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 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Connect aired from April 6 to June 22, 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

Senryū Shōjo is written and illustrated by Masakuni Igarashi. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on October 19, 2016. In February 2020, it was announced that the manga would end with thirteen volumes. The manga finished on April 22, 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.
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Reception

The anime adaptation generated over 100,000 copies for manga sales.
The manga has over 600,000 copies sold in print.