Have you ever looked at something or someone before and thought, “Wow. That has to be the cutest thing in all of existence.” Of course you have. Humans are naturally attracted to anything that we find cute and adorable. I even recently learned about the existence of cute aggression, a phenomenon where something is so cute that we want to pick them up and hug and squish them forever! If there’s something that everyone on the planet could unanimously find cute, I’m betting that world peace would start just so we could all fawn over it. Sadly, such a thing doesn’t exist yet in our world, but I did find a new anime that’s about pretty much that: The Demon King’s Daughter is Too Kind!
The Demon King Ahriman, ruler of all demonkind and enemy to all that is good in the world. For years, his forces have been on a campaign to conquer all and make non-demons bow down to demonkind. There’s just one problem: his infant daughter, Doux, will not act like how most demons do. Whereas other demons care about hurting people and causing misery and strife, even amongst themselves, Doux is the exact opposite. All she cares about is making people happy and bringing smiles and joy to everyone. She’s…too kind.
When I first saw the trailer for this series, I thought that seemed like another silly slice of life series. And to be fair, that is what it is. It makes it no secret that it’s an anime that’s meant to make people feel good. But that’s the thing about it. When they say that Doux is too kind, that’s not hyperbole. And it’s not because her dad spoils her and acts like a doting parent with her. When they say she’s too kind, they mean that she doesn’t have an ounce of evil in her body whatsoever.
Take the first episode, for example. The Demon King’s lieutenant is given the task of training her to be a ruthless demon. The first thing that Doux does is run off to force her to play hide-and-seek. And she does it to the tune of this song that little kids would sing while befriending all the animals she runs across!
And it’s not just animals and demons that she’s nice to, either! It’s everyone and everything. She regularly visits the slaves to play with the kids and give food to everyone. She once helped out an angel for the sake of it. And every time she tries to be scary or mean, it just backfires because she’s just that nice!
And the crazy part? She might actually conquer the world with kindness. In fact, I think that that might actually be her ultimate plan.
The thing that makes this show adorable is that Doux’s kindness is infectious. Whether they’re human, demon, angel, or animals, Doux brings out the best in everyone around her, making them nicer and happier. It gets to the point that her attendant thinks she might destroy the concept of evil altogether by getting everyone to be friends and nice to each other. And you know what? I’m all for it!
It’s no secret that our world can suck. A LOT. Seeing everyone constantly getting mad over things and fighting each other on the news can be enough to make a person give up on the world. But then you remember the characters from tv shows that were just unfailingly kind to everyone, and you think, “these guys? They get it.” They get that being mean to everyone isn’t going to make things any better, and so they choose to be nice. And Doux is so nice and cute that I can’t help but want to be nice just by watching her. And the world needs more kindness in it!
