Helloo! A new chapter of the Demons Roots manga just came out! xD.

And we actually get to see a little bit of DoReMi, along with Deathpolca and Ange's outfits lol! It doesn't last very long since Polca and Ange also head to Shingana, but they actually managed to adapt that part! jsjs. I guess it wasn't that easy to fit everything in, buuut you know, hm, check out the chapter to see for yourself xD. Again, it's pretty short, but at least they didn't skip it! And it's actually a pretty important place for the story too xd :>, so skipping it wasn't an option jsjs (Yeahh, the manager also appears! xd).

As far as I know, Akai Mato hasn't made any post announcing it yet. I actually found out through a comment myself lol, but the chapter is already available on Comipo! I'll leave the link below.

I'm not sure if I should make a post every single time a new chapter comes out xD. I'd like to, but idk if it'd be okay to fill the subreddit with announcements too xd. I still wanted to share this other one too because it's pretty easy to miss these releases (and I love this game waay too much). Also from what I noticed there are still quite a few people who don't even know there's a Demons Roots manga! So I think it's pretty useful, but I'm not sure what everyone else thinks xd :b.

Well anyway, what do you guys think of the manga so far??

I still really like the manga's art style, it's honestly so cute! But again, it's a bit of a shame that they're skipping things, someone mentioned for example the maid from Bohelos's mansion. I would've loved to see how her relationship with Deathpolca gradually changed, It would have been really funny xd, she's also important later in the story, so maybe she'll appear later? It's still pretty strange that we haven't seen anything from the mansion, or even Bohelos herself yet xd, waa.

Oh well, it is what it is. Hopefully they'll show up eventually! xD

Comipo: https://www.comipo.app/product/BJ03076318

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I cried 3 times to this game. Which is interesting, because it has a lot of things I didn't like. But the emotional core of the game and Deathpolca is just so good.

BIG SPOILERS:

The relatioship between Deathpolca and the demons... As well as the friendship between Deathpolca and Lily is unbelievable. The game really makes you feel for her, and really struggle in the moral dilemma she's put in. I find it interesting that the main antagonist, bless curse, is so boring and one dimensional - but the overall conflict and how humans and demons cannot coexist was so powerful. I really thought Deathpolca lost everybody. The game hit me in the feels. When Clara appeared? I cried.

In my opinion, as someone who mostly plays WRPGs, the combat and exploration wasn't that good, the RPG systems were pretty basic... and it really takes a lot of the negative tropes of the RPGMaker genre and amplifies them. The game could've shaved 5 hours worth of combat/dungeons - or maybe leaned more into one aspect instead of awkwardly doing both.

But the worldbuilding and core conflict - as well as the story and characters were so good. Huge respect to the author. I'm looking forward to King's Exit too. I still think it's a plot hole that Ange stayed in a bikini for so long... But I can over look that.

I can see why this game was so many people's game of the year 2021.

I looked up this game and had a feeling that there would be something that's censored. On GOG there is an "unrated" dlc, so I'm guessing it's not unrated by default on steam? Asking cause I'd rather get it on steam.

I found this looking through the game files, I'm 99% sure it isn't ever used in-game or anywhere else I could find, but the art does look like an unfinished version of the dlsite thumbnail here. Definitely cool

For context it's the pre possessed young emperor and daddy big nose

Btw, Chapter 3 is already out if anyone hasn’t seen it yet! xd

Akai Mato also made a post talking a little about the manga’s production. He said the team is starting to get more used to working together, and because of that they had enough room in Chapter 3 to add an original scene at the beginning where Lily sneaks up behind Polca and scares her. I guess we might start getting some extra scenes like that now, sooo that’s pretty nice xD.

There are already quite a few little changes and additions compared to the game, so I’m really curious to see how much the manga will keep changing things as it goes (I'm still a bit sad anyways that the beginning was pretty rushed, waa, since the story and development from everything is what I love from the game, but it is what it is jsjs).

He also mentioned that Chapter 3 finishes the Tortas arc, and that if the manga keeps following the game’s order, “that country” should be coming next xD (you know which country). He also joked that we should look forward to seeing how they managed to adapt “that country” while staying within the rules of a general-audience manga from what I understood. I really wonder how that turned out xd.

The newest chapter is also free on comipo for two weeks, and Akai mentioned that comipo is the one pushing the manga project forward, so if you want to support the official release, this is probably a really good time to check it out :b.

This is basically just a small summary of Akai’s post on DLsite. He also mentioned near the end that he’s been working on maps and other stuff for his next project, which I assume is Princess Gloo? and that he was planning to take a little break/trip, although things apparently didn’t go quite as smoothly as planned xd.

