The Demon Ranking System (鬼の序列 Omi No Jorestsu?) is a system that is used to determine a demon's strength among all demons in the Netherworld, or mainly among their peers inside Babyls Demon School. They can do this by proving themselves in tests designed to assess their strength, perform feats or gain accomplishments.
Since the main series acknowledges and focuses the Demon Ranking System moreover inside Babyls, this article discusses the latter more than its effect in the whole Netherworld.
Description[]
This traditional system composes of ten different quantitative ranking. These numeric symbols, of which are closely related and made out from Hebrew letters, classifies a demon's status in the Netherworld. Presumably, they start their ranking when they first go to a demon school, increase and/or decrease it through school activities, and even after they graduate, they keep their rank and may be able to increase it quite further.
Origin[]
The demon ranking system names originated from the ancient hell dance called Lilith's Red Carpet. It consisted of 8 different demons that tried wooing the titular Lilith. The first was an innocent town boy (Aleph representative) who sees the fun in love but lacks understanding of its passion. Next was a pair of serpentine ballet dancers, who were denied since the black serpent dancer (Bet representative) only knows passion and pleasure and not true love, and the white serpent dancer (Gimmel representative), while having the brilliance of a pure diamond, has a desire not enough for her. Then came three knights:
- A kind warrior (Daleth representative)
- A passionate gentleman (Hé representative)
- A clever professor (Vav representative)
But they were turned down, too, since the warrior lacked the will to keep her for himself. The gentleman simply reflected her as a perfect image, and the professor gave her correct answers and nothing else. A selfish prince (Zayin representative) also desired Lilith but got dull because of its one-sidedness. Soon after, a greedy millionaire (Khet representative) greedily envelops her, but she declines his love as it will vanish as soon as she is conquered. After all those times, Lilith grieved, which momentarily decides loving herself is enough, and reveals she represents Tet rank. Almost immediately, she refutes herself, saying that there is a certain someone somewhere who will truly love her and that someone will be represented by Yodh.[1]
Usage in School[]
A ranking owl.
All starting students are unranked and have a specific non-ranking state during their first days of school. In the given time, students, after classified through class, will be given a test to be so that the students will be analyzed for their ranking, such as the demon-familiar summoning exam and racing exam.[2] After, they are then classified by a ranking owl. The ranking owl has a pouch on its stomach that contains the ranking badges, of which each student is required to put their hands in and grab their base respective ranks. Most of the time, first-years are categorized into Aleph (1) and Bet (2) rankings.[3]
Notably, a common stereotype inside the school is being regarded based almost entirely on your ranking. If higher the rank is, the more popular the student. Though, there are a few exceptions, such as Iruma, who received an overwhelming amount of attention and acknowledgment despite being unranked (and later, the lowest rank) due to some events and circumstances, along with being related to the principal.
Iruma and co. looking at the options they have in the cafeteria.
In addition, the quality and quantity of the food available in the school's cafeteria depend on the student's rank as well. For instance, the menu is extremely limited to unranked demons, but details become more complex and higher in quality, with more options, as the ranks go higher. The food is also free to all students, though it is worth noting that any student may access the lower ranks, as well as the unranked food options, despite the quality being worse than even the lowest, Aleph (1), ranked dishes.[4]
Rise or Fall Ranking[]
A rise in rank can be granted to the students of Babyls by the principal, Lord Sullivan, or any authorized Babyls Demon School Staff. For the freshmen, there are five ways to increase their ranks. Namely, they are the (1) Cannonball Execution, the (2) Division Party, the (3) First Term Final Exams, the (4) Harvest Festival and the (5) Music Festival. Each has different contributing factor and procedures on how they increase student ranks, such as during the Division party that one must be part of a Division group. However, it is possible that the ranking of a demon can be reduced when they put the school in grave danger, or when a student scores significantly lower than the passing grade during Term Exams.
Teachers are limited in promoting a student's rank, and for them to achieve Vav rank and up, students have to take the Scala, a special exam administered by a Thirteen Crowns member that is neither too friendly nor too hostile to the student.[5]
Demons who reach the top rank, Yodh, are considered as candidates to become the Demon Lord. Three such candidates currently exist.
Demon Rankings and Rank Holders[]
This table displays the ten ranks and their corresponding terms from lowest (1 - Aleph) to highest (10 - Yodh), and the latest ranks of all demons with known ranks.
| Rank | Rank Term | Demons with Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleph | Currently none |
| 2 | Bet | |
| 3 | Gimmel | |
| 4 | Daleth | |
| 5 | Hé | |
| 6 | Vav | |
| 7 | Zayin |
|
| 8 | Khet | |
| 9 | Tet | |
| 10 | Yodh |
Trivia[]
- The rating system is based off Gematria, a numerological system by which Hebrew letters correspond to numbers.
References[]
- ↑ Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Manga Chapter 168
- ↑ Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Anime Episode 4
- ↑ Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Anime Episode 5
- ↑ Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Anime Episode 3
- ↑ Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Manga Chapter 351
- ↑ Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Anime Episode 20
- ↑ Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Manga Chapter 40 / Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Anime Episode 21