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[[File:TVT-IUnDMO_569.jpg|frame|The Future Demon King and his harem [[My Friends and Zoidberg|(and his brown-haired friend.)]]]]

Akuto Sai is an orphan raised by a church who plans to become a great priest one day. Everything seems to be going so well at first: He possesses great magic power, is planning to go to school at the [[Wizarding School|Constant Magic Academy]], and even made friends with the Class Representative Junko Hattori on his first day. However, when Akuto goes in front of the <s>[[Harry Potter|Sorting Hat]]</s>...err, vocational raven to determine his future, the raven proclaims that he will become the next Maou (a.k.a. "Demon King"). The original Demon King who appeared 100 years ago sought to tear apart the current order of the world and was so powerful that he nearly succeeded before he was finally brought down, so this is not a good thing.

As expected, this revelation quickly spreads around the school, but Akuto can't see himself becoming the next [[Big Bad]] of the world, so he does everything in his power to convince his friends and classmates that he won't become the Maou. However, a string of unintended consequences follows as Akuto's actions only dig that metaphorical hole deeper. As the story goes on, he ends up gaining a harem of followers ranging from a young fanboy to a robotic private detective who all have their own reasons for wanting to see whether or not Akuto will become the Demon King.

Originally a series of light novels, '''''Demon King Daimao''''' (''Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou'') has received both a manga and anime adaptation. The anime aired in the spring of 2010.

Character sheets [[{{PAGENAME}}/Characters|found here]]

The anime can be viewed legally at Crunchyroll [http://www.crunchyroll.com/demon-king-daimao here.]

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* [[0% Approval Rating]]: Despite being a really nice guy, Akuto simply cannot convince people that he is not a Demon Lord. Every action he takes, for good or for ill, is viewed as a devious plot to further his own power (which, ironically, it usually does).
* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]: In all senses. Not only do they wield ridiculous political power within the school, but they manage to hold off most of an army during the final battle. It helps that they're a [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire]], [[Our Werewolves Are Different|a werewolf]], Dr. Frankenstein (represented by the character piloting a Frankenstein themed mech), and a witch.
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Akuto, about the normal amount for his genre and character type.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The manga to the anime. Certain events and even characters ([[Characterization Marches On|see below]]) are either modified or developed or completely overhauled...
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: ...but they way the manga develops the events and characters can be considered superior to the anime series.
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Akuto is willing to take on the world and [[Rage Against the Heavens|even God himself]] to protect Keena.
* [[Art Shift]]: Episode 7. Borders on [[Off-Model]].
** May also be a Shout Out, to ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Between Akuto and {{spoiler|Junko}}, at least until he screwed it up by being [[Oblivious to Love]]. Her family didn't take it well...
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: Giant demonic dogs, sea cucumbers, snails, chickens, etc.
* [[Back from the Dead]]: Torii-sensei is all too interested in studying Akuto. Dead or alive. But mostly dead.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Korone and Lily.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Peterhausen: "I am always prepared to die, but I am never prepared to lose!"
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: The robe Akuto wears ends up looking like one a lot.
* [[Bag of Holding]]: Korone's purse.
* [[Balanced Harem]]: Even the OP and the ED are careful to give equal screentime to all girls.
* [[Barehanded Blade Block]]: Slightly averted, as Akuto manages to do this once in the anime with his bare hands, but a good deal of blood ends up falling on his face from the attempt.
** He also manages to catch a rather large axe aimed at Hiroshi with just two fingers gripping the blade.
* [[Beach Episode]]: Episode six.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Anytime a villain threatens one of Akuto's friends, but especially the largely innocent [[Cloudcuckoolander|Keena]]. Ooh boy does even mentioning hurting her throw him into an [[Unstoppable Rage]].
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Akuto is normally a nice guys, but piss him off..
** Also Junko´s little sister should be noted: Normally she is just a sweet pop idol, but give her sword and confront her with a monster and, boy, you will feel pity for the beast!
* [[Baka]]: After a magic ball incident Junko spends time lying on her bed, thinking about Akuto and repeating Baka over and over. Poor, lovestruck girl.
* [[Big Bad]]: Bouichirou Yamato.
