I guess "soaked rice crackers" aren't actually wet, huh?
So this is your first one, Dad?
Aren't they soft and tasty?
Yeah. Now I'm thinking soaked karinto could be good.
So, is Mr. Maou's apartment all fixed?
Yep! He says their things all made it back from storage, too.
Oh, I'll get it.
Parents (Komagane)
Hello?
Oh, hi, Brother. Something up?
What?!
Sheesh, nothing's changed here.
Have you not eyes?! Behold!
The kitchen faucet has been tightened!
It was dripping no matter how hard I twisted the knob, but now it's repaired!
'Paired!
You understand, huh, Alas Ramus? You're so smart!
This is just sad to see. There's nothing demonic about you anymore.
I'm sure the "dad's day off" thing is nice, but isn't MgRonald's still closed?
Shouldn't you look for a temp job someplace?
Silence, hypocrite!
Hi, everyone!
Chi-sis!
What's up, Chi?
Mr. Maou, would you like a job in Nagano?
Huh? Nagano?
The Devil is a Part-Timer!
Season 2
Nagano Pref. Road Route 49 Komagane Hase-sen
Hey, Urushihara, are you still alive?
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The Devil Begins Farming
Don't talk to me.
I'm sorry he's such a mess.
It's fine. Chiho used to get crazy carsick when she was little.
She once cried because she didn't want to get on the bus for a field trip in elem—
Mom, they don't need to know that!
Well, I guess the moral is that even dark lords get heat sick and carsick.
What? "Dark lords"?
Uh, no, not dark lords! Um...
Um, "dark lords" is what he calls black bears! Right, Mr. Maou?
A-Absolutely! Bears are scary!
Are there any bears in Nagano?
Back in the day you hardly ever saw them,
but I hear they've been coming down from the mountain lately to find food.
Miss Sasaki's grandmother was attacked by a wild boar on the farm, correct?
She wasn't hurt badly.
But apparently all the part-time kids got scared and quit.
Now they're short-handed for the summer harvest,
so my brother-in-law asked for help.
It's such a help that you three are coming with us.
It's all right. We had free time thanks to the MgRonald's renovations.
I know it's late to ask this, but shouldn't you have invited Miss Yusa?
It's no business of hers where we go.
Oh, look at that building!
What is that? It looks like a kappa's face.
It's called Kappakan.
It's a museum about legends and stuff related to kappa.
Kappa are spirits said to have lived in Japan since ancient times.
Their hobby is sumo, they love cucumbers,
and most frightening of all...
The shirikodama.
"Shirikodama"?
Yes, Sire.
Kappa often extract an organ called the shirikodama from humans' nether regions.
Without it, humans lack all guts.
Just like Urushihara, in fact!
Mr. Urushihara seems too sick to sass back.
We're almost there.
Oh, by the way, everything in this area other than the public roads
belongs to the Sasakis.
What?!
Hi there, Riho. Sorry ya had to come so far!
Hello, Auntie.
Glad ya came, Chiho. You've grown!
Are you Mr. Maou?
Yes, I'm Sadao Maou. Thank you for having us.
My name is Shiro Ashiya.
I'm... Urushihara...
I'm Yumiko, Chiho's aunt.
That long ride must've worn ya out! We've got your rooms ready.
Chiho, show them the way.
S-So big...
Our whole Devil's Castle could fit in the foyer.
In fact, I believe Sasazuka and Hatagaya
could both fit into just the land that the Sasakis own.
What are you waiting for, Mr. Maou?
The stairs are this way.
A-A-Ashiya, I just realized something insane.
Wh-What is it, Sire?
We can't see the stairway from the door!
O-Oh my goodness!
Who cares? Just hurry up.
Thank you. You're doing us a huge favor.
I'm Manji, Chiho's uncle.
This is my wife, Yumiko.
That's my son Kazuma, who runs the place.
That makes me Chiho's cousin.
This is my wife, Hinako, and my son, Hitoshi.
Hello!
You say hello too, Hitoshi.
Hi!
Chi's cousin...
I have experience babysitting my cousin's kid, that's all.
We owe you so much!
Hoho...
Everyone's here, eh?
Grandma?!
I thought you were injured.
Feh! I ain't hurt.
This is Ei, my mother.
We heard you were attacked by a boar.
Nothin' to it! Just knocked me on my butt.
I'm so glad it wasn't serious.
But we'll take over the physical labor for a while!
So ma'am, you rest up and don't worry about a thing.
What?
Okay, Hinako, show them to the fields.
Chiho, would you look after Hitoshi in the meantime?
Sure, leave it to me.
Chiho, you're becomin' a fine woman!
Her mom says she's working on her cooking.
