History WMG / WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun

I'm worried because I don't exactly see her winning Iruma over (like, at all), and I shudder to think of how she'll react or what she'll become upon losing.

Every bit of foreshadowing laid on Iruma has connected him to Delkira in some way. From the spirit of the Ring of Gluttony being Arikured, which is the backward pronunciation of Delkira, to lines in the Demon King Prophesy lining up exactly with Iruma's actions/circumstances in the Netherworld, to Poro feeling like he was looking at Delkira during the Music festival, and finally to the future visions that Alice and Iruma have had.

* Considering how [[ItsAllAboutMe callous and self-centered]] Iruma’s parents are, it wouldn’t be surprising if one or both of them turn out have a demon or two in their family trees.

* Alice has kept his bloodline magic a secret from everyone else, which could have been inherited from his father rather than his mother, and he didn't want to be associated with the man.

* Considering how [[AbusiveParents callous and self-centered]] Iruma’s parents are, it wouldn’t be surprising if one or both of them turn out have a demon or two in their family trees.

* It's possible that a lot of Delkira's reforms that Sullivan mentioned were based on social policies from the human world, which is much more peaceful and (let's be honest) has a more generous civilization than the demon world.

** This could also be the case with the forbidden spell. It's said that the user's body could explode if mispronounced, which could mean that the spell draws in mana from the user's surroundings, and could possibly produce a volatile reaction with the user's mana (which Iruma does not have).

* Considering all the references to Solomon I figured 2 things. 1) The Demon King has to be a human, and 2) The human must have some magical ability they may not be aware of. While the healing and summon can be contributed to outside interference, the forbidden spell incident had to have been caused by Iruma directly. He may not have a lot of magic ability, but he has enough to at least potentially trigger spells.
** Iruma explicitly does not have any mana within his body. However, it's possible that demons can gain power through human blood, such as increasing their natural healing ability, as shown with the offspring of the Guardian of Cutthroat Valley.
* This could be a possible explanation for Irumu’s gigantic appetite. Even in a world governed by RuleOfFunny, it is explicitly called out that the amount of food he eats is abnormal.

* This could be a possible explanation for Irumu’s gigantic appetite. Even in a world governed by RuleOfFunny, it is explicitly called out that the amount of food he ingests is abnormal.

Iruma is shown doing magical things even before he gets his ring. He casts the forbidden spell during the entrance speech. He binds Kalego as a familiar and summons him. His blood heals the King of the Valley. The ring allows him to use demon type magic, or at least use it more easily. But it seems like he can do magical things without it.

* Considering all the references to Solomon I figured 2 things. 1) The Demon King has to be a human, and that 2) The human must have some magical ability they may not be aware of. While the healing and summon can be contributed to outside interference, the forbidden spell incident had to have been caused by Iruma directly. He may not have a lot of magic ability, but he has enough to at least potentially trigger spells.

Just based solely off the opening credit sequence

** The song thing suggest ''more'' characters from Toontown: at least a [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Looney Tunes]] and a [[WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies Disney]] character.

** This explain the absurd level of innocence of Clara, [[AbstractScale measured]] in Episode 8 of the tv series.

** As consequence, some toon characteristics were diffused in a part of the population of the Netherworld: for instance, Sullivan is a powerful demon but he can be... well, a bit screwball.

** Other characteristics will be diluted, like the number of fingers. The offspring of the character, merrily (?) married, acquired horns, saw teeth and meshed genetically with the population of the Netherworld.

* The demons are experts in magic, but they don't seem to have many scientists, and Iruma is responsible for inventing fireworks for them, something that existed since 11th Century China, but the demons have technology like phones, videogames and internet, but no futuristic technology, this is an inversion of ETGaveUsWiFi, demons went to the human world and brought their technology and culture to the demon world.
** It's not impossible. Especially given the level of technology they seem to be at. Taking the "Hell phones" used by the cast as an example, they look closer in line to a phone from the early 2000s, with only the ability to send text messages calls, with no internet access. Unless Iruma's intended to come from an earlier point in time than the manga's beginning, by 2017 (when the series got its start) smartphones should've become widely available in the human world, but seem to not be a thing in the demon world. So it's possible that, due to lack of contact between worlds being limited to few high ranking demons, what technology they ''do'' borrow from humans comes at a delay.
** It may also have to do with the demons general reliance on magic over technology. They're a species that has adapted towards magic for their everyday needs. So unless it's something like a phone which they don't have magic available to do themselves, they had no real ''need'' to spend time inventing new technology, when their pride and livelihood mostly depends on the ability to do spells. So of course, the one place they would end up getting what technology they do have is through humanity.

