Maou no Mama ni Naru n da yo!
How to Train Your Devil

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I never actually finished this manga, i actually only had the 4th copy. I got this book sent to my from family when i was at a summer camp 2 years ago. I was reading it out in the open at one point. Then this kid sees me reading it and starts screaming "HE HAS HENTAI! HE HAS HENTAI" and of course the page i was on was some freaky ass vine shit. I never saw a book get snatched out of my hands faster. This series isnt bad though. I got in huge trouble. 10/10 would recommend :D (some freak ass kid told me ... to give him the book too) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;

tl;dr: A manga with an amusing start but that doesn’t really advance enough to stay interesting.

This is a manga about a heroine, Zeno, that goes to defeat the demon lord, Grull, but comes back without killing him when she discovers that he’s a baby only a year old, and is then tasked with raising the demon lord to be a proper adult with the punishment for failure being her death. However, despite being tiny and only a year old, Grull acts more like a kid around age ten, and an incredibly selfish and perverted one to boot, which makes her task quite difficult and annoying. ... It doesn’t help that Zeno herself is quite naïve and gullible so she’s constantly being pulled into various misfortunes. The task Grull must complete before it’ll be judged that he’s grown into a proper adult is him helping a million people, so they take on various tasks in order to do so. Over the course of this, they meet various characters, human and demon. Of those, two even join their party, the chuuni mage Lilia who comes to look up to Zeno, and the yandere vampire Ruby, who is completely obsessed with Grull.

I found this premise to be pretty interesting. Although it did have the potential to have a plot that dealt with more serious matters it never attempted doing so, so the manga itself is entirely centered around comedy. And this comedy starts out pretty decent. It’s carried heavily by the four main character’s being pretty amusing. Sure, Lilia feels like a knockoff of Megumin from Konosuba and Ruby feels like a knockoff of Albedo from Overlord, but it twists them enough and puts them in a new enough context that in combination with everything else the humor starts off working decently well, and that’s enough to hold up the manga for the first half or so.

As it goes on though things don’t really advance much and it begins to feel like things are dragging on. The comedy is very narrow and thus starts getting more and more repetitive as the manga goes on, and the manga isn’t able to make up for that in other areas. The characters were interesting to start off, but they aren’t fleshed out beyond that, nor is there really any proper character or relationship development. In the last quarter of the manga it tries to force things by pushing the plot along in such a way that it makes it feel like character and relationship development has occurred, but it doesn’t really feel deserved. The plot similarly has events that occur in the last quarter or so that progress things, but they’re just kind of abrupt and thus hard to really get into. As such, the ending overall falls pretty flat.

The art was a mixed bag. The quality is decent and the character designs and general style and are solid enough for comedy, even if they’re somewhat generic. The problem is that the manga also spends a lot of time trying to be ecchi but the art and writing just aren’t very good at that most of the time.

How To Train Your Devil

Beautiful heroines

When I read the title, I didn't think the devil will be a baby, I thought more of like adolescent to adult devils, so props for the surprise.

Women are beautiful in this series, well what do you expect on ecchi fantasy theme. Ecchi panels are kind of mediocre, like watching an ecchi anime, most of it is like the same.

Comedy comes around sometimes, not really much comedy for me, although they are funny, it's kind of scarce to have bits of comedy per volume.

Flow of the story is a bit different from what you expect on majority of human vs ... demon stories in order to keep the light, fluff(maybe), and comedy intact.

I also think that there's some inspiration in the work. Considering that there's a vampire heroine who is madly in love with the demon lord and wants to have his baby, sounds like Shalltear and Albedo combined to me (Overlord).

Would I recommend you to read this?
Nope, unless you want mid ecchi panels, old classic pervert mc, then go ahead.