The Duke of Death and His Maid (2021– ) User Reviews

Wholesome stuff

[Movi3DO · 8/10 · 27 September 2021]

Alice in Bocchan-land

Summer anime season is in its last week, so it's time to binge as many as possible. A gloomy teenager with the curse of killing any living things he touches lived with his maid, who was his childhood friend, while trying to find the way to lift the curse.

The worst aspect of this anime was the CGI animation. The problem with this new animation style is that the movements and facial expressions are very unconvincing. However, after three or four episodes, I got used to the animation style and just rolled along with it.

But other than that, this was a wholesome romcom drama that I had a great time. The relationship between the duke and the maid was cute. There's some light naughty stuff, but the care they had for each other was real and heartwarming. I loved how they made each other overcome the pain of isolation. It's nothing new, but the execution still hit the point. The drama could have been stronger in tone, but it was still investing enough. The animation didn't help the characters to show their emotions much.

Although the side characters mostly added the comedic value to the show, they were still relevant to the story. Towards the end, it's clear that a lot of the story was setting up for the second season.

Overall, a wholesome season despite its problematic animation style. 7.5/10.

Ya I dunno what to think

[sugarcane-17691 · 6/10 · 24 January 2022]

I am not all the way through this series yet as I am waiting for the dub to finish, but I actually enjoyed this anime, it was wholesome yet sad at times in a frustrating way for the Duke as he deserved more than he has.

But the gripe I have with this is that it's wholesomeness keeps it from thinking logically about the Dukes situation. His family is rich so he has means, and so he should be out proactively looking for a way to cure his curse, looking for for the witch that did this, but NO, all he does is sit around his mansion with his stupid hat and wallow in self putty about his situation. Man the fuck up and do something about it, have an adventure or die trying.

Also, he is worried about he is family disowning down the road through a succession of power possibly, and what does he want to do? Play the piano to make a living smh. What he should be doing with his curse is joining the military, get special training, and become the Angel of Death if he wants to do something worthwhile with his curse. The military would snatch him up in a heartbeat if he can kill the way he does and a little training goes a long way.

These people around the Duke are enabling him to the point that he is delusional to think that he can live like that forever all the while doing fuck all. They needed to stop being enablers and push him to help him utilize his curse or find a way to get rid of it.

I know this is a semi wholesome anime (minus the cock tease Alice's parts lol) but it's frustratingly annoying that he doesn't help out his situation, he just sitting back like a lazy nobleman waiting for help to fall into his lap.

But for what it is, it is a good anime but could have been far better with more killing lol jk, but a 6/10 seems fair for the laziness of the protagonist.

A cute maid and his duke

[stefanozucchelli · 6/10 · 12 November 2021]

Series with funny episodes that canbe seen individually at the beginning. But the more the series go on more a plot is created that becomes intricate and takes a completely different path from the initial structure.

Cute and heartwarming

[jennahobbs · 10/10 · 2 February 2022]

The love seen in this show, though shared, being so unattainable is almost heart wrenching. The light air of innocent smut makes it cute. Each and every main character has a lovely little quirkiness to them as well. The fact that the duke is still even willing to fall in love despite his curse and how his mother treated him due to it is very heartwarming. I need more of this show.