The hero and his party have come to defeat the demon king. They are thwarted by Yoki, one of the demon king’s minions. And thwarted again. And again. And again. It turns out Yoki is reincarnated and super OP. He eventually lets the party pass (and they trounce the much weaker demon king) on the condition that they leave behind Cecilia the cleric…who he immediately asks out. She shoots him down, but invites him to leave the demon king’s service. Yoki takes up adventuring, but he hasn’t given up on Cecilia by any means.
That was better than I expected. This episode is reasonably funny and cute, as expected of a rom-com. What I found particularly interesting were some of the other details. For one thing, Yoki is a caring boss who seeks to protect his own demonic minions, and I’m curious if we’ll see more of them. Additionally, Yoki thoughtfully points out that while he could easily overthrow the current demon king, there’d be no point in him doing so since the demons would just make him their new king; it’s a neat example of how being OP isn’t actually enough to solve all problems. There’s also Cecilia’s plausible fear that the human nations, now free of the demon king’s threat, will go to war with each other. Basically, the show was a bit smarter overall than the overly long generic rom-com title led me to anticipate. The show won’t win anime of the year or anything, but this episode definitely piqued my interest. I’ll be back for at least another episode or two.
There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her is streaming on Crunchyroll.
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