With the exception of Balam, who literally specializes in researching humans as his field of study, the demon we've seen who's arguably the most fascinated by humans in general is Ameri. There's two things that explain her fascination - the Forbidden Texts in her possession and her father's position as the security chief of the Demon Border Patrol. As we are all well aware, the Forbidden Texts in Ameri's possession are, in reality, volumes of a shoujo manga (known as Hatsukoi Memory) that have made their way to the netherworld. The first thing that comes to mind is, well, how did they even get there? These are human world texts, items considered to be completely mythical to demons. While it is possible for both people and human world objects to cross the border into the netherworld (and vice versa), it's specifically the job of Ameri's father to make sure that this does not happen. While the exact details of Hatsukoi Memory's crossing into the underworld are unknown, there's a more interesting question at play here: How did these texts specifically get into Ameri's possession? Might have they been passed down from her father to her, with Henri strictly warning Ameri not to look at them? Ameri really wants to keep the fact that she's reading the Forbidden Texts a secret from her father, after all. But if that's the case, why would Henri give this order to his own daughter?

Perhaps Henri has his own secret that he wants kept from his daughter in order to protect her. As the security chief of Demon Border Patrol, Henri has to deal with frequent attempts at crossing the human world/netherworld border. It's extremely likely, if not almost certain, that he's aware of both the existence of humans and the fact that Iruma is one. Otherwise, Henri wouldn't have suddenly regaled to him the story of a human he met that had crossed into the netherworld - one whom he eventually brought back to the human world...wait a minute, have we ever heard anything about who Ameri's mother is? We're shown the families of multiple prominent characters quite a few times, including Ameri. She really only has just her father, it seems. But she has to have a mother as well, right? Yet we've nary a whiff of an explicit hint at her. Or so we might think, because it's quite possible that her mother is the human that Henri met. We don't know much of the details of this meeting Henri describes besides the fact that they met and that Henri eventually had to return her. As far as I know, it's possible that an entire love story between Henri and the human could've taken place, perhaps beginning with Henri taking interest in a certain manga that the human was reading, which launches a bunch of secret reading sessions between the two that mirror those of Amelie and Iruma's. Maybe they had a baby daughter together, and when the threat of being caught became too great, Henri returned the human to the human world to live out the rest of her life there while he took care of their daughter? (He is the doting, somewhat overprotective father, after all.)

If you'd like more evidence, how about this then: Every demon possesses a pair of large dark draconic wings - this is a constant within the variety of character designs. By that definition, every demon should be able to fly, and with relative ease at that. Well we've never actually seen Ameri spread her wings. This in itself doesn't mean anything until you bring her more action-focused scenes into the picture. Ameri's fight against a magic beast at Walter Park consisted of her only using her bloodline ability, and one of her actions is to use said ability to jump high into the air before delivering a massive kick to her target. She does the exact same thing during her date with Iruma at a water park, as well. Her bloodline ability has built in recoil depending on how much it's used, so if you needed to gain height, why not just fly up? Perhaps being a half-human and half-demon gave her defective wings - ones that couldn't be used for flight.

** Another thing to note: the few times we see Ameri in an outfit that could show her the wing anchors on her back clearly (like her swimsuit in Ch 94), her hair conspicuously keeps the center of her back covered... [[https://i.imgur.com/AHdPysK.png except for when Iruma bridal carries her]], and there's no wing anchors to be seen. Nishi's has hidden details in plain sight before too, such as [[spoiler: Soi Purson's entire existence]], so this kind of twist wouldn't be unprecedented.

* Dude's name is literally just the Japanese pronunciation of Delkira backwards.

** Another possibility is that this was an intentional design by Delkira to test his successor's worthiness.

Well, this may not actually happen, but if so, it might take place near the end of the series where Iruma might go to the Human World for the last time to cut ties with them right before calling out on their abusive treatment on him.

Every bit of foreshadowing laid on Iruma has connected him to Delkira in some way. From the spirit of the Ring of Gluttony being Arikured which is backwards pronunciation of Delkira, to lines in the Demon King Prophesy lining up exactly with Iruma's actions/circumstances in the Netherworld, to Poro feeling like he was looking at Delkira during the Music festival, and finally to the future visions that Alice and Iruma have had.

