Manga &#039;Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist&#039; To Be Animated

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Downgrade355 said:

Knowing mal members, i think that's case. but the fact is that something doesn't have to be popular to get an adaption, there are many examples, such as this one.

welp, I read lots of shoujo and there are many other shoujos like this one so for it to be chosen out of all those other shoujo, it has to mean something right? I dunno why either to be honest but that's my closest guess.
On that note, this is also from Comic Zero Sum, the same magazine where Karneval, which is getting an anime in Spring 2013, is serialized.
I would think that they would wait to see Karneval's sales in manga and anime form and see how it does before animating another one from the same magazine.
It seems funny.
But well, the anime was announced a long time back but it's only gonna air in Spring.
If I had to be optimistic, I'd say that even before the anime airs, rather, after the announcement, Ichijinsha saw a rise in either magazine circulation or tank sales for Karneval. So, perhaps boosting Karneval's popularity was a success and now they're trying it with a different manga.
Just my opinion.

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Dec 24, 2012 9:15 AM

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i don't think i've ever seen this nor Karneval make it to the rankings.

Dec 24, 2012 9:33 AM

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Dec 24, 2012 10:45 AM

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Downgrade355 said:
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i don't think i've ever seen this nor Karneval make it to the rankings.

It doesn't have to. I can name a few light novels like NakaImo or DakaraH or Hagure Yuusha which before their anime were not seen on the charts for LN's either.
I can name a few manga as well.
K is serialized in two magazines, with two different manga.
K: Memory of Red is especially important if you want to understand the anime.Yet both of it's volumes didn't rank on the charts. K:Side Red also didn't rank.
But yet the first volume of the anime sold more than 7k and the second volume sold more than 5k. Full weekly data is not there for the third volume yet so I can't say about it yet.
No.6 is another example.
What I'm trying to say is, sometimes, just because a manga doesn't sell well doesn't mean the anime won't sell well.
And there are magazines like Comic-Zero Sum which only have manga like Karneval and Hakkenden yet they survive. If their manga didn't sell enough, they make it up in other ways.
K manga never appears on the charts while it sells decently well in anime and merchandise. The drama CDs are really popular.
Anime, merchandise, events etc.
Whatever it is, there has to be some reason they animate stuff like this.

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Dec 24, 2012 11:09 AM

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seems a bit yaoish

Dec 24, 2012 11:22 AM

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i think you're misunderstanding something here, someone in this topic said "i had no idea it was so popular", i asked them where they got the idea that it was popular given the fact that most people haven't heard of it and so far it hasn't even ranked. there are mangas/LN's that aren't popular and got anime adaptions, such as DakaraH and hagure which you mentioned, and that proves my whole point regarding this conversation.

Dec 24, 2012 11:24 AM

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Shuhan said:
seems a bit yaoish

well, I started reading it and I can say it has undertones but its not yaoi. Not even shonen ai. Below that. I think if you could watch Kuroko no Basuke, you could watch this.

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Dec 24, 2012 11:36 AM

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@phoenixalia
i think you're misunderstanding something here, someone in this topic said "i had no idea it was so popular", i asked them where they got the idea that it was popular given the fact that most people haven't heard of it and so far it hasn't even ranked. there are mangas/LN's that aren't popular and got anime adaptions, such as DakaraH and hagure which you mentioned, and that proves my whole point regarding this conversation.

I'm sorry. I'm half asleep really. Its 3 am but for some reason when I lie down, I can't stay down. I know, I'm weird. Forget that I said that.
One thing I did want to say was about you post regarding Karneval:You said you hadn't seen it in the rankings.
I meant to say just cuz something's not in the oricon rankings doesn't mean its not popular. It makes money in different ways like merchandise, events and such.
I think I should have made myself clearer.

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Dec 24, 2012 11:58 AM

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Will watch<3

Dec 24, 2012 12:02 PM

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phoenixalia said:

well, I started reading it and I can say it has undertones but its not yaoi. Not even shonen ai. Below that. I think if you could watch Kuroko no Basuke, you could watch this.

Comparing this to Kuroko no basket is like comparing one piece to precure, they're completely different genres with different content for different audiences <_<

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I'm sorry. I'm half asleep really.

Yeah i can see that.

Dec 24, 2012 12:26 PM

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phoenixalia said:

well, I started reading it and I can say it has undertones but its not yaoi. Not even shonen ai. Below that. I think if you could watch Kuroko no Basuke, you could watch this.

Comparing this to Kuroko no basket is like comparing one piece to precure, they're completely different genres with different content for different audiences <_<

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I'm sorry. I'm half asleep really.

Yeah i can see that.

Pretty sure she's talking about the amount of BL undertones. Even of something has a completely different genre and demographic, there are still things they can have in common. She's saying the level of BL in the two series is similar, not the series themselves.

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Dec 24, 2012 12:52 PM

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Pretty sure she's talking about the amount of BL undertones. Even of something has a completely different genre and demographic, there are still things they can have in common. She's saying the level of BL in the two series is similar, not the series themselves.

except Kuroko no basket had none. That aside, they're still completely different genres for completely different audiences, she says if you can watch KnB you can watch Makai ouji, or you're saying a basketball shounen fan can watch a shoujo blatantly and clearly intended for certain female fans? Yeah no.

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The story sounds interesting while i was reading so i will probably watch a couple episodes then make my decision.

Dec 24, 2012 1:02 PM

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....yes. Good.

