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Is Akuma no Riddle good to watch with a friend?

A quiet night. Akuma no Riddle (Riddle Story of Devil) is a TV series from Spring 2014 by Diomedea, Diomedéa Inc.: 12 episodes, about 4.6 hours in total, finished, 6.78/10 across the listing sites.

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Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged psychological, thriller, tragedy and not comedy: this wants attention and the right mood, not background chatter. Rule: heavy drama or psychological tags without comedy → quiet night.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type
TV series
Episodes
12
Episode length
23 min
Total time
about 4.6 hours — a weekend
First aired
Spring 2014
Status
Finished
Studio
Diomedea, Diomedéa Inc.
Score
6.78/10 across the listing sites
Tags
action, manga adaptation, coming of age, crime, robots & AI, detective, drama, psychological, school, seinen, survival, thriller, swordplay, tragedy, violence, yuri

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: The Demon Riddle.

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Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Akuma no Riddle?
About 4.6 hours for all 12 episodes at 23 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 6 evenings.
How many episodes does Akuma no Riddle have?
12 episodes of 23 min.
Is Akuma no Riddle finished?
Yes, Akuma no Riddle is finished (12 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Akuma no Riddle good for a group?
Better for two than for a crowd. Akuma no Riddle is tagged drama, psychological, tragedy; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
Where is Akuma no Riddle listed?
Akuma no Riddle is on AniList (id 19429) and MyAnimeList (id 19429); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

Queue Up is a free tool: enter two AniList usernames and it ranks the anime you both want to watch, rolls one for tonight, runs a bracket to settle it and finds new anime that fit both of you. List data from AniList; title data: anime-offline-database (ODbL), dataset of 2026-07-04; page updated 2026-07-04. Not affiliated with AniList or MyAnimeList. Queue Up is a Somebody Decide program. How it works · Legal & privacy · All lists