Senyu
Senyu 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;Ross
;Ruki
;Foyfoy
;Janua Ein
;Dezember Zwolf
;Elf November
Media
Manga
Webcomic
Written and illustrated by, Senyu started on Nico Nico Seiga website on August 27, 2010. The first part finished on June 17, 2011, and a second part was published from July 1 of that same year, to February 22, 2013. A third part was published from March 1, 2013, to July 4, 2014. A fourth part was published from August 22, 2014, to February 27, 2015. A parallel story, titled Senyu+, was published from April 10, 2015, to February 22, 2019; on that same day, a fifth part of Senyu started.Print versions
Haruhara published a print version of the series in Shueisha's manga magazine Jump Square from May 2, 2012, to April 4, 2013. Its chapters were collected in two volumes, released on December 4, 2012, and July 4, 2013.Another series, titled Senyu: Main Quest Dai-1 Shō, was published in Kodansha's Suiyōbi no Sirius online manga section of Nico Nico Seiga from August 21, 2013, to May 14, 2014. Kodansha collected its chapters in three volumes, released from October 9, 2013, to June 9, 2014.
A sequel, titled Senyu: Main Quest Dai-2 Shō, was published in Suiyōbi no Sirius from June 25, 2014, to March 1, 2014. Kodansha collected its chapters in six volumes, released from December 4, 2014, to May 9, 2017.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in August 2012. Directed by Yutaka Yamamoto and produced by Liden Films and Ordet, it was broadcast on TV Tokyo; the first part was broadcast from January 9 to April 3, 2013, while the second season aired from July 3 to September 25 of that same year. For the first season, JAM Project performed both the opening and ending themes "The Monsters" and "Believe -Eien no Link-", respectively. For the second season, Granrodeo performed the opening theme "Canary", while Alba performed the ending theme "Questers!". Additional original animation DVD episodes were bundled with the series' Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases on October 25 and November 22, 2013.Both season were streamed by Crunchyroll.