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Ritsuka Tachibana is a second-year high school student who attends Shikō Academy in Shikō Town. She enjoyed her school life while living with her mother Maria, but one day, that balance fell into ruin when she discovers several of her attractive, male classmate are demons.

The anime started airing on October 4, 2015 as part of the Fall2015Anime season. An original manga began serialization in G Fantasy in September.

A otome game will be released for PlayStation Vita on March 25, 2016.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The main male cast (sans Lindo) are part of Shiko Academy's Student Council and are greatly respected by the students. They even have their own room in the school's third library!

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The anime's opening, ''Kakusei no Air'' is sung by Lindo's seiyuu. The anime's ending, ''Mademo★iselle'' is sung by Pentacle★, a group composed of all the seiyuus of the male cast.

** Shiki -- The Hanged Man.

--> "Where is the grimoire? Yes, the forbidden grimoire. Nobody has ever seen it. Whoever holds it controls the whole world and more."

-> "Where is the grimoire? Yes, the forbidden grimoire. Nobody has ever seen it. Whoever holds it controls the whole world and more."

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Mage (blonde), Ritsuka/Rem/Urie/Shiki (brunette), and Lindo (redhead).

** Urie's "butterflies" in Episode 3, which are extremely possessive of him and are otherworldly in nature.

* MacGuffin: The vampires are looking for the Forbidden Grimoire (a book of magic). As explained by Lindo in Episode 4, the reason behind it is because the devils' once overwhelming power is dwindling and the vampires are seizing their opportunity to gain power over them as whoever holds the grimoire can control the world. The student council is also searching for it albeit, for unknown reasons.

* PosthumousCharacter: In Episode 2, it's revealed that Ritsuka's maternal grandfather and maternal aunt are dead.

** Urie -- spiders.

Ritsuka Tachibana is a female second-year high school student who attends Shiko Academy in Shiko Town. She enjoyed her school life while living with her mother Maria, but one day, that balance fell into ruin when she discovers several of her attractive, male classmate are demons.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The main male cast (sans Lind) are part of Shiko Academy's Student Council and are greatly respected by the students. They even have their own room in the school's third library!

** Rem -- ram.
** Urie -- spiders.
** Mage -- snake.
** Shiki -- crow.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Mage (blonde), Ritsuka/Rem/Urie/Shiki (brunette), and Lind (redhead).

* CircusOfFear: In episode 3, Ritsuka gets chased through an ominous fairground by Urie's "butterflies", which turns out to be supernatural in nature as it disappears when Ritsuka escapes with brother.

** A couple of girls in the second episode become angry that Ritsuka appears to be getting close to the Student Council.
** Urie's "butterflies" in episode 3, which are extremely possessive of him and are otherworldly in nature.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The anime's opening, ''Kakusei no Air'' is sung by Lind's seiyuu. The anime's ending, ''Mademo★iselle'' is sung by Pentacle★, a group composed of all seiyuus of the male cast.

* HolyBurnsEvil: Lind's holy water made it impossible for Urie to enter the Tachibana household, instead luring her out of the grounds.
* MacGuffin: The demon worshippers are looking for the Forbidden Grimoire (a book of magic). And for some reason, so are the student council.

* PosthumousCharacter: In episode 2, it's revealed that Ritsuka's maternal grandfather and maternal aunt are dead.

* ClingyJealousGirl: A couple of girls in the second episode become angry that Ritsuka appears to be getting close to the Student Council.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: An interesting example -- the character of the student council are explored in a ''song''.

* MacGuffin: The demon worshippers are looking for the Forbidden Grimoire (a book of magic).

The series is unusual for the fact that it is essentially an animated musical, featuring at least one song per episode, sung by the characters in the show.

* MissingMom: What kick off the plot is the disappearance of Ritsuka's mother.
* OncePerEpisode: A song in each episode.

!!Dance with Devils Tropes:

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The anime ending is sung by the boys' seiyuus.

* MacGuffin: The demon worshippers are looking for the grimoire (a book of magic).

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The main male cast (sans Lindo) are part of Shiko Academy's Student Council and are greatly respected by the students. They even have their own room in the school's third library!

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Mage (blonde), Ritsuka/Rem/Urie/Shiki (brunette), and Lindo (redhead).

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: An interesting example -- the character of the devils are explored in a ''song''.

* MissingMom: What kick off the plot is the disappearance of Ritsuka's mother.

"Das ich erkenne, was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhalt, schau' alle Wirkenskraft und Samen und thu' nicht mehr in Worten kramen." "That I realize what keeps the world together at heart, look at all effectualness and seeds and don't rummage in words anymore."

At a street that looks nostalgic, in Shikou Village. Ritsuka Tachibana, a second year high schooler who attends Shikou Gakuen. She spends a peaceful school life with her mother Maria, but the balance will collapse one day---. Is that a person or a devil? This is a story of a girl who is being loved and charmed by beautiful devils.

!!Dance with Devils Tropes: