# Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life (2026)

> A former Demon King turned shut-in teaches at a girls' high school where his old nemesis, the Hero, has reappeared as a normal student.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/1105042

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, romance
- Network: HTB, tv asahi, Nagoya TV, KBC, ABC TV, NCC, OAB, ABA, Niigata Television Network 21, khb, KFB, HOME, KSB, Kagoshima Broadcasting, Iwate Asahi TV, Akita Asahi Broadcasting, Yamagata Television System, Shizuoka Asahi TV, Asahi Broadcasting Nagano, Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting, Ehime Asahi TV, Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting, Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting, Ryu-Q Asahi Broadcasting
- Cast: Akira Sekine, Jun Fukuyama, Seena Hoshiki, Hitomi Ueda, Sora Tokui, Nene Hieda, Rie Takahashi, Hiromi Igarashi
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41276828/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: playful, breezy, comedic, warm, romantic

## Synopsis

Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life (2026) is a Japanese animated romantic comedy series produced for television across a network of Asahi affiliates. Over a single twelve-episode season, Ryusei Narukami (voiced by Jun Fukuyama), once the Demon King and now a shut-in recluse, decides to rejoin society by becoming a teacher, only to land at the girls' school where Meteor Hanaori (voiced by Akira Sekine), the Hero who defeated him, has reappeared as an ordinary high school girl. Their chaotic reunion pulls old grudges to the surface while Ryusei's attempts to act like a respectable adult keep collapsing into awkward mishaps. The engine of each episode is the push and pull between the pair's rivalry and the new feelings it stirs, played out across classroom scenes, school life, and the friends and rivals who orbit them. Mako Satsuki (Seena Hoshiki) and Matsurika Nagamori (Hitomi Ueda) add lively supporting energy. The show is light and breezy, with a bright, playful tone that tilts toward warmth and romance. Its reincarnation premise and the comic reversal of a villain trying to be ordinary will appeal to fans of isekai comedies such as The Devil Is a Part-Timer! and Konosuba, as well as romcom lovers who enjoy rivals turned lovers.

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