YuYuYu is a multimedia franchise, and imo reading or knowing the LN will greatly expand the YuYuYu universe. Those who want to read the LN can find it here https://pastebin.com/2wvjCyrV
Those who want to remain 'anime-only' can read this summary below. Please be aware that this summary is spoilerish and there's no guarantee that the LN will not be adapted into anime later as there are a lot of LN reference in anime. Read at your own risk. This summary will not contain characters' death spoilers.
Japanese Shinto : Heavenly Gods & Land Gods, possible theory
Heavenly God: Literally higher beings that creates the world in Japanese mythology. Ex: Izanagi (God of creation), Amaterasu (Goddess of Sun). Some watchers believe the heavenly God that mainly responsible in YuYuYu is Amaterasu, as Leo Vertex is heavily associated with the sun, and in NoWaYu last chapter it is mentioned that a 'sun' descended to earth and set the world ablaze
Land Gods: Supernatural being that dwells on earth. Because of their power people often made shrines for them. They come in many forms: spirit that protects a certain area, ancient warrior spirit, youkai, ghost, or even heavenly gods that descend on earth. You could see that the seirei(spirit/faeries) in YuYuYu mostly have the name of Youkai like Tengu or Gyuuki(alias of Hachibi).
Shinju in YuYuYu is agglomeration of Land Gods
There were conflicts between land gods and heavenly gods in Japanese mythology so it's not surprising to see the events in YuYuYu series.
Novel 1: Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru
-Story of the first generation yuusha/hero. Includes: Nogi Wakaba(Sonoko's ancestor), Takashima Yuuna(exact appearance as Yuuna now), and 3 other heroes(see MAL page)
-Vertex, a creation of heavenly Gods attacks in 2015 A.D.(christian era). Heavenly Gods wanted to eradicate all the earth dweller, land gods and humanity included.
-Few girls receive power from Land Gods in Suwa and Shikoku. Those who receive the power to fight is called Yuusha(hero) and those who receive the power of oracle is called miko(shrine maiden)
-War between humanity and Vertex lasts approximately 4 years (Suwa+Shikoku)
-Heroes got overwhelmed, and the heavenly gods set the earth ablaze, leaving only Shikoku and humans inside the Shinju barrier become the last humanity survived.
-Taisha decided to beg for amnesty from Heavenly Gods by offering mikos to the fire on the outside world. This ritual is called Fire Offering Festival and had been done in ancient age. Heavenly Gods agreed to give amnesty in condition that humanity never leave Shikoku and abandon divine/hero power. After this event the vertex stopped attacking for approximately 300 years
-The end of the world marks the end of christian calendar, and the new era is called Divine Era, to commemorate the Shinju that protected humanity.
-In year 100 D.E., every thing related to Vertex was erased from history, and only Taisha knows about the truth.
Novel 2: Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de Aru
Almost every plot point is on anime, here are some things that are skipped:
-Sumi is both a hero and Miko, and we see that she saw an oracle when the Leo would come
-Both parents of Fuu&Itsuki died on the last battle of WaSuYu. They tried to evacuate people from the collapsing great bridge but they ended up killed.
-In bonus chapter Sonoko talked to Tougou about mass produced hero system
Novel 3: Kusunoki Mebuki wa Yuusha de Aru
-Tells the story of 32 mass produced hero called sentinel, and their mission is to scout the outside world and plant 'seed'. This mass produced ones(sentinel) is weaker compared to 'true' hero like Yuuna&co
-Mebuki was Karin's rival and they competed to get Gin's hero terminal. Mebuki ended up losing, and eventually she became the commander of the Sentinel
-In latest chapters, Heavenly Gods are angry at the fact that humans leaving Shikoku, violating their treaty. As a result, the fire in outside world become hotter, and heat resistance suit that the sentinels wear will eventually become vulnerable against the heat, and they wouldn't be able to achieve their mission. If the heat keeps rising Shikoku would also burn as Shinju's lifespan is reaching its end and its power is already depleted. Taisha also afraid that the Heavenly Gods themselves would descend to earth and end humanity.
-In final chapter, Taisha decided to sacrifice 6 miko for fire offering festival, begging for amnesty again from heavenly gods. Taisha told Tougou about this situation. Tougou agreed to be the sacrifice instead, saving the lives of 6 Miko. Only 1 Tougou as sacrifice is needed because she is both a hero and a miko which is very rare. The story continues in Yuusha no Shou
The 32 girls do NOT have Hero powers, they were just selected because of the results of the Hero Aptitude test. Their weapons and special armor were designed by the Taisha. Nothing comes from the Shinju itself like the actual Heroes.
The 32 girls do NOT have Hero powers, they were just selected because of the results of the Hero Aptitude test. Their weapons and special armor were designed by the Taisha. Nothing comes from the Shinju itself like the actual Heroes.
Thx for replying XD. I think I should also add on my first post that they're far weaker than normal hero.
I think they still got power & blessing from Shinju, iirc Aya said it herself. Logically, taisha themselves doesn't have power to grant super human power. Mebuki&co not only wear suits, but their strength is also enhaced. It's just shinju could only provide 'true' hero power of maximum 6 people.
Taisha also did design hero armor. It was mentioned that taisha change Gin's twin axe into twin swords.
NeoAnkara said: How I wish that Hanayui got some English server too.
Let's hope YuYuYu become a bigger franchise to get english server. I'm currently satisfied with the japanese one. Usually they're using easy SoL language so I could follow the conversation even if my japanese are not that good, and blessings to roll gacha are easy to get u don't need to cash
NeoAnkara said: How I wish that Hanayui got some English server too.
Let's hope YuYuYu become a bigger franchise to get english server. I'm currently satisfied with the japanese one. Usually they're using easy SoL language so I could follow the conversation even if my japanese are not that good, and blessings to roll gacha are easy to get u don't need to cash
I have too many game that my phone already full. But I still watch the story translation on youtube. Seeing Gun-chan being happy is great though she is influenced by Tougo too much on how to treat Yuuna(s).
Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together.
NeoAnkara said: How I wish that Hanayui got some English server too.
Let's hope YuYuYu become a bigger franchise to get english server. I'm currently satisfied with the japanese one. Usually they're using easy SoL language so I could follow the conversation even if my japanese are not that good, and blessings to roll gacha are easy to get u don't need to cash
I have too many game that my phone already full. But I still watch the story translation on youtube. Seeing Gun-chan being happy is great though she is influenced by Tougo too much on how to treat Yuuna(s).
Lol yeah. The mobage is gayer than LN or anime. And yup, seeing all the characters spending great times with each other makes me glad.
NeoAnkara said: How I wish that Hanayui got some English server too.
Let's hope YuYuYu become a bigger franchise to get english server. I'm currently satisfied with the japanese one. Usually they're using easy SoL language so I could follow the conversation even if my japanese are not that good, and blessings to roll gacha are easy to get u don't need to cash
I have too many game that my phone already full. But I still watch the story translation on youtube. Seeing Gun-chan being happy is great though she is influenced by Tougo too much on how to treat Yuuna(s).
Lol yeah. The mobage is gayer than LN or anime. And yup, seeing all the characters spending great times with each other makes me glad.
And then you have something bizarre like this.
Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together.
@NeoAnkara lol Sonoko really enjoys having a 'twin'. It's a bit strange that the mobage will have a happy christmas event soon while we got depressing christmas in anime.
jejehartadi said: @NeoAnkara lol Sonoko really enjoys having a 'twin'. It's a bit strange that the mobage will have a happy christmas event soon while we got depressing christmas in anime.
Because YuYuYu use equivalent exchange where for every happy event there is the same amount of suffering.
Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together.