History Manga / Senyuu

* [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Kid Foyfoy?]]: Brought up constantly and mercilessly by the main cast at Foyfoy's introduction, poor man.

* WhoIsThisGuyAgain: Although he's a main character, unlike everyone else, Ros's name and job (as Alba's accompanying "Royal Guard") is practically never brought up again after his introduction card. Alba even calls him "Royal Guard" once or twice, not by his name. The webmanga doesn't exactly make this easier by having him be [[spoiler: double re-named.]]

* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: Apples appear prominently in Ross' backstory.

--> '''Ross:''' I like seeing people wheep in despair.

* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: The Dimensional Rift, where [[YearsInsideHoursOutside time flows in a chaotic manner]], and where [[spoiler: The first Rchimedes is sealed]].

A unique form of gag-based manga (and its continuations) by Haruhara Robinson, watchable on NicoNico Seiga and later serialized under Shueisha's [[ShonenJump Jump SQ]], ''Senyuu.'' has been adapted for the Winter2013Anime season, with 13 five-minute episodes planned, as well as a second season of the same size for [[Summer2013Anime July 2013]].

[[quoteblock]]One day, without warning, [[PortalDoor a huge hole appeared in the world]].

"''[[StraightMan I'll treat you, I'll treat you,]] [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall so please do the narration!]]''"[[/quoteblock]]

One day, without warning, [[PortalDoor a huge hole appeared in the world]].

"''[[StraightMan I'll treat you, I'll treat you,]] [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall so please do the narration!]]''"

Huh? What's with this? Who even cares? [[ExcusePlot It's]] [[WidgetSeries not]] [[BlatantLies important.]]

[[LemonyNarrator Man I'm hungry...]] [[LemonyNarrator Maybe I'll try some triple veggie garlic ramen later;]] [[LemonyNarrator haven't had that in a while.]]

"''[[StraightMan I'll treat you,]] [[StraightMan I'll treat you,]]'' ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall so please do the narration!]]''"

''Senyuu.'' begins after the world is thrown into chaos by the arrival of numerous demons, prompting the king to send the descendants of the great hero Creasion, who a thousand years ago sealed away the Demon King Rchimedes, to defeat them... All 74 current possible descendants, that is.

A unique form of gag-based manga (and its continuations) by Haruhara Robinson, watchable on NicoNico Seiga and later serialized under Shueisha's [[ShonenJump Jump SQ]], ''Senyuu.'' has recently been adapted for the Winter2013Anime season, with 13 five-minute episodes planned, as well as a second season of the same size for [[Summer2013Anime July 2013]].

* WildCard: Elf November falls somewhere between ManipulativeBastard and ItAmusedMe, on the one hand he helps Alba reunite with Ares and co. even staying in jail for his sake. This leads to Alba preventing Juli's attempt to off Ros, and all of Dezember's initial plans in the long run for no clear reason. On the other hand he's a big fan of BreakThemByTalking and [[spoiler: Is the BigBad in Chapter 3]]
* WhamEpisode: No, really. [[spoiler:Episode 23 ends with Alba being [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisected]] by Dezember.]]

* WhoIsThisGuyAgain: Although he's a main character, unlike everyone else, Ros's name and job (as Alba's accompanying "Royal Guard") is practically never brought up again after his introduction card. Alba even calls him "Royal Guard" once or twice, not by his name.

* SealedEvilInACan: Rchi-chan's grandfather Rchimedes is this. [[spoiler: The King]] and several of the Twelve Chosen Ones are trying to release him.

* RazorFloss: [[spoiler: Neun]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Utilized by [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Ros]] and true for a number of demons, including Februar and Dezember. Averted for Janua ([[spoiler:unless brainwashed and crazy]]) and Red Fox.

* ShapeshifterBaggage: Played straight by Elf November.
* SingleLineOfDescent: Subverted, both for laughs and as a major plot element; after 1000 years, the ancient hero has a ''lot'' of descendents. [[spoiler:And then subverted ''again'' when it turns out the hero never had any children and therefore has no line of descent at all.]]

* SmugSnake: Dezember [[spoiler: and he learns the hard way once he sees how strong Ros is.]]
* SomeKindOfForceField: [[spoiler: One surrounds Demon King Rchimedes in the dimensional rift and hurts anyone who comes in contact with it.]]
* SoundtrackDissonance: The show is a rapid-fire RandomEventsPlot comedy. The first ending theme, inexplicably, is a slow-paced ballad.

* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: Elf November]] a type C.

* TemporalThemeNaming: The 12 Chosen Ones, each named after a month in a Germanic-sounding fashion (Janua, Februar, Dezember, and so on).

* TimeSkip: About one year between first and second arc, and another 1 year between second and third.

** Ros acts tsundere after stabbing Alba with a [[KnifeNut dagger]] he bought for him. He does it again after being [[spoiler: reuinited with Alba where he genuinely smiles before he starts insulting Alba]].