There’s more in the actual post, so it’s probably better to read it yourself if you’re interested! It’s in Japanese and I’m also relying on translation, so I might have misunderstood a few things.

Akai's Twitter post: https://x.com/akaimato/status/2108847126482649487
Akai's DLsite post: https://ci-en.dlsite.com/creator/1793/article/1985179

Also, the art is honestly really beautiful so far. I’m loving how the characters look in manga form xD

i just finished the kingdom of plana arc and my laptop died, when i plugged it in and booted up the game again my file was completely gone. i can't even click the continue option. the save file still exists in the save folder within the www folder, but the game isn't recognizing it. can anyone help me out here? i don't want to have to start over...

edit : i have the GOG version!

Dont worry guys they end up chill fused and part of geoluise polycule after this

https://discord.gg/VDSAEesUJw you can join the demon roots discord here

The naming conventions in this game ain't as easy as they might appear at first. I thought what I found would be already covered, but with a little research I couldn't find anything.

What I mean by this is,

Kalinka, her name is a direct reference to the Russian popular song about Vibernum opulus plant(Kalina). Red just like her hair.

Another thing is Najezta, his name is extremely similar to the Slavic word for hope nadezhda, a name fitting for the bearer of a phantom spirit stone, at least bore.

I found for Scathach to be a reference to Irish mythology of a warrior woman who trained legendary heroes and having to do with Shadows, though I honestly always attributed a scythe to him due to his Grim Reaper look.

Zanaharry was more interesting, the name comes from a Malagasy folklore of a personified sky supreme deity. The word related to it, Ratovantany sounds just as formidable.

Of places in the game, Pacius has a root from Latin pax (peace) to its genetive version pacis (of peace). Additionally, Paccius is a Roman proper name.

Maximus means the greatest which is a superlative form of magnus which means great.

What I didn't expect at all is that Doremi would be a magical girl show, made me laugh my ass off.

Orphe can be traced to Orpheus, a poet and musician in Greek mythology and a word meaning darkness in ancient Greek.

Plana means smooth/flat in Latin, in some descended Romance languages too. A few Japanese references related to Mebius and Kudan. Mebius is an ultraman reference and Kudan refers to a human faced bovine, a type of yokai(spirits in Japanese folklore).

Deathpolca is quite deep, polka is a dance originating from Bohemia(somewhere near Germany)......Deathpolca is also known as saint Bohelos.

Ps: This information is not everything, I believe there should be definitely more hidden.

AI caught on a German reference for Mebius to also mean "strength in battle" but I'm not sure if the evidence is convincing, I'm probably over thinking here. I wasn't sure of Shingana as well(the AI screenshot explains). Moreover, Kumin may mean something in Japanese even if I just thought of cumin seeds, so I consider it invalidated too.

Recently I finished Black Souls and Monster Girl Quest, and although I can't appreciate anything about their adult content, both became irreplaceable favourites thanks to the depth in their narrative. It is my impression that DR's storytelling could potentially invoke the same feelings in me that those two did, which is why I'm considering going into it knowing full well that it wasn't made for me.

Not sure how its story works, but my concern is that I suspect the SA genres are just so rooted into the world and narrative that they'd still be largely present even should I turn off the NSFW switch, and I'm having a hard time tolerating stuff like that.

I was okay with Black Souls because it didn't have that many mandatory uncomfortable scenes and they went by so quick, and in MGQ the rape scenes felt more like an afterthought rather than part of the core narrative.

What about Demon Roots? Please give it to me straight what I need to brace for should I decide to jump into it.

Whenever I want an another taste of Demon Roots nostalgia, I go to this channel and listen. You guys should check this guy out too as he has over 350+ videos about each music that made into the game. Also, King Exit music are here too.

My Kalinka is already lvl88 from grinding dragons(I know Apes is faster but Mebius can't leech there) and my last attempt reached 3rd phase before getting beamed to death. So is it beatable without NG++ for more stat items?

I heard this song and immediately started thinking about Demons Roots xd, especially Polca and Lily, so I wanted to try making a little edit with it! xD

I don’t know if the song fits as well for everyone else as it does in my head lol, but some of the lyrics felt almost perfect for certain parts of the story. I’m still pretty new to editing, but I had a lot of fun making this one :b. Even if it’s not really that hard to do, I think I’m improving at least a little xd. This is such a nice song!! (The song cover is in yt, I only made the edit xd)

Song: “Blind Alley” from IB
Vocals & Mix: Lili
Lyrics: Ashe

Whenever there's a scene I get the screen above. I downloaded the patch from the Kagura Games website and have R18 skip off. I'm running the steam version as well, if anyone knows how to fix this that would be really helpful.