Akuma no Riddle


Riddle Story of Devil

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Synonyms: Akuma no Riddle
Japanese: 悪魔のリドル
English: Riddle Story of Devil
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 4, 2014 to Jun 20, 2014
Premiered: Spring 2014
Broadcast: Fridays at 02:19 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Diomedéa
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, Girls LoveGirls Love, SuspenseSuspense
Themes: High Stakes GameHigh Stakes Game, SchoolSchool
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 6.591 (scored by 127755127,755 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #63562
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #906
Members: 267,580
Favorites: 1,046

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Synopsis

Tokaku Azuma has just transferred to the elite Myoujou Academy, a private girls' boarding school. But there's a catch: she, along with 11 of her fellow students in Class Black, is an assassin taking part in the challenge to kill their sweet-natured classmate, Haru Ichinose. Whoever succeeds will be granted their deepest desire, no matter the difficulty or cost. However, each assassin only gets one chance; if they fail to kill her, they will be expelled.

Despite the extraordinary reward, Tokaku decides to take a different course of action. Though Haru is her target, the young assassin soon finds herself drawn to the very girl she is supposed to kill. With the entire class out for Haru, Tokaku refuses to let her friend die, vowing to protect her from a growing bloodlust.

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Background

Akuma no Riddle is based on Yun Kouga and Sunao Minakata's manga series of the same title. Despite premiering while the manga was in the middle of publication, the anime adapts the full story of the manga, with a few additions and alterations.

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"Soushou Innocence (創傷イノセンス)" by Maaya Uchida
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Ending Theme

1: "Paradox (パラドクス)" by Ayaka Suwa as Tokaku Azuma (eps 1)
2: "Kinou, Kyou, Ashita (昨日、今日、明日)" by Hisako Kanemoto as Haru Ichinose (eps 2)
3: "Concentration" by Manami Numakura as Otoya Takechi (eps 3)
4: "Across The Fate" by Haruka Yoshimura as Kouko Kaminaga (eps 4)
5: "Doutte koto nai Sympathy (どうってことないsympathy)" by Fumiko Uchimura as Haruki Sagae  (eps 5)
6: "Poison Me" by Sachika Misawa as Chitaru Namatame & Mami Uchida as Hitsugi Kirigaya (eps 6)
7: "Suzukaze (すずかぜ)" by Chika Anzai as Suzu Shutou (eps 7)
8: "Mayonaka no Toubou (真夜中の逃亡)" by Ootsuba Yuka as Banba Mahiru (eps 8)
9: "Tenshi No Smile♥ (天使のスマイル♥)" by Azumi Asakura as Isuke Inukai (eps 9)
10: "Inochi no Karakuri (イノチノカラクリ)" by Miho Arakawa as Sumireko Hanabusa (eps 10)
11: "Survival" by Yoshino Nanjou as Nio Hashiri (eps 11)
12: "QUEEN" by 10 Nen Kuro Gumi (eps 12)




Reviews

Jul 14, 2022
After a lot of back and forth, I returned to this series with a new perspective. Thanks to the fandom, I learned this anime came out plenty of time ahead of much of the manga. While that is no excuse, it should put into perspective the stark differences and the "stuff more people liked" being in the manga and not the anime. The anime started after the manga had just concluded around the third assassin's attempt, so everything afterward, the anime actually went on plot first. The manga chapters that came out after added to what the anime established.
With that out of the way, ...
Feb 21, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Overview:
"Akuma no Riddle" definitely isn't your typical schoolgirls anime. After all, it's not every day you find one where nearly every major character is secretly an assassin, all of whom are targeting one of their classmates in order to have some kind of desire granted. Sadly, while it does provide a decent and entertaining action anime to sit through, "Akuma no Riddle" never even comes close to living up to the potential of its premise, making it an unfortunate yet all-too-common case of "what could have been."

Story (5.5/10):
"Akuma no Riddle" is set at the fictional all-girls boarding school Myojo Academy, where 12 girls have recently ...
Aug 16, 2022
If I had to sum this anime up in two words, it would be cringey nonsense.

The plot is about as contrived and nonsensical as it gets. It's about 12 assassins who are assigned to a classroom with one "normal" girl, who they're supposed to find and kill. That make much sense to you? Me neither. And the ending very much comes across as "I didn't know how to justify the absurd story so this is some bullshit I came up with". It tries to play it off as a plot twist, but the story and the characters are so poorly written, the audience probably ...

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