I haven't read the novel either but from the few manga chapters set in the future, it seems like the demon king is kumoko. Remember how the demon king used marionette string? it was a spider skill
those chapters weren't in the future, the demon king is the mother of kumoko's mother, and the 3 other queen taratects, if i remember correctly
oh wow I was totally wrong lol
I'm pretty sure that was kumoko cuz of the naiwa in her speech
Oh and rmb she change quite drastically mainly cuz of her pride skill
Plus there was the administrator in the seats and if it's the mother, the other demons won't be so angry as the mother has been around for quite some time
Plus if I'm not wrong only kumoko has the abyss magic
no, the taratect demon lord can use abyss magic aswell, and she even tried to hunt kumoko down with it once, when she became immortal
Oohh okay didn't realise
Are you sure? I saw a comment that mentioned they had read the novel and that those were the future chapters and that it does do some mixing between the two, unless you have read the novels and that person was wrong, if so i'm now just left confused as to what is going on.
i have read the novel and i can tell you that it probably wasn't in the future, though kumoko has the demon lord skill, she's never called a demon lord, also by the time she resembles a human, she has no need for abyss magic (you'll know why) so she wouldn't blackmail them with that
ah i see, well that's all confusing lol, though i would taake into account that the mangaka may also be taking some liberties with the storytelling but now i think i need to go back and read some of the parts with that in mind.
The previous scene in the manga with the demon lord is what‘s going to happen in the future. It‘s when kumo chan alrady evolve into humanoid. You can read it on the side story of the novel. Maybe it‘s been a while you read them that you forgot.
Anyway, MAJOR SPOILER:
D is not kumoko. Whether the demon lord is kumoko or not, I‘m not gonna spoil coz it‘s an intresting twist in the story.
Just a hint: remember some of kumo chan‘s awareness that‘s travelling to mother now? They are gonna have a big role in how things gonna go in the future.
Read this if you wanna get spoilers: http://kumo-desu-ga-nani-ka.wikia.com/wiki/Kumoko
I didn't read the novel so idk but wouldn't it be really cool if 'D' is actually kumoko's human future but the world collapsed but she was able to go back in time as an administrator and decided to make kumoko something else and help save the world
Just a thought (￣∇￣")