The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants (Japanese: 魔王学院の不適合者 ～史上最強の魔王の始祖、転生して子孫たちの学校へ通う～, Hepburn: Maō Gakuin no Futekigōsha ~Shijō Saikyō no Maō no Shiso, Tensei Shite Shison-tachi no Gakkō e Kayou~), also known simply as Maō Gakuin no Futekigōsha (魔王学院の不適合者), is a Japanese light novel series written by Shu and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. The series originally began as an amateur web novel in April 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō when it was later acquired by ASCII Media Works which officially began to publish it in March 2018. A manga adaptation by Kaya Haruka launched online in July 2018, and an anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from July to Se