Shinmai Maou no Testament (The Testament of Sister New Devil)

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Synonyms: Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha, The Testament of Sister New Devil

Japanese: 新妹魔王の契約者〈テスタメント〉

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 9

Chapters: 46

Status: Finished

Published: May 25, 2013 to Apr 26, 2017

Genres: Action, Supernatural, Ecchi

Theme: Harem

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Ace

Authors: Uesu, Tetsuto (Story), Kashiwa, Miyako (Art)

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Ranked: #6734²

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Popularity: #1134

Members: 17,697

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Ranked #6734Popularity #1134Members 17,697

MangaShounen AceUesu, Tetsuto (Story), Kashiwa, Miyako (Art)

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"Hey, you said you wanted an little sister, right?" First year high school student, Toujo Basara, was suddenly asked by his farther and fell into a state of panic. On top of that, the eccentric father told him he will be getting remarried. He then departed overseas after bringing Basara two beautiful step-sisters. But Mio and Maria's true forms are actually the newbie Demon Lord and a succubus!? Basara was almost entered into a master and servant contract with Mio, but a "reversed" contract was formed by mistake, and Basara is now the master!? Moreover, Basara is being hit by ecchi situation one after another due to the contract, but Mio's life is being pursued by other demon tribes and hero tribes!! The most powerful contractor's desire action drama begins!

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Shinmai Maou no Testament was published in English as The Testament of Sister New Devil by Seven Seas Entertainment from January 19, 2016 to July 31, 2018. It has also been published in Italian and Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics under the Planet Manga imprint since June 6, 2015 and July 2016, respectively.

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Oct 14, 2021

hexashadow13

Recommended

tl;dr: A solid story involving an interesting cast though told in a manner that doesn’t feel as exciting as it could be.

This is the manga adaptation of a light novel series that also received two anime seasons and a film. I have already seen the anime and am quite fond of it, and thus this review is going to be from the perspective of someone that had already seen the anime and liked it but was looking for more media related to it.

The best part about this series is the good and likable cast in a story that has a solid combination of action, romance, ... and ecchi. And this still has all of that since it’s following the same story pretty closely for the most part, but it feels like it didn’t come through as well as it did in the anime. The main issue is that it all around was lacking in intensity compared to the anime, wherein the action is less cool, the romance isn’t developed as well, and the ecchi is more subdued. As a result, I think the characters don’t come off as well as they did in the anime either. Part of the reason for this is that in general it didn’t frame things as well as in the anime and didn’t manage to pull of the right atmosphere. The other main reason is probably the pacing. The first season of the anime adapted three volumes of the manga in 12 episodes and I think it was paced pretty well. The manga adapts those three volumes in 9 volumes of manga, which comparatively is just too slow.

Thus, in addition to the anime having much more content than the manga due to it extending far past where this manga ends, it also coveys it’s story much better, and thus largely I think the anime was better than this manga. I should emphasize though that that doesn’t mean that this adaptation is bad, it’s rather solid, just not as good as the anime, so if you just want more Shinmai Maou in manga form this’ll work great. On that note, I should note that the major exception to everything I wrote is the ending to the manga, which is an original ending that veers from the original story with a plot that doesn’t really have any substance in and of itself, but that speed runs relationship development well beyond where even the anime ended and also ramps up the intensity of things immensely, so it may well be worth reading the manga, or at least the final volume, for that alone.

The art in the manga I thought was a mixed bag. It’s pretty amazing when it seems the mangaka was really trying, such as with the color pages, but there are also parts where it feels like the mangaka really wasn’t trying and the art isn’t all that good, such as the various side stories, though most of the manga is in between those and is overall decent enough. The character designs are still the same as the anime and LN though and still awesome, though I don’t think they came across as well at times.

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Oct 21, 2014

kkaa031

Recommended

Preliminary (14/46 eps)

First of all, let me say that however much I will insult this manga, I did enjoy it to the fullest. This manga by UESU Tetsuto and MIYAKO Kashiwa is about a first year highschool student, Toujo Basara, getting two new stepsisters after his father remarries. Before he knows it, his life gets turn upside down.

Story:7/10

The story starts off as a generic romance-incest-ish manga, but turns into so much more. It does develop the story well, but personally, I feel that they should focus more on the plot instead of adding unrelated scenes for the purpose of adding the ecchi tag on this ...

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