Dec 24, 2012 1:20 PM

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No, she's saying that if you can stand the amount of BL undertones in one anime, then you could stand it in the other one. It has nothing to do with the demographics.

Let's say you have an anime that has slight BL undertones, but it's a shounen sports anime. Then you have another one that is a shoujo, but has the same amount of BL undertones as the sports one. Then someone who has watched the sports anime asks if the shoujo is a yaoi. She answers, saying that if you can tolerate the amount of BL in the sports one, then you can tolerate the amount of BL in the shoujo one and that the amounts are similar. She's not saying "If you liked Kurako no Basuke, then you will like this!".

... If that makes any sense. You seem incapable of comprehending text, so I tried to break it down for you. I feel like I may have made it more confusing though.

Also, what? People can't enjoy more that one genre? Oh, I'm a girl who likes shoujo, so I guess I can't enjoy shounen blatantly intended for males, huh?

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Dec 24, 2012 1:32 PM

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The anime in question here is Kuroko no basket, which as i said, has no BL undertones (unless you're a fujoshi, and you have that goggles thingie whatever they call it), so no. I think Kuroshitsuji would be more appropriate in this case, for being the infamous shounen with BL undertones.

Okaaaaay so you enjoy shoujo a shounen, good for you, that must mean every guy who watches Shounen (or any other genre for that matter) is going to watch a Shoujo with bishounens (Not even a solid shoujo), traps, and BL undertones or whatever it is you're talking about, makes so much sense i can't believe i haven't thought about it before.

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Dec 24, 2012 1:41 PM

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The anime in question here is Kuroko no basket, which as i said, has no BL undertones (unless you're a fujoshi, and you have that goggles thingie whatever they call it), so no. I think Kuroshitsuji would be more appropriate in this case, for being the infamous shounen with BL undertones.

Okay, I can agree with you there. I haven't watched Kuroko no Basket, so I wouldn't know. I can agree that Kuroshitsuji would have been a better comparison.

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Okaaaaay so you enjoy shoujo a shounen, good for you, that must mean every guy who watches Shounen (or any other genre for that matter) is going to watch a Shoujo with bishounens (Not even a solid shoujo), traps, and BL undertones or whatever it is you're talking about, makes so much sense i can't believe i haven't thought about it before.

I never said that every guy who watches shounen is going watch a shoujo filled with bishies. I'm saying that it's not impossible that a guy can like both shounen and shoujo. You made it sound like people cannot enjoy more than one genre.

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Dec 24, 2012 1:55 PM

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Well yeah.

And of course, people can like multiple genres (the vast majority here do like several genres), it's just that certain genres aren't for everyone ;p

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Well yeah.

And of course, people can like multiple genres (the vast majority here do like several genres), it's just that certain genres aren't for everyone ;p

Okay, I see what you are saying now. Sorry for being a jerk! .-.

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Dec 24, 2012 2:31 PM

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It's fine, don't worry about it.

Dec 24, 2012 2:51 PM

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that's great!
i was planning to read it anyway

Dec 24, 2012 3:04 PM

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I've read a few chapters of this manga a long time ago but it was not really that interesting...
Maybe this adaptation will change my mind about it so I will give a try ~

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Downgrade355 said:

Queen-Neehola said:
So excited!! I absolutely adore Makai Ouji.
I had no idea it was so popular!

Not to interrupt your fun time but, where did you get the idea that it was popular?

That's probably because there are (relatively?) many replies in this thread and the number of people who know this piece (and have replied in such a short amount of time as well) is unexpectedly high for that person :O Plus, I suppose its popularity rank on MAL is not bad~ And even if you say something doesn't have to be extremely popular to get an anime adaption, it's not like any manga/novel/etc. gets one right away~ But in the end, I think it's the amount of replies that caused this reaction.

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Shuhan said:
seems a bit yaoish

well, I started reading it and I can say it has undertones but its not yaoi. Not even shonen ai. Below that. I think if you could watch Kuroko no Basuke, you could watch this.

I haven't read/watched the other one, but I can imagine it's one of those manga/anime with lots of male characters which attracts the kind of BL fangirls who think of any sort of interaction between two males as a BL moment (although I may be wrong). Sometimes, these fanbases give off wrong impressions... It's not a BL manga, but I cannot deny there's no material for such fans, either... x'D

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Dec 24, 2012 8:43 PM

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Sound like pandora hearts for some reason, But Id'e watch it

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It seems interesting because it reminds me a bit Pandora Hearts.
Maybe i'll first try to read the manga and i'll decide if i want to watch the anime version.

Dec 25, 2012 3:32 AM

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I haven't read/watched the other one, but I can imagine it's one of those manga/anime with lots of male characters which attracts the kind of BL fangirls who think of any sort of interaction between two males as a BL moment (although I may be wrong). Sometimes, these fanbases give off wrong impressions... It's not a BL manga, but I cannot deny there's no material for such fans, either... x'D

This is actually a good explanation.

Dec 25, 2012 7:26 AM

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It seems interesting because it reminds me a bit Pandora Hearts.
Maybe i'll first try to read the manga and i'll decide if i want to watch the anime version.

I thought that at first too, but it's really crappy especially if you compare to PH. ;w; The only similar thing I've seen so far is the master-servant relationship, which is pretty common in mangas with the 19th century theme. Well, not saying the manga overall is bad, but I didn't like it. Still, I think it's cool that it's going to get an anime, at least it's something "different".

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Dec 25, 2012 7:30 AM

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Looks gay.
I'm in.

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