The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy

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[The Demon King is Dead] is a story in which the Demon King was immediately killed off in the Prologue.

And I became the ‘Demon Prince’ of said novel.

…Help me.

Associated Names
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Demon King of the Royal Class (Official Manhwa)
DPA
The Devil Comes To The Academy
마왕은 학원에 간다
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The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide (4)
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Itsblueviper
Itsblueviper rated it
July 27, 2023
Status: c438
(Will write complete review after finishing the novel, still in brief:-)

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Pros so far (c438) :-

Awesome starting arc.

Great world building.

Side characters have their own individualities.

Pretty good fantasy power structure.

As the title suggests, majority is about MC's school-life, it is fun.

Humor is pretty good, sometimes even hysterical.

Cons so far (c438) :-

As one of the early reviewers mentioned that MC clearly suffers from guild tripping, sometimes it becomes to much and I just skip paragraphs by paragraphs.

From c430 or so (the lich tomb battle onwards), this novel goes to absolute sh!t, unlike the dog sh!t that you would clean because it is your pet's, no, it goes to the most horrendous sh!t. What I am referring to is that - it is quite clear that the author has a fetish about masochism, making MC the one of the biggest masochist. I meant that the novel transforms into a bait story, where MC will suffer from all sorts of indignation & will not utter a proper sentence to explain or just totally lose the mental capacity to put forward any logical sentence. For those who feel lost, I am pointing to the interrogation by Charlotte of MC. Not a single word, why? It's s*upid & exhausting that almost all good novels just lose their way halfway through the story, just like The Novel's Extra went to sh!t around c190.

I am still reading it, but sparingly now, unlike the previous binge I was on all my spare time. So, it will take some time & maybe effort to continue this. I am still on Vol 9, and there are 13 volumes, so who knows when I'd finish it.

Just a last note, recommending reading this, at least till c430 or c435. Also, author is a masochist & not in a good way.

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harizsama
harizsama rated it
July 20, 2023
Status: c500
This' might be 2nd best Korean WN i've ever read, and yes you didnt read that wrong as I truly rated this 3/5.

Bcz the author cant keep his d**k out of this damm masterpiece so mf inserted himself into the story.

The first 400 chapters are great. The perfect amount of romance, comedy, school life perfectly intertwining to create an enjoyable creation.

... more>> But my god... Its so painfull to read the rest.

Why, why do you even need to insert your a** into this... Look, the smart princess and greatest magician ever who created groundbreaking spell/magic became blockheads.

I know, I know. Love is blind and make you s*upid. But come on, author. That's completely unnecessary and leave bad taste in mouth.

Theres looooot of way to create the final arc as great story and make MC as misunderstood demon prince who actually trying his best to save everyone, thus justify MC's quality, but no. The author goes in, make the MC really the bad guy who annihilate half the world population, make the 99.9% humanity hate him, and yet the MC spare him.

Then the author will 'create' more dilematic problem for MC and the casts, offer dilematic choices, laugh, maybe also beating his m**t off as well, then MC heroically solves the problem, yet he still spared by the MC again.

So yeah, that the gist of the second half story.

I'd say im completly understand if theres someone who'd sent the author some 'love letter'. <<less
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DaoLaw
DaoLaw rated it
July 19, 2023
Status: Completed
I loved it, the Slice of Life part was awesome, the genre switch was pain but I loved it all the way.

I loved all those crazy morons.
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qull
qull
July 10, 2023
Status: Completed
Great first half, bad second half. It's a very forceful development during second half, many character development went awry. It's like author just want to force the situation just for sake of plot and drama. It's very inconsistence with some of heroine character as of that chapter.

The rest of the second half is just regret tag reverberating from the main heroines. The same regret quotes being repeated every other chapters to the point that you want to slap those characters. That's how bad the second half is. It might be... more>> fine to dwell on the subject a few time, but having it repeated, then multiplied per each characters, are just too disgusting for readers who didn't expect to find it in this genre in the first place.