** [[Bigger Bad]]:  {{spoiler|"GOD"}}
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Korone}} in Episode 7. Same goes for {{spoiler|Hiroshi/Brave}}.
** Just about ALL the female cast members in Episode 11
* [[Big Eater]]: Keena, especially where rice is involved.
* [[Black and White Morality]]: Hiroshi tells Akuto that there are usually two "dons" in the school: the [[Knight in Shining Armor|"visible don"]] (currently held by Junko) who fights for everything that's good and just and tries to keep fellow students on the right path, and the [[Manipulative Bastard|"invisible don"]] (unknown, but hinted to be Fujiko) who secretly deals in forbidden black magic and tries to tilt fellow students towards the dark side.
* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: Fujiko first by all the female students under the influence of the drugged rice then later by some sort of tentacle/snail monster, though it doesn't get very far before she blows it to kingdom come.
* [[Bokukko]]: Lily Shiraishi
* [[Brain In a Jar]]: Fujiko's brother (or what's left of him), but that doesn't stop her from [[Squick|having romantic feelings for him.]]
* [[Bromantic Foil]]: Hiroshi to Akuto, to the point where he calls him "aniki" (big brother). There are various hints it may be more than that.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Junko sure can get unlucky a lot...
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: Kena gets really tipsy really quick.
* [[Censor Box]]: In the TV version, a [[Super-Deformed]] [[Hexagonal Speech Balloon]] of the character in question pops up.
** For comedic effect they usually contain some message like, "Sorry," "Nope," or, "Not gonna happen."
* [[Censor Shadow]]: both black and white.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In spades with the manga to the anime; the only characters that are remotely the same in both are Korone, Keina, and Hiroshi. In the manga:
** Akuto can actually be seen as more aggressive and doesn't back down from fights as much to prove he's not the Maou.
** Junko's [[Tsundere]] tendecies are toned down and is a lot nicer then in the anime.
** Fujiko is less of a [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] and has actually succeeded in her plans thus far.
** Lily is VERY hotblooded and in her first appearence she fights (and [[Curb Stomp Battle|BEATS]]) Akuto in no time flat.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Towards the beginning of the third episode, Kena rambles on about how much she loves rice, how it can bring happiness to the world, and how she's not allowed to have a rice cooker so she wants to stash it in Akuto's room. Korone suggests using a chemical weapon launcher to cook the rice instead. Later on,  {{spoiler|when the entire school is attacking them, Korone pops out of nowhere and fires her weapon, now filled with rice, in order to save the day.}}
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: In episode 7 Akuto has to do this, as well as using an [[Art Shift]] to fight Mr X.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Akuto.
** Much to [[Chaste Hero|his chagrin]], especially since most of his [[Unwanted Harem]] is insane.
* [[Clark Kenting]]:  {{spoiler|Hiroshi}} after drawing the sword that [[Only the Chosen May Wield]] (see below) and becoming a Superhero known as "Brave". After defeating the giant sea cucumber he changes out of his hero's costume and tells everyone he was rescued by the said hero.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Junko shows this subtly from time to time, and Korone goes into this mode one time while under orders to seduce Akuto.
* [[Closet Sublet]]: Korone stays the night in Akuto's closet.
* [[Clothing Damage]]: Happens to just about everyone, but Junko gets it worse than everyone else.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Keena (or is it [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]?)
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: As can be seen in the picture above, each of the main girls has different colored hair and hairstyles to differentiate themselves from each other.
* [[Combat Medic]] / [[Deadly Doctor]]: Korone has a special gun that can be used to administer medicines to friendlies and poison to foes. Later she even uses it to make it rain rice, just like Keena wanted.
* [[Cooldown Hug]]: Akuto manages to pacify Junko's rampage for a moment by grabbing her into a hug during which he blurts out his [[Love Confession]] (see below), but the solace doesn't last long.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: Korone
* [[Crapsack World]]: Lets face it, if your future big bad is evil because of good intentions and a "High Priest" is also an assassin you get shades of this.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Akuto is a reasonable, nice guy who despises violence, but should you succeed in making him angry...
