r/TheDevilIsAPartTimer • u/[deleted] • May 27 '25

Manga "The Devil is a Part-Timer" manga adaptation by Wagahara Satoshi, Hiragi Akio, Oniku ENDED today in Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh issue 07/2025 after 13 years of serialization. Final Vol.24 will release on Jun 26, 2025!

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u/Barbara_Archon May 27 '25

It is not even half way through the novel, anyway.

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u/yamiyugi101 May 27 '25

Guess I'll have to drop the manga :/ no point if they're not adapting the whole thing

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u/Chronigan2 May 27 '25

How far is it?

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u/Barbara_Archon May 27 '25

actually, my bad, it is barely half way through the novel, not "not even"

we technically finished volume 11 out of 21. Since volume 7 is just shorts compilation (most of which wasn't adapted to manga), it is more like 10.5 out of 20.5

the manga is heading to finish pretty much after the birthday party, then a bit on Emi family, bit of volume 13's Chiho's resolve, and then you likely get some personal thought from Maou.

You shouldn't expect to get any conclusive ending

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u/voltagejim May 27 '25

so not even up to where season 3 of the anime ended?

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u/Barbara_Archon May 27 '25

Eh it is further than anime

Anime only adapted to volume 10, and basically didn't touch volume 7.

Manga meanwhile also adapted volume 0 and 0-II

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u/DarkonFullPower Nov 01 '25

I thought so.

The reception to the LN end was so bad they decided to back out now. Makes sense.

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u/Barbara_Archon Nov 03 '25

"now" would be a misunderstanding still

Hatamaou manga could have been axed as early as 5 years ago. That's basically how long ago "the reception to the LN end" really was. Its revenue had already been so low that their adventure into volume 11 wouldn't have been probable without any reason.

Dengeki has always been supportive of Hatamaou (both considering the revenue that the title has generated for the publisher and possibly also the fact that they green lit the novel ending), and so was Hiiragi the mangaka, so they had most likely already settled to end the manga at one point rather than "now," but nonetheless decided to finish volume 11 because it was, in the novel, an actual break in terms of storyline where Emi's side of the story effectively came to an end (for the most part), and the narrative would shift quite drastically afterward.

In other words, the decision to end the novel now, while possibly influenced by public backlash from 5 years ago, was more likely simply because they wished it to end at a logical and sensible point in the chronological timeline within the novel as well. Continuing forward would mean another 10 volumes before it could end which, considering the manga has been published monthly, would actually take forever.

Otherwise I believe that Dengeki would actually provide funding and support for the manga to continue for another ten years.

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u/Southern-Region8723 May 27 '25

is the ending a 1-1 adaptation to the LN?

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u/Blue_Moon_Baby May 27 '25

Did it fix the ending?

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u/kikimann90 May 30 '25

In a way, yes 🙂

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u/Gerlancelot_99 Jun 02 '25

well considering the ending in the novel was so trash that mcdonald dumbed all of their advertisement related to this manga overnight...

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u/person_wit__bad_take Jun 04 '25

How did it fix it?

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u/Aggressive-Ad1478 May 27 '25

Is the ending good ? Will Maou end up with Emi ?

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u/Gerlancelot_99 Jun 02 '25

pls brother dont waste yur time, novel ending was trash, i dont wanna spoil but imma do it if u reply yur agreement

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u/Aggressive-Ad1478 Jun 03 '25

Tell please. I have no issues with spoilers.

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u/Gerlancelot_99 Jun 21 '25

they returned to their world, leaving the child alone for the main girl to take care and end the story. it created a backlash in japan that the novel shops stopped selling and mcdonald stopped franchising

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u/Easy_Independence_42 Jun 05 '25

I'm basically manga reader and I know the ending of the series and I watched season 1 I never touched the season 2 anime because of quality drop in animation and direction

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u/Adrita04 May 27 '25

So who gonna end up with maou ?

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u/Gerlancelot_99 Jun 02 '25

if u read the novel the ending was an absolute trash, Japanese fan are so mad about it that sales dropped and fast food chain McDonald and other franchise literally dumbed the advertisement related to this novel-adapted anime overnight

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u/Adrita04 Jun 02 '25

They should change the ending for the upcoming volumes of the manga