The Demon Girl Next Door


The Demon Girl Next Door is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Izumo Itō, serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat since 2014. It has been collected in five tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired between July and September 2019.

Plot

One day, Yuko Yoshida wakes up with horns and a tail and learns that she is the descendant of a dark clan that was cursed into poverty by the opposing light clan. In order to restore her clan's honor, Yuko is tasked with defeating the town's local magical girl, Momo Chiyoda.

Characters

;Yuko Yoshida Shamiko
;Momo Chiyoda
;Lilith
;Mikan Hinatsuki
;Anri Sata
;Sion Ogura
;Ryoko Yoshida
;Seiko Yoshida
;Joshua
;Sakura Chiyoda
;Shirosawa
;Lico
;Ugallu

Media

Manga

The manga series began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine in July 2014; it has been compiled into five tankōbon volumes as of June 27, 2019. Seven Seas Entertainment have licensed the series and will release it in digital and physical form.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the March issue of Manga Time Kirara Carat on January 28, 2019. The series is animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Hiroaki Sakurai, with Keiichirō Ōchi handling series composition, Mai Otsuka designing the characters, and Miki Sakurai composing the music. The series aired on TBS and BS-TBS between July 11 and September 26, 2019. The series' opening theme song is "Machi Kado Tangent" performed by Konomi Kohara and Akari Kitō, while the series' ending theme song is "Yoi Machi Cantare" performed by Kohara, Kitō, Minami Takahashi, and Tomoyo Takayanagi. The series is licensed in English-speaking regions by Sentai Filmworks, who streamed the series on HiDive.
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Reception

Gadget Tsūshin listed "Crisis Management!" and "Shamiko is a bad girl" in their 2019 anime buzzwords list. Lynzee Loveridge and Kim Morrissy stated that the latter is technically a misquotation in spite of Momo's attitude towards Shamiko.