** And  {{spoiler|Keena}} shows signs of this as well.
* [[Cry Cute]]: Junko has one in episode 9 of the anime, after learning that [[Oblivious to Love|Akuto didn't know his meeting with her family was a marriage proposal]], and qualifies as a [[The Woobie|Woobie]] moment for her as well.
* [[Cycle of Revenge]]: If what the anime says is true, {{spoiler|every hundred years or so the gods make a new demon lord so he can be killed and the cycle basically repeats each and every time, who knows how long this has been going on}}.
** And despite hitting the universal [[Reset Button]] and the end of the anime series, he's ''still'' destined to be the Demon King!
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Everyone in the above picture apart from Akuto and Lily.
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: Two examples, Akuto and Yuuko.
** In Akuto's case, he has immense powers and has control over monsters, but because of the prophecy that he's supposed to become the Demon King, almost everyone's scared of him, despite anything he tries to do.
** In Yuuko's case, she was bitten by a monster when she was younger, and got infected with some of their mana/blood. As a result, she can sense when monsters are nearby, but it also makes her a little scared of them as well (except when she's on tv to fight Akuto's "demon army" apparently). She also develops a rather nasty looking vein in the back of her neck.
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Lily Shiraishi, the [[Student Council President]]. It even gives her a bit of a lisp, which is not noticeable on the English dub.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Korone
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: The official English title, "Demon King Daimao," means "Demon King Demon King." Though it's not like the direct translation ("First Behind Demon King") makes much sense either...
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: A dragon, who accepts Akuto as his master after that.
** Later they [[Up to Eleven|one up that victory]] by ''killing a god.''
* [[Digging Yourself Deeper]]: The further Akuto tries to make things right, the more he seems to make them wrong.
** At one point he flat out tells Junko that nothing he says will convince her so he has no reason to try.
* [[The Ditz]]: Keena is a bit... special.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Female on Female)]]: Fujiko and the female students when her first plan to enslave Akuto backfires.
* [[Dungeon Crawling]]: Thanks to a [[Treasure Map]] found by Akuto at the whim of the plot.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Eiko, doing a flying jump kick onto the stage.
** This seems to be her preferred method of entry.
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Akuto and Junko, to the point everyone is convinced ''that they are already a couple...''
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: [[Brain In a Jar|Fujiko's brother]]; in the anime he gets strangled, in the manga he gets ''his heart and spine ripped out of his body''.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: No one remembers the girls' actual names. They're all referred to by the color of their hair.
** For the series as a whole, it's always referred to as Color Wars.
* [[Fan Service]]!
* [[Fearless Fool]]: Keena. So much so that she has no problem  {{spoiler|using an enormous black dragon as a bed.}}
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Eto Fujiko. She'd like to be [[The Vamp]], but since she shows the potential to be redeemed (or at least have her Black Magic antics mitigated somewhat), this trope fits her better. By far the most sexual character in the show, not only in her intentions towards Akuto, but also having been on the receiving end of a Love-Potion fueled student orgy/gangbang (mostly off-screen) *and* the attentions of some horny tentacle monsters.
* [[Full-Frontal Assault]]: Junko attacks Eiko stark naked, during the Hot Spring scene. Since Akuto is also present things go slightly differently [[Hilarity Ensues|than she planned..]]
* [[Food as Bribe]]: In the manga, Korone will do practically anything for doll-shaped pancakes.
* [[Fundoshi]]: Junko wears a variant of this instead of conventional panties.
* [[Gainax Ending]]: Things get confusing towards the end.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Keena, particularly when it comes to rice.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Korone knows her anime character archetypes well. She tries out a [[Playboy Bunny]], a [[Tsundere]], a [[Big Brother Instinct|little sister]], a [[Meido]], a [[Hospital Hottie]], a [[Naked Apron]]...
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In Episode 6, after Korone undergoes a "personality shift" and wakes Akuto up first by elbow dropping him in the groin, she then tries  {{spoiler|a vigorous footjob. In the next shot he is on the floor facing away and there is an open box of tissues on the bed...}}
* [[Good Is Dumb]]: Everytime Akuto tries to be a nice guy, it turns out he's getting closer to becoming a demon lord.
* [[God Is Evil]]: Have your gods ever called a hit on an innocent person?
* [[Groin Attack]]: Akuto suffers from one at the hands of ''Korone'', of all people.
