Beelzebub (べるぜバブ Beruzebabu?) is a Japanese manga, written and illustrated by Ryūhei Tamura, that appears in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Beelzebub was first published in 2008 as a one-shot by Tamura in Weekly Shōnen Jump', volume 37-38, subsequently winning the fourth Gold Future Cup.[1] The manga was then serialized in the same magazine, first appearing in the 13th volume in 2009.
The Pierrot+ studio produced an OVA of Beelzebub and it was broadcast during the Jump Super Anime Tour in October 2010.[2][3] This was followed by an anime TV series which aired in Japan between January 9, 2011 and March 25, 2012.[4]
Plot
The story follows the "strongest juvenile delinquent," Tatsumi Oga, who is a first year student at Ishiyama High, a school for delinquents. The story starts as he narrates to his best friend Takayuki Furuichi, of how he found the baby. One day while doing laundry by the river (actually, taking revenge on people trying to kill him in his sleep), he sees a man floating down it. He pulls him to shore and the man splits in half revealing a baby boy inside. This boy is the son of the great demon king and Tatsumi has been chosen as the one to raise it along with the baby's maid, Hilda. The story follows his life with the child and at the delinquent school. The early chapters of the manga follows Oga as he attempts to 'pass on' Baby Beel to other students at Ishiyama, (The theory is that if Oga can find someone more evil and stronger than him, Baby Beel will attach to that person instead of Oga), and he eventually meets the Touhoushinki (Ishiyama's strongest four). He first meets Hajime Kanzaki, the first of the Touhoushinki and the closest to dominating the school. After defeating Kanzaki, Oga, who was originally impressed by his attitude, was found to be even more appealing to Beel.Later, Oga discovered a symbol on the back of his right hand which seems peculiar. Hilda explains that it is the fly king seal more commonly known as the Zebub spell, the family crest of the royal family. The appearance of the seal means that he has officially made a contract with Beel. She also explains that the more evil he is, the more complex the design of the seal will become. Oga attempts to prevent the seal from growing by preventing himself from getting into fights, but eventually has to give up. This is due to Himekawa, the second of the Touhoushinki, capturing Hilda and Furuichi, so he infiltrated Himekawa's base and defeated him by using the zebub blast for the first time. The consequences of using it caused the crest to stretch across his arm, Hilda commented after looking at the crest that the amount of energy used that time would have driven a normal human mad.A trip to the park caused a meeting with a girl called Aoi who was with her brother Kouta, Oga's first words "Please go out with me" created a misunderstanding which stayed within Aoi's heart. Oga told Beel to fight, possibly as a joke, but Kouta accepted the challenge and easily pushed Beel off a bench, it was this event sparked the rivalry between the two babies. A mother in the park eventually reports him to a police, but was defeated him easily after the policeman insulted Oga and Aoi. It is later revealed that Aoi, who was in disguise the whole time, is (in full) Aoi Kunieda, the leader of the Red Tails and another member of the Touhoushinki.
