English Title: Demon Lord, Retry!
Japanese Title: é”王様ã€ãƒªãƒˆãƒ©ã‚¤! — “Maou-sama, Retry!”
Author: Kurone Kanzaki —
Illustrator: Makoto Iino — 飯野ã¾ã“ã¨
Translator: Adam Seacord
Genre: Isekai, Fantasy
Original Run: October 2018 – ongoing
English Run: November 2019 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: M Novels (Futabasha)
English Publisher: J-Novel Club
Volumes in Japanese: 7 (In Progress)
Volumes in English: 6 (In Progress)
Average Price Per Volume: Kindle $7 – iBook $7 – Kobo $7
Note: Also available to read online through a J-Novel Club subscription. This series is currently digital-only.
- English Website — Japanese Website
- MAL Entry — Forum — Anime-Planet
- Baka Updates — LNDB.info — Novel Updates
Synopsis: What do you do when the MMO you've run for 15 years comes to an end? Akira Ono didn't get much of a choice -- he woke up trapped inside the world of his own game in the body of his in-game character: the Demon Lord. With an outcast child as his sidekick, he tries his best to survive the cruel fantasy world of his own creation, persecution from the good guys, and of course, the final boss.
Volume 1
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Released November 05, 2019 — ASIN: B07X37R14G
Volume 2
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Released January 11, 2020 — ASIN: B08127JM41
Volume 3
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Releasing April 11, 2020 -- ASIN: B083XJXQR7
Volume 4
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Released August 29, 2020 — ASIN: B089GXLTGY
Volume 5Â
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Released November 23, 2020 -- ASIN: B08GKBV3KR
Volume 6Â (ebook)
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Released March 28, 2021 -- ASIN: B08RRQFTBB
Reviews of Demon Lord, Retry!
- (forthcoming)
Illustrations Sampler
Anime Adaptation
MAL Entry — 12 episodes — Aired July 2019 – September 2019
Funimation (streaming)
Note: Adapted volumes 1 to 2 of the light novel series. Amazon — RightStuf
Manga Adaptation
MAL Entry — Published October 2017 – Ongoing (English release by J-Novel Club) Began publication March 2020
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If you liked Demon Lord, Retry!, you might also want to try…
- How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord — main character summoned as a Demon Lord persona
- Overlord — trapped in a video game world, main character seen as evil
- Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody — main character is a developer who ends up trapped in his own game
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Waiting for the review! I was wondering: is this something like a harem? Or do the girls have more cute interactions? That short-haired girl with an eye covered seems like it could do well for an adorable father-daughter relationship with the yakuza (I like those relationships a lot!), so I was wondering if it was like that or if it was just a shitty harem with all the girls that appear in the cover. Is there too much fanservice? Thank you!
I meant to initially reply to your comment and missed the button. But I put in some information for you on this story :)
Not a harem anime/manga/novel. Maou-sama see's Aku (the girl your describing) as a daughter. She teases him once calling him papa and he freaks out saying he's still a young bachelor. But he even admits later in the series that he see's Aku like a daughter now adays. His subordinates in later chapters have inner monologues about Aku while the MC isn't there. It always stresses the importance of making sure Aku is protected at all costs, going so far as saying, “everyone else in the village including myself could die, but she must not be injured.†this wasn't an order given by the MC. This was just intuitively picked up by his subordinates and how he treats Aku. Tron is another girl that ends up with them as well, someone else that the MC see's as somewhat of a daughter, but he mostly keeps her around for the sake of Aku as a friend/guardian. One of his subordinates privately refers to both of them as Princesses aka daughters of the demon lord. The Holy Maiden who is with him all of the time is completely infatuated with the Demon Lord, but he see's her as a funny brat but eventually tells her, “I'll think about it when you grow up into a fine womanâ€. Yuu his other subordinate also Loves the MC, but in a different way from the rest, it's more of reverence than love I think. Angel White, the final piece is probably the only one in the entire series that could possibly be a love interest to him right now. But he still see's her somewhat of a child and wishes she'd step up to the plate and fulfill her role of leading the country instead of allowing the corruption to spread like it has. SO no harem :p
Thanks for the comment! I’ll give it a reluctant chance, then, haha. Is the anime as good? Might start with that to test waters, but if it’s not faithful…