Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun 1 by Osamu Nishi is a fun read great for fans of Mashle: Magic and Muscles, The Daily Lives of High School Boys, and Rosario + Vampire. It follows the titular Iruma-kun whose timid nature gets him into increasingly hilarious and bizarre situations. But after being thrown into the demon world by his eccentric adoptive demon grandfather he begins to gain confidence and make friends. It's a cute and silly story great for younger and older readers.

Translation: Jacqueline Fung
Editing: Ajani Oloye
Lettering: Nicole Roderick
Production: Pei Ann Yeap, Shirley Fang
Proofreading: Micah Q. Allen

**ARC provided by NetGalley for honest review**

Reading Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun 1 by Osamu Nishi really showed how faithful the anime has been to the source material; it's exactly the same. I am a fan of the anime, so it was fun to see and remember where these characters began. This story follows a young boy named Iruma who gets sold to a demon by his awful parents, then becomes the grandson of said demon and has to go to a demon school without anyone finding out that he's a human...whew. It's actually a lot more lighthearted than it sounds! :-D Personally, I prefer the anime cause color and sound and everything, but non-anime fans could definitely still get a kick out of reading this one. Recommended.

This was a lot of fun. A young boy is raised to always do, not only what is parents ask, but what anybody else asks of him. He is so good at this, but it gets him sold to a demon. His parents needed the money to live a lavish lifestyle, and they knew their son would do it, so they sold his soul to the demons. Turns out it’s actually a good thing and now there’s a human in demon school trying not to get caught and become food for his classmates. This book was fantastically fun. It moves really fast and is great for grades five and up. Our main character is 15 years old is learning to make friends for the first time in their life. I want more books in the series sooner rather than later.

Iruma is a 14 year old boy whose parents just sold him to a demon. Thankfully the said demon just really wants a grandson. And so the new family is formed! Iruma has to attend a school for demons where no one can know that he is a human. Shenanigans ensue.
I wasn’t expecting anything from this manga, I have to admit, but I ended up really enjoying it. There was lots of humour. A demon for a grandfather actually made a way better parent figure than Iruma’s parents lol. Friendships were made, some rivalries too. And there was a hint of a future plot for the series. I just heard there is an anime adaptation and now I want to check it out. Oh, also, this was a pretty clean read, with barely any fan service, which is also a huge plus. Looks I have a new manga series to read.
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I wanted to love this book. I love the concept, but just couldn't get into the story. It might just be the fact that I am not the target audience. It wasn't bad, I just couldn't get into the story.

3 stars

I'm so glad that the English version of this manga is coming out, it so good. It's not like your regular isekai or harem anime. Its cute, funny and heart racing. You cant help but root for these characters. I highly recommend giving this manga a shot

This reminded me so much of the anime Hells which is one of my favourites. Finding family and friends in a demon school sounds absurd but that is exactly what happens. Fun crazy found family vibes.

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (Volume 1) by Osamu Nishi is a manga format graphic novel. Hopeless pushover Iruma Suzuki has found himself in a devil of a predicament. His trashy parents have sold off his soul, and he now has to live and attend school in the Netherworld. But with his unique survival skills and doting demon grandfather’s support, Iruma will surely make it through this hellish experience. He’ll just need to subjugate rival classmates, summon familiars, and more, all while never revealing that he’s human. Easy as aleph, bet, gimel, right?

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun is a fun read. I liked the set up and the twists of humor that run through the story. It does have some aspects that felt familiar, but anyone that reads enough manga or watches enough anime is likely to find some of the same aspect familiar. I honestly got a kick out of how innocent and bumbling our hero is, and watching things turn out well for him against all odds and common sense was highly entertaining. I look forward to reading the second volume of this story and think a wide range of readers will agree.

This volume was really good, super cute - seems like it would be good for all ages. All the characters are really funny and likeable, even though they are all demons. I can't wait to read more, and share this one with my children because I definitely think they would love it. I watched the anime and it's been really good, which is what made me glad that the manga is finally getting translated into English.

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thank you to netgalley for the advanced reading copy of welcome to demon school, this was wonderful and i ordered it for my store. i have a newly built up manga section and this is so cute i will be excited to add this.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha comics for providing me with a free copy of this manga in return for my honest review.

Iruma's parents are trash and have sold his soul to a demon. Luckily the demon is a powerful weirdo who just wants to play doting grandfather to a grandson. So Iruma's life goes from bleak to great in a matter of seconds. There are still some fun issues for him to face. He has to go to a demon school while hiding the fact he is human. The shenanigans are sure to be in full force.

I had watched the anime before seeing the manga and I'm so glad to see the source material is just as much fun as the show. First and foremost I'd say this is a comedic manga with some shonen overtones thrown in there. There were several times reading this I nearly busted a gut.

The story is fun, the characters are memorable, the artwork is great, and just overall it's a great manga to get into if you need a break from the world. I highly highly recommend you check this out.

Thanks to Netgalley and Kodansha I had the opportunity to read volume 1.

How would you feel about being sold to a demon by your parents?
Iruma is sold to a demon and sent to the Netherworld. This demon, lord Sullivan, ends up just wanting to be a doting grandfather and sends Iruma to school with other demons. He is unable to reveal he is human but due to past experiences of adapting to survive, Iruma is adapting fairly quickly and making friends.

