In my years of randomly picking up manga to read, and discovering an entire world of entertaining weirdness, I would like to shout out to MFC comics, which, while frequently very full of tits and ass, also has been the purveyor of delightfully strange manga. Today’s book, Maou to Yuri, Volume 1 (魔王と百合) is one of those.

The Demon King (Maou is a title, not a name, but I will use it going forward as her name for convenience) is a young woman. Her grandfather was known across the land as a formidable and terrifying demon lord who was at war with the humans. Her father, however, brokered a peace. Now she has become the demon ruler and, frankly has zero interest in war. Asking her staff what she can do to cement peace between the demons and the humans, one idea is that she marry a human wife. Maou is not really the marrying type, but for peace and prosperity, she’ll do it. After her staff vets the applicants, Maou is left with five choices: A busty Princess Knight, a righteous and energetic (and always hungry) Hero, a Wizard, who is still behind on the peace thing and is trying to marry and/or kill Maou, a sexy Witch, and a Maid in the castle who is kind to Maou and whom she obviously likes. 

What follows is a stupid sitcom of fantasy elements, dorks trying to date and random silliness. Maou’s advisor suggests a day on the town during which Maou would choose a gift that suits each one, that devolves into chaos when the food the Hero picks fights back.

As a comedy, this was goofy from beginning to end. The maid is the only one with a serious backstory and you’re gonna root for her and Maou to get together for obvious reasons. But my favorite character was a wolf-headed demon soldier, whose role is come in shouting things like “Demon Lord, a Wizard is at the gate to marry you and demanding your death in revenge for her grandfather!” I loved that guy.

Ratings:

Art – 8
Story – 7
Characters – 6 They serve a function and it isn’t to further the plot
Service – 4
Yuri – 3

Overall – 7