How many episodes are in Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life?

Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life has 2 episodes in this listed season.

Is Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life a new series?

Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life is a new series (Season 1).

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

Also known as Hanaori-san wa Tensei Shite mo Kenka ga Shitai • Hanaori-san Wants to Have a Fight Even if She Reincarnates • Orehaji

Upcoming · tv asahi

N/A

2 eps

S01

AnimationComedySci-Fi & FantasyRomance

ON AIR: JUL 11Season 1

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Comedy built on the gap between a former demon king's grandiose past and his current do-nothing NEET existence; the humor runs on deflated expectations and the absurdity of cosmic rivalry shrunk down to high school awkwardness.

Pacing is light and episodic, with tension coming from the comedic inconvenience of being recognized by the one person who killed you, now reincarnated as a cute classmate. The romantic angle layers in slow-burn embarrassment and reluctant proximity rather than action. Seinen-tagged anime comedy with reincarnation mechanics used for laughs rather than power fantasy.

Best for

deflated reincarnation comedy, neat-to-demon mismatch and Animation

Story lane

Animation and Comedy

Commitment

Season 1 · 2 episodes

Where

tv asahi

Official Premise

Ryūsei Narukami is your typical NEET. He spends his days shut in his room playing video games without a care in the world, living a lazy life. But the truth is, Ryūsei used to be a powerful demon king in another world! So why not spend this new life doing whatever he wants? Except, he wasn't the only one reincarnated into this world. The hero who struck him down is here too—and she's a really cute high school girl?! Can Ryūsei survive reuniting with his foe in a new world, or will he find himself fighting even in this life?

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Why This Pick

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Why This Pick

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