She's been expanding her repertoire to feed Mr. Maou!
H-H-Hey! Mom! Why would you tell her that?!
It just came up in conversation, honey.
Seriously?! Mom!
What?
Sorry. It's just, in the car I was thinking...
Well?!
I feel like while we're here I'll be able to see different sides of you,
and I like that idea.
I-I don't know what you're talking about.
Really, we're so grateful.
We won't make you do anything too complicated.
It's simple stuff like harvesting and weeding
that we need help keeping up with.
Um, is it really okay for them to ride in the truck bed?
I think I'm actually getting less sick this way.
That's not the issue!
What if a police officer sees us and we have to pay a fine?!
Don't worry about it. This is all our land.
There aren't too many veggies that get harvested in summer,
but they all need to be done by hand, and it's a big field.
We've got eggplants in those greenhouses,
and next to them are the cucumbers.
"Next to" them?
That's a full city block in Sasazuka...
The harvest starts tomorrow morning,
but let's warm you up now with a little light work.
Don't worry! It's just weeding.
Hey, Urushihara, you still alive?
He's dead.
Ashiya... Hey, Ashiya!
Huh. Didn't expect him to be such a wreck.
Mr. Maou, can I come in?
What's up, Chi?
Oh dear, you look tired!
There's still time before dinner, so Kazuma invited us all to a hot spring.
Oh wow, what a pretty building.
It was just built last year.
It's a hotel, but you can also come for just the hot spring.
Okay, let's meet up in the lobby at 6:30.
I found Chi-sis!
Alas Ramus?!
Hey, slow down, Alas Ramus!
Running is dangerous!
Miss Yusa! Miss Suzuno!
Why are you here?
That's what I'd like to ask you!
Do you know them, Mr. Maou?
Isn't "Alas Ramus" the name of the child you took in?
Mama! Papa's here!
"Papa"?
"Mama"?
Am I understanding this right?
When Mr. Maou and the others left for Nagano,
they asked their neighbor, Miss...
Suzuno Kamazuki.
...Miss Kamazuki to babysit.
But Miss Yusa looks just like her mom, so when Miss Yusa visited,
Alas Ramus got attached.
Yes.
And then she started crying for Maou, who has been acting as her father in Japan.
We looked into this area and found this hot spring hotel nearby,
so we hurried here hoping that we could at least let her see him,
although we knew it would probably inconvenience you.
Mr. Maou.
You should have brought the child to begin with instead of making her suffer.
Y-Yes, ma'am. I'm sorry.
But how terrible that her real parents left her for so long
that she doesn't recognize their faces.
Shouldn't you give your relatives a talking-to about that?
Well, one of my old friends from school
is so busy that his kids sometimes forget his face.
I'm sure they have their reasons.
Um, Mr. Sasaki?
I know it's rude to ask you this when we've just met,
especially after that embarrassing display, but...
Miss Yusa?
May I ask you to hire Suzuno and myself along with Maou and the others?
I was raised on a wheat farm. I think I can be more useful than they can.
I'm sorry to mix you up in this, Bel.
It's fine, I promise. I don't mind manual labor.
And it's not as though I don't understand your feelings, Emilia.
Them, working the fields...
Ugh, what a pain.
Mr. Maou, are you asleep?
That you, Chi? What's up?
S-Sorry. I need to gear myself up to show you...
Huh?
Go ahead.
G-Good evening, Mr. Maou.
Hey. What's going on?
Um... I'm s-sorry I came here looking like this...
I don't see a problem.
So, did you need something?
No, I... well, it's not nothing, but... it's nothing.
You know, this is the first time I've seen you dressed so casually.
You look cute with your hair down. You should wear it like that more.
I-I can't do that!
I can let my hair down at home, but I can't do it in front of just anyone!
Oh, okay...
So, do you need something?
Huh? Um, I wanted to talk to you about Miss Yusa.
Huh?
Would you take a walk outside with me?
How come I can see so many stars?
I think it's because the mountains are blocking some of the moonlight.
Oh, I get it! That makes sense.
So, about Miss Yusa...
Oh, right, you wanted to talk about Emi.
Do you want to know why she asked to work here with you?
I'm sure Emi didn't tell you.
Miss Suzuno told me.
She said Miss Yusa has mixed feelings about you guys doing farm work.
So that's what's going on.
You noticed something?
No, not really, but I did remember that her family were farmers.
Yes.
Yeah, that would make this hard to swallow.
We destroyed her home life.
Of course her reaction would be, "How dare you do farm work?"
Miss Suzuno told me she was saying that.
It's hard for me to swallow
how easy it is for me to imagine her reactions lately.
I'm a tiny bit jealous.
Don't be, please.
I think it's still hard for Miss Yusa to come to terms with things.