* [[Gunship Rescue]]: The Black Crane. Subverted, as it actually helps Peterhausen recover and gets crashed by one of CIM08's agents shortly after.
* [[Healing Shiv]]: One of the first magical items we see Korone using is a medic gun. It shoots healing lasers.
* [[Henshin Hero]]: {{spoiler|Hiroshi}} is [[The Chosen One]]. A sword in the stone turns into his [[Transformation Trinket]] (which resembles [[Mirai Sentai Timeranger|a Chrono Changer]]), turning him into the hero, Brave, to fight [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|a giant sea cucumber]].
* [[Hero with an F In Good]]: Akuto.
* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:  {{spoiler|Peterhausen}}, who left behind one of his teeth as a [[Memento MacGuffin|memento]] of himself to Akuto before going down with the gods.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Takashi Kondo]] (of [[Black Cat (manga)|Train Heartnet]] and [[Student Council's Discretion|Ken Sugisaki]] fame) is Akuto in the anime.
** [[Yoko Hikasa]] voices Junko.
** [[Joji Nakata]] voices {{spoiler|a dragon!!}}. With a quite silly name...
** [[Aki Toyosaki|Aki]] [[K-On!|Toyosaki]] voices Keena.
** [[Shizuka Ito]] voices [[Tsukihime|another Ojou with brocon tendencies.]]
** Beside [[Aki Toyosaki|Yui]] and [[Yoko Hikasa|Mio]], two other members of [[K-On!|Hokago Teatime]] voice two members of the student council: [[Ayana Taketatsu|Azusa]] as the vice-president and [[Minako Kotobuki|Mugi]] as the android secretary.
** The secret of [[Hot Teacher|Mitsuko's]] hotness? [[Chiaki Takahashi|She's a]] [[BlazBlue|Boobie Lady]].
** Dub version has [[Pani Poni Dash!|Melissa]] [[Kanon|Davis]] (Kena), [[Chris Patton]] (Akuto), [[Red Garden|Maggie]] [[Highschool of the Dead|Flecknoe]](Kotone), [[Luci Christian]] (Junko) and [[Greg Ayres]] (Hiroshi).
* [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]]: {{spoiler|Bouichirou went forward in time to kill the reincarnation of the Maou and/or become one himself.}} It didn't work out that way when {{spoiler|Bouichirou was killed and Akuto hit the universal [[Reset Button]] anyway at the end of the show.}}
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Junko, who sometimes becomes a [[Girl with Psycho Weapon]] due to her [[Tsundere]] tendencies.
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: Underground hot springs with naked swordfighting.
* [[Idol Singer]]: Yuri Hoshino.
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Fujiko.
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: One of Keena Soga's powers involves personal [[Invisibility]], but she can't conceal any clothing, so when she has to become invisible she just goes in her birthday suit.
* [[Instant Expert]]: Akuto who apparently mastered his powers pretty well a day from when they started to manifest.
** Well, as long as it doesn't require him to ''not'' explode/break things.
**  {{spoiler|Hiroshi after getting his Superhero [[Power-Up]].}} Subverted somewhat, as he had an AI guiding him on weapon use.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Korone after asking Akuto to marry Junko (see [[Shipper on Deck]] below), telling him that this "order" was hard for her to do.
* [[Kill the Ones You Love]]:  {{spoiler|Junko}} actually ends up killing  {{spoiler|Akuto}} in Chapter 15 of the manga.
* [[Knight Templar]]: Junko veers towards this moreso in the Anime then in the Manga.
**  {{spoiler|Hiroshi as "Brave" may be heading in this direction as well.}}
* [[Large Ham]]: Mr X. Being a ham is actually the basis of his power.
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: In the anime, when Keena says something that causes the lynch mob Junko's assembled to turn on her as well, she pleads with them that they've misunderstood and should listen to her explanation, then asks Sai to say something. He points out that he's been trying to say ''the exact same thing'' to her almost since he arrived at school, and that they're unlikely to listen any more than she did.
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Korone
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: There is no rule stating that one can't keep a dragon in school.
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Korone
* [[Love Confession]]: Akuto blurts this out to Junko while she's in a rage, mainly to try and calm her down; [[It Gets Worse|it only makes things worse]].
