang out with I guess.

It seems like he's going to be helping the members of the army get better, and make improvements, but there's really nothing interesting about how or why he does it. There's no real reason he needs them, and the way he solves problems is just by being the most powerful character who already learned every secret technique. That's it, there's nothing clever about it, and the four demon lords he's helping are already powerful themselves, just not compared to him.

Then there's some weird pedo shit with an underaged animal girl who wants to marry him, along with some weird choices for angles involving her. It's not as bad as something like mushoku tensei in that regard, but it's still weird. Even if you're not bothered by that it's just boring. I feel no interest in going any further.