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Juli can change any part of his body [[spoiler: into that of a dragon]].

* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue: Turns out the Demon King released all the demons on accident and they're all stranded (including herself). Time for her, Alba and Ros to shove them back into their world! ...[[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Not.]] Nonetheless, it's their current objective, and it's not like they haven't tried at least once (at an inopportune moment).

* GenerationXerox: Rchi looks exactly like a miniature version of her mother.

* HeroesPreferSwords: Alba, though he's disarmed before it gets much use. Later he TookALevelInBadass and showed how proficient he is. Hilariously lampshaded when Ros tells Alba that because of his high speed, Alba is more suited to wield [[KnifeNut a dagger]] instead of a sword. After Alba became much stronger with the sword.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: [[spoiler: Ros is powerful enough that he scares the ''Demon King Rchimedes'' and has made him his ButtMonkey in the few scenes he has on screen.]]

* HyperCompetentSidekick: With a NonActionGuy hero like Alba, Ros has to be. (If he feels like it.)
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Miichan the masochist really "enjoys" being kicked by Rchi-chan, getting insulted by Ross, and pretty much anything that involves inflicting him pain be it emotional or physical.

* InnocentInaccurate: PlayedForLaughs as Rchi-chan calls the seemingly-TokenMiniMoe actually-old-granny Februar Zwei "over a 100 years old"[[note]]which to demons apparently equals about 10 human years[[/note]] and becomes excited over the proof of [[spoiler:her]] "curse" that leaves spoiler:her doubling over in pain after moving too quickly.
--> '''Alba''': Rchi-chan, that's called being old.

* KnightOfCerebus: Dezember in a big way.

* LargeHam: Almost every character who has the chance to move from a mudane topic to ''SUDDENLY YELLING SOMETHING RIDICULOUS...!!'' But Janua likes this trope a lot.
* LatexPerfection: Not quite as Elf's eyes are still clearly grey, and his voice is still vaguely recognizable, but his general proportions do change when he puts on his disguise.

* {{Lolicon}}: Rudolf, which [[{{Squick}} grosses Alba]] (and the audience) out with [[ChivalrousPervert his fawning over]] young Rchimedes more than once.

* MasterOfDisguise: What Elf presents himself as to Alba

* NonindicativeTitle: "The Hero" Alba, who does a lot more OnlySaneMan snarking than actual heroism. Or fighting at all. But no worries; the latter part is taken care of by practically everyone else.
** [[http://imageshack.us/a/img16/7610/senyuufull1404521.jpg Nisepanda]], who is not a panda. This one's extra-confusing because "nisepanda" means "fake panda" or "pseudo-panda," but it looks like a [[StylisticSuck horrible rendition of a giraffe]].

* NoRespectGuy: Alba. Rchi-chan the Non-Action TokenMiniMoe Demon King replacement has laughed at your utter ineffectiveness at heroism (and life in general), Alba. She and Ros tend to make fun of him over this a lot.
* NoSenseOfHumor: Dezember and he gets frustrated when people are joking around.

* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler: Alba]] gets [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bifurcated]]. He gets better soon after.

* PaperThinDisguise: Elf is first seen approaching Alba earing an outfit that barely resembles Foyfoy. Then he dresses like a Centaur
** He does a much better job disguising himself as Alba since he's seen and heard him up close.

* PetTheDog: So far, Ros's {{Jerkass}} status has been [[PlayedForLaughs played only for laughs]], and he's done [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a far better job saving people]] (including Janua when Februar Zwei brings him down) than Alba has, to said hero's speechlessness. He's shown slaying Nisepanda in the second chapter of the manga and giving some good advice to Alba afterwards about how he can't depend on others.

* AbandonedArea: Justified concerning the prison they were sent to after Ros kicks Februar through ten sets of cell walls in between them by Ros commenting that she must have wiped the place clean after entering the premise. It's revealed much later that she just puts the residents to sleep, however.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While not "adaptational" per se, since Alba already looks cute in the manga, (but unless it's a case of ArtEvolution that occurs later on in the manga) his looks come off as more boyish in the anime due to his black eyes in the manga becoming larger brown eyes in the anime, with light actually shown reflecting off them.

* BelievingTheirOwnLies: [[spoiler: Ares was lying about being one of the Hero's Creasion's descendants when journeying with Hime. Only to be completely shocked when Ros says he doesn't have any kids after calling him grandpa.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Janua after Februar uses one of her seemingly created-from-darkness whip-like weapons still buried inside his body to control him]]. This is Februar Zwei's ability in general.

* CameBackStrong: Alba, when [[spoiler:he found the original Mana Maker after being teleported to the Dimensional Rift, and inherited both Creasion and Rchimedes' powers]].

