The Daughter of the Demon Lord Is Too Kind!
| The Daughter of the Demon Lord Is Too Kind! | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Doux (top) and Jahi (bottom) | |
| 魔王の娘は優しすぎる!! (Maō no Musume wa Yasashi Sugiru!!) | |
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| Genre | Fantasy comedy, Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yūya Sakamoto |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Young Animal Comics |
| Magazine | Manga Park |
| Original run | May 16, 2019 – November 17, 2025 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! | |
| Directed by | Masahiko Ohta |
| Written by | Takashi Aoshima |
| Music by | Yasuhiro Misawa |
| Studio | EMT Squared |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, AT-X |
| Original run | January 7, 2026 – present |
| Episodes | 7 |
The Daughter of the Demon Lord Is Too Kind! (魔王の娘は優しすぎる!!, Maō no Musume wa Yasashi Sugiru!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūya Sakamoto. It was serialized on Hakusensha's Manga Park service from May 2019 to November 2025, and was compiled into seven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by EMT Squared premiered in January 2026.
Plot
The Demon King Ahriman, once the undisputed ruler of the demon realm and conqueror of countless worlds, suddenly halts his campaigns—troubled by an unexpected problem: his daughter, Doux, is just too kindhearted. Determined to turn her into a ruthless and fearsome demon worthy of the throne, his loyal aide Jahi steps up with a plan. Thus begins a heartwarming and comedic fantasy, where the adorable demon girl Doux faces one trial after another—only to solve each one with the power of kindness and healing.
Characters
- Doux (ドゥ, Du)
- Voiced by: Misaki Kuno[1]
- The eponymous daughter of Demon King Ahriman. She's a demon child that Jahi needs to train to become a proper Demon.
- Jahi (ジャヒー, Jahī)
- Voiced by: Ayaka Ōhashi[1]
- Demon King Ahriman's secretary, and in charge of training Doux to be a proper Demon.
- Ahriman (アーリマン, Āriman)
- Voiced by: Akio Otsuka[1]
- The Demon King. He's a doting father to Doux.
- Sati (サティ)
- Voiced by: Ayasa Itō[2]
- A youthful succubus who teaches pranks to Doux.
- Melina (メリーナ, Merīna)
- Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara[2]
- Mayu (マーユ, Māyu)
- Voiced by: Yūko Sanpei[2]
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Yūya Sakamoto, The Daughter of the Demon Lord Is Too Kind! was serialized on Hakusensha's Manga Park service from May 16, 2019, to November 17, 2025.[3] Its chapters were compiled into seven tankōbon volumes released from October 29, 2019, to December 25, 2025.[4][5]
In December 2025, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series for English publication beginning in June 2026.[6]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | October 29, 2019[4] | 978-4-592-16421-0 | June 23, 2026[7] | 979-8-855-41803-3 |
| 2 | October 29, 2020[8] | 978-4-592-16422-7 | — | — |
| 3 | October 29, 2021[9] | 978-4-592-16423-4 | — | — |
| 4 | December 27, 2023[10] | 978-4-592-16424-1 | — | — |
| 5 | August 29, 2024[11] | 978-4-592-16425-8 | — | — |
| 6 | June 27, 2025[12] | 978-4-592-16675-7 | — | — |
| 7 | December 25, 2025[5] | 978-4-592-16695-5 | — | — |
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 20, 2025. It is produced by EMT Squared and directed by Masahiko Ohta, with series composition handled by Takashi Aoshima, characters designed by Yūki Nakano, and music composed by Yasuhiro Misawa. The series will be narrated by Shigeru Chiba.[1] The series premiered on January 7, 2026, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[13] The opening theme song is "We Can Do", performed by Kaori Ishihara, while the ending theme song, "Ikko Nikoniko", is performed by Misaki Kuno, Ayaka Ōhashi, and Akio Otsuka as their respective characters.[2] Crunchyroll is streaming the series under the title The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!!.[14]
Episodes
| No. | Title [15][16] | Directed by [a] | Written by [a] | Storyboarded by [a] | Original release date [17] | |||||||||||
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| 1 | "The Demon King's Daughter is Too Kind!!" Transliteration: "Maō no Musume wa Yasashi Sugiru!!" (Japanese: 魔王の娘は優しすぎる!!) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 7, 2026[b] | |||||||||||
| "The Demon King's Daughter Helps Too Much!!" Transliteration: "Maō no Musume wa Otetsudai ga Sugiru!!" (Japanese: 魔王の娘はお手伝いがすぎる!!) | ||||||||||||||||
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Demon King Ahriman suddenly ends his war against Heaven and the Human World. His subordinate Jahi learns Ahriman cannot focus on war because of his daughter Doux, who is far too kind. Jahi is certain this is because Ahriman spoils her, so she decides to train Doux to torture humans. She urges Doux to steal food from humans but shopkeeper Grammy finds her so cute she thinks Doux is playing a game. Ahriman is confused when Doux visits Grammy regularly so Jahi quickly claims they are gaining Grammy’s trust so they can betray her later. Ahriman shows Doux a spell to control other people, hoping to awaken her ruthlessness, but Doux uses it to get hugs from Jahi. Grammy tries to give Doux dolls that once belonged to her children and grandchildren but Doux uses the spell to awaken souls in the dolls. The dolls ask to stay with Grammy, who has loved them for decades. Having failed entirely Jahi decides to quit, but still being under the effect of Doux’s spell she is forced to agree when Doux asks her to play the next day, and every day after. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "The Demon King's Daughter Must Shrewdly Oppress the Humans!!" | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 14, 2026[c] | |||||||||||
