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The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Manga Ends With 24th Volume
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Yen Press publishes both the original light novels and the manga adaptation, and it describes the story:
After being soundly thrashed by the hero Emilia, the Devil King and his general beat a hasty retreat to a parallel universe... only to land plop in the middle of bustling, modern-day Tokyo! Lacking the magic necessary to return home, the two are forced to assume human identities and live average human lives until they can find a better solution. And to make ends meet, Satan finds gainful employment at a nearby fast food joint! With his devilish mind set on working his way up the management food chain, what will become of his thirst for conquest?!
Hiiragi's manga adaptation launched in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh in December 2011. The manga entered its climax in 2020. Kadokawa published the manga's 23rd compiled book volume on October 25. Yen Press published the 22nd volume on December 10.
Wagahara launched the light novels with illustrations by 029 in 2011, and ended it with the 21st and final volume in August 2020, delayed from its original July release date due to COVID-19. Wagahara launched a new novel titled Hataraku Maou-sama! ES!! in 2023 to commemorate the sequel season of The Devil Is a Part-Timer!! (with two exclamation points), the second anime based on the novels.
Kurone Mishima drew another manga spinoff called Hataraku Maou-sama! High School! in Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine from 2012 to 2015. Yen Press also published all five volumes of the manga.
The main novel series inspired a television anime adaptation in 2013. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired, and released the anime on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2014.
The novels' second anime adaptation The Devil Is a Part-Timer!! (with two exclamation points) premiered in July 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the show as it aired in Japan. The 2023 second season of The Devil Is a Part-Timer!! is the third overall television anime season for the franchise.
Source: Kadokawa
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