* [[Love Letter Lunacy]]: Happens in the 2nd special episode.  {{spoiler|Junko decides to write a love letter to Akuto because she [[Cannot Spit It Out|can't say it straight to his face]], but finds herself too embarrassed to write the letter as well. So Yuuko does it for her, and makes the letter rather blunt (to the point of lampshading Junko's being a [[Tsundere]]) further embarrassing Junko. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when Eiko finds out and steals the letter to use it to blackmail Junko.}}
* [[Love Potion]]: Fujiko tried to get Akuto to take one that would make him fall in love with her alone. Keena accidentally made it so that everyone else in the school ([[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|the female students, apparently]]) fell in love with Fujiko instead.
* [[Luminescent Blush]]: Junko is getting more and more prone to this around Akuto.
* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: Fujiko is secretly planning to use Akuto's power for her own goals.
** Secretly? Hell, Akuto himself notices, and even lampshades it:
{{quote|'''Akuto''': But you're the sort of person who doesn't do anything without first calculating personal benefit...}}
* [[More Dakka]]: The Black Crane airship in episode 10 works on this principle. Not that it helps them any.
** Well it's not like more dakka could have stopped the helmsman from driving the ship straight into the ground.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Korone's speech rate gets accelerated a bit when she's in [[Tsundere]] mode.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Above and beyond the call of duty, Fujiko Etou, who throughout the show has had no less than three dialogue scenes in her lingerie and is the go to character for tentacles.
** Her and Junko, who gets [[Clothing Damage]] at least once per episode.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: A giant military weapon used to feed the school. [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|Keena was right all along]].
* [[My Eyes Are Leaking]]: Korone.
* [[Name's the Same]]: No, [[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger|Master Vile isn't who the title's referring to.]]
* [[Nay Theist]]: Akuto repeatedly denigrates belief in gods and says they "are just a system". Later, we find out he's right, and he destroys the system.
* [[Naughty Tentacles]]: Fujiko's monsters quite often and to the detriment of her clothing.
* [[Ninja]]: An entire clan of them. Yuri Hoshino/Yuuko Hattori is a ninja idol singer, with a bit of [[Spider Sense]].
* [[Noble Demon]]: It's hard to believe that Akuto can be a Demon King considering he tries his best to be a good guy.
* [[Not So Harmless]]: The first two episodes let us to believe that Akuto Sai is a pushover who's only dangerous when his powers malfunction. Then the third episode came and he showed something that he admits to be his "true character." And well yeah, about that... Let's just say that he was chosen as the next Demon King for a reason.
* [[Not So Different]]: Akuto and the last Demon lord both have the same goal, which makes us wonder if we're getting the whole story here.
* [[Ojou]]: Fujiko is the leader of the school's discipline committee, an expert in magic and medicine, and has her own fan club (composed of boys ''and'' [[Even the Girls Want Her|girls]]).
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The final episode of the anime hints that Kena's [[Cloudcuckoolander]] personality was just a front, and that she was really a reincarnation of the last girl who made a contract with the previous demon lord. Occasionally her past self takes control at the subconscious level without her knowledge.
* [[Off-Model]]: One of Keena's hands seems a tad bit too small when Yamato lays her down in episode 12.
* [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]]: When Akuto goes to visit Junko's father, he doesn't realize that the reason for the visit is a marriage interview, rather than just a typical meet and greet. Junko however, thought he knew, and their conversation is pretty ambiguous until she secretly meets with him in his room at night.
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]:When she gets shot square in the back, Korone just shrugs it off despite the blood dripping down her body.
* [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: Episode 7 reveals a sword kept in a shrine built by Hiroshi's grandfather which can only be drawn by a "[[The Hero|True Hero]]".
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: At the end, the student council member who always says "guga" says something other than "guga".
** It's because of the effects of the [[Retcon]] (see below).
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Peterhausen, a giant dragon who's the Demon King's best friend. Like Akuto himself, not that bad of a guy apparently. Also, our dragon [[Rule of Cool|breathes DRILLS]].
