The anime "As Miss Beelzebub Likes" began airing in October 2018. Based on the manga of the same name by Matoba, it has been serialized in the boys' manga magazine Monthly Shonen Gangan since 2015. Eight volumes of the manga have been published to date. The story is set in Pandemonium, the administrative office of the demonic realm where fallen angels live. The protagonist is the coveted archdemon Beelzebub, who reigns supreme. This work is a romantic comedy depicting the daily lives of Beelzebub, Myurin, a young man who has come to serve him, and the people connected to him. This time, we will introduce the charm of Astaroth, the Minister of Finance of Pandemonium, the administrative office headed by Beelzebub, the protagonist of "As Miss Beelzebub Likes."
① Minister of Finance, Astaroth!
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Astaroth, a former Seraphim demon, is the Minister of Finance of the administrative agency Pandemonium. He has known Beelzebub, the Lord of the Palace of Demons, since their time in Heaven, and calls himself Beelzebub's "older brother."
② A playboy who loves girls
③ Is his love for Beelzebub too strong?
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Astaroth loves girls, but Beelzebub seems to be special to her. Her love for him is so intense that she fell from heaven after Beelzebub sided with Lucifer during the War of Heaven. She also had a one-sided daily exchange diary, and would sing lullabies to him from outside his window even when he wasn't asked. She first met her beloved Beelzebub when she was an angel, and when she saw Beelzebub intently tearing apart clouds and fluffing them, she felt she had to protect him.
④ A frank personality
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Astaroth is a person who speaks her mind clearly. When he first meets Beelzebub's chief attendant, Myurin, he says, "You're more plain than I imagined," and after he offers to lend her an ornament that will give her the appearance of angel wings just by wearing it on her back because she's plain, he also says, "Well, even if you wear it, I don't know if it'll make you popular with girls..."
⑤ An obvious narcissist
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The playboy Astaroth is a genuine narcissist. When he wore angel wings to impress girls, he once said, "It also highlights my beauty." Astaroth's good looks seem to exacerbate her narcissism.
⑥ Her guardian is her attendant, Sargatanas.
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Astaroth loves girls and often spends his time hanging out with them, often leaving his work behind. His guardian figure is his attendant, Sargatanas. According to Astaroth, Sargatanas is "so cold-hearted and heartless that even demons from the Frozen Hell would flee naked." Despite being his attendant, the power dynamic between them seems reversed. Sargatanas seems to like Astaroth, and he has a charm that can captivate even seemingly cool women.
⑦Is he actually a masochist?
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Astaroth, who has been wandering around neglecting her work, seems to be receiving some pretty harsh treatment, including being tied up with rope by her attendant, Sargatanas. However, Astaroth herself doesn't seem to mind such things. Astaroth would skip work as usual and walk around with a girl in each arm, and when Sargatanas did nothing but watch Astaroth from afar, Astaroth would wait with a blush on his face, saying "Just wondering when I'm going to get beaten up makes me excited."
⑧ The type who can do it if they try
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During a regular health checkup at Manmaden, many people were not getting enough exercise, and the idea of building a gym was brought up. Beelzebub immediately called a meeting and a gym was built, but for some reason, it ended up being a bathtub. Apparently, the bathtub was Astaroth's idea, and as the Minister of Finance, Astaroth built it using the gym's budget. Astaroth's attendant, Sargatanas, seemed shocked and devastated by this evil deed, saying, "I can't believe he personally approved the paperwork and had a bathtub built overnight."
9. Don't cheat!
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When Astaroth uses gym budget money to build a bath without permission, Astaroth and the others immediately enjoy the bath, but Astaroth seems desperate to peek into the women's bath. When Murin suggests that he created the bath himself in one night by going through the paperwork, and that he must have installed a peephole-like device, he replies with a straight face, "There's no romance in cheating. Don't you know the sense of accomplishment that can only be achieved through hard work and determination?" It seems he has a policy of not cheating.
⑩ The voice actor for the anime version is Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
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Yoshitsugu Matsuoka voiced Astaroth in the anime version of "As Miss Beelzebub Likes." She has previously appeared in series such as "Kamisama no Memochou" and "Sword Art Online." Her gentle voice is captivating.
A Summary of Astaroth's Charms!
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What did you think? This time, we introduced the charm of Astaroth, the Minister of Finance of the Pandemonium, an administrative organization headed by Beelzebub, the main character of "As Miss Beelzebub Likes." Astaroth is full of charm that captivates many women. Please pay attention to Astaroth. Thank you for reading until the end.
