Monster Girl Encyclopedia II (魔物娘図鑑Ⅱ) is the second encyclopedia book of the Monster Girl Encyclopedia series by Kenkou Cross, and was released in Japan on August 14, 2016. The English version was released worldwide on September 26, 2017. The book was announced via a post on Kenkou's twitter account.[2]
The hundred monster girls whose profiles appear in this book are, in order: Demon, Devil, Kobold, Troll, Liliraune, Barometz, Tentacle, Soldier Beetle, Mothman, Titania, Lava Golem, Hellhound, Chimaera, Manticore, Basilisk, Thunderbird, Griffon, Sandworm, Pharaoh, Apophis, Khepri, Vamp Mosquito, Mucus Toad, Cancer, Flow Kelp, Kraken, Yeti, Selkie, White Horn, Glacies, Ice Queen, Kikimora, Dark Mage, Arch Imp, Familiar, Bicorn, Gazer, Parasite Slime / Slime Carrier, Satyros, Gandharva, Apsara, Houri, Cupid, Valkyrie, Dark Valkyrie, Dhampir, Lich, Wight, Will-o-the-Wisp, Living Doll, Cursed Sword, Living Armor, Cheshire Cat, March Hare, Mad Hatter, Dormouse, Jubjub, Humpty Egg, Trumpart, Jabberwock, Cait Sith, Cu Sith, Wurm, Wyvern, Dragon Zombie, Automaton, Gremlin, Mindflayer, Wendigo, Shoggoth, Atlach-Nacha, Jinko, Kakuen, Ren Xiongmao, Hinezumi, Hakutaku, Jiangshi, Ryu, Shirohebi, Nekomata, Raiju, Kamaitachi, Kitsune-bi, Kitsune-tsuki, Gyoubu Danuki, Kunoichi, Akaname, Kejourou, Blue Oni, Ushi-Oni, Oomukade, Nureonago, Chochin-Obake, Karakasa-Obake, Ittan-momen, Ochimusha, Unagi Joro, Umi Osho, Otohime, and Nurarihyon.
| Table of Contents
Preface (p. 3 - p. 6)
Treatise: The Overlord's Army and the Extremists (p. 14 - p. 15)
Treatise: The Realm of Fire (p. 32 - p. 33)
Treatise: The Lost Kingdoms of the Desert (p. 56 - p. 57)
Treatise: The Realm of Ice (p. 78 - p. 79)
Treatise: The God of Wine (p. 96 - p. 97)
Treatise: The Goddess of Love (p. 106 - p. 107)
Treatise: The Noble Capital of the Undying (p. 118 - p. 119)
Treatise: The Wondrous Land of Wonderland (p. 128 - p. 129)
Treatise: The Kingdom Ruled by Cats, for Cats (p. 148 - p. 149)
Treatise: The Continent Enshrouded in Mist (p. 182 - p. 183)
Treatise: The Ethereal Land of Zipangu (p. 206 - p. 207)
Treatise: The Exotic Hospitality of Ryugujo (p. 230 - p. 231)
Afterword (p. 235) |
Contents
The Demon Lord's Army & the Extremists (p14)
The Demon Lord
The Demon Lord is the god-ordained ruler of the monsters. Before the rise of the current Demon Lord, succession was governed by slaughter. The monsters fought until only one remained - their new leader. As a result, the Demon Lord tended to be vicious and mighty in nature. Linked by mana, the Demon Lord's power swells in proportion to monsterkind's strength; all monsters are influenced by the Demon Lord's nature, their power rising with their leader's.
The current Demon Lord is a succubus, for many years, she has applied her power to absorbing spirit energy through unceasing copulation with her partner. In this manner, she has attained a god-like power never before garnered by a Demon Lord.
Objecting to the endless butchery between humans and monsters, she raised her banner against the gods that dictated this. No longer would monsters instinctively kill and devour humans, instead, she decreed they should love humans libidinously and subsist by deflowering [3] them. She granted monsters beautiful, feminine forms unlike those they had before; she gave them sexual powers, diabolical in nature, and a profound love for humankind. This new premise is unchanging, even as the Demon Lord accumulates ever-greater might and expands the forces of monsterkind. Her ultimate goal is the creation of a new, harmonious race in which humans are the males, and monsters the females.
The Demon Lord's Army
The Demon Realm is made of discrete realms scattered throughout the world. Most massive of these is Royal Makai. Within it stands the Demon Lord's castle, protected by the Demon Army. This body is charged with the protection of the surrounding town, as well as those who abide there: monsters and their accompanying men.
Biologically speaking, all monsters live under the Demon Lord and her influence. However, not all individual monsters serve the Demon Lord directly. Some live in small tribes, form fully independent factions, or serve other powerful monsters. There are even monsters known to serve the rulers of the human kingdoms in which they live alongside their male companions.
