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8/10
I like it
angrynickle27 July 2018
While it takes similar ideas from other animes, I do want to see more of this. It's entertaining and makes me laugh every so often. I definitely want to see it through.
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7/10
Better than it needs to be.
invisibleunicornninja17 September 2018
Animation - Everything from the character designs to the fight choreography, to each bounce of a titty clearly had a lot of thought put into it. The overall look of this show is very well done, and I applaud the animators, who clearly had a lot of fun doing their jobs.

Characters - I was expecting the cast to just be a bunch of cliches and was pleasantly surprised to find that everyone had unique personalities. The lead guy is actually quite likable.

Plot - All jokes aside, this show actually does have a plot. While its not that complex, and the overall runtime is most dedicated to fan service, fight scenes, and just straight-up comedy, there is some interesting stuff going on here. Its not brilliant but its fun and serves as a nice framework for all the jokes. This is not a show you are going to enjoy if you take it seriously.

Voices - The voice acting in this show is pretty good, the actors are clearly into their roles, and it makes the show fun to listen to as well as watch.
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6/10
Entertaining, but probably ment more for male eyes
christian-schenk98725 July 2018
I have to admit, that at this point people are just milking the into another world action harem idea and hardly have any original ideas anymore. Kono Suba was beyond great, Issekai no Smartphone was complete garbage (still unnecessarily famous) and this is something in the middle.

It's good in the sense that it makes me laugh from time to time and I keep coming back to it because of the entertainment factor. This is probably also due to my love of overpowered characters.

It's bad in the sense that except for the main character you can only see ecchi lolis throwing themselves at the Demon Lord. This is not creativity, it's very questionable softporn.....so basically what all teenage boys watching it long for. If I am completely honest, this anime would probably even be better without any nudity at all and adult women. Sadly, this is not what the current anime community craves for.

Main Character, plot and comedy is above average, everything else is over the top. It gets a solid 6 from 10.
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7/10
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
Tweekums27 September 2018
Sakamoto Takuma spends his days playing a computer game; he has got to such a level that fellow players call him 'Demon Lord'. Then one day he finds himself summoned into a world very similar to the world of the game. In this world he appears as his game avatar and has all the powers from the game. He was summoned by two girls who immediately cast an enslavement spell on him... unfortunately for them he has the skill 'Magic Reflect' so end up his slaves. The girls are Shera, a busty elf, and Rem, a petite pantherian. The trio soon get into a series of adventures and The Demon Lord is soon defeating everybody he faces; of course they gradually face tougher foes until they find the real Demon King and must battle to save the mortal races.

The idea of a character somehow being caught in world that is either an actual video game or just like one is hardly original but that doesn't matter as this series is quite fun. The fact that Sakamoto is ridiculously overpowered compared to most people he fights provides some laughs. The story is simple enough but, thanks to the likeable characters, it is a rather enjoyable. There is quite a lot of fan service which might bother some viewers even though, at least in the broadcast version, we don't see too much. The series comes to a solid conclusion which wraps up most plot details in an enjoyable way. Overall I'd say this might not be a must-see series but it is worth watching if you like the genre as it provides more than enough laughs and a decent story.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
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6/10
Amusing and a little more depth than some in the genre
dameon_green18 April 2020
But not a huge amount more.

This a bit of a "Isekai" at its core ( main premise) and it's atleast amusingly used to help explain away the "Harem" portion of the Anime. There is the typically Ecchi fan service, and some of it is a little better disguised / worked into the plot than many similar shows, and some solid character growth between the protagonist and his "harem".

