Yondemasuyo Azazel-san is a manga series created by Yasuhisa Kubo and was published in magazine Evening by Kodansha in 2007. An OVA that was released on February 22, 2010 was created under studio Production I.G and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima. An anime adaption was then created under Production I.G with director Tsutomu Mizushima and aired in networks Tokyo MX, At-X and BS11 starting April 8, 2001 and ended July 1, 2011 with. Yondemasuyo Azazel-san Z is the sequel series and aired starting April 7, 2013 and ended June 30, 2013.
Yondemasuyo Azazel-san Plot
Sakuma Rinko has summoned the demon Azazel as practice for her boss, Demon Detective Akutabe. With no task assign to him, Rinko assigns Azazel to clean the windows. Rinko then attempts to summon another demon, Beelzebub, but mistakenly summons a shrunken Moloch but it is revealed by Azazel that the Anti-Demon barrier that weakens them turning them into weak, cute animals. A lot of the series involves Rinko dealing with demons and their complicated contracts.
Yondemasuyo Azazel-san Characters
Beelzebub (Yondemasuyo Azazel-san) – Beelzebub is Azazel’s childhood friend and despite being a high ranking demon, is actually a disgusting fly demon who consumes feces. He has the power of Divulgence which can either make people reveal their hidden selves or force them to defecate. He also uses droppings such as goat droppings as a sort of steroid.
Sakuma Rinko – Rinko is the young assistant to Detective Akutabe. She is only starting to understand the power and conditions of demons. Her first summon binds her by contract to Azazel. She seems to be one of the more moral characters in the series until she learns more about the different demons and she becomes more cynical becoming more and more like her employer, Akutabe. She is also heavily influenced by the thought of money.
Akutabe – Akuteba is a demon detective with extensive knowledge about demons, the occult and supernatural powers. He is Rinko’s boss as well as his mentor. He makes use of summoned demons to do get things done and even abuses them to the point that demons actually fear him.
Azazel – Azazel is a perverted, kanine-like demon who enjoys harassing others sexually. He is also terrified of Akutabe who punishes him whenever he gets out of line or does not do his tasks correctly. He has the ability to control lust which includes making people more attractive, less attractive or to become impotent.
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