Overall, if you don't mind the guilt trip shenanigan, then perhaps this is enjoyable novel with good heroines. However, that second half really destroy the novel, not because of the incident but because it feels like the author want to blast all his negativity on the reader in form of plots. <<less
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Vandrick
Vandrick rated it
July 10, 2023
Status: c703
The first 400-500 chapters are amazing. After around 550 there is some real contrived nonsense thrown in for no reason that continues for essentially the rest of the novel that invalidates almost all of the previous build-up.

I don't think I've ever been more dissatisfied than getting to the last ~100-150 chapters and ending of this webnovel. Almost physical pain with how a certain main character is just repeatedly dunked on for no reason and it never really gets resolved in a fulfilling way.
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oakeegle
oakeegle rated it
June 22, 2023
Status: c703
As others have said, the first 300 chapters are very good. Standard slice-of-life academy stuff, with interesting relationships, powers, and premise.

Unfortunately, the quality of the story is sacrificed for cheap and contrived drama/tragedy. It's basically the embodiment of the trope where characters refuse to communicate and act in ways that lead to misunderstandings/drama. Characters also begin to act very weirdly, elements drop out of the story (i.e., the system), the combat which was never at the centre gets worse, and plot points appear out of thin air to perpetuate the... more>> drama (which never felt justified).

If I could summarise this story, I would say that the author builds a strong foundation only to hold it ransom to keep the reader invested. <<less
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DawnFall
DawnFall rated it
June 17, 2023
Status: c100
Ive really tried to get into this several times but I just cant. This clearly is not well written. Its inconsistent, its cringe, its illogical and I dont like it. I dont know what everyone reviewing this with 4 stars or higher is thinking when they say this has a good start. The MC often does illogical actions, that somehow end working out, because of reasons. The MC is the author and creator of this world but he still needs a completely redundant cheat to tell him what to do.
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Yes Leah Yo
Yes Leah Yo rated it
June 12, 2023
Status: --
It's another knock off from similar plot school live drama like "Novel Extra" but exactly worst in them of MC development after every arc.

It's not interesting to see the power scaling and battle that is totally no difference with a predictable battle in every arc between the protagonist and a questionable antagonist character.

MC'S the typical harem protagonist but can't seem to find any other progress in anything and often confused in every important moment so that plot armor always come over to save the day.

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Overall it's a story of a struggle young demon lord? trying to live as a normal magic school working hard good boy with no proposed and dream that believe the plot armor will always with him until he f*ck up sooner or later...

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zaneith
zaneith rated it
June 7, 2023
Status: Completed
Overall great read. I get why there are negative reviews for the latter parts of the novel. The story literally changes genre after around Ch 400 which can be jarring to most readers. Fortunately, I'm part of the ones who enjoyed both parts.

I personally rate the story 4.5, the only reason it's not 5 is because the author really didn't give us enough time to enjoy the ending. Only around 20 chapters of epilogue, for what, 250 chapters of suffering? Come on, if you make the characters suffer for so... more>> many chapters, at least give them time to enjoy their reward. I want to see
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how Ellen integrated back to society, Reinhardt's shenanigans in Razeria, how each heroine seduced Reinhardt into making children, why Charlotte is the only love interest who doesn't have a child, heck I want to see Olivia's struggles in trying to raise her child.

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There's so much missed potential since we already know that the author is good with writing slice of life. Why not give at least 50 chapters for the epilogue???

For those struggling to finish the novel because of too much suffering,
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there's a happy (?) harem ending including Ellen

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so there's definitely light at the end of the tunnel. <<less
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karlongkar
karlongkar rated it
June 3, 2023
Status: Completed
half of the early is school life romcom which I think its the best part. Like 400 first chapters. By the BEST, I mean really the best not "one of" the best.