Overall it's enjoyable, a good watch for the Covid-Crisis of 2020, and a second season was announced, but it's not groundbreaking.
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10/10
Bolder and Raunchier than Deadpool...Love it
garabedian1234 October 2018
Deadpool could take a lesson or 2 from this show. Its so adult, and yet hilarious and a top notch anime all around. I was pretty surprised by it.
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7/10
This is a surprisingly entertaining isekai.
peterfmodel17 August 2019
Its has a bit too much fan service for my taste, but if you can overlook that its surprising good. You actually get invested in some of the characters, for me the characters of Emile Bichelberger were surprising good. In episode four Emile Bichelberger is badly injured and about to be killed, after valiantly facing a fallen, when the demon lord arrive and puts his hand on Emile saying he was a hero and that he would take it from here, I was moved. It has its share of silliness, but not as much as you would expect and the ending is reasonable. The tropes used are well worn standard ones but the execution is very good so they seem fresh.
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10/10
It's GREAT
bspears28145 February 2019
This is such a good and funny anime! It makes me laugh pretty hard.The only bad thing is, I wizh for more than 12 episodes. To me it's on the same line as Sword Art Online comedy wise and the fighg scenes are pretty cool. The graphics are really good and the voice acting is very good. I'm learning Japanese a little at a time by watching anime all the time. I've been a big fan of anime since I was 12 and now I'm 39. Also my fiancee thinks that it's a little raunchy at 1st but now she likes it a lot. We're even going to dress up as them at Comic Con with a little help from my fiancee's sister. I put on 17 lbs of muscle for it. Can't wait!
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6/10
"Who dares summon me! For I Am Diablo!!!"
Wolfkin199330 September 2019
Typical "socially inept gamer" summoned to another world, moving past that, the world is believable, featuring unique leveled summon monsters such as a Hydra & viewers will be absolutely stunned by the "Main Protagonist's power. Although I feel it somewhat lacking that he never truly learns any new skills in his adventure (save for "Enslavement" & "Dispel"), but this is the first season to test the water, so I can forgive "Ajia-do Animation Works" for being cautious, all in all the series is worth a watch.
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2/10
Makes me blush too often
denorama28 September 2018
Okay, I watch a lot of anime. I like harem plots just fine. And I expect a grerat deal of fan service. Occasionally this title makes me laugh. But seriously--too often really young looking girls are having orgasms with their boobs. First, NOT HOW THAT WORKS. Second, I know anime is 99% all about the fantasy or it would be live action, but I'm pretty sure any minute the police are going to hop out and wag a finger at me in disapproval for watching this.
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6/10
Best story in a porno I've ever seen
maxenen25 April 2019
The magic looks great and some scenes are fantastic but make no mistake, this is porn.
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2/10
All about the cute girls...
Irishchatter30 July 2018
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There's nothing really interesting about this anime, just a hot boy wannabe that just happened to tag along with a boring kitty girl (i did like her ears tho, no joke) and a dumb blonde elf with big boobs that makes Diablo wanna scream. Its very much the girls who are like copying the Mariylin Monroe and Jane Russell way of thinking (however they are better legends then the anime characters)! However actually, this anime is trying to compare itself with Sword Art online but having lolis involved to keep the game up. In fact, that game is plummeting down for me here.

I really didn't like this series and was really sorry thanks to my curiosity to have seen this garbage!
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7/10
Might be worth a 2nd season
Iberian_Wolf8 March 2019
When compared to other isekai like Log Horizon, Sword Art online or Overlord, it's more similar to Overlord. A hardcore solo player wakes in the body of his completely overpowered character in a fantasy/mmorpg world. More or less following the Overlord formula, he now has to find out how the world works and ends up helping people along the way. Although it has its awkward and funny moments one might get tired of them. Also this is falls under the "ecchi" genre, so be prepared to busty girls, panties and innuendo
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6/10
Ecchi is gonna ecchi but...
keitronwallace5 January 2021
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What's with the morality lesson at end? If you just want to show me big breasts and skirt the line of what's appropriate with prepubescent girls fine. But Alicia slaughtered towns with her own hands. Why the lesson on self forgiveness? I get it's a silly tv show but pick a lane
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10/10
Superior master piece and unbeatable
saurabhshivam-273641 July 2019
This show really great and brilliant, incredible nice, don't judge it from picture, see and understand story, really awesome, superior funny and interesting.
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Parents Guide
cowerkerdouch11 August 2018
Two girls are shown with large breasts a girls large breast are shown bouncing
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7/10
Spicy fun
Cafelar10 April 2020
Inverting the roles of the invocation in another world, the invoked becomes the master and in a spicy way with the characters builds his saga.

