

Since Ono is sharing a body with Kunai’s original personality, he can also be quite brutal towards his enemies, a side that the magic ring obtained from an idol he inquired attempts to appeal to. He does not like being accused for actions he did not commit and prefers to avoid violence where possible, but won't hold back if he feels his actions are justified. He smokes constantly, reinforcing the image of a mobster, and is quite sociable but becomes shy around women. He takes on Kunai’s appearance of a tall man with sharp black eyes, long black hair, and the clothing of a mafia boss upon his summoning into the game's world. Through thousands of hours of gameplay he has become extremely experienced at his work, and as a functional employed adult has excellent acting skills, which he uses to maintain the appearance of his character, the self-proclaimed Demon Lord of the Great Empire Hakuto Kunai. He has an average, unassuming appearance who firmly believes God does not exist outside of that, he seems perfectly ordinary. Eventually, Ono/Kunai finds himself having to deal with the sociological problems of the Kingdom of Holy Light and the Satanist cult that opposes it, as he continues to pursue his mission of finding out why and how he was summoned.Ĭharacters Main Hakuto Kunai ( 九内 伯斗, Kunai Hakuto) / Akira Ōno ( 大野 晶, Ōno Akira) Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese) Josh Grelle (English) Akira Ono is the creator of Infinity Game and has been its administrator for 15 years.

He encounters and summons various companions who join him on his travels, and his reputation as "Demon Lord" spreads throughout the land, making him a target. The new world he wakes up in appears to be set within Infinity Game, but with some differences. Episode 12 ended by claiming, "To be continued!"Īs Akira Ono prepares to shut down the servers of his creation, the MMORPG Infinity Game, he suddenly finds himself in the body of his character, Demon Lord Hakuto Kunai, after an unexplained event.
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Īn anime television series adaptation by Ekachi Epilka aired from July 4 to September 19, 2019. J-Novel Club has licensed the light novel and manga series for English releases in July 2019, with the first English-translated volume being published in November 2019. A manga adaptation with art by Amaru Minotake has been serialized via Futabasha's digital publication Web Comic Action since October 2017. It was later acquired by Futabasha, who have published the series since June 2017 under their Monster Bunko imprint. It began serialization online in 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, as well as the website Hameln. Demon Lord, Retry! ( 魔王様、リトライ!, Maō-sama, Ritorai! ) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Kurone Kanzaki and illustrated by Kōji Ogata (first edition) and Amaru Minotake (second edition).
