<p>Based on the textual factors, the magazine shown is very likely a reference to <a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%88%E5%88%8A%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9" rel="noreferrer">月刊サンデージェネックス</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthly_Sunday_Gene-X" rel="noreferrer">Monthly Sunday Gene-X</a>), which is also known as 月刊サンデーGX.</p>

<p>Let us have a closer look at the magazine in the picture:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/meCZy.png" alt="Cropped"></p>

<ul>
<li><p>"月刊" printed at the top, and "Monthly Yonday" printed vertically at the side of the spine of the magazine tell us that it is a monthly magazine.</p></li>
<li><p>The text at the bottom of the spine reads "Kougakukan", which is most likely a reference to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogakukan" rel="noreferrer">Shougakukan</a> (<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%AD%A6%E9%A4%A8" rel="noreferrer">小学館</a>), which is the publisher of the actual magazine 月刊サンデーGX.</p></li>
<li><p>The logo of the magazine (月刊ヨンデーFF) has close resemblance to the logo of <a href="http://sundaygx.com/" rel="noreferrer">月刊サンデーGX</a>. There is also the fact that there is only a difference of 1 Katakana, and how 2 English alphabet is used at the end of the name.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TlPEF.gif" alt="Logo"></p>

<p><sup>Logo is taken from <a href="http://sundaygx.com/" rel="noreferrer">http://sundaygx.com/</a></sup></p></li>
</ul>

<p>However, the logo as seen from the spine of 月刊サンデーGX magazine doesn't perfectly match up with the image from Hataraku Maou-sama. The screenshot below show how the spine of the magazine in 2006/2007 looks like (can't find a more recent image). The word 月刊 is separated from サ in the actual magazine, compared to the fictional magazine in Hataraku Maou-sama, where 月刊 is placed on top of ヨ. There might be a second reference here that I do not know of.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/eRwGG.jpg" alt="Screenshot"></p>

<p><sup>Image taken from <a href="http://blog-imgs-27-origin.fc2.com/n/a/0/na005/20070204-1.jpg" rel="noreferrer">http://blog-imgs-27-origin.fc2.com/n/a/0/na005/20070204-1.jpg</a></sup></p>

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2013-05-21T11:42:42.707Z
2013-05-21T11:42:42.707Z
nhahtdh
<p>In <em>Hataraku Maou-sama!</em>, there is a magazine that appears in the Dark Lord's apartment on more than one occasion. It seems to read something like &quot;yoride-FF&quot;.</p>
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/czHW2.jpg" width="700">
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/pdLH7.jpg" width="700">
<p>Is this any existing magazine, or a reference to some existing magazine, with a distorted name (like MgRonald)? If so, what is its genre/target audience/content?<br />
Or is it a completely non-existing magazine?</p>

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What is the magazine the Dark Lord reads?
# What is the magazine the Dark Lord reads?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-05-17
In *Hataraku Maou-sama!*, there is a magazine that appears in the Dark Lord's apartment on more than one occasion. It seems to read something like "yoride-FF".

![](https://i.sstatic.net/czHW2.jpg)
![](https://i.sstatic.net/pdLH7.jpg)

Is this any existing magazine, or a reference to some existing magazine, with a distorted name (like MgRonald)? If so, what is its genre/target audience/content?  
Or is it a completely non-existing magazine?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-21. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
Based on the textual factors, the magazine shown is very likely a reference to [月刊サンデージェネックス](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%88%E5%88%8A%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9) ([Monthly Sunday Gene-X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthly_Sunday_Gene-X)), which is also known as 月刊サンデーGX.

Let us have a closer look at the magazine in the picture:

![Cropped](https://i.sstatic.net/meCZy.png)

* "月刊" printed at the top, and "Monthly Yonday" printed vertically at the side of the spine of the magazine tell us that it is a monthly magazine.
* The text at the bottom of the spine reads "Kougakukan", which is most likely a reference to [Shougakukan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogakukan) ([小学館](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%AD%A6%E9%A4%A8)), which is the publisher of the actual magazine 月刊サンデーGX.
* The logo of the magazine (月刊ヨンデーFF) has close resemblance to the logo of [月刊サンデーGX](http://sundaygx.com/). There is also the fact that there is only a difference of 1 Katakana, and how 2 English alphabet is used at the end of the name.

  ![Logo](https://i.sstatic.net/TlPEF.gif)

  Logo is taken from <http://sundaygx.com/>

However, the logo as seen from the spine of 月刊サンデーGX magazine doesn't perfectly match up with the image from Hataraku Maou-sama. The screenshot below show how the spine of the magazine in 2006/2007 looks like (can't find a more recent image). The word 月刊 is separated from サ in the actual magazine, compared to the fictional magazine in Hataraku Maou-sama, where 月刊 is placed on top of ヨ. There might be a second reference here that I do not know of.

![Screenshot](https://i.sstatic.net/eRwGG.jpg)

Image taken from <http://blog-imgs-27-origin.fc2.com/n/a/0/na005/20070204-1.jpg>
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