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Hataraku Maou-sama!
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Rating(3.9 / 5.0, 201 votes)
5 | 62% (125 votes) |
4 | 9% (18 votes) |
3 | 5% (11 votes) |
2 | 5% (10 votes) |
1 | 18% (37 votes) |
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One entry per lineArtist(s)
One entry per lineYear
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2011
Status in COO
Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line
Main series [21 Volumes] (Completed)
Zero series [0 + 0-Ⅱ]
Side Story volumes [2.8 + 5.5]
Spin-off series [2 Volumes]
Zero series [0 + 0-Ⅱ]
Side Story volumes [2.8 + 5.5]
Spin-off series [2 Volumes]
Licensed
Yes
Completely Translated
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One entry per lineEnglish Publisher
One entry per lineRelease Frequency
Every 211.3 Day(s)Activity Stats [Graph]
Weekly Rank: #2000Monthly Rank: #2000
All Time Rank: #4555
Reading List [Graph]
On 3945 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #8634
All Time Rank: #1975
Description
Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.After being soundly thrashed by the hero Emilia, the Devil King and his general beat a hasty retreat to a parallel universe…only to land plop in the middle of bustling, modern-day Tokyo! Lacking the magic necessary to return home, the two are forced to assume human identities and live average human lives until they can find a better solution. And to make ends meet, Satan finds gainful employment at a nearby fast food joint! With his devilish mind set on working his way up the management food chain, what will become of his thirst for conquest?!
Associated Names
One entry per lineDemon Lord at Work!
The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
Working Demon King!
はたらく魔王さま!
打工吧!魔王大人
The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
Working Demon King!
はたらく魔王さま!
打工吧!魔王大人
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Recommendation Lists
v.3 c.1-4 + Prologue by Psylocke Scans (09-24-2014)
v.3 c.1 by Baka-Tsuki (09-29-2013)
v.1 c.2 by Baka-Tsuki (07-11-2013)
I enjoyed reading even the side stories about mostly unimportant characters. Then why did I gave it just one stars ?
Simple. Ending.
The ending of this story is so poorly written, I think even a ten year old would have done better.
Author accomplished great things with an interesting idea, then he took up a gun and shoot it.
It is just terrible. There were even some extreme readers who threatened the author or just send a message like "Die".
But in my opinion I hate when the topic is about Chiho and Maou's vague relationship... When Chiho is so depress because of her love situation... Also at volume 15 I hate how the author wrote his style on going back and forth on the timeline every chapter....
It is very, very apparent that the translation team needs a beta/editor. A lot of times I keep reading paragraphs with incorrect grammar, spelling, or down-right confusing the characters with another (I.E. Sentences like: "Suzuno said this to Suzuno.")
It sometimes gets difficult to read, and I honestly could bring the score down because of this, however this would not reflect on the LN's over all story/writing style so I can't really bring it down.
Emilia:
Emilia-a-shit!
She's a basic Tsun-tsun who, only at Volume 6, hasn't shown anything you could consider even remotely cute. You could defend her for being "broken" because she doesn't know what to do with Maou (since he's originally her enemy and target of vengeance), but this does not excuse her for being shown as a sh*t character with an emotional range of her flat chest. Basically, she's been shown as nothing but a complete bit*h and is only mentioned off-screen to be "kind".
This is a terrible way to show off a main heroine, as we never see the "off screen her" where she interacts cutely like a normal girl and isn't always the pissed-off bit*h that we always see.
Chiho:
Best girl by far. Has shown character growth from the very moment we see her and has gone out of shy shell, even as far as confessing her love to Maou. She's even willing to learn magic, not as a way to get stronger, but because she wants to lessen the burden she is as a "normal girl" to Maou and the others.
10/10.
Deserves to be the Demon Queen.
Would point my feet away from her direction from sleeping
Suzuno:
Actual girl I'm rooting for. Chiho is just best girl by what she's shown but, I'm hoping Suzuno somehow worms her way into being his mistress or something.
Why?
She's has gap-moe! That's why!
By default, she has a serious character, but when she gets flustered, she acts in a cute, girly way and doesn't react so violently as Emi. Sadly, she hasn't gotten much of a spotlight just yet. She'll get more probably around v9 so I'm making my way there.
Currently at Volume 2 chapter 3. It might seem a little early for a review, but I think my current critique would follow out throughout the story.
The author's writing style is bad when it comes to new characters. In the beginning, it isn't that noticable, but it becomes apparent as more and more characters are introduced. This is VERY apparent at the end of Volume 1 where the other members of the Hero's party arrive after the battle.
They were just suddenly there! I mean, there was like 2 or 3 paragraphs where these two guys are mentioned to be traveling to Earth, but on this particular scene, they didn't get an entrance. They were just suddenly there! There was no opening of an otherwordly gate or of them walking up to a battle-scarred street. They were just suddenly there and I'm like "who the f*ck are you?! No wait, Mao. Don't just go with the flow! AGH You guys know each other but we're on different side of a war! Why are you acting so casual!"
This also happens on conversation topics and event scenes. They suddenly seem to change without any warning to the reader.
Granted, it's not unreadable, but it is this story's flaw! The story itself is interesting where you'll have to read in-between the lines to understand the characters completely. Definitely recommend it, but it's not a very light read. Prepare for some introspection.