* [[Panty Shot]]: All the times, as well as a Fundoshi variation. Korone's activation pull cord is located right above her buttocks, which leads to this trope being invoked regardless.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Akuto. He can't help it for being a destined Demon King, and demonstrates it by blowing up a classroom, and soon after that, creating a 50 foot wide crater, both just from DEFENDING HIMSELF!
* [[Power of Love]]: In Junko's case it can wipe out small armies.
* [[Potty Emergency]]: Kena realizes this when trapped in the meditation chamber. Korone offers to help her in an unexpected way. Hilarity continues [http://www.theanimenetwork.com/component/option,com_myblog/Itemid,0/show,Ichiban-Ushiro-no-Daimao-Also-Known-As....html/ outside the meditation chamber]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Punny Name]]: You just know that a poor guy's journey to be a hero of good and kindness is going to be a bumpy one when his name "Sai Akuto" can ''literally'' be read as "Ultimate Villain", "Saiakuto" (最悪人), if read phonetically.
** And Hiroshi  {{spoiler|1=seems to be a bilingual pun/play on the word "Hero" (think "HEROshi"), as befitting the Legendary Hero of his town that he became.}}
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: Despite being raised by the church, Akuto had trouble believing in God. Now that a God is purported to be ordering an assassination against his friend, [[It Gets Worse]].
* [[Random Power Ranking]]: In the manga, Akuto is told he ranks number two on the academy's "Most Evil" ranking.
* [[Razor Floss]]: Brave has this as one of his weapons.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: When Akuto's eyes turn red it's kick ass time!
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: {{spoiler|Hiroshi}} didn't want to be {{spoiler|[[The Chosen One]]}}.
** This could also apply to  {{spoiler|Akuto, who refuses to perform the role that the demon lord was supposed to do, which was attack humanity with a bunch of demons, then merge with the law of identity and recreate humanity}}
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: If you ignore the [[0% Approval Rating|bad press]], getting to be a Demon Lord seems to be a pretty sweet deal: lots of girls, tons of neat powers, and a '''dragon'. Too bad he's still getting a hang of that whole "controlling your insane levels of power" thing.
* [[Retcon]]: An in-universe example:  {{spoiler|Keena uses her powers as the Law of Identity to make it so that Akuto was never the Demon Lord.}} However, Akuto discovers that the [[Status Quo Is God|Status Quo is the greatest God of all]] when the vocational raven [[Book Ends|repeats his prediction from the beginning.]]
* [[The Rival]]: Eiko is this towards Junko, and apparently the rivalry goes all the way back to their respective families.
* [[Robot Girl]]: Korone, a "Liladan" sent to spy on Akuto, is a [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]. There's also a robot girl on the student council.
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: welcome to the year 3000. Humanity has created magic, has magic based mag-lev trains, can create androids, created a nanomachine based power-armor that can use [[Beyond the Impossible|plasma weaponry]] and has created an [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|omnicidal maniac singularity]] that creates a genetically engineered human once every 100 years to try and wipe out its creators. All this, and yet the best the military can field when it comes to taking down the Sai Akuto is a legion of soldiers armed with .50cal machine-guns, swords and samurai armor, as well as a massive flying battleship.
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Akuto is trying to do this with regards to his future career as the [[Big Bad]]. Emphasis on ''[[You Can't Fight Fate|trying]]''.
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: The student body really seems hell bent on alienating Akuto, don't they?
** It seems to be an "Okay, so he's going to become the future [[Big Bad]], [[Bullying the Dragon|let's make him an outcast so he won't conquer the world in xx years]]", type of thing. [[All of the Other Reindeer|Because turning someone into a social pariah will totally not instill feelings of frustration and a desire for revenge,]] [[Sarcasm Mode|nope, not at all]].
* [[Ship Tease]]: Aside from the [[Love Confession]], there's also the fifth episode where Akuto "choses" Junko seemingly on instinct.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: By episode 7, Korone declares that her new "mission" is to get Akuto married to a "woman from a good family", and even goes as far as to bluntly ask him to marry Junko, who becomes embarrassingly horrified by this and runs away screaming.
* [[Shout-Out]]: In the anime, to ''[[Princess Resurrection]]''. The android in question has a similar [[Verbal Tic]] to the ones in [[Princess Resurrection]] - "Guga" ("Fuga" in the other anime).
