The story follows the "strongest juvenile delinquent", Tatsumi Oga, a first year in "Ishiyama High" the school for delinquents. One day while sleeping next to a river he sees a man floating down it, he pulls him to shore and the man splits in half revealing a baby boy. This boy is the son of the demon king and he has been chosen as the one to raise it with the baby's demon maid Hilda. The story follows his life with the child and at the delinquent school.
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About
Beelzebub is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryūhei Tamura. It has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from February 2009 to February 2014 and was published by Shueisha. Beelzebub was adapted into an anime on January 2011 to March 2012 by Pierrot+ Studios running a total of 60 episodes.
Thoughts
Beelzebub is probably one of the funniest anime I have ever watched and I know I say that a lot but Beelzebub is the real deal when it comes to comedy. To start off, we have an adorable naked baby as one of our main protagonist. Baby Beel is set to become the next 'Demon King' of the Underworld but to become worthy of the throne he must first be raised by a ruthless, selfish, cruel powerful human which we will come to know as Oga Tatsumi, the strongest juvenile delinquent in Ishiyama High - a school for delinquents.
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Tagging along with Baby Beel is his maid servant, Hildegard most commonly known as Hilda. Hilda is a demon and is what we would like to call a tsundere basing on her cold and hostile demeanor. The first part of the story revolves on how Oga was forced to take care of a baby, not an ordinary baby but a demon baby. Oga tries to pass the baby onto someone more ruthless, selfish, cruel and stronger than himself thinking that the baby will choose that person instead and relieves him of baby duties.
Cliche as it may seem, but watching a high school delinquent who knows nothing but to fight and fight and fight other people, taking care of a baby was a genius idea. It never gets old. Added with a tsundere maid servant who acts like his wife, it has all the setup needed for a good comedy. Beelzebub excels in the execution and the timing for its comedy jabs. It's all very smooth and feels all natural.
Of course we are not in here to watch a guy babysit a demon baby. If you love shounen and action, Beelzebub's battle scenes are great. They are not that grand, seeing as most of them are human juvenile delinquents. But they are at least above average. The art and animation was okay. It's a comedy filled series so I wasn't expecting a lot on its artstyle. The music and background music are also okay.
Overall, Beelzebub is a fun and entertaining series to watch for. It's full of laughter and is just pure comedy gold. The plot is easy to follow and pretty straightforward, it has the feel of a shounen action anime series within it but doesn't stay complicated. Overall, I give Beelzebub an 8.5/10.