#(thats a lie he already knows iruma is bi. we're percieving it. together)

[ofdreamsanddoodles]

been thinking of mairimashita iruma kun a bit lately in part because of the new anime season airing & i feel like from a meta point the demon world is so interesting bc it’s supposed to be like. iruma’s wish fulfillment. he’s lived his whole life being abused & ignored by parents who have continuously left him to fend for himself, only to get adopted (his parents sold him) by a demon who genuinely just wants the opportunity to be a doting grandfather & shower him with gifts. obviously bad stuff happens in the demon world like we’re told several times kindness doesn’t come naturally to them, when someone’s in danger it’s unthinkable a stranger would jump in to save them, and there’s the whole “wicked phase phase” thing people go through when stressed but like

textually, it is supposed to be a better world, at least for iruma. and i think because of that the mangaka is trying to like, make it a world without human biases. like clara is absolutely bullied for being neurodivergent, but that’s only before she meets iruma, in the overall world of iruma-kun, she’s awesome, because she’s autistic & she’s immature, and that’s exactly why she’s one of his main love interests. when keroli talks about another idol having a crush on her, she says it’s not a big deal, because demons don’t really care about gender when it comes to love. so all of this means its probably super normal about iruma crossdressing, right?

except its like. it is, sometimes? iruma dresses up as an idol to help keroli (twice, actually) and it’s just like. well that’s super reasonable. that’s just what a good friend would do. and an even better friend would put on a miniskirt and help their idol friend woo her gf. except there’s also that scene where iruma’s learning that spell to change his clothes, and alikred switches it to a frilly dress (or maybe iruma does it by accident? not entirely relevant to my point) and there’s an omake joke about amelie finding him and responding in shock, but part of the joke is she has a crush on iruma, so she finds him cute in anything! & recently in the anime keroli demanded he & lied dress up & sing for her in idol outfits & because of how serious & threatening she looks, it feels kinda like blackmail, but wait! according to the narration, keroli’s just near her wicked phase, and she needs to see her favorite thing (idols) to calm down! but it’s like... it still feels kind of weird, right? like these jokes aren’t really unexpected in a shounen anime, but considering that other stuff i said, and with the amount of time iruma spends dressed up, you’d think they’d act, idk... a bit nicer?