Probably so.
I spend a lot of time thinking about whether there's some way
that all of the people I love can find happiness together.
Probably not.
At least pretend to think about it!
Chi?
We'd better go back.
Thank you for taking a walk with me.
How long do you plan to sleep?!
E-E-Emi?!
Wh-What are you doing here?!
Were you even listening yesterday? I said I'd be starting here today.
Sure, but why did you come wake us up?
Hey, it's only 4:30!
It's summertime. This is normal.
Get up right now!
Good morning!
Hurry up and find an empty seat.
How have you already made yourself at home in the kitchen?!
Where is good Hanzo?
Risking death by clinging to his futon.
This morning, we'll split up into teams to harvest the eggplants and cucumbers.
Teams?
Miss Yusa, do you have experience with eggplants?
Yes, sir.
Then Mr. Maou and Miss Yusa will take that greenhouse.
Hinako and Miss Kamazuki, take this one.
Mr. Ashiya, you go to that one with Pops.
Mr. Urushihara, you come with me.
Okay, here we go.
Bye, Chiho! I'll come fetch you in four days.
Okay, drive safely.
Bye-bye!
I wonder if Mr. Maou is okay...
I thought it'd be cooler in the morning, but I'm really sweating.
Do you know why we started picking these so early in the morning?
Early-morning harvest is the standard for summer vegetables.
It is?
At night there's no sun, and temperatures go down.
So plants use that time to replenish nutrients.
So if we pick them early, we get them at their most nutritious?
Exactly. You'd be shocked at how different
vegetables from the same field taste in the morning versus the afternoon.
Got it. No wonder we have to get up early.
But in that case, can't we finish picking tomorrow morning
if we don't get them all today?
What's your problem?
Anything at its peak today will over-ripen at high speed by tomorrow.
The crops will be spongy, they won't taste as good, and no one will buy them.
Harvest too late, and you lose everything.
The farmer suffers a huge loss.
That's rough.
It's rough, all right.
Miss Suzuno told me.
She said Miss Yusa has mixed feelings about you guys doing farm work.
What?
You'd better not be regretting what you did, not that I think that's likely.
Spare me that.
Regretting? Um...
I'm talking about how you demons destroyed my hometown
and my father's fields.
Just so you know, I'm still angry, and I don't intend to forgive you.
But if you start regretting it, my thirst for revenge might waver a tiny bit.
Tinier than a flea's turd, but still.
So I don't want your regret.
Excuse me?
But that's an issue between you and me alone.
It has nothing to do with you helping the Sasakis with their farm.
So do your job, and don't mind me.
You know...
What?
...you're such a pain.
Is this really all right?
True, it was quite intense labor starting early in the morning, but still...
They gave us a tasty feast and let us nap for two hours.
I feel like Heaven would frown on us taking our full pay for this.
You're a demon. Why worry about Heaven's opinion?
I wanna sleep for the rest of my life.
Sadly, we probably got assigned a nap
because we're not qualified for anything else right now.
Your Majesty, work is something one finds for oneself.
Look at Emilia. She leveraged her special skills to gain a place for herself.
Guess you've got a point.
Let's go ask Grandma Ei if there's anything we can do.
What's wrong, Hii?
Here, come play with Big Sis.
Hii, play!
Sure.
Go take Hitoshi on a walk to see Hinako.
He's been cryin' for his mama for a while.
Leave it to us!
They actually went to her.
Gotta respect people that determined to work.
Are you too hot, Alas Ramus?
No!
Hii, look! Your hat is like mine!
Alas Ramus, that's so sisterly.
Sis! Hii-sis!
You make it sound like Hitoshi is the sister.
Thank you for bringing him.
Oh, we just wanted to be useful.
What have you been doing?
Picking millet.
Say, where's Suzuno?
She's helping prepare dinner.
She is?
She was out back sharpening a knife when you came downstairs.
Hmm, how like an evil crone of her.
She'd flatten you if she heard that.
I'll be sure to tell her.
I have a feeling there'll be no dinner for you tonight.
No dinner for Papa!
Anything but that! I'm sorry! I take it back!
Wh-What is it, Hinako?
E-Everyone stay calm.
Crouch down, and don't speak too loudly.
It's a bear.
What should we do?
Where's Mr. Kazuma?
He went down to check on the irrigation canal.
It's really thin.
If it's looking for food, we could have some trouble.
Why don't we escape before it gets close?
We could go down to where Kazuma is.
That may be best.
Right. Alas Ramus, shhhh, got it?
Okay. Shhhh.
No rushing. Go slow.
Shhhh, Hii. Shhhh.
Please, Hitoshi, be quiet.
Oh no, it noticed us!