Maoyu

Maoyū: Maō Yūsha(まおゆう ma vương dũng giả,"Demon King and Hero" ),also known asMaoyu,orArchenemy and Heroin English, is a Japaneselight novelseries byMamare Tounothat was initially posted in a play format on the textboard2channelin 2009.Enterbrainpublished five main novels in the series, in addition to three side-story novels between 2010 and 2012, selling over 450,000 copies in total. It has received several manga adaptations. A 12-episodeanimeadaptation byArmsaired in Japan from January 5 to March 30, 2013. The series follows the exploits of a human hero and the queen of demons who join forces to bring peace and prosperity to their war-torn world.

Maoyū: Maō Yūsha
Cover of volume 1 featuring the title characters
まおゆう ma vương dũng giả
Genre	Fantasy
Light novel
Written by	Mamare Touno
Illustrated by	Keinojou Mizutama,toi8
Published by	Enterbrain
Demographic	Male
Original run	December 29, 2010–December 22, 2012
Volumes	8
Manga
Maoyū Maō Yūsha: Oka no Mukō e
Written by	Mamare Touno
Illustrated by	Hiro Touge
Published by	Akita Shoten
Magazine	Champion Red
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	May 19, 2011–August 19, 2014
Volumes	8
Manga
Maoyu: Archenemy and Hero "Become mine, Hero" "I refuse!"
Written by	Mamare Touno
Illustrated by	Akira Ishida
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Comp Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	May 26, 2011–August 26, 2016
Volumes	18
Manga
Written by	Mamare Touno
Illustrated by	You Asami
Published by	Enterbrain
Magazine	Famitsu Comic Clear
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 24, 2011–November 11, 2016
Volumes	8
Manga
Maoyū 4-Koma: Muitemasen yo, Maō-sama!
Written by	Mamare Touno
Illustrated by	Ronchi Nanatsumu
Published by	Enterbrain
Magazine	Magi-CuComics web
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	Jun 29, 2011–October 2, 2014
Volumes	3
Manga
Maoyū Maō Yūsha Gaiden: Madoromi no Onna Mahōtsukai
Written by	Mamare Touno
Illustrated by	Taiki Kawakami
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Sirius
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	November 26, 2011–March 25, 2014
Volumes	7
Anime television series
Directed by	Takeo Takahashi
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa
Music by	Takeshi Hama
Studio	Arms
Licensed by	AUS:Madman Entertainment NA:Sentai Filmworks UK:Anime on Demand
Original network	Tokyo MX,Mie Television,tvk,Sun TV,KBS,GBS,Animax
English network	SEA:Animax Asia
Original run	January 5, 2013–March 30, 2013
Episodes	12

Plot

See also:List of Maoyu characters

The story is set in a world embroiled by war between Humans and Demons. The Humans' greatest warrior, the Hero(Dũng giả,Yūsha),invades the castle of the Demon King(Ma vương,Maō),intent on vanquishing the leader of the Demons. Inside, the Hero discovers that the Demon King is in fact a Demon Queen; and instead of battling him, the Demon Queen proposes an alliance with the Hero. She explains how a sudden end to the war can bring further chaos to the world as the Humans, once united to stand against their common enemies, would eventually begin fighting among themselves, with similar issues already occurring in the Demon Realm. Convinced by her words, the Hero joins forces with the Queen, and together they execute a plan to bring prosperity and a lasting peace to both Humans and Demons alike.

Production

Commercial releases

Game designer Shōji Masuda took note of the series and contacted the author on Twitter.This led to the establishment of a project to publish the series commercially as a novel.Masuda acted as the series' publication supervisor, with Atsushi Yamakita and Hiromi Hosoe taking on the role of setting director, Atsushi Yamakita providing extra consulting on map creation, toi8 providing illustrations, with additional character design assistance from Keinojō Mizutama. Besides the novel series, the franchise has received several manga adaptations and drama CDs and a TV anime adaptation, which was broadcast between January and March 2013.

Media

Light novels

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
01	"Become Mine, Hero" "I Refuse!"( “この ngã のものとなれ, dũng giả よ” “Đoạn る!” )	December 29, 2010	978-4-04-726933-0
02	Conspiracy ofKurultai(Hốt lân tháp(クリルタイ)の âm mưu )	January 31, 2011	978-4-04-726994-1
03	Expeditionary force of Seiken(Thánh kiện(せいけん)Viễn chinh quân )	April 28, 2011	978-4-04-727097-8
04	What Can be Done With These Hands(この thủ でできること)	July 16, 2011	978-4-04-727098-5
Episode01	Episode1 Female Magician from Elms country(エピソード1 du の quốc の nữ ma pháp sử い)	October 31, 2011	978-4-04-727551-5
05	The other side of the hill(あの khâu の hướng こうに)	January 21, 2012	978-4-04-727144-9
Episode00	Episode0 Archer from Dune country(エピソード0 sa khâu の quốc の cung sử い)	June 30, 2012	978-4-04-728095-3
Episode02	Episode2 Female Knight from Flowers country(エピソード2 hoa の quốc の nữ kỵ sĩ )	December 22, 2012	978-4-04-728456-2

Manga

The manga seriesMaoyu: Archenemy and Hero "Become mine, Hero" "I refuse!",illustrated by Akira Ishida, was published in English digitally by Kadokawa Shoten, with the first two volumes made available onBookWalkeron December 24, 2014.First 16 volumes were released. Yen Presshad licensed the manga and planned to release it in a digital format.

No.	Release date	ISBN
01	August 24, 2011	978-4-04-715766-8
02	December 20, 2011	978-4-04-120054-4
03	April 24, 2012	978-4-04-120205-0
04	August 23, 2012	978-4-04-120361-3
05	December 21, 2012	978-4-04-120518-1
06	February 22, 2013	978-4-04-120577-8
07	May 23, 2013	978-4-04-120697-3
08	August 21, 2013	978-4-04-120822-9
09	December 26, 2013	978-4-04-120938-7
10	March 26, 2014	978-4-04-121047-5
11	July 26, 2014	978-4-04-101732-6
12	October 25, 2014	978-4-04-101733-3
13	January 26, 2015	978-4-04-101734-0
14	April 25, 2015	978-4-04-101735-7
15	July 25, 2015	978-4-04-102908-4
16	October 26, 2015	978-4-04-102909-1
17	February 26, 2016	978-4-04-102910-7
18	August 26, 2016	978-4-04-104685-2

Anime

See also:List of Maoyu episodes

A 12-episodeanimetelevision series adaptation, directed byTakeo Takahashiand produced byArms,aired in Japan on January 5 to March 30, 2013 onTokyo MX.The screenplay is written byNaruhisa Arakawaand the music is by Takeshi Hama. The anime is streaming byCrunchyrollwith English subtitles.The opening theme song is "Headwind"(Hướng かい phong,Mukaikaze)by Yohko and the ending theme song is "Unknown Vision" byAkino Arai.Sentai Filmworkshas acquired the series for a release in North America, while in Australia it is licensed byMadman Entertainment.

External links

• Official website(in Japanese)
• Official anime website(in Japanese)
• Maoyu(novel) atAnime News Network's encyclopedia