Sadly however later part is too dragged on the guilt trip and a lot doesn't make sense. Not in a way of "why" but "how" which the latter is worse. I can say it went to tr*sh level of novel. I even believe different author took over the novel.

character development is 5/5

as you keep reading, it feels like you're... more>> growing with them.

i have to give this 4/5 because after the academy arc, it went downhill by a lot. But it could've been worse. So its a good read still. <<less
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davianstukov
davianstukov rated it
May 15, 2023
Status: Completed
Haaa, the ending and its epilogue is so disappointing. Ever since the start of the apocalypse arc, the quality of the story has been a constant downhill. After reaching the conclusion, a lot of things were unsolved and plenty of details are left out that by the end I only felt emptiness instead of joy after finishing the story. A 4/5 during the academy days, a 3/5 after that.

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Till the end, him being the author of the world bears no significance to the story and the origin of the system is still left unsolved. Where did the system came from? Who gave him the power and sent him there? Was there even an overarching purpose for him being sent there other than to fix his s*upid mistakes as an author? There are so many questions that should’ve been answered in the end that were just glossed over for some reason.

The epilogue also feels so lacking. There weren’t even any mentions on the status of the other empresses and if their friends in the royal class are still living well and whether they too have made their own family. Interactions between Reinhardt’s kids and the Royal class’ kids would’ve been nice to read but I guess we’ll skip that too. What about the promise Reinhardt made with Ellen’s mom? He completed it so why was there no reaction added from the mother in the end?

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Plenty more of questions left unanswered and details that are left unsaid that it feels like the ending and epilogue was made with barely any effort and thought at all. Everything about the story really went downhill the more it reached the conclusion. I wish it was better, but alas, all we got in the end is a mediocre story and a story’s conclusion that barely concludes its story.

In the end, Reinhardt is just the reflection of the author of this story. Both making s*upid mistakes in their quest to create a story even though they were doing great at the beginning. <<less
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hokaibgu
hokaibgu rated it
February 9, 2023
Status: Completed
First 400 chapter : 8-8.5/10

The rest of the chapter : 6.5/10

Ending : actually quite good for some of the characters, but as usual, there are loose end here and there and some characters does not have proper conclusion. 6/10

Overall about 7/10, I would rate this higher if not for

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Ellen and Charlotte ruined the latter half of the series

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Goodguy6911
Goodguy6911 rated it
November 28, 2022
Status: c233
Reading reviews Is the most pointless thing ever. It may be usefull for mangas since everybody more or less reads the same mangas, but when it comes to novels everybody has their own kinks. I like subtle romance developing over many chapters, if there is none I can't really relate to the story since it seems pretty gay for there not to be any romance. Poor to rich = my shit. Side character development, multiple pov, weak to strong, smart but not unimaginably intelligent, if a novel checks those boxes... more>> then I don't care much about anything else. Just don't use this novel to set the bar, if you do then you won't be able to read much of anything else. Anyway haters always gonna hate, I know cause I wanna hate sometimes too~. Just not on a master piece like this. What would make this story the best story ever is if at the end he just f*cks all the girls but not in a s*upid Chinese Chad way but he gets drunk and just blam blams them all and they get preggers hahaha. I guess the reason why I wish that is because I have unfulfilled childhood dreams of getting down with all the girls that like me even if only a bit. Since there's a shounen tag on some sites I'll give up on that. Still 10/10. <<less
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Gsichtselfmeter
Gsichtselfmeter rated it
November 24, 2022
Status: c123
Meh, I thought the joke was that this is not a slice-of-life school novel. But it is.

