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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.stack.imgur.com/czHW2.jpg)
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/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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What is the magazine the Dark Lord reads?


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.stack.imgur.com/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.stack.imgur.com/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.stack.imgur.com/eRwGG.jpg)

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


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