* CerebusSyndrome: In season 1 episode 13, the first major plotline in the series is at last fully revealed to the viewer and (for the first time) Alba, which sets a much more serious tone to the (still pretty humorous) episode than any episode before it. (Prior episodes had also given [[{{Foreshadowing}} brief indications]] to the fact that--despite the narrator's airy [[BlatantLies dismissals]] in episode 12--the ExcusePlot would turn out not to be a true ExcusePlot after all.)
** Things get even more serious partway through season 2; this is lampshaded by the narrator: "Where are the jokes? Is this really Senyuu?"
* CombatPragmatist: Oh, sorry, uh, were you ''calling out your attack'' Foyfoy? Just gives Ros time to send you off blasting.

* TheChewToy: Alba. Both for everyone around him, as well as the universe in general as he tends to get [[WeirdnessMagnet sucked into things]] that makes his life suck just when it starts to hit an upswing. [[spoiler: Nowhere is this more obvious than what happens between Chapters 2 and [[OutOfFocus 3]]]]

** The 2nd Rchimedes easily taking on Dezember and Noin at the same time. Until Elf comes to their aid, then ''he's'' the one who's at the receiving end.
** Late in the second arc, Alba easily dispatches Juli and Noin with nothing but a sword and sheath.

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Janua trips and brings a whole three-story McDonalds rip-off down with him. Which lands him in jail.

* TheDragon: Juli Sieben to Dezember Zolf. [[spoiler:Literally as well since he can turn himself into a dragon.]] Later Dezember himself to the 1st Rchimedes.

* ExoticEyeDesigns: Dezember has dice for irises. Neun has a star in his left eye, and the sealed Demon King has [[CreepyCoolCrosses Creepy]] Crosses.
* {{Expy}}: Ros's character design is basically a "dark" palette swap of Cloud Strife's; he even has a BFS and similar competence to back it up. Hell, it's to the point that even his personality can be considered a more...[[TheGadfly upfront]]...version of Cloud's (after the latter's CharacterDevelopment, at least).

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Even if I save the whole world I'll never be forgiven!"[[labelnote: *]] He does and is[[/labelnote]]

* {{Fusion Dance}}: Janua and Samejima does this and became Janujima so they can take on Guilty Justice head to head

* {{Badass}}: Anyone who [[NonActionGuy isn't Alba]], generally. Helps that the majority of the cast are super-powered demons.
** BadassCrew: Did we mention the super-powered demons already? Introduced thus-far are [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Janua Ein]] and [[CombatTentacles Februar Zwei]], out of the 12 Chosen Ones.
** BadassGrandpa: Rudolf, who gets up after being stabbed in the stomach to (initially) beat down Foyfoy, and manages to somehow survive an assassination ordered by the king.
** BadassNormal: Ros, who sends one of said super-powered demons crashing through like, twenty (empty) jail cells into the outside world without breaking a sweat. Also, just about any hero who isn't Alba.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: Alba, after being cut in half by Dezember. Luckily, Ros used time magic right after to undo it]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rchi-chan unleashed demons upon the earth while trying to make popcorn. [[spoiler: Turns out to have been planned by her fellow demons to release her grandfather.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ros (Crunchyroll's spelling on the first episode) is often rendered "Ross," "Rchi-chan" is also otherwise transliterated as "Ruki-chan", "Ares" as "Alles", etc. Crunchy also writes the title of the series as "''Senyu''" (one u, no period) instead of "''Senyuu.''".

* OnlyFriend: Miichan in Janua's heartwarming story, although when [[spoiler:he turns out to be a masochistic talking cat]], it creeps Alba out.

* {{Yandere}}: Lake's mother, Cecily, towards her children.

But the hero we follow is Alba, who on this great and perilous journey will seek to slay the Demon King, risk his life to save...the Demon King...and wind up being thrown in prison for a number of episodes for a completely unrelated reason! [[AccidentalPervert Yeah]], [[WantedPoster right]].

A unique form of gag-based manga (and its continuations) by Haruhara Robinson, watchable on NicoNico Seiga and later serialized under Shueisha's [[ShonenJump Jump SQ]], ''Senyuu.'' has recently been adapted for the Winter2013Anime season, with 13 five-minute episodes planned. A second season has been confirmed for [[Summer2013Anime July 2013]].

* TimeMaster: [[spoiler:Ros]] magic power Time Control [[spoiler: and uses it undo Alba's death when he actiavates it]]. Although it's only [[GodModeSue part of his power]].

* NoRespectGuy: Alba. ''Rchi-chan the Non-Action TokenMiniMoe Demon King replacement'' has ''laughed'' at your ''utter ineffectiveness at heroism (and life in general), Alba.'' She and Ros tend to make fun of him over this a lot.

* MiniMecha: Hime is riding one in the shape of a knight.

** [[He took on the name Ross when hiding his identity in the present. Ross is the name Crea suggested if he would be known as a world-explorer]].

* IllGirl: Foyfoy's little sister Marl. She's the reason why he's willing to do anything for money.

* HeelFaceTurn: Februar pulls one. Doesn't help much though.