The cool parts and schemes are amazing, but then there is too much fluff. As soon as cooking becomes more important than scheming I am out. 3/5
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Applepie7
Applepie7
May 10, 2022
Status: c170
Character development is pretty good on all his classmates. Despite being an isekai he isnt so op and the author doesnt just skip over the training like most do. Its slow but the growth of the characters makes it bearable. I think the story would have been more interesting as a regular fantasy than an isekai, telling the story of the demon kings son and his quest for revenge, as well as the bonds he makes at temple with his classmates. Making it harder to betray them when the time... more>> comes. <<less
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Thecomicgeek
Thecomicgeek rated it
March 16, 2022
Status: v1c130
An author who half-assed a story is transported inside of said story, now he is trying to deal with the situation with his knowledge of the general events while finding out that the parts he didnt care about writing got filled in to make the world more logical leading to many interesting developments, Its quite a good and engaging novel.

The world building, character profiles and development are rather nice as well. There is also alot of focus on inter-personal relationships rather than fighting but when fights do happen they are... more>> great, political intrigues the relationship between the rival royal siblings for example are more complicated than it initially seems and not just a matter of them hating each other to get the throne. Readers who prefer more action packed content may get frustrated with this book though, but do bear in mind the current arc of the book is the "peaceful" academic days where the author/MC learns more about the world as it is rather than as he wrote.

Translation is very good, updates are fairly regular. A good addition to any reading list. <<less
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pomoli
pomoli rated it
September 26, 2021
Status: c66
I really like it, but it's laborious.

Pro

  • MC isn't a pushover, but not in a bad way, he just never lets other bully him, it's quite refreshing to see an MC with an attitude but still good natured overall. He even teases others, basically using the fact that he is an adult soul inside a teen one, to easily outplay the other teens.
  • It looks like the romance/harem is gonna be slow, which is good as all female characters are well developed and interesting on their own. It also helps a lot that MC isn't 24/7 h**ny or harem seeking.
  • Pretty illustrations, the characters look nice.
  • Enemies, at least the ones introduced right now, and outside of the usual fodder, seem clever and scheming, not just comically evil.
  • Long chapters, good translation so far (ch66).
Con

  • MC thinks ALL THE TIME about how he failed as an author, and he does description/introspection about it for too long, ruining some scenes. It just goes on and on and on... Just stop! Because of that the beginning was painful (until chapter 25-30). Last chapters are a little bit better about it.
  • The comedy with his demon friends is uninteresting. In fact, up to now, the school part is the best thing about the novel, the rest is boring (outside of the escape of the first chapters).
  • The way the system/quest giver is made pisses me off, even if I know it was done for comedic purposes.
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Bellcits
Bellcits rated it
September 23, 2021
Status: c24
It's not bad but it's not good either and I can't say much without saying spoilers so...

i've returned after trying to read more and here comes more.

The MC is basically the author himself, the plot is still himself being the only one true "Person-character" and I still can't believe people really read it more than 50 chapters... damn, the author knows how bad he can write something and gives poor excuses over and over again, it's a waste of time, and yeah, it looks like harem novel, but hey, you... more>> really want to see a guy romancing fake person-like characters? like you can say "hey there's some plot where people marry robots" yeah, but these robots had a real personality even though these were made only to please their owner, or like Joacquin Phoenix movie where you can see his characters feels and how he feels, it's a plot made on his POV, where we as the viewer can learn about the HUMAN-person, here it's obviously not that... it's like Smartphone isekai... it's a poor written novel to please people with Grandiose Delusions to like.

World:

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How can I start saying bad things about this? OK, first this world is a incomplete web novel with a lot of unexplaned things, and by that I mean both the world inside the novel AND the "outside" world, so the author can make anything really he can make anything, the imperial capital is actually Seoul but huh... "unmordenized but it still is modernized" the author couldn't build it on a good way but he gave a explanation through MC that can kinda explain but not that good so I won't say it's a good or bad point, I can only say is disliked it a lot

because it is a incomplete world and MC (AUTHOR) can come up with any bullsh*t like there's literally a skill that gives MC the way he needs to go, it's just poor writting, you know these movies/series/novels that come up with any bullsh*t to explain how the things happens? this is it, and it isn't good also there's another problem that I prefer to say it on spoilers about characters.

