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* AdaptationalSympathy: In the original novel, his rigged casino ploy was under the orders of Dragon Empress Kururu, who is an even worse boss than himself, and after being gender swapped through magical means, tried to rush off and face the evil DraconicHumanoid in the protection of Carolina. Since the manga adapts out the dragon empress arc, these noble traits are adapted out as well.
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* GoodFeelsGood: While Roth found the change from male vampire to female succubus traumatic, understandably so, it may have been the best thing to happen to them. As a male vampire, Roth spent every waking moment in a perpetual rage, and took it out on everyone around him, hiding it with a paper-thin veneer of civility, his superiority complex leading to one StupidEvil act after another. As a female succubus serving under Carolina and Souta, she is almost constantly ''ecstatic'' at having her talents praised and although she will never admit it, likes working for Souta himself.
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* PsychologicalProjection: Since he's so perverted that he builds a slave harem and thinks gender-bending through magical means is fun, he presumes Roth, who ''also'' went out of his way to make a slave harem, is also of the same mindset. As a result, he praises Roth's gender-bent body, openly proclaiming he's jealous of Roth's new breasts. A ComplimentBackfire situation occurs. And unlike Souta, whose genderbending goes away on its own, Roth's stuck in her new form, irreversibly.
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* SmugSnake: When he and Souta first met and the former tried to attack the latter, even Roth's SuperMode was so weak, Souta could have beat up the guy using just his fists, but Roth went around acting like he's unbeatable and had Souta dead to rights, ''after'' Souta had stomped all his bodyguards. It's only when Souta whipped out his Adamite golem, purely for the sake of ending the battle quickly, that Roth realized he was in trouble, but by then, it was too late for him to save himself.
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* VillainsWantMercy: When Souta has him dead to rights, he doesn't hesitate to beg for mercy, even promising to hand over his own slave harem to Souta if he's spared. Souta captures him, frees all the slaves present and uses Bell City's legal system to recover all the illegally acquired and sold slaves, regardless, and then puts Roth himself through a KarmicTransformation.
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* DoNotCallMeSir: He gets very uncomfortable when people address him in overly formal terms. He asks Carol to call him by name rather than "Master" and at the end he orders Rimmil to stop calling him Maou-sama, but she refuses because his position as Demon Lord demands she do so. He just sighs and lets it slide when they insist on formal terms in both cases.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: His final narration in the manga can easily be interpreted as admitting that he has sex with the girls of his harem but leaves it vague. He first states that Carol helps him with Rummil, and Rummil '''does''' have a sexual history with him, and even the line "like when I was an adventurer" doesn't make it any less ambiguous as Carol very, very much wanted sex with him during his adventuring days. Then the next line is "Right now, Ciel, Yuuko, and Roth work as maids in the service unit. They also my needs." Which is also a well-known euphemism for being sexually available to him. At least everyone's illustrated as being perfectly happy with the status quo, downplaying or removing all the unfortunate implications.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: His final narration in the manga can easily be interpreted as admitting that he has sex with the girls of his harem but leaves it vague. He first states that Carol helps him with Rummil, and Rummil '''does''' have a sexual history with him, and even the line "like when I was an adventurer" doesn't make it any less ambiguous as Carol very, very much wanted sex with him during his adventuring days. Then the next line is "Right now, Ciel, Yuuko, and Roth work as maids in the service unit. They also help my needs." Which is also a well-known euphemism for being sexually available to him. At least everyone's illustrated as being perfectly happy with the status quo, downplaying or removing all the unfortunate implications.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: His final narration in the manga can easily be interpreted as admitting that he has sex with the girls of his harem but leaves it vague. He first states that Carol helps him with Rummil, and Rummil '''does''' have a sexual history with him, and even the line "like when I was an adventurer" doesn't make it any less ambiguous as Carol very, very much wanted sex with him during his adventuring days. Then the next line is "Right now, Ciel, Yuuko, and Roth work as maids in the service unit. They also my needs." Which is also a well-known euphemism for being sexually available to him. At least everyone's illustrated as being perfectly happy with the status quo, downplaying or removing all the unfortunate implications.