is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in

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's manga magazine ''

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'' from August 2013 to June 2017. A sequel, titled ''Shin Gunjō Senki'', written by Kasahara and illustrated by Azychika, was serialized in the same magazine from January 2021 to March 2022. A

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adaptation, titled ''Brave: Gunjō Senki'', premiered in March 2021.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by , ''Gunjō Senki'' was serialized in

's manga magazine ''

'' from August 29, 2013, to June 15, 2017. Shueisha collected its chapters in 17 volumes, released from January 17, 2014, to August 18, 2017. A sequel, titled , written by Masaki Kasahara and illustrated by Azychika, was serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from January 7, 2021. to March 17, 2022. Shueisha collected its chapters in five volumes, released from March 4, 2021, to April 19, 2022.

''Gunjō Senki''

''Shin Gunjō Senki''

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation, titled premiered in Japan on March 21, 2021. The film stars

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as Aoi Nishino,

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as Ieyasu Tokugawa,

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and Hirona Yamazaki as Haruka Seno. It was directed by

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, with scripts by Masahiro Yamaura and Toru Yamamoto, and music composed by

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performed the film's song theme "Hourglass".

Reception

By November 2019, the ''Gunjō Senki'' manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.

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