Maou no Musume wa Yuusha to Seiryaku Kekkon shitai - Vol. 1 Ch. 2 - A New Lifestyle

[MangaDex]

 

[RonBWL]

Day 2 progress report:
-Bed ambush: Failed
-Love breakfast: Failed
-Maid wingman: Failed
-Shared bath: Failed

Progress made: 0%

 

[phorx]

I don’t really see how she gets past this. Especially because she herself was a member of the demon king’s army and must have killed a lot of humans. She’s delusional.

 

[Zenerz2]

You know what, the Hero is right in this and the FMC is just onesidedly delusional

 

[Burner5]

I don’t really see how she gets past this. Especially because she herself was a member of the demon king’s army and must have killed a lot of humans. She’s delusional.

You know what, the Hero is right in this and the FMC is just onesidedly delusional

It really depends on how inherently evil the demons' actions were during the war.
For example, it wouldn't be THAT surprising if a french and german couple was made after WW1. The same can't be said for WW2.

 

[GreenDude1]

It really depends on how inherently evil the demons' actions were during the war.
For example, it wouldn't be THAT surprising if a french and german couple was made after WW1. The same can't be said for WW2.

A French woman that fell in love with a Nazi Soldier during World War II was dragged into the street had her head shaved and a swastika carved into her scalp. So relationships like that did happen they were just extremely hated and frowned upon.

 

[Shrimperor]

This is how arranged marriages are usually like

 

[Junomano]

I'm sure she herself isn’t evil but i can’t say the same for other demons, heck i feel like even her dad is fine and probably is a new demon lord who was not fine with the previous one causing constent wars with humans, it was said that both humans and demons were chill with each other at first then, some demons started attacking humans and doing wars
Now, it will take time for the hero to see her as a person instead of enemy since he really dislikes demons

 

[phorx]

It really depends on how inherently evil the demons' actions were during the war.
For example, it wouldn't be THAT surprising if a french and german couple was made after WW1. The same can't be said for WW2.

They’re not civilians, they are both leaders in opposing armies that have killed many of the opposing side’s people. They, themselves, personally killed enemies on the battlefield as well. In this case as well, the demons invaded the human areas, killing civilians and wiping out settlements of people unable to defend themselves.

 

[belgopolac]

i bet he hates demons because they "took" a girl he liked as a kid and it will happen to be her. i'm already calling it here. (before people attack me for spoilers, it's a guess. i don't know if this is a manga original or a novel adaption)

 

[Burner5]

They’re not civilians, they are both leaders in opposing armies that have killed many of the opposing side’s people. They, themselves, personally killed enemies on the battlefield as well. In this case as well, the demons invaded the human areas, killing civilians and wiping out settlements of people unable to defend themselves.

The story has not yet outlined how the demons acted in general nor the extent in which the committed attrocities. For instance, we don't know why the invaded nor if the slaughtering of non-combatants were issued commands.

On the leadership point, I don't think it would be TOO surprising if two enemy leaders fell in love and married. It just depends on the extent in which violent acts were committed.

 

[Agent_Seagull]

Welp... Can't hate him or her...
She might be the only demon who has no beef with the humans and getting all the hate is kinda sad
And Him not trusting her is also natural since as far as the story is there is no history of being in peace with the demons...

 

[razorshaleh]

Let me guess, this is the flashback where Lieselotte met Schmerz when they were kids, and that was the moment she fell in love with him for the first time. while Schmerz doesn’t even remember it

thank you for translation

 

[Shrimperor]

What if, she was the girl he loved as a kid and he thought the demons killed her

 

[Diamona]

Dude needs to get laid. Luckily, she's on a mission...

 

[rakkunburns]

Give us hate sex author, why tease?

Also, I can already predict that Schmerz will realize his love for Lieselotte after the latter decides to leave their home after she becomes convinced about his hatred due to his cold responses. (Sorry for the mouthful lol)

 

[OWMWO]

Typical japan man attitude.

 

[FiddlePop]

Only if I wasn't weak to smug-ish hardworking(new age Tusndere) women like the Demon princess, then I wouldn't have to read another one of these potential slop manga

 

[negativeinfinity]

Had to drop an "I love women" from Shmerz there so the readers wouldn't suspect the whole conflict is because he's secretly gay.

 

[Lunkli]

It really depends on how inherently evil the demons' actions were during the war.

That and the reason the war began in the first place. The first chapter basically just says "yeah, they just showed up out of nowhere and just started murdering people," which doesn't actually explain anything. Plus, "they sudden attacked us for no reason" gives off huge "its our fault, but these are our history textbooks so we're going to pretend its not" vibes. (You know, like American colonists and indigenous Americans.) Plus, the intro claims that humans and demons never interacted before the war, but, assuming the boy in Lieselotte's flashback on p30 is Schmerz, (which, like, come on) that's obviously not true.

We also see a consistent disdain for demons coming from humans, and while we haven't seen very many demons as of yet, the ones we have don't seem to reciprocate that. Lieselotte's in love with a human, of course, but presumably if she did come from a human-hating culture, she should still have some deep-set biases, you know? And her maid doesn't seem to have anything like that at all. To be fair, her "open-mindedness" could be the reason she's the one here rather than some other maid, but again she should still have some internalized biases if she's coming from a culture that widely hates humans. The closest she gets to this is saying that "fear is all it take a human to surrender," but this is clearly a point of demon pride rather than perceived human weakness.

Another point against demons just being inherently evil murderers is the fact that it was the demons that proposed peace and that they were able to get their public to support this. Plus, it was a demon that fell in love with a human.

So while its not like this is 100% definitely what the author's going for, I think that there's a very real possibility that the humans were actually he ones that started the war in the first place, with the painting of demons as "evil" being a form of propaganda to justify it.

And "demons are actually misunderstood" is like a whole trope and probably not especially strange to expect in a series about a romance between a human and a demon.