An elite but socially-stunted gamer finds himself in another world, inhabiting the body of his character Diablo. But despite his powers, his awkwardness keeps getting in the way–so he decides to pretend to be a Demon Lord and soon finds himself with a pair of slaves: a well-endowed elf and a cat girl. Together, they struggle with everything from interpersonal relationships to diabolical beast battles!
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord It is also Known as: 異世界魔王と召喚少女の奴隷魔術, The King of Darkness Another World Story: Slave Magic
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Top 10 Manga Like How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord (Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu) [2024 List]
10. Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou
Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku's wet dream quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of strength?
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ありふれた職業で世界最強, From Common Job Class to the Strongest in the World
9. Maou no Hajimekata: The Comic
"I do not trust humans. They’ll betray you without fail.” Oulu, the man who had obtained the ability and right to become the Maou at the end of his life of research. Summoning the succubus Lir, he then sets out on creating his own domain, a gigantic labyrinthine dungeon… The misanthropic Maou taking on the world, the curtain rises on a dark harem fantasy!
How to Build a Dungeon: Book of the Demon King is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔王の始め方 THE COMIC, How to get started as the Demon King, How to book on the Devil
8. Parallel Paradise
Youta "The Sun" Tada is an ordinary high schooler who dies and finds himself in a fantasy world where he is the only male. Can Youta survive in a world which has no resistance to him?
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Parallel Paradise is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: パラレルパラダイス, 平行天堂, Parareru Paradaisu
7. Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!
The Rising of the Shield Hero: The Manga Companion is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 盾の勇者の成り上がり, Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
6. Re:Monster
Tomokui Kanata has been re-incarnated in the weakest goblin, named Goburou, after having undergone an unfortunate death. However Goburou has retained his previous life's memories, an unusual evolution, as well as becoming strong enough to gain status boosts from eating.
In this alternate world of survival of the fittest, events unfold with competent subordinates and comrades, delightful case of the tail-wagging dog...
is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Reincarnated: Monster
5. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
After being killed by a passing robber, a normal 37-year-old guy finds himself reincarnated in another world as a blind slime with unique abilities. He takes up a new name and calls himself "Rimuru Tempest," which he thought of after meeting his new friend, "catastrophe-level" Storm Dragon Verudora. There, he begins his new slime-like life in another world with his increasing number of minions by his side.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 転生したらスライムだった件, Regarding Reincarnated to Slime, Re: My Reincarnation as a Slime
4. The New Gate
"The New Gate," an online game that had turned into a death game, was now releasing the tens of thousands of players that had been dragged into it, thanks to the efforts of Shin, one of the oldest players. But after he had defeated the last boss and freed everyone, he was swallowed up by a strange light and found himself inside the game world 500 years in the future.
The New Gate is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: THE NEW GATE, The New Gate
3. Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat
In an RPG-like fantasy world consumed by warring nations and racial discrimination, the human kingdom summons five high school students from 21st-century Japan for assistance in their conflict with the demonkin. Now those students, with their experience of MMORPGs at their disposal, will hone their skills to protect the human kingdom of Edea.
However, this isn't their story.
Out of the five students, four of them were given the title of Hero and the fifth one the title of Innocent Bystander. He had been summoned by accident since he sat near the other four students. His name is Hiiro Okamura, an aloof bookworm with traveling and reading as his raison d'etre. Hiiro sees no reason to help the human kingdom in their offensive war with the demonkin, seeing that he isn't a Hero and that he has no real obligation to help them, and decides to leave the kingdom to go on his own adventure.
Soon, Hiiro finds out that he has the very unique skill of Word Magic: magic that can materialize the definition of a word. As he travels more and more, he finds many uses for his Word Magic and many opportunities to find books, level up, and gain some of his own companions. Even with the outbreak of war on the horizon, Hiiro stays true to his desire to travel the new world he's in.
Adaptation of the light novel series written by Tomoto Sui with illustrations by Sumaki Syungo.
Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 金色の文字使い ―勇者四人に巻き込まれたユニークチート―, Konjiki no Moji Tsukai: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat, The Golden Word Master - The Four Heroes and the Innocent Bystander with the Unique Cheat, 금색의 워드마스터
2. World Customize Creator
Tagami Yusuke, led by a mysterious voice, is summoned to another world, "Caltsio". He was just a young, video-game lover, but Fate decided to make him become the "Evil God of Calamity" of this world, obtaining the ability to create and customize everything.
World Customize Creator has finished publishing and it has 81 Chapters. It is also Known as: ワールド・カスタマイズ・クリエーター, World Customize Creator
1. Overlord
The story begins with Yggdrasil, a popular online game which is quietly shut down one day. However, the protagonist Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) begining to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.
Overlord is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: オーバーロード, Over Lord
