Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou

Dreaming of changing the world for good, Akuto Sai transfers to Constant Magic Academy where he befriends a virtuous ninja clan member, Junko Hattori. On the way to the academy, they vow to make the world a better place together; however, the situation suddenly takes a turn for the worse upon his arrival—it is prophesied that he will become the Demon King!

As word of his destiny spreads, the school begins to fear him, and Junko's trust in him falters. While Akuto is determined to not let his predicted future control his fate, it seems as though everything he says and does only serve to reinforce the fact that he is destined to be the Demon King. Moreover, he is surrounded by a harem of beautiful girls who each have their own plans for him, ranging from bringing him to justice to simply showering him with love. With his newly awakened powers, Akuto must cope with his constantly growing list of misfortunes and fight to prove that his fate is not set in stone.

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Sai, Akuto Main

Kondo, Takashi Japanese

Korone Main

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Soga, Keena Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Hattori, Junko Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Etou, Fujiko Main

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Miwa, Hiroshi Main

Yonaga, Tsubasa Japanese

Peterhausen Supporting

Nakata, Jouji Japanese

Shiraishi, Lily Supporting

Hirohashi, Ryou Japanese

Teruya, Eiko Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Kamiyama, Kanna Supporting

Mizuhara, Kaoru Japanese

Maruyama, Hajime Producer

Kanbe, Muneyuki Producer

Iwasaki, Atsushi Producer

Yokota, Masaaki Producer

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Aug 26, 2024

LegionIscariot

Recommended

Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou (aka Demon King Daimo) is an echhi harem about the future demon king and his highschool life.

Akuto Sai dreams of one day become a high priest. Unfortunately he and the rest of the school find out he's destined to be the future demon king.

This ends up getting him all sorts of unwanted attention:

-Hattori Junko a blue haired girl, the first girl he forms a bond with at school hates him now. She provides alot of the fanservice.

-Korone a green haired government android who's job is to survey Akuto. She also provides alot of the fanservice. Arguably the best character. And the ... best tease.

-Soga Keena the redhead, an airhead who can turn invisible and is often times naked. She also provides alot of fanservice.

-Fujiko Etou, a purple haired girl who wants to rule the demon king. And as you can already guess she also provides fanservice.

-Eiko Teruya with long green hair who likes flirting with Akuto.

Akuto is admired by Miwa Hiroshi, a boy who admires him for being the demon king. But turns out Hiroshi is destined to be the hero.

The characters are all very entertaining. Had me constantly laughing.
At first i felt the show was introducing way too many characters way too quickly. Specifically the female characters. They just showed up so quickly one after the other. But ultimately i ended up liking them all.

Strangely enough for a harem that constantly shoves breasts and panty shots in your face it does take itself very seriously at times.
Episode 7 is where it starts to take a dive. Started taking itself way too seriously and lost its fun tone. It even became a sentai out of nowhere.
12 episodes was not enough to develop some aspects of the plot.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 15, 2025

Nixo209

Mixed Feelings

Where do I even start? This anime kicks off like your standard magic school cliché, then suddenly decides it’s auditioning for “Messiest Plot of the Year” by throwing in world-ending gods, identity crises, and political drama like it’s confetti—without any rhyme or reason. The story zigs and zags so hard I got whiplash trying to follow it. It tries to be deep and meaningful about fate and destiny, but ends up looking like it got its philosophy from a late-night meme binge.

The art style is bright and colorful, fitting that light novel vibe, but the animation quality is like a rollercoaster: sometimes it’s slick and ... polished, other times it looks like they just gave up mid-fight and hoped you wouldn’t notice.

Characters? Oh boy. They switch between loving, hating, and wanting to kill each other faster than I can keep up, and none of them get enough time to actually feel real or developed. The main guy is OP but about as interesting as a soggy toast, and the supporting cast? Stereotypes on steroids. And yes, the fanservice is so heavy it practically has its own zip code. If that’s your thing, hey, you’re in luck.

So, do I recommend it? Well… if you’re into chaotic nonsense, wild plot swings, and boobs galore, this could be your guilty pleasure. If you want a coherent story and characters who don’t feel like cardboard cutouts, steer clear.

Honestly, I’m torn. On one hand, it’s a hot mess that makes me question my life choices. On the other, I weirdly enjoyed the chaos enough to watch it all the way through. That’s a very reluctant 4/10 from me—a dumpster fire I couldn’t look away from.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Aug 28, 2024

Rian_Rahmat

Not Recommended

Rewatching it after a few years, and this is the most boring anime I've rewatched.

At first glance, this anime is actually quite good, but over time, this anime starts to get worse and more boring to watch.
Especially the character Hattori Junko Among all the characters, he is the most stupid figure and often misunderstands and acts arbitrarily without wanting to listen to any explanation.
Honestly, it's really boring seeing Hattori always misunderstanding what Sai Akuto does.
Sai Akuto is the same, he is too fickle in explaining the situation, so the misunderstanding ends up getting worse, lots of shouting, this and that, basically it is very uncomfortable ... to watch.

The most annoying thing in episode 4, if I'm not mistaken, was when Hattori and all the students decided to capture Sai Akuto, It was really brutal to see them taking turns shouting and trying to catch Sai, and it ended in a ridiculous way, all the students thought this was just a quarrel between lovers, WTF!

Maybe I used to like the Echi genre, without paying too much attention to the storyline and certain parts in an anime, but as time goes by and I watch more anime, I can conclude that this anime is too cliche, especially the chase scene by a group of students, which seems to be a characteristic of old-school anime, let's take an example like the anime Baka Testo where the MC is chased by all the students.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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