Soi Purson is the one who went to see Balam to acquire his signature for the Misfits to enter the Royal One. Azz, Clara, and Iruma weren't the ones as they don't seem to have met Balam until chapter 62/63.

* While Chima may start at this point, one thing to take into account is Iruma is not Kerori. He is a magnetic hero who is slowly developing into being a nexus of his part of the demon world. Like Sullivan said, if the Demon King tells the people to move in a new direction, they will. Like that, Iruma wanted his friends to help save kids at Walter Park, they did. He gave a declaration of Soi's return despite no evidence to it, and he was believed by his fellow Misfits. So, while Chima may be acting like Gyari, he will help Chima off that obsession path into a better path, and likely without meaning to.
** Yeah, that's the much more likely possibility, actually: Whenever Iruma realizes what love is, he'll be able to easily tell the difference between it and obsession, having seen the relationship Kerori and Gyari made for themselves. There are exactly two moments where Iruma is reminded that he's interacting with demons: When Kirio reveals what hes really like to him AND when Kerori reveals that she wants Gyari to remain obsessed with her so she can shine brighter. Iruma is no demon, and he's certainly not selfish, so I imagine he'll do his best to guide Chima down a better path.

Aside Wett looking a bit like Soi, there's the fact that Atori said he could overcome Soi's PerceptionFilter powers because he knows somebody with similar powers. Wett's powers are indeed similar to Soi's, but on a whole other level: he applies the PerceptionFilter ''retroactively'', making people forget he and his team ever existed and even erasing them from photos. Or perhaps, simply making anybody who looks unable to see them in said photos.

* As Iruma goes up in rank, Arikured gains new abilities. It's possible that, by rising to the top of demon society, Iruma is gradually restoring the Demon King to his former glory.

Aside Wett looking a bit like Soi, there's the fact that Atori said he could overcome Soi's PerceptionFilter powers because he knows somebody with similar powers. Wett's powers are indeed similar to Soi's, but on a whole other level: he apply the PerceptionFilter ''retroactively'', making people forget he and his team ever existed and even erasing them from photos. Or perhaps, simply making anybody who looks unable to see them in said photos.

** In Chapter 209 we see Ameri's wings. They are perfectly fine and probably as large as Sabro's. so this theory is possibly jossed.

[[WMG: Arikured is actually Delkira]]
Dude's name is literally just the japanese pronounciation of Delkira backwards.

The narrator has always remind us they're incredibly stupid. But there's something about them that makes me wonder on ''HOW THE HELL DID THOSE TWO EVEN KNOW ON HOW TO SUMMON A DEMON IN THE FIRST PLACE?!?!''
* Either AchievementsInIgnorance and they just put a haphazard attempt together cheaply, or perhaps if Iruma is connected to Delkira's reincarnation or blood connection, Sullivan was looking for Iruma and told his parents their actions summoned him. The other thing is that while someone might be stupid, that doesn't mean they are dumb.

Iruma's height is average for a japanese boy his age, and only looks short when compared to the ''very'' tall demons.
* Official databook has his height at 5'2". That's definitely shorter than average.

Well this may not actually happen, but if so, it might take place near the end of the series where Iruma might go to the Human World for the last time to cut ties with them right before calling out on their abusive treatment on him.

* He may have even visited Japan, considering that the Legendary Leaf that he left behind appeared to produce [CherryBlossoms sakura petals] when it bloomed.

* As Agares is hiding underground, Balam will find him and he will have to defend against magical plant attacks.

It's been stated that the previous Demon King has more in common with the human Iruma than any other individual, such as an unusually high level of empathy. There are a couple possible explanations for this:
* One of his biological parents was human, or he was raised by humans in some way.
* He may have spent some time in the human world, and the people he met rubbed off on him. Demons have consistently been shown to be surprised (and even touched) by the kindness that Iruma shows, so that might also have been the case for Delkira.

[[WMG: Wett is actually Soi's older brother.]]

** Yeah, that's the much more likely possibility, actually: Whenever Iruma realizes what love is, he'll be able to easily tell the difference and help lead Chima down a better path, having seen the relationship Kerori and Gyari has. There are exactly two moments where Iruma is reminded that he's interacting with demons: When Kirio reveals what hes really like to him AND when Kerori reveals that she wants Gyari to remain obsessed with her so she can shine brighter. Iruma is no demon, and he's certainly not selfish, so I imagine he'll do his best to guide Chima down a better path.

Thank you for reading!

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