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“A powerful demon king and rookie hero team up on adventures while working to pay off debts in a hilarious, chaotic journey.”
The Laid Off Demon King
失业魔王
6.95
4,962 rank · 4,699 viewers · 20 favorites
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
Action
Adventure
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Synopsis
A powerful demon king and rookie hero team up on adventures while working to pay off debts in a hilarious, chaotic journey.
The story follows a powerful demon king who is on an adventure while looking for a job to pay off his debts and find a way to lift a curse, and a rookie hero who is also on an adventure while working to pay off her debts. The two embark on a hilarious and chaotic journey. (Source: Tencent, translated)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
5.8
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 2.77
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.77 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.3 pts
Recommenders 7.3 · others 1.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Feb 2025 → May 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “If you like Chinese Animation with a Romeo & Juliet vibe then I recommend you give this anime a shot! The Demon King Who Lost His Job or Shiye Mowang follows the Demon King Merlin Lucifer who...”
- 8 “The series is quite enjoyable, assuming one can locate a reliable source to view it. Hopefully, a dubbed version will become available, as the mandarin audio may be jarring or unappealing to some...”
- 7 “Despite Merlin being the most powerful being in the demon and human world, he gets fired by the demon council because his powerful and destructive attacks cost the demon kingdom too much money....”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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- Format 26 × 14′ eps × min
- Total runtime 6h 04m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2025 – Jun 2025
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-27943 catalog
Produced by
- Tencent Video Producer