The Devil Is A Part-Timer! is a pretty unique entry in the isekai anime genre. In typical isekai form, at the start of the anime, a demon lord is transported to the human world by his enemy, Emilia. The demon lord finds himself stuck on Earth and must begin to live undercover as a normal human.
In this world, he goes by Sadao Maou and gets himself a part-time job at the fast-food restaurant, MgRonald's. As he's a demon lord, he wants ultimate power, so he decides to work on taking over the human world too. Sadao isn't alone though, he landed on Earth with Alsiel, his general. During their time on Earth, they meet a range of humans and even acquaintances from back home. Fans of The Devil Is A Part-Timer! will likely enjoy these similar anime shows.
10 Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online is one of the most well-known entries in the isekai genre and is often the anime that introduces fans to the general as a whole. Kirito is an avid gamer who begins to play a virtual reality (VR) video game called Sword Art Online. This game transports players to the beautiful world of Aincrad, a multiplayer game where all players must defeat a variety of enemies.
All seems well until the creator of the game informs players that they are now trapped inside the video game indefinitely unless they defeat all one hundred levels in the game.
9 Welcome To Demon School! Iruma-Kun
Iruma Suzuki is a pretty unlucky teenager; his parents have forced him to work throughout his life, despite Iruma only being fourteen years old. His parents go one step further as Iruma finds out that they sold him to a demon named Sullivan. Understandably, Iruma is terrified, he's face to face with a demon after all. Surprisingly, Sullivan simply wants a grandchild, and he offers to support Iruma no matter what, even if he is a human.
He enlists Iruma at Babyls, the demon school, where all demons attend. Iruma is petrified that the demon students will realize that he's actually a human, and tries his best to stay hidden. To his dismay, events lead to him becoming one of the most well-known students within the school, especially as Sullivan is the chairman of the school.
8 Love, Chunibyo, And Other Delusions!
Rikka Takanashi believes that she has magical powers inside of her, and she doesn't try to hide this. She's very upfront about her supposed powers with others and often threatens them. The term Chuunibyou is used towards a person who thinks they're from another world and acts as if they're different than everyone else due to harnessing certain magical powers.
It's usually used as an insult towards those that behave like this, and many people try to hide the fact that they were once a Chunibyo. Rikka meets Yuuta Togashi, and after she displays her "special powers" it reminds him of a dark period in his past when he also used to be a Chunibyo.
7 Interviews With Monster Girls
In this universe, half-human and half-monsters exist in society. Tetsuo Takahashi is a biology teacher at Shibasaki High School and is highly interested in these mystical beings, who are usually referred to as Ajin or Demi. Luckily for him, he has three Demi students named Hikari, Kyouko, and Yuki. A certain teacher is also a Demi and loves to tease Tetsuo throughout the show.
The anime follows the three Demi students as Tetsuo gets to know them better to discover more about Ajin. Many comedic situations ensue, and Tetsuo slowly realizes that these Demi students may not be as different from normal humans as he originally thought.
6 Gabriel Dropout
Angels are expected to live amongst humans and study until they graduate to become real angels. Gabriel White Tenma is one of the best students in her class and is well on her way to becoming the top student and an impeccable angel.
The temptations of the human world are too much for Gabriel to handle, and she soon starts to neglect her angelic duties and studies when she becomes addicted to playing video games, becoming a recluse and shutting herself off from everyone she knows. Gabriel wears this proudly and even refers to herself as a Fallen Angel, but her demon friend Vignette tries her best to get Gabriel to start acting like her past self again.
5 Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun
A popular Japanese urban legend is that of the "Seven Wonders" in many schools. Hanako-san is a female ghost who many believe to exist within school bathrooms, including the girls' bathroom of Kamome Academy. If a student can summon Hanako-san then the ghost will grant one wish for the student.
Nene Yashiro is a student who is obsessed with the idea of a romantic connection, so when she hears about the wish-granting ghost, she doesn't hesitate to try to summon Hanako-san. To her surprise, the summoning works, but Nene discovers that Hanako is actually a male ghost. She eventually becomes Hanako-Kuns assistant and the show follows the many funny and dangerous, adventures that the pair go on.
4 Mieruko-Chan
As a horror fan, Miko Yotsuya gets the shock of her life when she discovers she can see monsters. Terrifyingly, she realizes she's the only person who can actually hear and see these monsters, making her feel isolated from the rest of the human world. Miko has to learn how to deal with these petrifying sights every day, and it gets worse.
She mustn't look directly at these monsters, and can't let them know that she can see them, otherwise who knows what would happen. Understandably, it becomes more and more difficult for Miko to do her best to ignore the presence of the monsters, and fans of the show see Miko struggle through the stress that this inevitably causes.
3 Blue Exorcist
Rin Okumura's life changes when he finds out that he and his brother are actually Satan's sons. His father, the ruler of Gehenna, informs him that he wants Rin to come back to the demon world to take over Assiah. Rin rejects this offer and decides to become an exorcist to defeat demons, inspired by the man who raised him.
He eventually enrolls himself at True Cross Academy, the school for aspiring exorcists. The anime follows Rin's journey in becoming an exorcist, as well as becoming friends with his fellow students and the many trials and tribulations that come with existing in a universe where demons truly exist.
2 The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!
Jahy was once the most powerful person in the Dark Realm until a girl destroys her beloved, and powerful, mana crystal. This in turn destroys Jahy's home realm too, and much to her dismay, it shrinks her body to that of a child, a long way away from her powerful form.
Finding herself in the human world, she must live as a local and work out how to survive in this brand new world. She gets a part-time job to survive and pay for an apartment, whilst simultaneously trying to find a way to fix the mana crystal so she can permanently retain her original form and travel back to her home, the Dark Realm.
1 Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
In this slice of life anime, Kobayashi's life changes when she opens her front door on the way to work one day. She's faced with a dragon outside of her apartment, who quickly turns into a bubbly girl in a maid outfit named Tooru. The night before Kobayashi had gotten extremely drunk and had actually met Tooru before, who explained to her that she had nowhere to stay.
Kobayashi, not thinking straight due to being drunk, offers her apartment as a place for Tooru to stay. While this explains why Tooru is suddenly at her apartment door, Kobayashi is understandably in shock when she realizes that this cute girl is actually a dragon. Tooru offers to become a maid for Kobayashi to repay her for her generosity when allowing her to stay in her home.