Demon King Daimaou: Volume 2

Demon King Daimaou (Novel) #2

by Shoutarou Mizuki, Souichi Itou (Illustrator), Adam Lensenmayer (Translator)

Ever since the Demon King prophecy, Akuto Sai has had nothing but bad luck. He’s still having trouble controlling his magic, and to make matters worse, he yet again ended up blowing off Junko Hattori’s clothes. While attempting to train his mind through meditation, he finds an ancient treasure map. Not wanting to deal with yet another distraction from his studies, he tries to keep the map a secret, but to no avail. Once the map leaks out, the school breaks out in chaos as the students try to find the lost treasure.

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Comedy, Magic, Manga

155 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2008

About the author

MIZUKI Shoutarou
Name (in native language): 水城正太郎

Reviews

[Bernard · Rating 4 out of 5]

A treasure map, a destiny, Junko Hattori naked! What istn't to love? The adventure continues!

The main character is still resisting becoming the next demon king. Fate, and a bunch of minor players, are bound and determined to help him be all he can be, whether he likes it or not...

This is a fun read.

[Dantegideon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am not a huge fan of the second novel trick where they do a pullback and reveal that it’s actually some grand epic. I just wanted a fun story.

[Tomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again a very fun novel, but the story was really slow paced. Nevertheless I enjoyed reading it, because Akuto remainds me of Artemis Fowl, with his refined way of speaking and mostly, for using his brains.

[Terrence]

Sped through this one. Again, it ups the action but also has a lot of rom-com moments drawn out. Definitely a more mature series, which should be apparent by now.

I was kind of hoping for learning more about the agenda of the group at the end of the last volume, but we're still a bit in the dark. There's a lot of different agendas going on politically, like different clans that have their vision for the future or morally, and these are clashing. It all gets a bit confusing, so I'm hoping the next volume open does recap some of this stuff, particularly Junko and her rival's differences, and the big baddy for this section.

Akuto's suitor count went way up this volume. If you were hoping for a more focused pairing, well, that's not this series.

There are some fun moments, but it can get a bit exasperating watching Akuto be demeaned and villified page after page. This isn't really a heart-warming, feel-good series.