The Testament of Sister New Devil: Burst Specials

新妹魔王の契約者 BURST (Shinmai Maou no Testament Burst Specials)

6.8(15,625)

MAL Score

Ranked #6146

Popularity #4211

Comedy
Ecchi
Supernatural
Adult Cast
Gag Humor
Harem
Parody

Episodes: 5
Duration: 4 min per ep
Aired: Dec 25, 2015 to Apr 27, 2016
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Included as bonus shorts on the Blu-ray/DVD releases, *The Testament of Sister New Devil: Burst Specials* presents brief comedic extras set in the same risqué spirit. Super-deformed versions of Mio and Maria take the lead, offering playful narration.

Through their chibi commentary, the specials recap Basara’s assorted erotic escapades, leaning into supernatural-tinged humor and ecchi fanservice in a compact format.

Otaku Consensus

As Blu-ray/DVD omake, Burst Specials works best when treated as a concentrated parody-and-fanservice appendix rather than a missing chapter: the chibi Mio/Maria framing gives the material a faster, more self-aware rhythm than the TV episodes. Reception sits in the moderate ecchi-niche zone, with MAL at 6.78 from 15,613 votes and AniList at 63/100; fans praise its shameless genre service, while the recurring criticism is that its comedy depends on familiarity with the main series and offers little standalone substance beyond recap-driven gags.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Burst Specials if you already like The Testament of Sister New Devil and want the Blu-ray extra version of the franchise: shorter, sillier, more openly aware of its own harem-ecchi machinery. It scratches a nearby itch to High School DxD’s supernatural fanservice comedy, but without asking for another action arc or heavy lore investment. The appeal is the format: super-deformed Mio and Maria turn the series’ erotic excess into commentary, making it feel closer to a cheeky after-show than a conventional episode batch. If you want demons, nudity-leaning ecchi, harem jokes, and parody energy in five compact hits, this is built for exactly that mood. If you need dramatic escalation or fight choreography, the main Burst season is the better stop.

Key Characters

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Maria Naruse(VA: Kaori Fukuhara)
Maria is the special’s ideal commentator: mischievous, fanservice-literate, and tuned to the gag rhythm that lets the chibi format openly tease the franchise’s erotic absurdity.
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Mio Naruse(VA: Ayaka Asai)
Mio gives the shorts their reactive center, balancing the supernatural-harem excess with the kind of flustered presence fans associate with the series’ more blush-heavy comedy.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The five episodes were packaged as Blu-ray/DVD bonus shorts rather than broadcast TV installments, with releases spanning Dec 25, 2015 to Apr 27, 2016. That home-video origin explains the compact gag structure and the direct appeal to existing Burst viewers.
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Production IMS keeps the specials visually distinct through super-deformed versions of Mio and Maria, shifting the franchise from action-ecchi staging into chibi narration and parody commentary.
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The specials narrow the franchise’s genre mix to Comedy, Ecchi, and Supernatural while foregrounding the database themes of Gag Humor, Harem, Parody, and Adult Cast. The result is less a side story than a distilled version of what the fanbase already debates about the series.
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AniList’s tag weighting captures the tonal split: Demons at 79% and Nudity at 60% dominate, while Chibi sits at 20%, reflecting that the cute format is a delivery system for ecchi-supernatural material rather than a full tonal reset.
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Its audience metrics are niche but stable for a bonus release: MAL lists it with a 6.78 score from 15,613 votes, while AniList records 140 favourites, suggesting a small group that values it as a collectible franchise add-on.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The specials retain the core creative lineage of the franchise through Tetsuto Uesu’s original story credit and Nekosuke Ookuma’s original character design credit.
Fun fact 2: Maria’s presence in the home-video ecosystem is emphasized beyond these shorts: Funimation’s Burst Season 2 Limited Edition Blu-ray lists Maria’s Secret Video BURST among its extras.
Fun fact 3: The Funimation Burst Season 2 Limited Edition Blu-ray was released on October 30, 2018 with Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English subtitles, and textless opening and closing songs.
Fun fact 4: The broader TV series carries a TV-MA listing on IMDb and a 6.5/10 rating from 4.3K users, aligning with the specials’ reputation as material aimed squarely at adult ecchi-fantasy viewers.
Fun fact 5: Online reception repeatedly frames the franchise as stronger for ecchi fans than for general fantasy audiences: praise centers on fanservice and a decent amount of action in the main series, while criticism often calls the formula familiar for its magic, nudity, and harem setup.