The Great Jahy will not be Defeated!

 For the J in the anime letter challenge, I watched Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!

And while the letter I entry might have been a short series, this one compensates that with it's episode count of 20.

 

And the first impression appealed to me, looking and feeling like a balanced mixture of Dragon Maid and Devil is a Part-timer.

The former second in command of the demon realm, the lands are destroyed by a magical girl, and Jahy finds herself entrapped in a childish body in our world.  Devoid of almost all her powers, barely able thanks to a mana crystal to assume adult form for a while, she has to struggle and work to get by every day and pay the rent.  One day, she runs into her former servant Druj, who has made a far better life for herself in this world, making Jahy decide to go find more mana crystals.

While she manages to find one, it is not nearly enough that she needs.  One day, Druj visits her workplace, and she must convince her that it is actually hers to show her power in this world... instead of how weak she in reality is at current.  Her rival of the Dark realm, Saurva, also is on earth, still trying to become the number 2 herself.  But her efforts to ruin Jahy's reputation only result in it becoming even better.

Meanwhile as Jahy keeps struggling for budget, the Magical Girl appears at her home to claim the mana crystal, but ends up arrested by the police.  Never the less, later on she manages to steal it, resulting in Jahy going in a drinking bout with her landlord to forget her sorrows.  As she continues on her search for mana crystals, she and the others of her realm get caught up in various daily life struggles, but she also learns friendship through a young girl, Kokoro, who wants to help her find her crystals.

The middle parts of the series are mostly seperate stories of how she copes with real life and her ever lasting monetary issues, like trying to plant tomato's yet ends up with peppers, which was a hilarious episode mind you, or how her landlord temporarily moved in.

When she finds a heap of mana crystals at the beach, she decides to confront the Magical Girl again, but learns that she is actually a very lonely girl.  Jahy takes pity on her, and befriends her in exchange that she will leave the Dark Realm, once restored, alone.  Over at her place, she learns the Dark Lord herself has moved in with the Magical Girl, and she must do everything possible to regain her favor.

But the Magical Girl becomes a real stalker for Jahy, even going as far as taking a job in the same restaurant.  Though Jahy must admit to herself that she kinds of warms up to her, resulting in Druj challenging Magical Girl to a duel to prove who is the best underling.

But the mysterious light being that empowered the Magical Girl to destroy the mana crystal has returned, powering up Saarva who goes after Jahy.  But she is unable to hurt her, as she has been collecting so many crystals she is actually more powerful then she was back in the Dark Realm.   Together with Druj she faces off but the being flees.  The light then turns boss into a magical girl, but she gets lectured instead by her, causing her to reveal herself as the jealous younger sister of the Dark Lord.

Jahy stops them fighting in huge forms to protect the city, and scolds them that all her misfortunes are due to a sister squabble.  They together rebuild boss's pub that got damaged in the fight, and after attending a festival Jahy comes to the conclusion that living amongst humans isn`t that bad after all as the whole gang enjoys the fireworks together.

Okay, so this was a good, innocent fun series with a fun intake.  Jahy is a pretty (pun intended) anti-hero and the jokes are amusing all round without turning into slapstick.  A good series to watch for sure.