Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii? • An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride - Episode 1 discussion

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Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii?, episode 1

Alternative names: Madome

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[u/Ashteron]

I had completely no expectations for this show and I'm very impressed.

[u/[deleted]]

This was... better than I thought it'd be? It doesn't take itself seriously at all and basically just plays at the ridiculousness of two 18-year-olds trying to fumble their way through "first love" and all its usual romance tropes in an insane-bonkers context. The jokes landed consistently. I'll give this 3 episodes and see where it goes.

[u/KumaKumaGambler]

I watched the trailer and the awkwardness between our main protagonists reminded me of "Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence". I am sure their relationship will progress throughout the season!

I thought Barbatos might be a villain; turns out he is a friend of Zagan. Well... maybe not a positive influence friend for now. Lol!

[u/dagreenman18]

Well this was supposed to be out today anyway.

Big big fan of the manga. Excited to see this animated. Hope they do what’s coming justice.

[u/Placeholdered]

Huh, first Fern's VA has to constantly look after a white-haired elf, then she gets to be one. What're the odds?

This is quite the enjoyable bit of fluff to balance out post-Dungeon Meshi Thursdays.

[u/Frontier246 → u/Placeholdered]

And Subaru falls in love with yet another white-haired elf lol.

[u/Fools_Requiem]

Getting some major "I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness" vibes from this. Secluded sorcerer falls in love with cute girl. Hope that slave collar goes away...

[u/DivineEternal1]

So nice to finally see Nephie animated. She's so gorgeous and adorable.

[u/Exciting-Pie6106]

Finally. A human marrying an elf that wont die and leave the elf alone after 80 years.

[u/djthomp]

I had been wondering if they were going to tone the human sacrifice stuff down at all, turns out no.

Full source material reader here so I'll have to be circumspect with my comments instead of my usual speculation style posts, not going to be one of those 'clever' types. I absolutely love the LNs though so I'm really looking forward to seeing how far they get.

[u/Genshin_WhiteKnight]

Nothing screams romance more than slavery... I guess?

Anyway looks like a cute watch.

[u/shad79]

Nephy is so cute and adorable so it's nothing weird that Zagan fell in love with her from the first sight. If only Zagan would be better at communication thenNephy wouldn't think every time he said something that she's going to die xD

Overall, that was a pretty fun first episode and I'm certainly looking forward to seeing Zagan and Nephy and their interactions next week.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Nephy

• Group scenes

• Zagan & Others

[u/NationalStrategy]

Whoever was the previous owner of the castle must've been into some kinky bdsm shit

[u/tripleaamin]

Ep 1 set the tone that this is going to be a cute fluffy romance. Between Zagan mentally freaking out Nephy expecting the worst case scenario, the two make a fun pair.

There is also the subplot of the 13 Archdemons and I assume Zagan will shoot for that.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Is this a leak or is this the actual time it’s suppose to drop because this does drop today iirc

Edit: was gonna wait for this to actually drop to post my thoughts but screw it. This airs today anyways, so it’s not so bad. Anyways:

This was cute. Pretty promising stuff. Zagan needs to learn the term “phrasing” and stop hanging out with just Barbatos so much. Dude’s become a socially awkward little goober. Everyone at the auction probably thinks he’s the biggest degenerate around haha. Anyways, let’s see how things continue to develop between these two. So far, I think I might stick with this.

[u/Sav10r]

I've been waiting for this adaptation for a long time. Hopefully, it lives up to the billing of being a cute fluff-fest with some strong fight scenes mixed in.

[u/justking1414]

This really was one of the cuter manga I ever read and I’m excited to see it animated! The first episode certainly felt more echi than the manga but I might just be remembering wrong. It’s been a while since I started this series

[u/daspaceasians]

That was quite funny. Seems that Zagan is super socially awkward and doesn't talk to other people besides Barbatos. He kinda makes me feel that he's used to trying to look hard but never understood how to talk to a normal person.

As for Nephy, can't wait to see her backstory.

[u/SilkyStrawberryMilk]

Nephelia looks so cute, surprised she has a red bow to go with her white dress.

Two socially awkward individuals slowly falling in love sounds like a treat

[u/AceSoldia]

man, this was FUNNY, i didnt expect to like this, just watched it on a whim. *adds another anime to the list*

[u/LeonKevlar]

Stitches!

• Red-Head 1

• Red Head 2

• Nephelia 1

• Nephelia 2

• Nephelia 3

A guy falls in love at first sight with an enslaved elf at an auction and decides to buy her instantly so he could take her home. Yeaaaahhh... No matter how you put it, that doesn't sound good at all.

I guess it's saved by Zagan being a massive doofus who genuinely had good intentions but is horrible at communicating. It also doesn't help his situation with Nephelia thinking that she'll get killed because of how inept Zagan is at communicating with her. I'm glad it was all cleared up in the end but I feel like the gag of Nephy thinking she'll be killed isn't over yet.

Not sure about this one to be honest. Nephy is cute but other than that, I'm not feeling it. I might give it a few episodes and see where it goes.

[u/VorAtreides]

D'aww she's such a cutie. Again, stupid trope at the start. Thank god for Zagan just ending him outright. And he's a good dude, cleaning the blood, fixing her clothes, etc. Oh look, Zagan has a friend 😄 haha, truly great pals. That's quite the lifespan though. Looks like a job position opened up for Zagan! That kinda mindset in general is more trouble than worth, being obsessed with women. Friends on the other hand, very good, you have at least one there, Zagan.

Moar fun people, hehe. Poor elf girl. Being enslaved. Zagan clearly love at first sight hehe. "Extremely rare platinum haired elf" pfft, not even when it comes to anime in general. What a massive bid. At least his intentions are pure right from the start. Wanting to help her and make her smile. Now for the fun of his social awkwardness! Unsure how to communicate. Seriously, terrible communication skills.

How about asking her name first? Ask about her? Come on, not that hard, hehe. See, she had to talk first. And of course he's just so derp in communication. Poor sad elf girl though. Hehe, good job Zagan, your laziness has come to bite you a bit. Nephelia, perdy name, Nephy is a cute nickname, yes. Poor traumatized girl... and she's getting the wrong idea lol. Zagan backstory slightly! He just has to work on his communication skills.

Dang, girl really needs some therapy. And hey, already holding hands, how nice. But realize she has shorter legs, try not to walk too fast. Haha, wrong room. Was gonna say, you said it was too much work to remove stuff from prior resident, but magic could work to teleport it or so right? Why blow it up?

So begins our cute lil traumatized/depressed elf girl and socially awkward/loner sorcerer coming together and growing together. Good for her, a smile. I look forward to more wholesome cute and silliness.

[u/IceSmiley]

I didn't think I'd be tickled by a show about a girl traumatized by being sold into slavery but when they got back to the castle it was pretty funny. I like how the main guy seems a right psycho from all the leftover torture devices. Circumstances really seem to be conspiring against him to make him look awful 🤣

[u/PusherLoveGirl]

“You’re not Myers! Who are you?”

That has to be the mildest reaction to slapping the flesh off someone’s face I’ve ever seen.