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: He uses a monster with aphrodisiac properties to prank Aphrodite at one point, but he gets caught in the area of effect, with Carol dousing both himself and Aphrodite, ruining the mood. He gains a possession type skill at one point, which he uses to take over some monsters in his magic ball; a goblin that Carol is training is used to peep up her skirt, and explore a bit of CasualKink, and he uses a fox-type monster to give his female gnome blacksmith so much LecherousLicking that she collapses in post-orgasmic afterglow. Carol eventually catches on and brings the "fun" to an end. He gains a VoluntaryShapeshifting ability and ''immediately'' transforms into Aphrodite to play with "her" body, as he's wearing it. A formerly male vampire turned female succubus in his harem retaliates to being sexually harassed and goes after "her" only for the transformation to wear off and Carol to walk in on them, the succubus in question getting the third degree as a result.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: He uses a monster with aphrodisiac properties to prank Aphrodite at one point, but he gets caught in the area of effect, with Carol dousing both himself and Aphrodite, ruining the mood. He gains a possession type skill at one point, which he uses to take over some monsters in his magic ball; a mushroom is used to try and grope Aphrodite in her sleep but her new plushy monster swatted it away, a goblin that Carol is training is used to peep up her skirt, and explore a bit of CasualKink, and he uses a fox-type monster to give his female gnome blacksmith so much LecherousLicking that she collapses in post-orgasmic afterglow. Carol eventually catches on and brings the "fun" to an end. He gains a VoluntaryShapeshifting ability and ''immediately'' transforms into Aphrodite to play with "her" body, as he's wearing it. A formerly male vampire turned female succubus in his harem retaliates to being sexually harassed and goes after "her" only for the transformation to wear off and Carol to walk in on them, the succubus in question getting the third degree as a result.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: For a bizarre definition of "innocent." When he turned Roth from male to female via magical means, through a race-change, Souta looks at Roth, admiring her new breasts, kindly asks permission to fondle them, and ''openly states he's envious''. This does absolutely nothing to put Roth at ease, and Roth tries to punch him in the face, the attempt foiled by the metaphysics of Souta's magic ball. With no way to escape or fight back against her new indignity, Roth curls up in a TroubledFetalPosition until the rest of Souta's harem shows up, and ''the best'' they have to offer is CondescendingCompassion, all of them saying "leave her rehabilitation to us."
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the original novel, their name is Rust. In the manga, it's Roth.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: She's just a tiny bit smarter in the manga than the novel. In the novel, she dared Souta to throw the magic ball at her, convinced it wouldn't work. In the manga, Souta tricks her into it by asking permission to try something, without specifying what, and when she foolishly agrees, throws the ball at her going "catch!" and she reflexively grabs it out of the air, proclaiming that it's foolish to try that, since she's not a "monster." Cue the ball sucking her in, thanks to Souta's [Absolute Domination] skill she wasn't aware he had. In the casino event, the novel had Souta lay out, in excruciating detail, how Roth scammed her. In the manga, he just asks "didn't you notice how our odds of winning decreased the higher our bets were?" to which Aphrodite responded "now that you mention it..."
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* DrillSergeantNasty: She puts Souta's goblin troops through harsh training, making them do repeated sword swings under the weight of increased gravity, and if any of them stop, she increases the gravity on all of them. To her credit, this manner of training actually works.
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** In a case Souta does call her out on, when they first go shopping for clothes, because her divine garments attract too much attention, Souta has to convince her to go with the more modest female adventurer's garb instead of the Dancer's Allure that she had her eyes on, as that would draw ''even more attention''. Then when Souta outfits Carolina in the female Ranger's garb for adventurer activities, Aphrodite whines that Carolina's garment is pricier than hers, clearly not realizing that it isn't an issue of price, but practicality. Of course, once Souta has the leeway, he buys her that Dancer's Allure set that she has her eyes on, and tells her it's normal '''for her to be beautiful.'''
