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

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

* [[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

* [[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...

** 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.

** 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.

** 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.

* [[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...''

* [[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.

* [[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..]]

* [[Fundoshi]]: Junko wears a variant of this instead of conventional panties.

* [[Gainax Ending]]: Things get confusing towards the end.

* [[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]].

* [[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.

** [[Yoko Hikasa]] voices Junko.

** [[Joji Nakata]] voices {{spoiler|a dragon!!}}. With a quite silly name...

** Beside [[Aki Toyosaki|Yui]] and [[Yoko Hikasa|Mio]], two other members of [[Keion|Afterschool 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]] [[Blaz Blue|Boobie Lady]].

* [[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 Springs Episode]]: Underground hot springs with naked swordfighting.

* [[Idol Singer]]: Yuri Hoshino.

** 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.

* [[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.

** 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.

* [[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 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.

** 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.

* [[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.

** 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!

* [[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.

** ''[[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.