Lv1 Maou to One Room Yuusha

This is a decent anime because of its really tight plot and a perfect story arc that fits in 12 episodes. Plot The setting is current day japan, but in a world where demons and magic exist. The hero (with his party) actually wins the great war against demon lord around 10 years ago. But, now the demon lord has returned as a loli, only to find the hero to be a poor loser NEET in a shabby apartment. The disappointed loli demon lord has now decided to help hero get his life back on track, while waiting for the demon army to revive and attack the humans. The rest of the story revolves around slowly figuring out what happened in the last 10 years, where are the party members, how will the hero become a proper adult and so on. The shows is very similar to gintama. MC is a loser bum lives in a one room apartment, who once used to be a hero in the great war against demons. and MC's friends (members of his party during war) are facing a serious conflict due to their different ideals. Lots of flashbacks to the past war/adventure time. And you have the demons that come in different varieties (like aliens in gintama). Anyway, the show basically revolves around the development of conflict between the two friends. But the primary focus is always the comedy (lots of running gags and ecchi) with some occasional Wholesome/SoL moments. There are plenty of wholesome romcom moments between demon lord and hero. And that's all good. But where the show really shines is its quality plot. It manages to tell an almost complete story within 12 episodes. It also maintains consistency in its quality throughout the series. The animation/art/music are all good enough to not really distract from the series. If you watch first episode, you know *exactly* what you are getting into, so you don't need to waste much time figuring out if you will like it. If you are not hooked by second episode though, you may just drop it, as there's no "genre shift" or twist that will change your opinion of this show.