Sengoku Youko

Sengoku Youko (Japanese: 戦国妖狐, Hepburn: Sengoku Yōko, lit. 'Warring States Youko') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoshi Mizukami. It was serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine from December 2007 to July 2014, and continued on the Comic Blade web manga service from September 2014 to May 2016. The manga was compiled into 17 tankōbon volumes. The story is set in a world where humans and monsters called 'katawara' coexist. The main characters are Tama, a girl with katawara blood, and her stepbrother Jinka. Despite being a katawara, Tama loves humans and vows to protect them from evil. Jinka, however, hates humans despite mostly being one. They are joined by Shinsuke, a cowardly swordsman who desires to become strong. The series explores the conflict between different races and the journey of the protagonists as they strive to achieve their respective dreams. In 2024, a television anime adaptation produced by White Fox was released, divided into two parts to fully adapt the manga's two main story arcs. The first part, 'Yonaoshi Kyōdai-hen' (Siblings for World Reformation Arc), aired from January to April 2024, and the second part, 'Senma Konton-hen' (The Chaos of a Thousand Demons Arc), aired from July to December 2024. Additionally, the manga was adapted into a stage play, which ran in Tokyo from September to October 2024.