Beelzebub

8/10
This anime is about a young man who ends up raising the demon king's son to take over the human world but, is not interested in the idea of being the very end of humanity.

Beelzebub is an action heavy anime that follows Oga Tatsumi a first year delinquent that strikes fear into his fellow classmates. At first Oga appears crude and much like the synapses of the anime describes him but, after sixty episodes you start to think that Oga might not actually be a bad person after all he just goes about things the wrong way. Throughout Beelzebub he fights numerous enemies that are sometimes stronger than he is but, in the end he is supported by a demon baby that shoots lightning so it doesn't usually end well for anyone including himself for being involved.

A big strength in this anime is their story writing about Oga in general. The comedy helps a lot too making this anime one of the better underrated action animes that you could end up watching. Oga's character is written in such a way that he is misunderstood at first coming across as pretty much an asshole that anyone would want to take down a few notches but, through some creative growth and story it turns out that Oga is not actually a bad person in general afterall, if he was a bad guy he would want to end the world wouldn't he? Comedy is another good part in this anime as it is well placed to ease the tension before and after a fight or to keep a boring moment alive with all that being said it is not like Beelzebub doesn't have its' weaknesses. A problem that I see with Beelzebub is Hilda for the supposed 'Mother' of baby beel you would think that she would stick around Oga a lot more or try to seduce him into doing the bidding of the demon king but, she never really does. I feel like her character could have done more to push Oga in the wrong direction during the anime but, alas she never does in fact, she mostly observes what happens.

Overall I would say that Beelzebub probably should have been more popular just because its' an idea that has never been done before that wasn't terrible and was well thought out. About half of the anime community has probably seen Beelzebub's picture but have never clicked on it to watch it based off of the idea that the main character carries a baby with him all the time. If you have ever done so I would implore you to watch Beelzebub and give it a chance it has pretty good worth and is about as good as some of the bigger animes in some of its best moment. Unfortunately I do not think we will get a season two of Beelzebub as it has been many years since its' departure from the anime world and unless it pulls a Blue Exorcist on us then we will not be getting an Oga round two.

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