actually everyone should consider speedrunning mairimashita iruma-kun. if you're in the market for new brainrot here's my sales pitch:
premise: iruma, a 14-year-old who was molded into an extreme people-pleaser by scum parents who only really paid attention to him when exploiting him for their own comfort, is sold by said scum parents to a literal demon from hell who proceeds to adopt him as his grandson and dote on him exorbitantly. living under the constant threat of being eaten if anyone finds out he's a human, iruma gradually learns about concepts like eating until he's full, wanting things, and being loved while unintentionally charming everyone around him with his uncommon kindness
it's aimed at young teens so it's mostly a comedy with occasional action leanings but it also goes in HARD on found family themes and general wholesomeness. because of its demographic and genre it takes a largely light-hearted approach to the subject of iruma's childhood and how his parents treated him, but it doesn't shy away from the lasting effects it had on his overall personality and makes his very gradual character growth feel extremely rewarding to watch
it can be experienced as both as the original manga (300+ chapters) and an anime adaptation (three seasons, 67 episodes total, covers up to around halfway through the manga) that has a good dub if you're into that kind of thing. I think it's commonly consumed by watching the anime first and then picking up the manga where it leaves off but the first season especially can feel pretty slow at times so going all-in on the manga where you can kinda set your own pace may be preferable depending on your tastes
anyway yeah I recommend it. and maybe if you give it a try tell me what you think about it because I have exactly one (1) person to talk to about this shit
















