Senryu Girl
Senryu Girl, also romanized as Senryuu Shojo, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakuni Igarashi. The series was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 2016 to April 2020, and has been compiled into thirteen volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Connect aired from April to June 2019.
Plot
The story focuses on the relationship between Nanako Yukishiro, a girl who only communicates through senryū written on tanzaku, and Eiji Busujima, an ex-delinquent who attempts to write his own senryū. The story follows their different takes on everyday life through their senryu. Most chapters take the form of a collection of yonkomas with a few more traditional pages thrown in; these tell the chapter's story when read in order.Characters
;Nanako Yukishiro;Eiji Busujima
;Amane Katagiri
;Koto Ōtsuki
;Kino Yakobe
;Tao Hanakai
;Hanabi Busujima
Media
Manga
Senryu Girl, written and illustrated by Masakuni Igarashi, was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 19, 2016, to April 22, 2020. The 173 individual chapters were collected in 13 tankōbon volumes, released between April 17, 2017, and June 17, 2020.Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 6, 2018. The series was animated by Connect, with Masato Jinbo directing and writing the series, and Maki Hashimoto designing the characters. It aired from April 6 to June 22, 2019, on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS. Sonoko Inoue performed the series' opening theme song "Kotonoha no Omoi", while Rikako Aida performed the series' ending theme song "Ordinary Love". Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series worldwide excluding Asia. Muse Communication licensed the anime in Southeast Asia.Reception
The anime adaptation generated over 100,000 copies for manga sales.The manga has over 600,000 copies sold in print.