Riddle Story of Devil
2014 1 season · 12 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

Riddle Story of Devil

悪魔のリドル

Synopsis

悪魔のリドル

The "Class Black," 10th Grade of Myōjō Academy is composed of 12 assassins disguised as students and one target: Haru Ichinose. Fully aware of being the prey, Ichinose vows to survive assassination attempts and graduate from the school alive. One of the assassins, Tokaku Azuma, has started building up feelings for Ichinose and switched side to become her protector. Together they have to face the onslaught from their classmates of 11 assassins.

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The 2013–2015 Japan Window

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Riddle Story of Devil premiered alongside 186 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 186 other Japan seriess in 2014.

The 2935th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Audience Engagement

72
Reviews
70th
Review-volume percentile
45th
Popularity percentile

72 audience reviews — more than 70% of Japan seriess in our index.

Review volume (70th percentile) outruns trending popularity (45th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
April 4, 2014
Last Air Date
June 20, 2014
Broadcast Span
3 months
Total Episodes
12 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 4.8 hours

Reception Benchmarks

8.0
TMDB Rating
72
Audience Reviews
Outstanding
Critical Tier

Ranked #585 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (87th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.1 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #493 of 2,532 (top 19%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production Companiesdiomedéa
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 12
Release DateApril 4, 2014
Official Siteakuma-riddle.com

Questions Answered

When did Riddle Story of Devil end?

Riddle Story of Devil finished its run with its final episode airing on June 20, 2014.

Where did Riddle Story of Devil air?

Riddle Story of Devil aired on MBS, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.