Senyu Explained

Ja Kanji:戦勇。
Ja Romaji:Senyū
Genre:Fantasy comedy[1]
Type:web manga
Publisher:Nico Nico Seiga
First:August 27, 2010
Type:manga
Author:Robinson Haruhara
Publisher:Shueisha
Imprint:Jump Comics SQ.
Magazine:Jump Square
First:May 2, 2012
Last:April 4, 2013
Volumes:2
Type:manga
Senyu: Main Quest
Author:Robinson Haruhara
Publisher:Kodansha
Magazine:Suiyōbi no Sirius
First:August 21, 2013
Last:May 14, 2014
Volumes:9
Series titles
Content:
  1. Dai-1 Shō (2013–14, 3 volumes)
  2. Dai-2 Shō (2013–14, 6 volumes)
Type:tv series
Director:Yutaka Yamamoto
Producer:Akira Sasaki
Network:TV Tokyo
First:January 9, 2013
Last:September 25, 2013
Episodes:26

is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by . It started publishing in Nico Nico Seiga website in August 2010; five parts have been released, in addition to a parallel series titled Senyu+. A print version was published in Shueisha's manga magazine Jump Square from May 2012 to April 2013, with its chapters collected in two . Another series, titled Senyu: Main Quest, was published in two parts in Kodansha's Suiyōbi no Sirius online manga section of Nico Nico Seiga from August 2013 to March 2017, with the overall series collected in nine volumes.

A 26-episode anime television series was broadcast for two seasons in 2013.

Plot

A millennium ago, the Demon King wreaked havoc in the human realm, but was sealed by the legendary Hero Creasion. Closer to the story's present, a large hole appeared in the world, from which a large number of demons emerged. The King has ordered the 75 probable descendants of the original hero to destroy the demons and save the world. The story follows Alba, hero number 45, and his quest to save the world. Along the way, he is accompanied by Royal Soldier Ross, whose somewhat sadistic, antagonistic antics serve as comic relief. Alba quickly teams up with the demon queen herself, who is soon revealed to be a naive, young pink-haired girl who accidentally instigated the demon crisis while making popcorn. The series starts almost exclusively comedic, with episodic gags mainly involving Alba's bad luck and Ross's abuses. A more serialized story develops halfway into the first part, as an order of twelve powerful demons themed after the twelve months of the Gregorian Calendar starts attempting to revive the original Demon King. Simultaneously, other probable hero descendants also interfere, with lesser demons and government officials caught in the crossfire.

The world's past and Creasion's origins are explored in the second part, culminating in the supposed defeat of the story's main antagonist, the first Demon King. The third part focuses on the remnants of the twelve demons, especially the strange machinations of one of them, Elf November. The fourth volume explores Elf's past and his complex involvement with existence, concluding Senyu's main storyline.

The fifth part serves as an epilogue, elaborating upon the original story and later shifting to a comedic slice of life where the characters adapt to the world after the chaos wrought by the catastrophic events explained in previous parts. The later portion of the fifth part explores some aspects of Elf's past and introduces a new group of antagonists.

Characters

Alba serves as the main character in the first two parts, though he takes a smaller—albeit significant—role as a side character in the third and fifth parts. Alba is the 45th hero sent out by the King to stop the Demon Lord and travels around with the soldier Ross. Ross usually physically and verbally abuses him, as Alba often acts as the straight man in tsukkomi comedic routines.
  • Ross is the soldier that was sent out with the 45th hero Alba to stop the Demon Lord. He often physically abuses Alba for comedic purposes and the two usually engage in tsukkomi. He possesses extensive knowledge on the nature of the demon crisis—much of which is unknown to his acquaintances—and is one of the most important characters during the whole manga's run.
  • Ruki is the Third Demon Lord. She is several hundred years old, but only became the new Demon Lord ten years ago and therefore identifies as a ten-year-old. While trying to make popcorn, she accidentally released all the monsters onto the human world and is currently traveling around to bring back the twelve great demons.
  • The 23rd hero sent out by the King to stop the Demon Lord. He is initially antagonistic towards the trio, but later proves to be a noble and useful ally. In later chapters, he becomes the head butler of the King's castle, and in volume 3, the first-year teacher of the Hero Academy.
  • One of the twelve demons that Ruki is searching for. Janua has super strength and is obsessed with ninjas, basing his moves and mannerisms around them. Carefree and childish, he is close friends with the comically hypermasculine Samejima, a lower-ranking demon. Janua is not very loyal to the twelve demons and befriends and becomes an ally with the trio roughly halfway through Volume 1. He possesses unique teletransportation abilities with next to no limitations, which makes him key in the plan of the twelve to revive the Demon King.
  • One of the twelve demons that Ruki is searching for. The de facto leader of the 12 demons, he is a fanatic set out to revive the Demon King. To do this, he brought together the 12 demons, each of whom has an ability necessary for his plan (or direct firepower). He serves as the main antagonist of the first part and early second part, and a supporting one in the third part.
  • Another one of the twelve demons that Ruki is searching for. He is mischievous and his motivations are by far the most ambiguous in the series, both helping the heroes and backstabbing them and the other demons on a whim. Later revealed to be immensely powerful and deeply related to the world's past, he is implied to be responsible for most of the events in Senyu's narrative. He serves as a supporting antagonist in the first and second parts, later becoming the main villain in the third part and the protagonist in the fourth part.