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** He also suffers from an unbelievable inability to do his research before he goes "Demon Hunting." After he and Souta are broken out of prison, it's revealed that he has a rather impressive organization backing him, an organization he built, as Souta and crew wind up hiding out in one of Kurou's safe-houses as they plan their next steps. How he was unable to tell the difference between the malignant and benign demons, without willful malice, boggles the mind.
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* DisappointedInYou: She openly states she's disappointed that Carolina chose to serve Souta because the boy is lacking in physical strength compared to herself. Although it's unintentional Souta winds up spending the better part of a week showing Rimmil that physical strength and martial might, while important, isn't ''everything'' and ultimately ends up putting Rimmil herself in his magic ball.
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* DisappointedInYou: She openly states she's disappointed that Carolina chose to serve Souta because the boy is lacking in physical strength compared to herself. Although it's unintentional unintentional, Souta winds up spending the better part of a week showing Rimmil that physical strength and martial might, while important, isn't ''everything'' and ultimately ends up putting Rimmil herself in his magic ball.ball.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A high-ranked individual in an organization brings a low-ranked woman into a secure area for which she has no clearance to engage in sexual trysts, and this results in disaster? [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Where have we seen that before?]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A high-ranked individual in an organization brings a low-ranked woman into a secure area for which she has no clearance to engage in sexual trysts, and this results in disaster? [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Where have we seen that before?]]
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* PhlebotinumBattery: While she's rarely able to contribute to Souta's heroics directly, the fact that she's the first of the women he captured with his magic balls has done wonders for him. Living in his magic ball has him start at level 557, rather than level 1, which means a capacity of 56 monsters, and her presence there also unlocked several of his most useful starting skills, such as [Monster Combination], [Monster communication], and so on.
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** Patience: This is a guy who endured weeks of searching the demon king's castle to try and find Carolina, and endured at least a week of '''sexual assault''' to his best chances at a rescue and defeating the evil Demon King impostor.
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** Humility is, by far, his most redeeming feature. He knows he's a pathetic weakling and if it weren't for his harem, he'd be dead many times over. He never, ever lets the praise for his accomplishments go to his head. He showers the ladies in his harem with gratitude every chance he gets. And he always pointedly tells himself there's nothing he could have done to deserve the sheer borderline idolatry Carolina gives him.
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* StupidEvil: His rigged casino, using illusion magic, and employees that didn't hesitate to brag about it when they thought they were alone, was bound to fail sooner or later. In fact, Souta is astonished at how easy the scam is to see through.
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* StupidEvil: His rigged casino, using illusion magic, and employees that didn't hesitate to brag about it when they thought they were alone, was bound to fail sooner or later. In fact, Souta is astonished at how easy the scam is to see through. In fact, the scam was so easy to see through, BrainlessBeauty Aphrodite saw through it the moment she calmed down after she was fleeced.
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* HappinessInSlavery: Played with. She's clearly less than thrilled to find herself being sucked into Souta's magic ball and having to obey his orders, but since it's the only way she can live in peace, she puts up with it.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: When Aphrodite was captured by the Aqua Slug monster's tentacles, she decided the best way to compete for his interest was to deliberately let herself be captured by the monster's tentacles too, providing an identical fanservice scene. Just so happens, doing that tied up all the monster's tentacles, so Souta was able to catch it with his magic ball, as his earlier attempt was rebuffed by the monster swatting the ball away with a tentacle.
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** At the end, the BigBad would have had ''much'' better chances in his goal to TakeOverTheWorld if he didn't send an army at Bell City and take Carolina away by force.
