Maou-sama Exchange!!
Demon Lord Exchange!!

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I was finished reading this manga on MangaPlus and want to review it. Upon seeing the review page it only has 1 review. So, here is another one from me.

I want to start with the story/plot. I actually really like the concept of the story and, once again, my same question from the review of The Legendary Hero is Dead, have you seen many fantasy story that is not an isekai? Well, this is one of the few. I love how straight it was from the start. The premise, the goal, and everything. But I have a little complaint to say about this. You see, ... I said I love the story/plot of this manga right? But the story is centric towards 1 person and him only. That person was the Demon Lord, Rhoda. No matter how much you read it, it is always Rhoda and his story only, other than him is just plot-driven to make the story go forward. Even the main party is just there to be there. The other person that I think probably considers a not-story-driven character is Atty.

Ok, with that out of the way let's move on to characters. I briefly talked about it previously that other than Rhoda and Atty, the other characters are just story-driven characters. Let me get that straight. If you read it through, you can clearly see that everyone except Rhoda and Atty, only has one thing in for their character, and others are just there to give direction. I don't want to spoil anything so, I encourage you to read it yourself. But I have to say even tho this is kind of a problem, as long as the story is interesting, the side/out-of-the-topic character characteristic is not a big deal.

Even if the story or characters are not really great, I would probably still read this because of the art style alone. If you have seen my past review of Rengoku no Karma, I binge-read that from start to finish due to the art alone and I give that series a 4.5/10. I hate that story and characters but I still like the art so, the same can be said here. I love the art style and it is worth looking at.

Last but not least the proportion of the manga panel. This is just nit-picking, but I saw there is one page where the text bubbles and the panel don't really match and I got really confused as to why that happened. Again I'm not going to spoil but there is that and there is also a page where it's just white all the way but only 3 rectangles. I guess I get it it wants to portray that they changing places or changing our perspective on the other side of the world but why they're in the white space? Couldn't you put it on the drawn panel?
Again, this is just a nit-picking. Other than those two little details, I'm fine with the other.

Overall, I give this 8.8/10. Solid manga, recommended to people who like Adventure Comedy.

So what if the Demon Lord switches bodies with your childhood friend. That is how the story start and it does enough to hook you. But as it turns out the twist is done rather blandly and generic. Luckily the series get's better as it goes on. But is it good enough to waste your time on?

Let's start with the art of the series, which is good. The art is clean and appealing, though it isn't anything special. There are a few mistakes here and there, but it is generally very consistent. The character designs are unique and stand out and the art style fits ... the fluffyness of the series.

The characters are fun. The main characters are likeable and have great chemistry. Their personalities are very simple though and most characters don't get much depth because of how short the series is. The series would have benefitted a lot from more time with the characters. The main villain also feels very forced and there was clearly not enough time to set him up.

Finally the story, which starts out very bad and generic, but with the second half of the manga it get's going and it becomes very good. The story leaves you satisfied and the ending is very fun. Again it feels like there just wasn't enough build up to the ending, but this is to be expected with how short it is.

In short Demon Lord Exchange is rather bad at the start, but it becomes pretty good as it gets to it's ending. The series is rather fun, but it would have benefitted a lot from more time spend with the characters. The series is worth your time just for the second half alone and it has a good ending for a AXED series.