Maou-sama, Retry! R
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It is quite different from the first manga and anime adaptation. The adaptation was almost whimsical, and nearly calm.

This, though? This is DARK. I've seen 18 chapters so far, it looks like the author is weaving the plot, mixing menacing, deranged or villainous characters with very stereotypical anime/manga behaviors. So you can have a total lunatic from protagonist side doing something cruel offscreen, or people getting stabbed onscreen, and then someone goes into chibi mode and starts impersonation of a pouting hamster.

All I can say that the resulting work is very odd, but at the same time it is quite different from anything else. ... For some reason it reminds me of "Somali to Mori" in places, with the dark part that wasn't present in Somali.

There's an overarching plot, but so far it is unclear where it is going. The art is delightful (especially compared to low detail anime adaptation which had very cheap backgrounds), characters are drawn well, and it is pleasant to read. The mix of serious tone with stereotypes is also interesting, but the result is not for everybody.

I'd say this is largely worth reading if you enjoyed Black Joke, Murcielago, although this title does not have that level of gore, and I don't really recall "onscreen" sexual content. This also does not really feel like shounen title either. So, basically a darker fantasy world where stereotypical behavior is mixed with serious tropes.

I'd recommend to check it out.

6/10 story, 7/10 art, 6/10 character, 6/10 enjoyment, 6/10 overall.

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▶Summary and recommendation: -----------------------------------------------------------------
The Writer's Barely-Disguised Fetish

⚠This manga is softcore pornography featuring underage characters⚠
⚠Female characters in this manga are usually sexualized⚠
⚠This manga features thinly veiled homophobia⚠

[Maou-sama, Retry!] and the sequel [Maou-sama, Retry! R] is a harem power fantasy isekai focusing predominantly on the protagonist showing off how badass and capable they are, and on showing women and children's underwear to the reader.
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I absolutely do not recommend this isekai to anyone. This is a manga for paedophiles.


▶Story: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The story is your very average isekai power fantasy story, where the protagonist goes on an adventure while fighting increasingly impressive foes. It is however not trying to go for a very deep story, and other than a slight focus on wackiness, the manga primarily exist to display the author's fetishes.

The protagonist after finding himself in a fantasy world, goes on an adventure, picking up various underaged girls along the way. Girls with self esteem issues, former slaves, victims of curses, and abuse. With his overwhelming power, he easily solves all their problems, and wins over their hearts.

As a harem, everyone of course falls in love with him. Most (maybe all?) of which are children, or look like children. Within the first chapter, he has come upon his first harem member. His 13 year old adoptive daughter/love interest.

Aping Overlord in many of its aspects, this protagonist goes on to create his ideal country, one where one of the indiginous races has to wear skimpy playboy bunny outfits (Another example of where this author's priorities lie).

While the red flags were there from the start, it is not as blatant about its perverseness until the sequel manga.

There are a couple of satisfying plot twists, and spectacular fight scenes, but there is nothing can redeem this manga.

▶Setting: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Much of the setting seem to have been inspired by the hit Isekai [Overlord]. Both turning into their extremely powerful MMO videogame characters, and both of them running a guild filled with loyal NPC characters. NPCs with high expectations of the protagonist, causing the protagonist a lot of pressure and stress.

Where they differ however is the author's knowledge of the subject they are writing about. I suspect the author may not have played an MMO since the late 1990s, or early 2000s, and are receiving most of their knowledge of videogames and the games industry from second hand sources.

▶Characters: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The protagonist is a young adult from our world, a game developer (though the author seems to not know exactly what that entails). He possesses the final boss of the videogame he made, which for some reason is also his player character. Appearance wise, he looks like a middle aged evil mastermind.Hitting all the tropes of the genre, he is immensely powerful, with hidden powers, transformations, and an appearance that terrifies his friends and some of his allies.

Most female characters are fetishized and serves only as eye candy for the viewers. The end game of most of the female characters is to fall in love with the main character (who quite persistently claim to not be a paedophile, despite the manga being firmly targetting that demographic).

The rest of the cast are jokes or common Japanese popular media tropes.

▶Artwork: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The artwork is of decent quality, and the fight scenes flow quite well.