While currently scrolling through Crunchyroll to see what anime I can add to my list for the winter season, I scroll across “The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil”. Hmmm an angel meets a demon in a school setting... Count me in! This anime has been one of my favorites of the season so let’s jump into why. Synopsis
Akutsu, our MC is a demon on a recruitment mission who is sent to a human high school to find allies to help assist hell in the fight against the angels. During this search he meets Lily, our other MC, and when attempting to recruit her he finds a surprise... Lily’s an angel.
Story
Alright so being 100 percent honest this is a genre that is not hard to fail at. The genre of a rom com anime simply needs 3 things to succeed. That is romance even at the simplest form, comedy which is the hardest thing out of the 3 to achieve, and a lovable female MC. The foolish angel dances with the devil check all 3 boxes. There’s not much to provide within the story outside of the fact that we see the relationship of the two progresses to the point where they are rarely outside of the screen together. We all know demons and angels are archrivals but even then, the romance of the anime almost makes you forget what they are at the school to achieve. Lily is there to hunt demons which she does and turn them into little puppies to be well taken care of by someone who loves puppies and who doesn’t love puppies. Meanwhile Akutsu barely did anything for his mission. Not one person did he recruit let alone attempted to recruit. The story’s Juliet and Romeo kind of vibe isn’t bad but after watching this is literally just a show of how an angel and demon fell for each other. Characters Starting off with Lily, the cute MC female that’s an angel. She does charm the audience with her angelic features and in ways but honestly, she’s a bit more demonic than the actual demon when you watch the anime. To begin with she turns Akutsu to her slave and basically makes him come with when she is demon hunting. Within this story she reveals that even though she seems perfect in the human world she was someone who has been looked on as an outsider within heaven.
Akutsu shows the least progression out of the characters. However, there’s not much progression to be made. Yes, he’s a demon but also a great guy. There are multiple instances where he helped Lily even though she’s made him her slave and he knows that she’s an angel. The part where Akutsu shines the best is when he meets Lily’s brother SPOILER ALERT lol.
Outside of the two MC’s, we have a few supporting characters on the screen for about 5 minutes. We have Hirota, Tanigawa, and Tanahashi. Tanahashi is really the side character who stands out the most due to her ability to get Lily riled up regarding Akutsu. We also see Lillia as well, which is Lily’s weapon but in human form if that makes sense. She’s portrayed as Lily’s older sister.
Animation There isn’t much to be said regarding the animation, it’s fine. Most of the characters are in the same outfits so there’s not much to really critique. This does kind of add boring affect to the anime, I’ve enjoyed seeing characters style within anime now days. I will give praise to the fight scenes. Yes, fight scenes in a romcom aren’t that rare now days. The fight scenes were a total surprise to me within this anime.
Conclusion
To conclude this anime tugged heart strings, I enjoyed the comedy, and the chemistry between our two main characters. However, it doesn’t stand out within the romcom genre. There’s nothing I can point out that this anime does better than any other romcom anime. This is the downfall and realization that came to me when I finished the anime and thought of the review. Yes, it’s a nice romcom just to watch but nothing to recommend honestly. I recommend this anime as a - “Not bad it’s a good watch”.
_Anime with a score of 70-80 receives a "Not bad it's a good watch". _
