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This week’s Misfit of Demon King Academy is a pretty straightforward one—bringing to the screen everything that’s been hinted at in the series so far. In other words, this episode is the end of Shin and Reno’s story and the beginning of Misa’s story.
For the most part, Shin and Reno’s love story is a cute one. While that’s far from the norm — as Reno initially never entertained the idea that she could love Shin and Shin believed himself incapable of such feelings — it’s clear in this episode is that they love each other in their own way. The final scene of the episode directly proves this.
Shin may not understand love, but the feeling is still there—and stronger than the need to return the kindness Anos showed him to win his loyalty in the first place. To him, Misa is proof of his and Reno’s love. Letting the myth of his daughter fail—let her die—means his love for Reno and her love for him was a lie.
This episode also does a great job of explaining how Misa can become a “god” when Reno and Shin are her parents—and definitely not gods. Simply put, she is a child of god because a god commanded her to exist, not because of direct blood. Of course, this leads to the psychologically damaging question of whether Reno and Shin loved each other by choice or were “forced” by the gods to love each other. However, both Shin and Reno decide to believe in the truth of their feelings and love Misa like their own children.
All of this leads us back to the current situation with Misa being destroyed by her legend and Shin doing everything he can to keep his daughter from dying. However, with Anos’ adjustment to her legend and his tendency to overcome all odds, it seems like it’s time for his counterattack to finally begin.
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Random thoughts:
→ There are many hidden loopholes in the phrase “Son of God who will destroy Demon King Anos. ” I mean, technically, since the world forgot about Anos for thousands of years, does that count as being destroyed?
→ And honestly, does anyone think that being “destroyed” will kill Anos? You have to use more specific words to try a trap like this.
→ I’m not sure the mother of spirits that gives birth to half youkai, half youkai is a contradiction…
$ Lena must be Reno reincarnated right? The magic of the torn equipment will eventually reunite the couple in 2000 years.
The Misfit of Demon King Academy II is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
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