    • Media

    Manga

    Webcomic

    Written and illustrated by, Senyu started on Nico Nico Seiga website on August 27, 2010.[2] The first part finished on June 17, 2011, and a second part was published from July 1 of that same year,[3] to February 22, 2013.[4] A third part was published from March 1, 2013,[5] to July 4, 2014.[6] A fourth part was published from August 22, 2014,[7] to February 27, 2015.[8] A parallel story, titled Senyu+, was published from April 10, 2015,[9] to February 22, 2019;[10] on that same day, a fifth part of Senyu started.[11]

    Print versions

    Haruhara published a print version of the series in Shueisha's manga magazine Jump Square from May 2, 2012,[12] [13] to April 4, 2013.[14] Its chapters were collected in two volumes, released on December 4, 2012,[15] and July 4, 2013.[16]

    Another series, titled, was published in Kodansha's Suiyōbi no Sirius online manga section of Nico Nico Seiga from August 21, 2013,[17] to May 14, 2014.[18] Kodansha collected its chapters in three volumes, released from October 9, 2013,[19] to June 9, 2014.[20]

    A sequel, titled, was published in Suiyōbi no Sirius from June 25, 2014,[21] to March 1, 2014.[22] Kodansha collected its chapters in six volumes, released from December 4, 2014,[23] to May 9, 2017.[24]

    Anime

    An anime television series adaptation was announced in August 2012.[1] Directed by Yutaka Yamamoto and produced by Liden Films and Ordet, it was broadcast on TV Tokyo;[25] the first part was broadcast from January 9 to April 3, 2013,[26] while the second season aired from July 3 to September 25 of that same year.[27] [28] For the first season, JAM Project performed both the opening and ending themes "The Monsters" and, respectively.[26] For the second season, Granrodeo performed the opening theme, while Alba performed the ending theme "Questers!".[28] Additional original animation DVD (OAD) episodes were bundled with the series' Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases on October 25 and November 22, 2013.[29]

    Both season were streamed by Crunchyroll.[30] [31]

