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In the anime and english translated manga, it is called Demon Lord, rather than Magic King, because both are pronounced "Maou" in Japanese.

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I have no idea how this statement, and the logic behind it, has existed on this wiki for almost half a decade, and spread across nearly all the articles referencing the concept. It makes me wonder if the person who decided to perpetuate this nonsense even knew basic Japanese. 

The manga uses the the term 魔王, which, literally translated, means "Demon King": The 魔 Kanji (pronounced Ma in this case) broadly represents the concepts of of demon, devil, witch, evil spirit, evil influence, dark magic, etc, essentially embodying the negative/bad (although not always supernatural), and the 王 Kanji (Ou) essentially means "King".

This is the exact same term so commonly used in fantasy manga, light novels anime and games to refer to the 'Big Bad', leader of the forces of evil, etc, who sometimes is an actual demon, other times just a crazy-powerful bad guy. This is why it is also sometimes localized as "Overlord" instead, as a "Demon King" who isn't, you know, actually a demon, doesn't make much sense to Westerners. It can also refer to the literal Christian Devil (The guy who runs hell). The most common localization these days, to the point that it has effectively become translation convention, is "Demon Lord". It does not, and never has or ever will, translate to "Magic King". Nor would any form of translation or localization ever render "Magic King" into "Maou" in Japanese.

The Western concept of magic is relatively new to Japan, on a historical scale; new concepts required new words, and Western magic was heavily represented by traditional "Black" magic, such as spells to cause harm and destruction (think: Fireball), creepy magic circles, monster/demon summoning, and the possibility of the magic corrupting the wielder. As such, it got the 魔 (Ma), and it is now intrinsically linked to the terminology; you have:

Terms for Magic: 

魔道 (Madou) - literally: The Way of the Demon/The Path of Evil, etc.

 魔法 (Mahou) - literally: Law of the Demon/Law of Supernatural Evil, etc. Note that 'Law' here is used in the sense of the hidden underlying rules and principles governing phenomena, rather than the legal sense.

 魔術 (Majutsu) - literally: The Art of the Demon/Witchcraft/Dark Arts, etc.

Terms for Magic-Users:

魔道士 (Madoushi) - Practitioner of Madou

魔法使い (Mahoutsukai) - literally: User of Mahou

魔術士 (Majutsushi) - Practitioner of Majutsu

 The different terms are often used in different scenarios, referring to slightly different concepts (Such as a "Mahoutsukai" being contrasted to a "Majutsushi", with the former having a natural affinity for, and innate control of, magic, whereas the latter has learned/developed techniques and tools to control magic without any inborn talent, as seen in 'Mahoutsukai no Yome'). The point here is that, when referring to the concept of Magic, 魔 (Ma) isn't used by itself. 魔物 (Mamono) refers to a supernatural monster, creature or demon. 魔神 (Majin) refers to a devil/demon.

 For terms referring to magic, you need something like the terms above, i.e. 魔法少女 (Mahou Shoujo), the quintessential Magical Girl.

If you want something like "Magic King", you need to have a word for Magic in the term. For example, in 'Overlord', you have the protagonist taking on the title of 魔道王 (Madou Ou), localized in the West as "Sorcerer King". In 'Black Clover', the protagonist dreams of becoming the 魔法帝 (Mahoutei), literally "Magic Emperor", localized as "Wizard King". Either of those you could conceivably get away with translating as "Magic King".

But translating "Maou" as "Magic King" is just plain incorrect, one step away from translating it as "Ice-cream Sandwich". Even Google Translate wouldn't come up with that.

I'm a noob to this Anime but I super enjoying it! Can anyone tell me if the series has officially ended ? and Or when next season is supposed to air? please!

I am very confused right now because I read Volume 13 of the manga, and I see two of them one is a Paladin trying to help Anna, and the other one is near Master Biblia, and it makes me wonder who is the real Liber here.

The relationship of the girls towards Arata seems to border on platonic more than anything else I sometimes wonder if they love him or not.

I want to know if this girl actually is in love with him or was just using him as a weapon for the means to a end.

I want to know what will happened to Levi since a seal has been put on her to steal her magic by Murasame.

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Been planning this for a long time, but finally got around to actually implementing the updates. If you've been around for the last couple months, you may have noticed that the Wiki has gone through a drastic redesign. I've been wanting to do this since I came on board, but due to both professional and personal business, I never really received the opportunity but the day is finally here. Below is list of the updates as well as possible changes coming in the future:

Present -

* Replaced the main page header fonts to match official Trinity Seven logo style

* Implemented a color theme system based on the colors of the volume. Look forward to the next volume release.

* Updated the Introduction, Character, and Poll sections

* Added a Media, Quote, Release and News Section

* Removed the Affiliation and Random Cover sections. The Affiliation took more than necessary space and the only affiliate never added the Wiki, so I deemed it unnecessary. However, if any other Wiki wishes to affiliate with the Trinity Seven Wiki, then please contact me and I can re-add the section. I wanted to keep the Random Cover but I could not determine a good location to relocate so I opted to remove the section in the end.

Future -

* Updates to the infoboxes and tables to be consistent with the new themes.

* Add a Links section

Possible

* Add a Chat section. I'm on the fence on this one, no one really uses the current existing chat function, so I don't really see this as necessary. I noticed a couple of you requested a Discord, but I see the same issue as before.

* Add a Feature section. Other wiki's include them, but again I'm not sure if people would be interested in one here.

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