If anime keeps this up, we might have to create a new subcategory called “Real Life Comes to Video Games.” If you were yanked from you world and dropped right into the middle of your favorite MMORPG, how would you react? That is the question facing our young hero in How Not to Summon a Demon Lord.
The Demon Lord Act
Takuma Sakamoto just wants to play his game and be left alone. Unfortunately that becomes difficult when he, in the form of his character, is summoned into the game itself. The two ladies responible for this are Rem Galleu and Shera L Greenwood. They believed that they would have a demon lord to serve them. When they try to use a binding spell, the magic reflects and they become bound to him. Sakamoto must find out how this happened as well as keeping his new “friends” alive.
The central question presented in Demon Lord is an intriguing one: When we play these types of games, how much of an effect do we have on the NPC’s in the game itself? The two ladies saw how powerful Sakamoto was in the game and figured that they could use him for their own purpose. This has caused the game and it’s characters to react to a gamer’s presence. It reminded me when I was kid and believed that the characters in my video games were having adventures when it was turned off.
Imperial Knights
With a concept like two women are my slaves, there is amble room for some “mischief” Apart from one scene early on, most of the story is why the two characters in the video game felt the need to have a Demon Lord’s help. We start to get bits and pieces from the few episodes that have aired, and more will be revealed later. I like the idea of Sakamoto hating company in the real world and now being forced to have people around him at all times.
This show started in July, so a catch up would be fairly easy on Crunchyroll. The main reason it works is that Sakamoto is relatable as well as being a fairly decent guy. The two ladies might have wanted to summon a powerful being to serve their own wishes, but what they might really need is a friend.