It's worth watching, the main character's internal fight to maintain his role as demon lord is fantastic.
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10/10
watched it
kenkenbird15 September 2020
And loved it just watched it and loved it bruh bruh bruh
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9/10
Love at first sight
pdzhioev1 January 2020
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Good quality drawing throughout. I lost it completely in the first episode when the main protagonist started nibbling on cat lady's ear. I've watched about 10-12 anime series but the humour here is something unalike in any others, its more on the mature (as in 16+) side as well. Looking forward to a continuation hopefully
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6/10
Yet another intercourse
Nonomemes3 January 2023
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A good fantasy story mixed with harem and fan service. To be precise the service is usually condensed at beginning or end of the episode, and seems to be related to the player stats. Yes because the story basically tells of a super high level player who is teleported inside of the game character he usually play, you can imagine that in the game world he then stand out a bit, then you see also the harem part.

The characters are good and especially the final fight (vs Europa) deserve to be watched, it is one of a kind.

The graphics are also good, and this is not really common in for an unfortunately mix-ecchi series.
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8/10
1>2 good laughs
roel-coppens26 June 2021
Season 1 is definitely better than season 2 but season 2 is still pretty much watchable. Season 1 made me laugh a good couple of times. Also funny character development and ecchi.
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9/10
If You Take This Seriously, You're An Idiot
Jaymz132 December 2021
"The main character is too overpowered!" Yeah. That's a plot point. This isn't a video game that's so hard it's unfair. It's a TV show. Calm down, Sparky.

"It's full of fan service and bouncing boobs" Yeah. That's its only reason for existing. My only problem with it is the main character never gets comfortable with naked females rubbing against him sexually. I keep hearing the East is more comfortable with sex than Westerners, but I'm not seeing it. They seem more uptight and embarrassed by it than any Americans I know. I've actually found myself wishing it was a little more explicit.

It's softcore porn with awkward humor and what would be illegally young girls if it was a live action show. That's not a faux pas to me. That's WHY I watch it. And honestly, that's why YOU keep watching it too. You're just ashamed of yourself and don't want anyone to see you enjoying cartoon kiddie porn.
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10/10
One of the best I've watched
gjfyjpj6 July 2023
I just love this show I just don't want it to end I want it to have a season 3 but that is looking more and more unlikely to happen this show is just so good it has great comedy good animation and absolutely great fanservice if you ask me season 1 was better than season 2 but none the less I still loved it just that it sucks it only had 10 episodes but I really hope it gets a season 3 this show I just can't seem to forget it it's one of those things that you just can't forget because you enjoyed it so much if I could somehow watch for the first time again I would man I just really hope It gets a season 3 but man if you haven't watched this you definitely should it's really good I personally love it.
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10/10
I love this story.
angelussaintca13 February 2022
I love this story and the fact that this is more about Poly relationships and less about the more nudity.

The world is rich and I can wait to see more of it.

Hell if this was a game I was soo playing it.
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10/10
It's worth watching has a very good plot
bhardwajprincepp23 August 2021
I don't understand why some people are disliking the anime just because it's ecchi or harem anime I think it has a very good plot and not that much fanservice as they are making a fuss about and if you don't like to watch ecchi anime just don't watch. I have watched both season it is a very good anime. I laughed a lot while watching this. I think it's very entertaining. Now I understand why it has less rating because some dumb people give rating on the basis of fanservice or ecchi stuff rather than plot. If you have watched it full there is no way you will dislike it. But if you just leave after watching one or two episodes thinking it's just another ecchi or harem anime and give it bad rating without watching it properly then you are at fault. I would totally recommend watching it.
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