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_Bubassotto_
The classic overpowered protagonist of ecchi anime.
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou is one of those works that probably would have impressed me much more if I had watched it at another time. My relatively low rating isn't necessarily because the anime is bad, but because when I finally watched it, I had already consumed a huge number of series that used the exact same formula. As a result, much of what should have seemed exciting ended up sounding extremely familiar.
The story follows Akuto Sai, a young man who enters a magic academy with the dream of using his talents to help society. However, on his very first day, a prophecy reveals that he is destined to become the next Demon King. From that moment on, his life changes completely. People begin to fear him, others begin to idolize him, and…
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Please note that the following are my notes from my first time watching Anime binge & that as of writing Demon King Daimao is more than likely another of run of the mill power fantasy harem show with greater potential, at least for those experienced in the genre. Regardless the following are my first time notes while the former is my modern thoughts on them having watched a lot more since initial viewing.
As a Ecchi Battle Harem Demon King Daimao has a surprising story about ‘Gods’ influence against individual freedom & the 'demon kings' battle to oppose it. The fast pace and hyper story affects the experience and it’s not incredible but it is entertaining. It has functional action & ecchi alongside a satisfying conclusion.
p.s. Peterhausen is a great Dragon & one of the best parts of t…
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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…
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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 Ak…
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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 becoming 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 r…
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The anime is good and amusing in comical sense. Someone that hits "forward 5 sec" button while watching anime, it will be great anime for you, as you will be able to see the overdramatised moments fast & enjoy all the good parts the anime has to offer like : a girl that hates you fall into love with you, people misunderstanding your actions to be evil which is funny and many more things.
Someone that doesn't skip a bit, might think the show to be bit slow. So fast watchers that skip a little will enjoy the anime a lot.
From :
someone who has watched too many anime
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This anime should have been 24 episodes. It was instead 12. Let me rephrase. The last 4 episodes should have been 24 episodes. This anime features some of the most likable cliche characters ever, and the plot is pretty cool, with some fairly uncommon themes, and a deep lore to the story with an interesting take on what it means to be a demon lord
We have our himedere with a side of tsun(slightly violent princess girl), our goudere(oddly devoted girl), our mayadere(ex-antagonist with a thing for the MC), our kuudere with a side of hiyakasudere(emotionless girl that teases the MC), and then, of course, the airhead that everyone knows is going to be plot relevant. Even the side characters have super cliche personalities. However, the author manages to actually develop them, and give them lik…
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Demon King Daimao
Completed March 2023
TV, 12 episodes, dubbed
Not Recommended
>>>>>Let’s make this one quick, seeing as we both have better things to do than waste any more time on this extremely budget anime. It passed the three episode test, albeit barely, so I felt the need to power through and finish it to see if it goes anywhere. Yeah...
It doesn’t. VISUALS [ 3 / 10 ]
>>>>>While I was never personally offended by Daimao’s presentation, I was disappointed; often. The two major letdowns were the character designs and the fight scenes. Both were barely animated, consistently. While being budget doesn’t necessarily ruin a show, it does make it noticeably worse than it otherwise would have been; in the case of something like Daimao, massively so.
>>>>>Ecchi isn’t a genre known for its…
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Holy cow, this was a wild ride. You know, if you make an over the top stupid show, then you are better off going full throttle. Well, this show definietly forgot where the break pedal is. So turn off your brain and let the culture flow trough you.
I loved the absolutely cardboard cutout parody cast. Like a bunch of hyperactive mongooses in heat. They are hillarious.
The story wasn't anything spectacular, but it worked great to support the comedic aspect of the show. (The last 3 episodes are kinda flat, because the show took itself slightly more seriously, but who cares?) Every cliche what I hate in the anime is perfectly parodiesed here. Like misunderstandings, protagonist with huge V card, embrassing situations and so on... Usually, if I see something like this (even in comedy) I only f…
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A bit disappointed with how the anime ended, the last few episodes changed tone dramatically to a serious brawl between several sides... light spoiler: the mc is fighting "God" who at the same time is a "man made system".
Suddenly there's next to no fan service in the actual animation and it switched to nudes in the intermission which totally feel out of place with the tone of the episodes.
The characters at the end weren't developed well enough for me to truly realize their motives "but hey it's a harem, who cares about the plot" except it seems to me that it tried not to be a harem in the end.
It feels like there could be a deeper plot in the manga for the second half (was very pleased with the first) but the anime needed to be 12 episodes, overall the grade is a low 8
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Yeah so for this show I feel this was a decently low-quality show but tbh I'm saying it's a 7 because it was decent and the ecchi was pretty good too. Ok fine maybe the ecchi is what is bringing it to a 7 for me ok.
Story; well it started off well enough I liked it in the beginning and thought it was pretty cool, but then around the last 3 or 4 episodes it felt like wtf? the last episodes just came out of nowhere and didn't really make a whole lot of sense to the rest of the show. It also made me dislike the MC which sucks because I kinda liked him at first and I think if the show took its time getting to those last few episodes id like it a lot better.
Art; Yeah it looked pretty decent. I think a lot of the designs for stuff were pretty good not the best ever but above average.
Sound:…
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Despite its generic setting – overpowered demon lord protagonist in a magic academy – the first episode of Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou made it look like it could have been a fairly decent show, as it was packed with a lot of good comedy, and the animation was well done. Unfortunately, as in many other garbage anime series, the first episode is a trap.
