Diablo and friends arrive to save Fanis’s forces from the massive Fallen army under Varakness’s command.
Episode 6 – “Demon Lord Army”
Hmm.
Part of Diablo’s charm as an imperfect hero in Demon Lord Ω is his unpredictability. His actions and motivations are formulaic, to be sure, but you never know what exactly will set him off. A nerdy superhero follows the formula of finding extra power from motivation against an evil villain who provokes that response. That happened to Diablo against Varakness.
The subversive spin on the formula, which is how Demon Lord Ω sparks its comedic elements, is that Diablo’s extra power and motivation don’t come from the power of friendship or finding offense for the sake of someone else the villain insults. There’s no after-school special morality play from Diablo here. Go watch My Hero Academia or EDENS ZERO for those lessons in ethics. No, Diablo powered up by gobbling a bunch of buffing potions because Varakness made him angry at displaying his harem in public! So petty and envious!
The added twist on Diablo’s ire is his lack of self-awareness. Wherever he goes with Shera, Rem, Lumachina, Rose, and Horn, it looks like a tall, dark Demon displaying his harem too! Demon Lord Ω adds in the lucky lecher elements where he accidentally gropes, kisses, and undresses his harem, and then he’s guilty of exactly what Varakness did in front of him. Of course, there’s a difference from intentionality, but the humor comes from the surface comparison. Let’s hope another socially awkward demon lord doesn’t come around and get angry at Diablo for flaunting his beautiful harem members.
Heh.
Rose is no longer in shadow in the Demon Lord Ω opening credits. Ack. Varakness’s Fallen army rips Fanis’s forces apart. Varakness makes a big deal of his wives wearing wedding rings. Fanis has a wedding present for Varakness too. Ouch. The episode’s over. Let’s go home. As if. The mermaid waifu has a resurrection ability. The lizard lady has a sonic attack causing tremors. Oh no. Fanis took sharp talons in the side! The harpy girl travels in shadows and doesn’t like girls with bigger boobs than hers. She won’t be happy when Diablo’s party arrives. Fanis reached the point of despair, so that’s the moment in Demon Lord Ω when a demon lord from another world appears.
Diablo shows up with thunderclaps. He can run wild now with his specialty of huge area-of-effect attacks. Listen to that evil laughter! What a ham. In a flashback, Diablo claims his main motivation is to destroy an army calling itself the “Demon Lord’s Army” without his permission. Sure, we believe you, Diablo. Oh, finally. Diablo can use teleportation again. Rose feels bad. She thinks she’ll remain behind at the dungeon again. Nope! Diablo had a hiccup of confidence because he didn’t know a robot maid might be ecstatic about being one of his “items.”
Time for Diablo’s harem to show some power, but we know the Demon Lord Ω show will start when Diablo tries to out-smug Varakness. Rose fights using the power of the constellations. Ha. Hahaha! Diablo gets angry from Varakness kissing and groping his harem in public! The harem master needs to die! Drink all the potions! Let’s please keep these murderous jealous power fantasies inside video games and fiction, alright?
Lizard Lady waifu faced instant death. Bye-bye, Harpy Lady waifu. Boom, roasted Fish Lady waifu. Varakness will need to be careful since Diablo took out the healer in his party. Also, barbecued turtle anyone? Varakness tries physical melee attacks on Diablo, but that’s only good if he can hit him. Diablo says that Varakness might have maxed out his level, but he didn’t consider the quality of his equipment. Getting loot is what late-stage RPG grinding is all about!
Demon Lord Ω makes Diablo’s White Nova attack look scary. He drops a little white orb as if he’s emptying a spoon and then comes the blinding destruction like a monster movie. Varakness came by his General rank honestly if he survived that destructive spell for a short while. Diablo calls himself the True Demon Lord. Will word get back to Varakness’s Demon Lord? Farewell, Varakness. Nice sunrise to greet the true (self-proclaimed) demon lord.
Zircon Tower City and Fanis threw a celebration for surviving the Demon Lord Army invasion. Diablo still plays it cool about only destroying that army because they used his moniker without permission. What would happen in Demon Lord Ω if Diablo role-played as a good guy? Shera gives us what we’ve been waiting for. Busty elf bouncing with a sausage in her mouth.
Where’s Horn? Diablo will have another “papa” scene with her, I’m sure. Ouch. Horn’s old adventuring crew isn’t happy to see her. She’s not yet accustomed to fighting in a miniskirt. Horn needs to reconcile her feelings of inadequacy compared to the legends who accompany Diablo. Diablo justified beating those guys up by proclaiming them to be random monsters appearing in the city. He’s a softy, but he can’t admit that openly. He couched letting Horn stay with the Diablo party in selfish turns. If no one told her to leave and she doesn’t want to leave, then she stays. Papa said so!
Next time, Diablo and friends spend time back at home base.
The talented artist Kantoku shows Shera and Rem at “that pool” in the end card.
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Ω (Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu Ω) streams on Crunchyroll and VRV.
