Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell — Chapter 4

Episode 4 is where the power fantasy completely flips, and honestly that's why fans lost it in the comments. Up until now Paul has been the nervous summoner begging for help, but here we get petty Paul, and it's glorious. After dragging the Great Duke of Hell into his love life drama, he just casually banishes Astaroth back underground like he's closing a browser tab. It's played as a prank, a throwaway teenage power trip, but for Astaroth it's devastating. That's the brilliant character work this chapter does. Astaroth goes from ancient, terrifying Duke to a discarded joke in seconds. You can feel his existential crisis building as he plummets back to Hell. This isn't just a demon being sent home, it's humiliation. A being used to pacts, fear, and reverence is treated like an annoying pop-up ad. The comedy lands because the art sells that whiplash so well, the sudden drop, the throne room suddenly feeling empty and pathetic rather than imposing, that now-iconic last panel that had everyone laughing about their inner demons. Emotionally, the chapter taps into something surprisingly relatable beneath the memes. Paul's pettiness comes from insecurity, that need to feel in control for once when romance and demons both feel way over his head. Astaroth, meanwhile, experiences the most human feeling of all: irrelevance. Being powerful means nothing if a nerdy kid can unsummon you mid-sentence. Plot-wise, this is the turning point that forces Astaroth to stop coasting. He can't just be the cool mentor demon anymore, he has to reckon with being disrespected. It sets up his desperate need to return not for conquest, but for pride. The art highlights lean into contrast, the mundane bedroom versus the grandiose, suddenly lonely infernal throne, making Hell look less scary and more like a basement you get sent to for timeout.