The most apparent flaw of the show is that the plot is rushed. There is just too much stuff happening for a series of only 12 episodes, and as a result it is hard to follow the story. The pacing is also inconsistent. There are some episodes where the story goes too fast and it feels like random stuff happening on the screen, and others, such as episode 6 (the inevitable beach episode) and episode 8, where almost nothing of importance happens…
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Don't go into this anime expecting it to be genuinely great. Having said that, you might wonder why exactly I gave this anime an 8? It's all taste dependent. See, as long as it isn't boring, I generally enjoy B-movies or just cheesy content in general. So far there are a few other animes I've seen that can perfectly fulfill that role as well as Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou.
The plot is straight JRPG-tier ludicrous (while also being poorly developed), the character writing is incredibly flat, there's an awkwardly set up superhero for some reason, the art and the action aren't particularly compelling, and the series rushes through events like a coked-up cheetah. Yet, with its excessive ecchi, and fairly good comedy writing, you've got a recipe for something that's incredibly entertaining.
Don…
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I saw this series when i was around 12, despite watching multiple bad series and enjoying them, i absolutely hated this one , but since the moment i saw conception i was wondering if this was as bad as i remember, the answer is kinda, but not really.
See, this anime has a decent plot and decent characters, i'm gonna ignore the ecchi because it was the 2010's and this was all over every anime on that time, so besides that this is decent, however...it has one of the weirdest pacing i've ever seen in a series as a whole.
Until chapter6 you could say stuff makes sense and goes in one direction but in chapter 7 the whole story feels like is running non stop, episode 7 deals with 4 plot points one after the other to the point it feels like it should belong in two different episodes not just one…
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This started out as my kind of anime—a high-school harem with an overpowered protagonist—but as the story went on, it turned into some kind of Matrix-style nonsense. Suddenly, weird terms like “principle of identity” are thrown around with zero explanation, leaving the viewer completely lost.
And that ending… what the hell was that?! I still don’t understand it!
They should’ve waited for the source material instead of rushing out this ridiculous original ending that makes absolutely no sense.
There are plenty of better anime in this genre—do yourself a favor and skip this one. Watch something like High School DxD instead.
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This anime is really goes so fast at the beginning as if the writer is being kicked by some one on the back and saying him to TO FAST BITCH. After that the like 3-4 episodes the anime is like OHHH I AM OUT OF FUEL WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO. And coming to the charterers the mc is OK but the rest of the cast is like OHH HE'S A FUCKING DEMON KING WHAT DO I DO and the wiafu character and other female characters are just for blushing and ecchi stuff .SO, If you are willing to watch this series.........DONT watch. Its like all about the demon king and not about ANYTHING ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Music
Music was good. Sound effects were good. The intro was a little catchy, nothing out of the ordinary for a good anime.
Characters
All of the characters were well defined and had great backstories. They all had progression over time and it was interesting to watch the Demon King accept his future.
Story
I wouldn't say that the story was perfect. I wish it had explained a few more things in detail, but I'm sure that happens in the manga, or with the thought that there would've been a second season. I feel like there was a lot missing about the God system and what happened to the main enemy of the guy fighting the God system... but oh well.
Final Thoughts
Just another cute show about someone who becomes the ultimate power house. Its too bad there isn't a second season though. I would'…
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"That's just nonsense
--Etou, Fujiko EP 11"
And that sums up this series. I haven't seen or regretted watching such jumbled and confused piece of garbage since I went to see Tank Girl in the theaters, hell this makes FLCL look coherent. It's just that bad with the exception of the artwork which has an interesting style and mixes various themes, there's just no reason to watch this at all.
Anyway lets tear this junker down. The premise starts out well. Kid is going to the best Highschool in his country which also happens to be a magical high school. Meets a girl has run ins with her misunderstandings ensue and when he gets to the school it turns out his job aptitude is Demon King. Great first 5 minutes right there Unfortunately that's as good as this gets, and it's all downhill from ther…
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There's so much I want to say about this anime... I don't even know where to start.
You know, in my personal blog back in the day, I had a post, from 2010, when this anime was just airing. In it, I said the following about it:
"I think, that this is a new masterpiece for my collection. I can't see anything wrong with this anime. OP is fantastic, I'm listening to it for the 3rd day straight. Seiyu are perfect, beyond praise. Girl who voiced Korone is absolutely priceless.
Art is, once again, great. The authors definitely had their own style. Maybe legs are a bit too thin, but whatever.
Music is not particularly original, but is always to the point.
The story is simple, but never boring. And the characters - oh my god - they are the absolute best! And, imagine this, are not over the top cr…
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Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou starts off as a pretty solid and fun Demon Lord, magical high-school anime. Likeable characters, story you could follow - the works.
But halfway through, something just snaps and the entire show goes off the rails so incredibly hard that I can't believe someone green lighted this.
The second half of the show I kept checking if I had accidentally put on the wrong episode because I felt that I had missed several episodes worth of story and character development.
It felt like the first half every episode follows like a chapter of manga, while the second half felt like each episode covers 50 chapters.
But you know what? I kinda liked it. It was so sped up, so ridiculous, that it was like a train full of clowns going off the rails and speeding to their doom while…
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