The gamer, Takuma Sakamoto, plays an MMORPG called Cross Reverie. His character is known as Diablo. Takuma is teleported to another world in which he has the appearance of Diablo. His summoners, Rem and Shera, try and cast an enslavement spell upon him, only for it to be redirected and placed upon them.¹
Immodesty
I am not exaggerating when I say that this anime contains lots of immodest and inappropriate content. Most women in this show are dressed improperly, whether that's because their cleavages or their thighs are exposed, or both. It's so bad that even Crunchyroll lists it as 16+ (should be 18+, in my opinion) for "Nudity, Sexual Violence, Sexual Content, [and] Suggestive Dialogue".² Some of the things in this anime include:
"[The] Demon Lord often fondles girls' breasts, a lot of innuendo around magical reading."
"In an episode[,] some girl characters are shown in nothing but their panties and their hand covering their nipples."
"During one of the rituals involving a female fingers become insertive into privates, nothing is shown but it's very sexualized from wording voices and angles."³
I really don't believe I need to explain to Christians as to why exactly this is wrong. We know that the Bible explicitly forbids immodesty.
"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;" (1 Timothy 2:9)
This show crosses this line time and time again. It is rebelling against the morals God gives us in His Word.
Alcohol
We are told that this anime contains alcohol as well as drunkenness.³ The Bible is very clear that alcohol is wrong (Leviticus 10:9-10) as well as drunkenness.
"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;" (Ephesians 5:18)
Since drunkenness is wrong, it would make sense that it is also wrong to intentionally put it before our eyes as well.
Magic
There is magic to be found in this show. The Bible is clear, however, that witchcraft is wrong.
"[19] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, [20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies," (Galatians 5;19-20, emphasis mine)
This passage shows us that God considers witchcraft a sin. Why, then, would we fill our minds with it?
Demon Lord
"Diablo" is a Spanish word meaning "devil." For example, Matthew 4:1 in the Reina Valera Gómez Bible translation says "...para ser tentado por el diablo" (underline mine). Additionally, Diablo is called a "demon lord." Do you think this is pleasing to God?
"Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils." (1 Corinthians 10:21)
Thus, if we cannot partake of both the table of God and of devils, we must choose one or the other. We ought to choose God and reject this show.
Conclusion
As we can see, this anime is not biblical. It is perverted and contains magic and other things that displease Jehovah. May we avoid such things as this show. It is not right or proper. We are to grow in our spiritual life, which requires dying to self and putting on the new man. The new man does not put these things into his mind.
Sources:
1. "Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu." MyAnimeList, myanimelist.net/anime/37210/Isekai_Maou_to_Shoukan_Shoujo_no_Dorei_Majutsu. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
2. How Not to Summon a Demon Lord. Crunchyroll, crunchyroll.com/series/GYZJXWWGR/how-not-to-summon-a-demon-lord. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
3. "How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Parents guide." IMDb, imdb.com/title/tt8438524/parentalguide. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.