"The Duke of Death and His Maid", which will be broadcast as an anime in the summer of July 2021, is a work serialized in Sunday Webry. It is a romantic comedy that depicts the daily life of a young boy who is cursed with a curse that kills everything he touches, and Alice, a blonde, busty maid who sexually harasses him from a dangerous distance. This time, I would like to give a spoiler explanation of the curse that was placed on the young boy, which is the core setting of the story.
Ep 1 about curses: The Cursed Young Boy
When the main character, the young boy, was 5 years old, he was cursed by a witch to kill everything he touches. Because of this, the young boy is isolated in a villa deep in the forest and forced to live a lonely life in a deserted place. The witch who put the curse leaves behind the words, "Please live a miserable life where no one loves you and no one loves you." Why was the young boy cursed? Who is the witch? At this point, it is shrouded in mystery.
Episode 2 about the curse: The young boy's rough childhood
The curse put on the young boy is very powerful, and of course he cannot live a normal life. At first, the words were, "Please live a miserable life where no one loves you and no one loves you. He lived a rough life just as the words say, and spent his childhood harboring suicidal thoughts. However, thanks to the efforts of Alice, who came to the villa before the main story began, and Rob, the butler who had supported the young man since before, he gradually regained his brightness.
Episode 3 about the curse: Is the witch who cast the curse already dead?
After becoming friends with the witch Kafu and the wizard Zain, the young man and his friends attend a witch gathering with their guidance. There, they encounter Dareth, who manages the witches. Dareth knew about Alice and the young man. However, the reason for this is that he was a casual acquaintance of Alice's mother in the past. However, Dareth knew who had put the curse on the young man. Alice asked to meet that person, but Dareth said it was impossible. The witch who had put the curse on the young man was already dead.
Episode 4 about the curse: Is there a secret in the servant's diary?
One day, Viola gave Alice a diary that had been written by the servants of the main house on a daily basis. This was because she thought it might contain clues about the witch. The diary also contained writings by Alice's mother, Sharon. Alice found a sentence in it that caught her attention. The diary said, "I saw a pair of women wearing white nun's clothes." Meanwhile, Dares half-threatens Zain to dispose of the diary. In the end, the young master burns the book out of consideration for Zain, but Zain keeps the scraps of the book so that he can restore it with his magic if anything happens.
Episode 5 about curses: Meeting Amelia, who is good at breaking curses
The young master meets Amelia, an octopus witch who came to the villa through Dares' introduction. Amelia is a witch who is good at breaking curses. However, even Amelia could not break the curse on the young master. The curse on the young master was so powerful. And Amelia says that there is only one person who can cast the curse. The person Amelia has never been able to defeat with magic is Dareth's twin sister.
Episode 6 on Curses: Sharon Sleeps
The sister of Dareth who cursed the young master also cursed another person. That person is Sharon, Alice's mother. Sharon was thought to be dead, but in fact she was sleeping due to the curse. Dareth also messed with Zain and made him use magic in order to wake up Sharon. The curse was very strong, and even Amelia could not break it. If Sharon woke up, she might be able to find a clue about the curse on the young master.
Episode 7 about the curse: Dareth, Sade, and Sharon
A reenactment video of Dareth shows footage from the past. Dareth's sister, who put the curse on the young master and Sharon, was named Sade. Sade and Dareth had come to the main house before, and Sharon was there, but Sade looked at Sharon with hatred. Although Dareth had the disadvantage of falling in love with Walter, it was a step forward regarding the curse.
Episode 8 about the curse: Ichi and Nico
One day, a mysterious duo came to the young master's mansion. One was a handsome old woman and the other was a child. The two said they were magicians and were teachers at a magic school. Nico looks like a child, but he is actually an old man, having been cursed with immortality by Sade, which has prevented him from aging. According to the two, Sade fought many magicians, including the two of them, and they barely managed to defeat Sade through sheer force of numbers. Their goal is to meet Zain, who can control time, and propose that they go back in time and defeat Sade before they are cursed. Although the young man and Zain cannot trust the two, they are invited to the magic school they run.
Episode 9 about curses - What is Sade?
Sade is a thoroughbred whose father was the previous boss and whose mother was the queen. She was a greedy witch who surpassed her father to become the boss of witches and tried to take control of the human world. Dares was bound to her sister, and the young master, Sharon, and Nico were cursed with a terrible curse. So Zain invites the young master, Alice, and Dares to try to meet Sade with a spell that will take them back in time. The young master predicted that Sade was a witch who could read people's minds, and in fact, that was correct. When Zain went back in time and met Sade, he was overlooked for coming from the future.
Episode 10 about the curse: Has the future changed?
Going back to the past, Zain and Dares meet Sade, but Sade is an extraordinary witch. Even the two of them can't fight her properly. Meanwhile, the young boy and Alice meet their grandfather, Victor. They are chased by Sade and somehow manage to return to the future, but Sade is out of the ordinary and it seems like they can't communicate with her. But on the other hand, he seems to love and obsess over someone, and he seems to hate Sharon, Alice's mother. Furthermore, meeting Sade from the past brings about a big change in the future. That is, Sharon, who had been sleeping, wakes up.
Episode ⑪ about the curse: Sharon and Sade's encounter
After waking up, Sharon learns that she started working at the mansion and how she met Sade. Sharon, who had no one to rely on, lived at the foot of the mountain with Alice, but it was hard to earn money for the sick Alice. After taking care of Victor, the grandfather of a young boy who had wandered in after being injured, Sharon started working at the mansion, and with her natural cheerfulness, she quickly blended into the group. There, she met Sade, who was visiting the mansion, and they became close enough to talk about various things. However, Sharon's memory ended there.
Episode 12 about the curse: The reason why Sade became distorted
One stormy day, a man and woman visit the mansion. The two are the ghosts of Victor and Liz, his grandfather. They have an idea about the reason why Sade became distorted. One day, Victor's grandmother Liz suddenly dies and he loses hope in life. Then Sade appears. Sade offers Victor a contract to stay with Liz as a ghost after death in exchange for a certain amount of lifespan, and Victor accepts the proposal.
Episode 13 about the curse: The witch who was too pure
Sade was a witch who could read minds. That's why she was interested in the pure Victor and started to appear before him. From then on, Sade was by his side until Victor grew old. In his later years, when Sharon came to the mansion, Sharon, who had a similar atmosphere to Liz, would always be by Victor's side. Sade would start to suffer every time she saw the two of them. Sade, who could read minds, was attracted to Victor's purity and fell in love with him. However, that love was never directed towards Sade, and Sade came to hate Sharon and the boy Victor loved. Sade was an arrogant and greedy witch, but she was the purest witch of all.
【The Duke of Death and His Black Maid】Summary of Episodes about Curses
I've put together a list of episodes about curses from "The Duke of Death and His Black Maid". Basically, it's a heartwarming, lovey-dovey episode that wraps up in one episode, but the story gradually gets closer to the core, which is also a highlight! The anime will be broadcast from July, so be sure to check it out!