** The "emergence rate of demon beasts" report shows an [[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind|Ohmu]].
** The student council has the same kind of lineup as the four lead girls of Renkin San-kyuu Magical Pokaan, if you count Riri's hat. You also have a werewolf, a vampire, and a robot. But both series are probably making a shout-out to a 1960's manga called Kaibutsu-kun, where the four characters were male instead of female.
* [[Slouch of Villainy]]: Akuto and his [[Unwanted Harem]] have a photograph of this taken after Akuto defeats Peterhausen.
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: Soga Keena.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Constan/Constant/Constantin Magical Academy. Which one is it?
** Official subs (read: the ones used by the Anime Network stream) use the first spelling.
** There are several recognizable buildings in the city, which place the academy in Constantinople.
* [[Student Council President]]: Lily Shiraishi.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Fujiko
* [[The Gadfly]]: Korone
* [[The Tease]]: Korone and Eiko.
* [[The Reveal]]:  {{spoiler|Hiroshi}} is destined to be the Hero, and  {{spoiler|Keena}} is the reincarnation of the Law of Identity.
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: The anime ventures into this in the later episodes, presumably due to having to condense the sudden onset of plot in the novels into lots of shirtless Akuto shouting.
* [[Thanks for the Mammary]]: Akuto on Keena; thanks to her invisibility spell Akuto had to feel around find out what was holding the supposedly floating bento, and his hand ended up on her breasts.
** In episode 5 after subduing the demon wolf {{spoiler|who's actually one of the student council members in disguise}}, Akuto ends up holding Junko with his arm wrapped around her assets (and while they're both naked). Cue a [[Luminescent Blush]] when she realizes it.
* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]: Don't want to be [[The Chosen One]], {{spoiler|Hiroshi}}? Too bad, the Monster Of The Day is attacking your hometown!
* [[This Is a Drill]]: Best [[Breath Weapon]] ever? Best [[Breath Weapon]] ever!
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Hiroshi after getting  {{spoiler|the [[Powered Armor|Brave suit upgrade.]]}} Prior to that he was largely seen as an [[Ordinary High School Student|average]], [[Mr. Exposition|detail oriented]], [[Butt Monkey|guy]].
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Keena and rice in all of its forms.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Akuto can be really, really, ''really'' scary, if he wants to.
** In the manga, it's more of an [[Unstoppable Rage]] than anything else.
* [[Tsundere]]: Junko is a textbook example.
* [[Two-Teacher School]]
* [[Unexpected Genre Change]]: Episode 7.
* [[Underestimating Badassery]]: It is said that he's going to be a Demon King and a small demonstration of his power has been witnessed, yet there are still those that insist that they can take him on.
** Wait'll the delinquents get a load of ''Peterhausen''. It'll be a race to see who [[Bring My Brown Pants|turns their pants brown]] first.
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: While the anime seems to play this straight at first, this is then subverted when really, the only character to even make a move is Junko.
* [[Wingding Eyes]]: Junko routinely gets swirly eyes after being knocked out from Akuto's power backlash.
* [[World of Badass]]: Even the [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|idol is actually a ninja!]]
* [[Villain Ball Magnet]]: This is the core trope of the show, everything revolves around it.
* [[Visual Innuendo]]: The sea cucumber scene.
* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: {{spoiler|Eiko's father}} returns as a cyborg to cliffhang the penultimate episode.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Sea Cucumbers]]: Junko is scared to death of those slimy critters. Getting splattered by one specimen's slime eventually resulted in a [[Cry Cute]] scene.
* [[X Meets Y]]: Think of this series as ''[[Kyou Kara Maou]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]''. With lots of [[Fetish Fuel]] added.
** ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' meets ''[[Kyouran Kazoku Nikki]]''.
** ''[[Harry Potter]]'' meets ''[[Doraemon]]'' {{spoiler|meets [[The Matrix]]}}.
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Akuto wants to become a high priest and help people out. The problem is that destiny likes screwing him in return, thanks to his lack of experience in school politics and shaky control of his power.
** Hiroshi was predicted to be [[The Chosen One]], which conflicts with his friendship with Akuto.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: This is how fans identify who is who more than their real names.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: All of the female students.

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