| "The Demon King's Advisor Teaches Too Well!!" | ||||||||||||||||
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Jahi hopes to have Doux oppress Assim, a troublesome slave and demon hunter. Ahriman gives Doux a magic staff that turns anyone with evil intent into dust if they touch her. Doux meets Assim but mixes up "must shrewdly oppress" and "grill him" to mean she should cook grilled mushrooms. Assim's flashback shows he killed the demons that murdered his family but their blood burned his skin with the demon hunter curse. Doux reveals she often feels lonely when Ahriman and Jahi are working. Assim is reminded of his own daughter, so he strokes Doux's cheek and his curse is mysteriously lifted. Doux hugs Jahi who is confused why she didn't turn to dust. Winter arrives and Doux's desire to throw snowballs gives Jahi the idea to teach her attack magic. Ahriman feeds Doux Dark Matter, to increase her magic power. Doux announces she wants to use ice magic on the slaves, giving Jahi hope Doux has learned ruthlessness. Unfortunately, Doux only wanted to use ice magic to cool down the mines where the slaves are working in constant heat. Ahriman praises Doux for her creative idea and they end up playing in the snow with the slave children while Jahi sulks in the corner. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Searching for a Familiar is Too Difficult" | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | January 21, 2026 | |||||||||||
| "The Pairika is Too Sexy" | ||||||||||||||||
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With Doux having adopted a small lizard Jahi decides to find her a familiar. They encounter an injured female dragon enslaved by Pishachas, immortal shadow demons. Doux heals the dragon then, thinking they are ill, heals the Pishachas, turning them into harmless slimes. The dragon, Salamandra, reveals Doux’s lizard is her missing son. Jahi suggests making Salamandra Doux’s familiar, but Doux suggests they become family instead. Jahi is certain Ahriman will be disappointed, but Ahriman throws a party celebrating Doux earning the loyalty of two dragons. A suspicious demon is captured but resists all attempts to torture him for information. Doux becomes friends with Jahi’s rival, prankster Thaiti of the Pairika Seduction Witches. Thaiti tries to seduce the demon but he mocks her child-like body. Jahi tries to use her much larger bust as a seduction tool and it almost works, until she panics and punches him instead. Thaiti admits her body is unsuitable for seduction and the other Pairika bully her, so she prefers to play pranks instead. Doux mistakes seduction for pranks, so she tickles the demon until he confesses to painting anti-Ahriman grafitti on the castle wall. Jahi is furious Thaiti claims credit for Doux’s success as it was she that taught Doux how to play pranks. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Santa Is Handing Out Too Many Presents!!" | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 28, 2026 | |||||||||||
| "The Demon King's Familiar Loves Humans Too Much!!" | ||||||||||||||||
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Doux learns about Christmas and helps slave children write letters to Santa. Hearing Santa grants wishes Jahi decides to capture him. Santa, a girl named Merryna, puts everyone to sleep with her Christmas Bell but she and her gnome Tontt are caught by Doux, who somehow stayed awake. Doux learns Tontt's were a mischievous demon species, but when one of them was saved by a good child they all became Santa, and work together delivering presents one night a year. Merryna decides to give Doux a gift, but Doux already got hers since her letter asked if she could help deliver presents. Jahi is devastated she couldn't capture Santa while Ahriman is surprised Santa is a demon. Doux asks to learn to cook and makes sandwiches. Jahi suggests feeding Ahriman's familiar, Druj, with slaves injured in a mine collapse, since Druj was created to eat wounded on the battlefield and can't eat anything else. Doux heals the slave anyway and feeds Druj one of her sandwiches. Jahi is astounded Doux deliberately filled the sandwich with mana so Druj could eat it. Druj is so happy he even helps fix the collapsed mine, becoming popular with the slaves. Jahi becomes depressed while Ahriman accepts Doux did something amazing again. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | "The Divine Messenger Is Too Much Trouble!!" | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 4, 2026 | |||||||||||
| "The Divine Messenger (The Real One) Is Too Hot-Headed!!" | ||||||||||||||||
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Jahi decides to have Doux give poisoned apples to humans, hoping to awaken her sadism. They discover the village being threatened by Aeshma, a monster pretending to be a divine messenger so he can take all their food. Deciding Aeshma is mean because he is hungry, Doux gives him the apples, making him violently ill before Jahi defeats him. The villagers hail them as heroes, to Jahi's disgust. Despite Doux failing to be sadistic, Ahriman is satisfied another human village is now loyal to him. Genuine divine messengers arrive to rescue the village but learn the villagers actually like being ruled by Ahriman. Angel Mayu loses his temper and forcibly moves all the villagers outside Ahriman's territory. Mayu decides to eliminate Ahriman himself. However, he meets Doux and tries to eliminate her, but misses thanks to Doux chasing a butterfly. He insists angels should fight demons, but Doux surprisingly claims making friends is a lot harder than fighting. He decides one day he will be King of Heaven so that when Doux becomes Queen of the Demons they can make everyone be friends. Jahi is furious Doux draws a picture of herself and Mayu as a gift for Ahriman, but Ahriman is so happy to receive a gift from Doux he overlooks Mayu being in the picture. | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | "The Demon King's Daughter Is Trying to Change Her Image Too Much!!" | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 11, 2026 | |||||||||||