There are a couple of colored pages in the beginning, which I always love seeing in manga. We see a glimpse of what Iruma-kun's life starts to look like as he makes friends and starts school life. The characters are loveable and unique from one another. We also get some comedy intertwined in the series.

3.5 stars.

This one was a bit of a slog for me. There's nothing really wrong with it. I just didn't connect with the MC. Which isn't really surprising, because I frequently don't with teen/tween boys as the protagonist. At least this one doesn't suffer from the excessive fan service of a lot of its ilk. It's more clean slapstick.

So, while I don't recommend it for me, I think a lot of manga fans will really enjoy it.

Iruma’s parents sold him to a surprisingly adorable demon and off to demon school he goes. This is a fun lighthearted manga with a likeable cast of characters.

2/5

I honestly had huge difficulties getting into this one.
Towards the end I totally lost interest in it and just couldn't connect with any character.
I really wanted to love it but in the end this was simply not for me.

The concept sounded cool and the setting as well was interesting, what I wasn't enjoying in general was the whole story.

I first heard of this title through its anime adaption, (which I still need to watch, oops.) Reading this first volume only confirmed what I'd heard about it. It's a really fun and sweet, school misfit comedy! Iruma's had it rough. His parents sold his soul to a demon. Luckily, said demon only wants to be a doting grandpa to the boy. Through the power of fake it till you make it, skill and kindness Iruma makes a new life for himself at demon school.

Iruma has had his soul sold off by his trashy parents and must now attend school in the Netherworld all while hiding the fact that he is a human. His unique survival skills and his new doting Grandfather will help him to navigate all the dangerous challenges that he now faces.

I laughed out loud all the way through reading this, and I think it would be a good recommendation for a slightly younger audience (even though this old lady loved it!) I enjoyed all the challenges he faced and how he overcame them, the characters that were introduced and how he interacted with them and how much he adapted to his new environment. I would definitely like to see where Iruma goes in this world as he is an adorable main character.

4 stars

Thank you to Kodansha Comics and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC copy so that I could give an honest review.

[Thanks to Netgalley and Kodansha for a copy of this manga in return for an unbiased review]

Iruma’s parents manage to top the pantheon of lousy manga caregivers by selling him to a demon for riches. Now it’s school time for a student who eats like a meal, along with his utter inability to say no to anything and, maybe, the one thing he needs to survive.

Dang, this is a strong start to a series. I’d dipped into the first episode of the anime and found it funny enough, but this makes me wish I had watched more (except now I’ll read more instead). And I might like parts of this a bit better on the page than the screen even.

It opens up with the multiple ridiculous salvos of Iruma’s absurdly awful life on earth, subsequently combined with the hilariously indifferent and cavalier way his parents sell him off to his new demonic grandfather for the good life.

And then his grandfather turns out to be incredibly doting in the most cringe way possible and, sadly, in a position of power at the school. So no sooner has the school song detailed just how much everybody wants to eat humans than Iruma makes a massive spectacle of himself.

This eventually turns into the time-honoured ‘misfit class against the world’ trope, but not before Iruma has demonstrated a very handy survival skill, gained a couple of fun tagalongs, and also turned the school’s Snape equivalent into his familiar (that guy’s attitude makes me laugh very, very much).

It’s maybe not original, but there’s a lot of silly here and a hearty dollop of heart too. Iruma is nice beyond the very definition of the word and this shake-up to the demon realm means he’s coming though these overwhelming odds just by being a good guy. It’s pretty impossible not to root for him at that point.

The friends are basically one power and one major attribute types, but I do like Clara and her learning a lesson about not letting people use her. That’s punctuated with a vending machine to the head, in case you were still wondering what the story tone is like. She’s more than she seems from her annoying first impression.

I think my major issue with this first volume might be the art. The art’s really good, in fact, but it’s really light on the page and could use some better line work. I’m not sure if that’s the review copy or the series’ age or something else, but it was super noticeable.

As I said above, this isn’t exactly a new story either, human mixes with monsters has been done a hundred times, but this is a really good version of it. I genuinely like Iruma as a character and having your reader wanting your lead to succeed is something that seems obvious, but you’d be surprised how often it’s done wrong.

4 stars - funny, some heart, a great lead. I tend not to rank first volumes really high so they have room to grow, unless they blow my socks off. Mine are still attached, but I am definitely smiling at the manga and I’ll be back for more. Solid recommend.

Thank you to Netgalley and Kodansha for providing this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

To me, this seems to be a combination of the Rosario + Vampire monster academy with a Hayate The Combat Butler protagonist. This was a funny slice-of-life comedy that I will be recommending to all of my manga-reading friends. Sometimes you need a little bit of absurdity to liven up the mood, and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun is your prescription. Can't wait to read Volume 2 when it comes out.

5 out of 5 Stars.

Poor pitiful Iruma is at the mercy of his deadbeat parents once again. They've gone and sold him off to demons this time. Sure that this is the end, Iruma is surprised when it turns out he's been bought by a elderly demon who just wants a grandson to boast about. Before he knows it, Iruma is enrolled in the demon school that his new grandfather just happens to be the headmaster for. He just has to make sure no one finds out he's a human or his new classmates might eat him.

A humorous and cute manga, with slapstick comedy and endearing moments. A wacky and charming story, where you can't wait to see what happens next with Iruma-kun.