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** A straighter example was meddling in Ciel's problems with a LoanShark. Sure, Ciel's a sweet girl who needs help, but she's ''also'' the only one in town who can make weapons for Souta's growing monster army. '''Of course''', he's going to step in and help her if he can.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: She delivers one of these on Souta early on when he pushes the envelope a bit too hard, even though the fact that she was captured by his magic ball means she should be utterly unable
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* IndignantSlap: She delivers one of these on Souta early on when he pushes the envelope a bit too hard by ordering her to spin in place, which accidentally flips the skirt of her dress and shows off her panties, at which point she asks if he intended to give her lewd orders, and he couldn't deny the allegation. She bypassed the mechanic where being captured by his magic ball means she should be utterly unable to do anything that might harm him. Souta himself wonders how she could do that, whether it's based on intent or the fact she's a goddess. Regardless, he struggles to not push her that hard again.
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* SevenHeavenlyVirtues: Despite being a very, very perverted teen, he's got almost the entire set.
** Charity: He goes out of his way to help the helpless where he can. The first on-screen case involves a little girl selling apples on the street-side. He buys some apples, not because he was particularly hungry, but to help her out. He's rewarded by the fact that the apples are particularly fresh and tasty.
** Chastity: As perverted as he is, he still treasures his chastity, and he was, in fact, deflowered by force.
** Diligence: He works as hard as he needs to in order to keep his entire slave army, monster and harem, happy.
** Kindness: He's nice to ''everyone'' if he can help it. When he can't be nice, ''watch out.''
** Patience: This is a guy who endured weeks of searching the demon king's castle to try and find Carolina, and endured at least a week of '''sexual assault''' to his best chances at a rescue and defeating the evil Demon King impostor.
** Temperance: He likes creature comforts, of course, but the vast majority of his income and assets goes towards keeping his harem and monster army content.
** Charity: He goes out of his way to help the helpless where he can. The first on-screen case involves a little girl selling apples on the street-side. He buys some apples, not because he was particularly hungry, but to help her out. He's rewarded by the fact that the apples are particularly fresh and tasty.
** Chastity: As perverted as he is, he still treasures his chastity, and he was, in fact, deflowered by force.
** Diligence: He works as hard as he needs to in order to keep his entire slave army, monster and harem, happy.
** Kindness: He's nice to ''everyone'' if he can help it. When he can't be nice, ''watch out.''
** Patience: This is a guy who endured weeks of searching the demon king's castle to try and find Carolina, and endured at least a week of '''sexual assault''' to his best chances at a rescue and defeating the evil Demon King impostor.
** Temperance: He likes creature comforts, of course, but the vast majority of his income and assets goes towards keeping his harem and monster army content.
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** She's an Olympian god, and they're all notorious for being jerks. In the story, she's a total sweetheart.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's golden-haired blonde and a total sweetheart who treats ''everyone'' in the harem kindly, even Carolina, despite being the demon race's ''natural enemy.''
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* MoneyDumb: As a goddess who has never had to use money, she has absolutely no money sense.
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* NiceGirl: How nice? She petitions Souta to rescue Carolina, even though gods like herself and demons like Carolina pointedly ''do not get along.'' Aside from their rivalry over Souta, the two of them get along swimmingly.
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* MakeMyMonsterGrow: When he first meets Souta, he's maybe a few inches taller, when he loses it after Souta throws the demon king's sword through the barrier, resulting in the sword being lost forever, he grows to be several times taller and bigger than Souta, enough that he can crush our protagonist like a bug, literally.
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* MakeMyMonsterGrow: When he first meets Souta, he's maybe a few inches taller, when taller. When he loses it after Souta throws the demon king's sword through the barrier, resulting in the sword being lost forever, forever (novel), or disappears only to return months later (manga), he grows to be several times taller and bigger than Souta, enough that he can crush our protagonist like a bug, literally.
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* EvilPowerVacuum: When he "goes missing," Souta's party, and the locals, plenty of additional grief as several groups and former subordinates duke it out to fill his now vacant position.
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* DisappointedInYou: She openly states she's disappointed that Carolina chose to serve Souta because the boy is lacking in physical strength compared to herself. Although it's unintentional Souta winds up spending the better part of a week showing Rimmil that physical strength and martial might, while important, isn't ''everything'' and ultimately ends up putting Rimmil herself in his magic ball.