| "XXX Is Too Perfect a Job for a Pairika!!" | ||||||||||||||||
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Jahi decides to teach Doux a transformation spell to look scarier but Doux only ends up looking like a cute mascot character. Desperate, Jahi uses a Flower of Transfiguration, but Doux only grows into a larger version of her cute mascot self. Rather than scare the human slaves Doux uses her giant size to protect them from falling boulders. She later cries in front of Jahi, who is proud Doux hid her pain to not seem weak, and Doux soon stops crying. Ahriman however is traumatised at the bruise on Doux' head. Deciding she needs a different job, Thaiti challenges Jahi for her position as Royal Attendant. Jahi agrees, but only if the loser never talks to Doux again. Ahriman assigns them a challenge to do household chores. Jahi proves superior at cleaning, laundry, sewing and DIY. Unfortunately, Thaiti proves to be a better cook and Jahi fears this will convince Doux to replace her. Doux refuses to pick as she has no idea what an attendant is and wants both Jahi and Thaiti to be her big sisters. Ahriman declares the challenge a tie. Soon after, Thaiti gets a job as a chef in the castle cafeteria. | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | "The Monsters of Terror Look Too Ugly!!" | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 18, 2026 | |||||||||||
| "The Spirit Tower Is Just Too Exciting!!" | ||||||||||||||||
| "The Demon King's Attendant Thinks Too Much!!" | ||||||||||||||||
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Gorgons Gauche and Urun move into the forest, worrying Jahi for Doux’ safety as their appearance causes traumatising fear. Gauche and Urun try to scare Doux, but she is impressed and asks how to be scary. They soon become friends as Doux was the first person not scared by their ugliness. Doux admits she needs to be scary so Jahi can be happy. Gauche and Urun realise they are lonely, so Doux invites them to the castle to play. Soon everyone is having a good time scaring each other. Jahi realises Doux is already an amazing demon without being scary. Ahriman takes Doux and Jahi to the Spirit Tower, a hotel between dimensions where beings from multiple worlds interact. Ahriman insists it is vital for Doux’ training, but Jahi suspects they are just on vacation. Doux becomes lost and spends time helping people before Jahi finds her. Together they locate Ahriman who admits they really are on a family vacation. Jahi decides vacations aren’t that bad after all. Jahi considers changing her hairstyle but panics at what Thaiti, Ahriman or Doux might think if she did. After worrying about it all night, she keeps her hair exactly the same as before. | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | "The Demon King’s Attendant Is Too Depressed!!" | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 25, 2026 | |||||||||||
| "The Demon King’s Attendant Is Too Tired!!" | ||||||||||||||||
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Jahi becomes depressed after failing to master a magic staff called Ooparts, which is then stolen by the demon Akoman. Doux decides to steal Ooparts back for Jahi but after failing spectacularly Akoman insists it is pointless for Jahi to have Ooparts as only demons over 500 years old can use it. Doux makes Jahi feel better by giving her a secret treasure, a magic stone she found in the mines. Ahriman apologises for foolishly giving Jahi a weapon she couldn’t use, so instead he uses the stone to make a staff even more powerful than Ooparts for Jahi to share with Doux. Jahi passes out from overwork so Doux insists she stay in bed and let her be her nurse, but Doux falls asleep while reading Jahi a bedtime story. Ahriman agrees Jahi needs rest and personally makes porridge for her, which Jahi shares with Doux. Ahriman also admits that, having attempted to do Jahi’s job while she was asleep, Jahi has too many responsibilities so he has delegated some tasks to other officials to give her a break. Jahi decides the one job she can’t let go of is teaching Doux. | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ a b c Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
- ^ Episode 1 was released on DMM, dAnimeStore and Crunchyroll 1 day before the televised airing.
- ^ From Episode 2, episodes are released on DMM, dAnimeStore and Crunchyroll 8 days before their televised airings.
References
- ^ a b c d Pineda, Rafael Antonio (June 19, 2025). "The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Cayanan, Joanna (December 8, 2025). "The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! Anime's Trailer Unveils More Cast, Staff, Theme Song Artists, January 6 Streaming Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
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External links
- Manga official website at Manga Park (in Japanese)
- Manga official website at Young Animal Web (in Japanese)
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- The Daughter of the Demon Lord Is Too Kind! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
