Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun is an ongoing series that emerged from the anime’s fall collection for 2019. The anime is no masterpiece and does not possess any extraordinary wow factor, but it provides a feel-good experience.
Iruma-kun is a pushover who is sold to a demon grandpa and gets enrolled into a demon school because of his contemptible parents – will he become the next Demon King? The comedic and slightly dark aspect of the setting aside, the article will focus on the fate of the protagonist.
Iruma will become the next Demon King. When Iruma pulls out a Golden Ring after the demon rank determination task, Sabnock is reminded of the Demon King Prophecy which despite his circumstances Iruma seems to fulfilll. Due to this, Sabnock even starts viewing him as a rival.
The Demon King’s Prophecy
The Demon World that Iruma is in is usually ruled by the Demon King. But a power vacuum remains within the governing body with the disappearance of the last Demon King Derkila hundreds of years ago.
The Demon King is chosen from the rank of Yod, which is the highest rank a demon can possess. There exists a Demon King Prophecy that speaks of the emergence of a new Demon King. Oddly enough, Iruma fulfills the criteria of the prophecy even though he’s human.
The Demon King Prophecy goes as follows –
“He shall make one and all his servants,
He shall form blood pacts and heal all demonkind,
He shall descend from a foreign realm
And wear the golden Ring of Solomon on his hand”
‘He shall make one, and all his servants’ – Iruma is brought from the human realm to the demon realm by Lord Sullivan. To establish his identity as a human inconspicuous, Sullivan gives him his magic to survive in the demon school.
Sullivan gives him a portion of his magic, but he overlooks the limit of its power. One of the first classes of the school involves summoning familiars. Familiars are contracted animals that help in battle. This is to determine one’s power and rank within the school.
Even though Iruma possesses Sullivan’s magical power, he lacks the knowledge, so accidentally uses a demon summoning spell. He summons his teacher Naberius Kalego as his familiar in the form of a black chick. After Iruma defeats Asmodeus in a duel, he pledges his loyalty to Iruma.
‘He shall form blood pacts and heal all demonkind’ – It is unknown what is meant by blood pact or if this event is yet to happen. But Iruma has shown the ability to heal demons with his blood.
During another task to determine demon ranks, Iruma is picked off by demonic crows and placed in a nest with the guardian beasts’ baby who is injured. Iruma soon discovers that his blood can heal the baby and its recovery gives way to the guardian beasts’ pacification.
‘He shall descend from a foreign realm’ – The series begins with Iruma’s parents selling his soul to Lord Sullivan who takes him to the demon realm to make him his grandson. Therefore, Iruma hails from a realm foreign to the demon world.
‘And wear the golden Ring of Solomon on his hand’ – After the task to determine demon ranks, the students are given Rank badges by the Rank Owl.
But to everyone’s surprise, Iruma pulls out a golden Ring instead of a rank badge. This is when Sabnock recalls a prophecy regarding the Demon King, whose criteria Iruma fits.
The ring pulled out by Iruma is the Ring of Gluttony which feeds on other people’s magic. It is revealed to be a Ring of Solomon. The person who possesses this ring is said to rise and fill the position of the Demon King.
Iruma’s Not-so-King-ish Personality
It is hard to imagine Iruma, who is a pushover that caves under “please” “I beg you” and “I leave it to you” as a Demon King. He is portrayed as a person with kind intentions and no ambitions as such. However, this changes after he meets Azazel Amelie, who shares her ambitions with Iruma.
After learning about it from First Love Memories – a Japanese manga, Iruma realizes his pushover personality has hindered the development of any ambition. Due to the fact that he pulls out the Ring of Gluttony rather than a rank badge – he’s assigned the lowest rank Alef.
Amelie urges Iruma to raise his rank as a temporary goal. This is the first goal he develops and is definitely not the last one.
Although he displays this – it is not without underlying kind intentions. Therefore, Iruma does show the capacity to hold a position as ambitious as the Demon King, and the story is oriented toward doing so.
About Marimashita! Iruma-kun!
Iruma Suzuki is a fourteen-year-old kid who is overburdened with responsibilities due to the irresponsibility of his parents. One day, he discovers that his parents have sold his soul to a demon Lord Sullivan who brings him to the demon world.
Lord Sullivan brings him to the demon world to act as his grandson but by covering up his true identity as a human. This proves to be hard as challenges and adventures test Iruma within the demon world.
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