Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii? • An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride – Episode 11 discussion

Kind of hilarious the reason Raphael killed so many sorcerers basically boils down to his scary ass face lol. Dude just gives off a very intimidating aura.

That whole Orobas situation turned out different than I had initially thought it would. Glad Raphael managed to end Clavwell. He’s too good for the church. Better for him to serve Zagan as his trusty butler. Him and Zagan are kind of alike after all.

We didn’t get an OP this ep, I need to see For go (O.O)/
(Reddit, stop hiding the backslash! Youre ruining ghe emoji!)

Anyway, was obvious that Raphael was a good guy and the leader of the peace faction. What WASNT obvious was why he killed all those mages and him working for Zagan.

I guess considering all we’ve heard about Orobas’ strength, it makes more sense that he wasn’t simply killed by Angelic Knights…but instead by a demon, whom he took out in a mutual kill. And Raphael was his close ally who fought by his side during this titanic struggle, and carried on Orobas’ will and power, via his consent.

Also sounds like there’s a future invasion of demons on the horizon, and considering how powerful a shadow was, they don’t have any chance…not without uniting the Angelic Knights and Sorcerers together. Which is why Raphael had, under Orobas’ orders, formed the reconcilliation faction and saw in Chastille’s loyalty to Zagan someone who can help make that a reality.

For’s object of revenge turned out to not be what she though so she has no way of venting her anger over her fathers’ death…at least until the demons come back. But it’s better she remember her father with pride rather than dwell on his death.

That Golem isn’t done! And it’s a hybrid demon made up of, conveniently enough, the same demon Orobas fought! Thanks for nothing Marchosias.

Chastille putting her all into this to fight by Zagan’s side and showing just how powerful she is with her sacred sword Azrael! Zagan manages to finish this with his inverted magic, but he comes to respect Chastille’s skills and genuinely praise her in the process! Chastille is just happy to be of use to him and to fight alongside him, but also more that he finally called her by her name in front of her!

So it turns out Raphael…is terrible at expressing himself. What he thinks of as friendly or normal banter makes people think he’s trying to kill them, which lead to a lot of sorcerer deaths that were just self-defense. He’s like Zagan in that respect.

I had a feeling Cardinal Clavwell was behind everything, and it seems like Chastille isn’t the first Angelic Knight he’s tried to kill because they weren’t merciless towards Sorcerers, but thankfully Raphael was able to enact true justice against him.

Chastille may be too naive and easygoing to really lead a faction or keep herself from getting poisoned, but at least she’s mending things with For (who finally calls her by her name) and is getting along better with Zagan than ever. That he doesn’t mind her presence around the castle means ever.

Oh, and Raphael survived and is now the butler, complete with a metal arm courtesy of For’s armor. And not only is he a dutiful butler who can cook and make tea, but Zagan is like the only one who can properly understand him! It’s a match made in heaven.

Barbatos may not be happy being Chastille’s babysitter, but at least he’s getting paid for it!

But all this Chastille/Raphael/For content just makes Nephy a little needy…and she and Zagan get to romantically embrace to close the episode out.

Chastille deserves a lifetime supply of hugs, she’s too pure for this world.

On a less positive note, I usually never notice this kind of thing, but this is probably the only show where I actually found both the OST usage and the OST itself *this* jarring and mismatched sometimes. Second half was fine, but literally no background music would’ve been better than whatever was going on in the first half of the episode…

Glad the culprit is actually killed, and that it surprisingly wasn’t the entire church, but just a zealous bishop acting alone. This is one of the few fantasy anime where the church isn’t inherently evil.

Absolutely elated with how everything played out. Except for maybe cher Chastille… now burdened with all the responsibilities of the church reconciliation while forced to live on her own 😭