There's these races it's actually species but whatever I won't complain, Demons (which is actually a lot of species with different species skills and etc) and humans (that is the same as any random fantasy world they can have a lot of different powers and blah blah blah, really the author took my time to read things and just after he comes up with exceptions, I hate this guy)

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Characters:

You know, the thing I loved the most is how all characters don't make sense there's some exceptions ofc but the reason is I didn't read enough to know these exceptions

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Metamorph guy: forgot his name he really does exist, he is a fanatical about how arcdemons should be kings because they help all demon species to coexist he makes sense, he has good personality he keeps what he was made to do.

Werewolf girl: forgot her name and don't care either, she doesn't do much, she acts as a dog cuz MC old owner trained her to be this way, she's there she acts this way.

Vampire girl: forgot her name and I care even less about her, She's a Hypocrite she know that the ones who started the war was the human side and massacrated them for really no reason but still chooses the human side because... dunno she almost killed MC so that he can't be demon king but she knew that if MC dies all demons will lose control and fight each other and end up all dead even herself, shouldn't she like... help the demon side win so there's only demons alive? even I could think that... imagine someone that was made smart (by the plot) but not even tried to think? I know she hates the war but enough to sacrifice the entire demon population? she's actually worse than the metamorph that was said that he would kill everyone that MC loves so he can become king cuz he wants a king to command all demons so they won't end up dead.

Now the spoilers: Because MC can make things happens out of nowhere and even change how characters act any time it makes you think the world is "punishment game" ok, I get it, but... it's a novel... so we as the reader should only think of the characters as dolls being controlled by something... that's being a big plot hole you know... that's why all other novels with the same settings made so they got sent to a real world that the novel and characters are real and feel emotions... or even make the MC that is the author not even having a system to help them or tell them that what they wrote was actually only a reflection of the world they are right now or even just say they misundestood their past life with the new life so they thought they were in a novel but this author can't fix this hole not even if he tries it's not a real world but just game world with NPC so if MC ends up marrying any girl it's like he's marrying dolls.

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Good Opinions about this novel:

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There's none, the novel isn't really good, but I will keep try to read but really, this novel only 24 chapters made me feel how bad some writters can make their novel without even think about world, characters or anything that makes sense in a short time that feel like years (i felt it since chapter 2)

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Rockey
Rockey rated it
August 25, 2024
Status: Completed
This novel is a tragedy.

This is a masterpiece that is worth reading for those who enjoy torment, as well as receiving genuine emotions from a story.

I have a few things to say about the story.

... more>> It has 3 drawbacks, only one of which I consider objective. That is how long it is. Some might say it's necessary, but I disagree. I skimmed over a lot in this novel, but my overall experience, as well as understanding didn't suffer much.

Next is the amount of characters. It has a lot. Like a lot-lot. Most of which are pretty important to the story. But toward the middle you start simply forgetting some of them, which was rather annoying (this might just be me).

The last one is simple. Harem. I hate it. There's too many.

Now. Some pros.

I enjoyed how few misunderstandings there were in this story. Usually, this sort of story will use them left and right. This one is very careful with that stuff.

I enjoyed sub-plots of some secondary characters a bit too much. Yes, it does contradict my second drawback, but that simply shows that even a guy like me got interested. I usually skim through anything shounen related.

On that note... Do not skip Ludwig's story. Do not make my mistake. I repeat. Ludwig deserves your attention. Especially towards the end, it's worth it.

And the last thing.

Do not forget the beginning. This is supposed to be a punishment for him. Keep that in mind, brings a new perspective to the story.

10 out of 10, but prepare for a long ride. <<less
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AsFastastheWind
AsFastastheWind
June 5, 2024
Status: Completed
The story is very good because it made me think a lot. Like if I were in the character's circumstances what choice will I make, or can I even imagine to choose their decision. But for me the personality of author which is the MC sometimes is a little off I dont know why I think about that. Maybe because of his perspective of the world itself that I can feel.
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