Maou-sama, Retry!

Akira Oono is an ordinary working adult who manages the MMORPG Infinity Game. Fifteen years after creating the game, Oono decides to shut the servers down once and for all. However, as the clock strikes midnight, he somehow finds himself in the body of middle-aged Hakuto Kunai, Infinity Game's Demon Lord!

Soon after his mysterious transportation, he witnesses the demon Greole chasing after a little girl named Aku. Although he effortlessly dispatches the creature, Hakuto is still concerned; after all, he does not remember creating the girl or the demon! Doubting whether he truly is in the world of his creation, Hakuto decides to investigate. Bringing Aku along as his guide and companion, Hakuto sets out on a journey to find out exactly who or what summoned him to this fantasy world—all while leaving chaos and destruction in his wake.

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Kunai, Hakuto Main

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Aku Main

Takao, Kanon Japanese

Elegant, Luna Main

Ishihara, Kaori Japanese

Queen, Killer Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Yukikaze Supporting

Tokui, Sora Japanese

Kirino, Yuu Supporting

Satou, Rina Japanese

White, Angel Supporting

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Kirisame, Zero Supporting

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

Tron Supporting

Kinoshita, Suzuna Japanese

Utopia Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Kitazawa, Shiryuu Producer

Oomori, Shinji Producer

Kasai, Yoshinobu Producer, Episode Director

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Jun 14, 2023

Dicepshon

Recommended

Don't watch this show for the animation. Don't watch it for the music, and don't watch it because you expect a deeply original and profound story.

Watch it to be entertained, to laugh at the absurdities, to feel connected to the side characters who have real stories and screen time in a very non-shonen* way.

This show is extremely entertaining. Now look, I'll be the first to admit that the humor is not everyones cup of tea but if you like this type of tea, then you will be highly satisfied.

The characters are charming and feel like real people in the most anime absurd way. ... Beneath the trope-filled fluff is a real story of a dirty, nasty, discriminatory and economically divisive world and a mobster rico swavey MC who is basically responsible for the world he gets pulled into...except he finds reasons to care about people in the world. So of course, in true mafioso style, he proceeds to be a badass mobster in a fantasy world he knows less about than he thought.

I really love his inner monologue compared to his outward demeanor. I like the world - it's so tropey and cliche but it feels lived in and each person he interacts with have impact. His right hand henchmen are fantastic. It's really just a great ride. But that's exactly it - it's a fun ride at funcoland, not the centerpiece at a museum of refined taste.

*Non-shonen defined as: a real backstory instead of 3/4 of an episode that furthers .01% plot, insists on trying to make you emotional, and only makes you wish it was never included.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 23, 2024

Ramun_Flame

Mixed Feelings

This is for sure a trash isekai. You've got an overpowered protagonist who builds up a questionable harem in a generic fantasy world. I should have stopped watching on the second episode the second time he asks the young girl he saved to go take a bath, and he spanks a mage. It's trash, but the plot is entertaining enough to keep you invested. Maybe I was just bored.

I'm trying to think of something it did okay. I guess the characters didn't seem as soulless as some isekai. Maybe a little bit of thought went into their personalities/dialogue. There were a few lines I enjoyed/thought ... were clever.

Overall a few character designs are pretty egregious in terms of fanservice. They are also always taking a baths, although it didn't seem as focused as the fanservice aspect during those scenes as I thought it might. I am interested in seeing how far this goes. I may watch the next season. My review is basically I shouldn't have even wanted to finish this, but I was entertained enough to, and may even watch the next season.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 19, 2022

Just_Lazer_DGE

Not Recommended

Feels like the product of a studio that didn't put in much effort.

For action, it's mostly slideshow style in that there's an enemy, an attack, and then the after effects rather than actually animating combat and making things look good.

For the plot, I'm guessing off of the anime that the source material focuses on how the world is and how it's being changed. The anime seems to speed through this though so it's not very good either.

For comedy and characters, not enough animation is put into facial expressions or body movements for these to look that good either. The voice actors always do a good ... job though.

Bottom 10 of all anime I've finished. I imagine it could've been great but the people who made it didn't let it shine.

There are some good moments, but those are what clips are for when the anime overall doesn't match the quality of the clip.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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