Together with Familiar! / The Battler's Challenge is the eleventh episode of the anime series Mairimashita! Iruma-kun.
Summary[]
Friendly and up-beat teacher Bars Robin arrives to class to teach students how to bond with their familiars.
Iruma, Asmodeus, and Clara are on guard during the first-year hunt and choosing a battler to join.
Plot[]
Together with Familiars![]
One day, a cheerful demon named Bars Robin approaches Babyls looking forward to what is awaiting him.
In Ameri's office, Iruma is reading First Love Memories with Ameri hanging on every word he reads. As Iruma reads how Rin is facing her fears and deciding to tell Kakeru how she feels. Relating to Rin facing her fears, Iruma remembers how he had felt the same when facing Asmodeus during the execution cannonball match and how happy he and everyone else was when he ranked up.
He is brought out of his thoughts by Ameri asking what happened next in the story. He tries to continue but they hear the alert that time has ended. Although Ameri wishes to continue, she agrees to wait until their next session to pick up where they left off. After she leaves, Iruma asks himself what his next goal should be and debates if he should raise his rank again.
In class, Robin announces he is their teacher and they have not met yet due to Robin not realizing the school year had already started as he had been focused on making lesson plans. Although he admits he can be scatter-brained at times, Robin promises to be a dedicated familiar teacher and help the students as best as he can. He announces their first lesson will be interacting and getting to know their familiars, something that right away distresses Iruma.
Moving the class outdoors, Robin asks Asmodeus to be the first to call his familiar. Asmodeus calls forth his Gorgon Snake. Robin is amazed at the sight of the familiar when Sabnock steps forward and summons his Kelbie horse. With the two demons staring each other down while boasting of their familiars abilities, their classmates predict that the two will soon be fighting.
Moving along, Clara is asked to summon her familiar. She calls for Falfal and Robin is right away taken back by the sight of the rare creature. He is further surprised when Clara appears able to understand what Falfal wants as she takes off to the school store and returns with a meat bun.
Next, Robin addresses Iruma but right away notices his hesitance. Iruma tries to explain that he does not want to summon his familiar as it would most likely be very upsetting. Robin encourages Iruma to not be afraid as he is the master and the familiar must obey him.
In the teacher's lounge, Marbas informs Kalego that another student has submitted a complain that Kalego is being too harsh. Kalego is annoyed but unbothered by the claim and states that a teacher has to maintain a certain level of dignity at all times. At that moment, he is suddenly summoned and appears before Iruma in familiar form. Though Iruma apologizes for summoning him, Kalego's anger is paused when Robin fawns over his adorable appearance and that he can talk. He tries to retaliate but finds himself shocked by the punishment. In pain, Kalego tries to get Iruma to cancel the summoning, but Robin once more stops it by using Kalego's own policy against him from the teacher's handbook of no special exemptions being given no matter the reason.
Sitting with Iruma, Kalego makes it clear that he is highly opposed to being Iruma's familiar but has no choice but to press forward as he will not go against his principals of ignoring his students needs for his own reasons. In exchange, he expects Iruma to get high scores in the class from then on and achieve extra credits through supplementary lessons. Starting with the basics, Kalego teaches Iruma that the blood pact is a deep bond and the familiar must always answer a summoning and that its appearance is based off the master's influence, hence why he himself appears the way he does in familiar form. Kalego then states that the only time a familiar must actually obey is when it is summoned.
Robin tries to get the class back on track by having the students and familiars play with a frisbee. Iruma is reluctant to have Kalego do such a thing but is forced to change his mind when Robin mentions how the refusal will bring down his grade. Iruma tosses the frisbee a few feet away and Kalego reluctantly gathers it and brings it to Iruma, much to the amusement of the students. They are then made to high-five, dance, chase each other, and play games.
Kalego's annoyance and anger over the activities grows more and more when Iruma again apologizes for summoning him and everything he's gone through. Kalego suddenly asks why Iruma hadn't summoned him when faced with the Guardian of Cutthroat Valley. When he suspects Iruma thought he was weak, Iruma corrects him and explains that he hadn't summoned him because he did not want Kalego or the Guardian to become injured in the process.
Their conversation is halted when they hear Robin try to stop a fight between Asmodeus and Sabnock. The two demons ignore the teacher and prepare to have their familiars attack when Kalego suddenly beats the two familiars to the ground. He tries to get Robin to explain why trust is important between masters and familiars but has to take over the lesson when Robin thinks familiars are servants to their owners. Kalego provides the correct information that familiars are to be feared due to their power getting out of hand and harming those around them should their masters falter. He warns everyone to respect and fear their familiars, as Iruma had.
The Battler's Challenge[]
As students in another area of the school countdown in unison, Iruma is amazed at the upgrade in his lunch now that he is Bet rank. As he begins eating, Iruma notices he, Asmodeus, and Clara are the only three in the cafeteria and wonders where everyone is. Asmodeus is about to explain when a group of girls suddenly appear and fawn over the fire demon.
Asmodeus is not very enthusiastic about their interest which becomes worse when he sees how the girls are shoving Iruma and orders them to leave. The girls now notice that Iruma was there and are momentarily frightened by his reputation until they believe he is still Aleph rank and return to showering Asmodeus with affection. Angry at how they are treating Iruma, Clara points out how Iruma became a Bet rank recently. Seeing Clara is right, the girls apologize and shift their admiration to him until an alarm is heard and causes the girls to quickly run off.
Iruma is puzzled by their sudden departure until Asmodeus explains that the First-Year Hunt is about to take place, detailing how it is an event where upperclassmen hunt for the first-years and try to talk them into joining their battlers. Hearing Asmodeus explain what battlers are, Iruma sees the similarities to school clubs back in the human world.
Although Asmodeus is confused by Iruma calling the battlers clubs, he sees how enthusiastic Iruma is and agrees to join him in whatever he chooses. A final alarm sounds and the upper classmen rush into the area for the First-Year Hunt.
Characters[]
- Asmodeus Alice
- Valac Clara
- Iruma Suzuki
- Naberius Kalego
- Bars Robin
- Azazel Ameri
- Sabnock Sabro
- Ix Elizabetta
- Shax Lied
- Caim Kamui
- Gaap Goemon
- Crocell Kerori
- Konatsu
- Azuki
- Haruno
- Dosanko
Sukima Segment[]
Eiko tries to befriend professor Kalego but ends up in the infirmary, traumatized, instead.
Trivia[]
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| Anime | |
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| 1st Season | | • 01 • | • 02 • | • 03 • | • 04 • | • 05 • | • 06 • | • 07 • | • 08 • | • 09 • | • 10 • | • 11 • | • 12 • | | • 13 • | • 14 • | • 15 • | • 16 • | • 17 • | • 18 • | • 19 • | • 20 • | • 21 • | • 22 • | •23 • | |
| 2nd Season | | • 24 • | • 25 • | • 26 • | • 27 • | • 28 • | • 29 • | • 30 • | • 31 • | • 32 • | • 33 • | • 34 • | • 35 • | | • 36 • | • 37 • | • 38 • | • 39 • | • 40 • | • 41 • | • 42 • | • 43 • | • 44 • | |
| 3rd Season | | • 45 • | • 46 • | • 47 • | • 48 • | • 49 • | • 50 • | • 51 • | • 52 • | • 53 • | • 54 • | • 55 • | | • 56 • | • 57 • | • 58 • | • 59 • | • 60 • | • 61 • | • 62 • | • 63 • | • 64 • | • 65 • | |