The Demon Army is not a reference to all the Demon Lord's biologically-bound monsters in general, but rather to the members of the society that centers on, and serves her, directly. Their primary function is to fight the Order of the Chief God, which continues to oppose monsters, believing they are the enemy of god and man, and must be destroyed. They disregard the new Demon Lord's succession, which has taken place since the time when monsters gorged on humankind.
The Demon Army also responds to disasters and other pressing concerns. The scope of its activities extends beyond the Demon Lord's castle and Royal Makai. It protects other demon realms throughout the world and collaborates closely with the pro-monster human states. These states have chosen a path of co-existence with monsters, answering their call from branches and stations across the world. In addition to monsters who have long sworn fealty to the Demon Lord, the Army's ranks are drawn from monster volunteers who hope to acquire men in the field or in battle - as well as from former human warriors, now corrupted into incubi or monsters, who still wish to follow their calling. The scale of the Demon Army is, thus, tremendous.
Combatants in the Demon Army use weapons made of a special metal: realmsilver. Such weapons do not cause pain. Instead of drawing blood, spirit energy or mana flows from the body of the target, allowing the Army to subdue its opponents non-lethally. Once a target has been immobilized, a monster is likely to attack and possess him on the spot, though she may also carry him of as a prisoner. The Demon Army treats prisoners of war extremely graciously. Married men taken prisoner may be released or relocated to the demon realm with their families. Unmarried men are carefully but vigorously assessed by many monsters while in jail. They are then seduced and taken off by one of these monsters as her companion.
Discipline in the Demon Army is lax. If a monster requests relocation because of a man, her request is usually granted. It is assumed that couples will serve together, and monsters with partners tend to be deployed to defensive encampments so they can spend their time copulating with their husbands - except in times of emergency. The front lines are left to unmarried monsters eager to meet men and make them into their husbands.
The Extremists
The Extremists are a radical faction within the Demon Army, spearheaded most prominently by demons (p.10) and devils (p.12), and are infatuated with the Demon Lord's goal of a united race. While they swear fealty to the Demon Lord, their philosophy is generally more extreme than hers. They conduct incursions into human territory, pursuing human women to transform into monsters and thus envelop the whole world in the demon realm.
The majority of monsters have only one thing on their minds: living ecstatically with their husbands. Most only monsterize women as a personal favor - but the Extremists are not most monsters. They cleave to their vision, resolve unwavering, and monsterize every woman they see, believing that all women should be monsters. As stated earlier, if a monster such as a demon or devil pours mana into a woman, and the woman hasn't the proper aptitude, she typically becomes a succubus. Because the Extremists wish to expand their ranks, however, they have instituted an Organization of Breaking. Through harsh and thorough training, this organization seeds the Extremist's philosophy into the minds of women who are to become devils and demons.
The Extremists' best-known activities include invading human states, monsterizing their women, raping their men, and engulfing them all in the demon realm. That said, the Extremists also conduct more subtle operations, such as smuggling items that induce monsterization, like edible plants or cursed items, into the human realm.
Though the Extremists believe that all lands must eventually become monstrous, they do not invade human territory indiscriminately. A number of states and communities are under their constant, close monitoring; they take great care to choose the best ways to minimize human and monster casualties and provide happy, lascivious lives for residents after they are swallowed by the demon realm. Only after planning a thoughtful campaign do they begin invasion.
Even so, situations considered too urgent to overlook may arise: portents of mass monster executions, war between states, civil unrest, oppression of the poor, persecution of human groups - as well as the sacrifice of individual rights to the whims of society. Extremists allocate resources and personnel posthaste to take immediate and unequivocal actions against such situations, which they view as victimizations of their future monstrous partners and comrades that cannot be ignored - lest the blood of their soon-to-be brethren flows in the streets before they become part of the demon realm.
Readers may recall the recent case of the Theocracy of Lescatié. Lescatié was the second-largest Order-affiliated state in the world until it was overthrown by one of the lilim, who are the daughters of the Demon Lord (MGE I, p.234). After the overthrow, it became the Demon Realm of Lescatié, which the author visited while conducting research for the book Fallen Maidens.
Gallery
A note on translation
Different translators at different times have converted the original Japanese terminology into English in different ways; some alternatives presented by the Seven Seas translation of MGE-II are given below:
- Demon Lord - "Overlord"
- Spirit Energy - "essence"
- Demon Realm - "monster realm"
- Royal Makai - "Supreme Monster Realm"
- Demon Army - "Overlord's Army"
- Order of the Chief God - "Order of the Omnipotent"
- Demon Realm Silver - "realmsilver"
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://alice-books.com/item/show/240-4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://twitter.com/k_cross/status/635754486196101120
- ↑ This seems to be the only reference in all of the MGE to monsters deriving energy specifically from taking virginity. It might be because of localization issues.



