The Devil King Is Bored
The Devil King Is Bored is a (so far) none-too serious manwah (Korean manga) about the Devil King. As the title suggests, he's bored! Unluckily for his subjects, his entertainment often comes at their expense. Luckily for us, his antics are absolutely priceless! Now follow the Devil King as he seeks out entertainment by tormenting his people, beating his more annoying subjects to a pulp, kidnapping princesses, and making us laugh! Overall, The Devil King Is Bored see,s to be a parody of the typical Heroic Fantasy stereotypes that every esrly Eastern RPG seemed to follow.
Translations can be read on almost any major manga site.
Tropes used in The Devil King Is Bored include:
- Absolute Cleavage: Sucubus.
- Butt Monkey: See The Starscream below.
- Come to Gawk: Parodied. When Number Two has been captured by humans, Sucubus invites a bunch of demons to come and laugh at him from outside of his cell.
- Crystal Dragon Jesus: As it is a parody of early Eastern RPG stereotypes, the story does take cues from Christianity in much the same way that one would expect a JRPG of the eighties or nineties would, only parodied.
- Dirty Coward: The Arcangel Gabriel himself is shocked at how such a selfish and greedy priestess has so much holy power.
- Damsel in Distress: Again, parodied.
- Jumped At the Call: Also parodied. The heroes, their leader in particular, nearly freak out when they find out when they find out that the Devil King has kidnapped the king's daughter and, due to extenuating political circumstances, cannot send a full-scale army into hell to rescue her, and that they've been selected to go save them. The look on his face has to be seen to be believed.
- Shout-Out: Lots.
- Apparently Light Yagami has a mustache in this world.
- Is that really Mashim, or is it Viral?
- Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Inverted. The Devil King immediately appears before the heroes when they arrive in Hell and uses his ultimate attack, Blood Requiem. They soon call him out on this.
- The Starscream: Mashim, otherwise known as "Number Two" is a Devil that constantly tries to take the current Devil King's place. Sadly for him, he's a supreme Butt Monkey and can never get away with anything.