    Episodes

    Season 2

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

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    2. Web site: ja:「戦勇。」（作：春原ロビンソン）が4周年を迎えました！. https://blog.nicovideo.jp/seiga/2014/08/4.html. Nico Nico Seiga. Dwango. August 23, 2023. ja. August 27, 2014. August 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230823045507/https://blog.nicovideo.jp/seiga/2014/08/4.html. live.
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    5. Web site: ja:まだまだ冒険は終わらない!! アニメ「戦勇。」第2期放送決定＆新ビジュアル、第2期PVも公開！. https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1364962268. Animate Times. August 23, 2023. ja. April 4, 2013. March 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315041856/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1364962268. live.
    6. Web site: ja:TVアニメ「戦勇。」第1期＆第2期の一挙放送が決定！. http://blog.nicovideo.jp/niconews/ni047212.html. Nico Nico Seiga. Dwango. August 23, 2023. ja. July 11, 2014. September 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150926182858/http://blog.nicovideo.jp/niconews/ni047212.html. live.
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    8. Web site: ja:戦勇。第四章. Nico Nico Seiga. https://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/senyu4. Dwango. August 23, 2023. ja. August 27, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233846/http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/senyu4. March 4, 2016.
    9. Web site: ja:『戦勇＋』（作：春原ロビンソン）連載スタート！ 単行本情報も. https://blog.nicovideo.jp/seiga/2015/04/58.html. Nico Nico Seiga. Dwango. August 23, 2023. ja. April 10, 2015. August 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230823045505/https://blog.nicovideo.jp/seiga/2015/04/58.html. live.
    10. Web site: ja:戦勇＋. https://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/senyuplus. Nico Nico Seiga. Dwango. August 23, 2023. ja. April 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20190916172554/https://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/senyuplus. September 16, 2019.
    11. Haruhara, Robinson. haruhara. 1098910587629662208. ja:戦勇F5（リロード）今日から連載開始です４ 章の続きからスタートしてます「最近よんでないわ～」って人も是非. August 23, 2023. ja. February 22, 2019.
    12. Web site: ja:ジャンプSQにIKKIの異才・笠辺哲の読切＆「あの花」始動. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/67229. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. August 23, 2023. ja. April 4, 2012. October 9, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181009155901/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/67229. live.
    13. Web site: ja:ジャンプSQ.2012年6. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M642528. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. August 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230823033549/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M642528. August 23, 2023. ja. live.
    14. Web site: ja:ジャンプSQ.2013年5. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M642544. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. August 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230823011514/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M642544. August 23, 2023. ja. live.
    15. Web site: ja:【12月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/80978. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. August 23, 2023. ja. December 4, 2012. October 9, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181009161003/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/80978. live.
    16. Web site: ja:【7月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/94252. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. August 23, 2023. ja. July 4, 2013. July 12, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712225637/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/94252. live.
    17. Web site: ja:ニコニコ静画の『戦勇。』、「水曜日のシリウス」で連載開始. https://www.itmedia.co.jp/ebook/articles/1308/21/news092.html. ITmedia. September 12, 2020. ja. August 21, 2013. September 12, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912062102/https://www.itmedia.co.jp/ebook/articles/1308/21/news092.html. live.
    18. Web site: ja:戦勇。 メインクエスト 第一章. http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/7690. Nico Nico Seiga. Dwango. August 23, 2023. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20150608012950/http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/7690. June 8, 2015.
    19. Web site: ja:「戦勇。メインクエスト第一章」で表紙センター争奪総選挙. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/101082. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. August 23, 2023. ja. October 9, 2013. August 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230823045506/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/101082. live.
    20. Web site: ja:【6月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/118388. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. August 23, 2023. ja. June 9, 2014. January 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230130141250/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/118388. live.
    21. Haruhara, Robinson. haruhara. 481647984778547202. ja:【マンガ】戦勇。 メインクエスト 第二章 第1話「アルバ、再挙する。」 http://nico.ms/mg93750 を投稿しました。 #mg93750. August 23, 2023. ja. June 25, 2014.
    22. Haruhara, Robinson. haruhara. 836788098616836096. ja:【マンガ】戦勇。 メインクエスト 第二章 最終話「アルバ、帰還する。」 http://nico.ms/mg217274 を投稿しました。 #mg217274. August 23, 2023. ja. March 1, 2017.
    23. Web site: ja:春原ロビンソン「がくモン！」1巻記念し新作アニメ公開、台本プレゼントも. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/132942. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. August 23, 2023. ja. December 4, 2014. June 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190622014440/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/132942. live.
    24. Web site: ja:春原ロビンソン「戦勇。第二章」絵本付き限定版6巻発売、札幌でサイン会. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/231187. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. August 23, 2023. ja. May 3, 2017. September 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170918064419/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/231187. live.
    25. Web site: Loo. Egan. Senyū Fantasy Comedy TV Anime's 2nd Promo Streamed. Anime News Network. August 23, 2023. December 23, 2012. May 17, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220517220132/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-23/senyu-fantasy-comedy-tv-anime-2nd-promo-streamed. live.
    26. Web site: ja:戦勇。[第1期]. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C14863. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. August 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230823051303/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C14863. August 23, 2023. ja. live.
    27. Web site: Loo. Egan. Senyu Fantasy Comedy Anime Gets 2nd Season This July. Anime News Network. August 23, 2023. April 1, 2013. May 17, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220517150026/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-01/senyu-fantasy-comedy-anime-gets-2nd-season-this-july. live.
    28. Web site: ja:戦勇。[第2期]. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C14864. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. August 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230823051302/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C14864. August 23, 2023. ja. live.
    29. Web site: Loveridge. Lynzee. Senyū Fantasy Comedy BD/DVDs to Bundle 2 More OVAs. Anime News Network. August 23, 2023. July 15, 2013. March 4, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230304000109/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-15/senyu-fantasy-comedy-bd/dvds-to-bundle-2-more-ovas. live.
    30. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Crunchyroll to Stream Senyū Fantasy Comedy TV Anime. Anime News Network. August 23, 2023. January 7, 2013. March 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180327030726/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-07/crunchyroll-to-stream-senyu-fantasy-comedy-tv-anime. live.
    31. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Crunchyroll to Stream Senyū. Anime's 2nd Season. Anime News Network. August 23, 2023. June 26, 2013. March 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310144450/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-26/crunchyroll-to-stream-senyu-anime-2nd-season. live.

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