A Centaur's Life
A world where centaurs, demons, and angels live daily life.
A Centaur's Life, known in Japan as Centaur's Worries, is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series by Kei Murayama. The series has been serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Ryū magazine since February 2011, and is published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Emon aired in Japan from July to September 2017. The series takes place in a world that took a different path of evolution from the world we know resulting in mythological creatures, such as centaurs, satyrs, mermaids, and demons, taking the place of humans in today's society.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Slice of life
- comedy
- supernatural
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Characters
Himeno Kimihara is a gentle centaur girl whose friends call her "hime," short for princess, and she worries about her chest and body size as she grows up. Nozomi Gokuraku, a demon girl with a rough edge, lives in a karate dojo and gets teased for looking boyish. Kyouko Naraku, a half-satyress, stays cool and composed, much like her older brother. Manami Mitama, an angel girl who naturally acts like a committee chair, takes care of her four younger sisters while her mother is away and her father chases a career as an artist. Mitsuyo Akechi, a ram-horned girl with a cheeky streak, is a lesbian dating Inukai but also likes to tease other girls. Inukai Michiru, a girl with a unicorn horn, is Mitsuyo's girlfriend. Makoto Komori is a perverted demon boy who has a crush on Himeno. Chidori Hyappo, a shy angel boy, works as Manami's assistant. Yutaka Nekomi is a cat boy and Komori's friend. Kousaku Fujimoto is a satyr student. Quetzalcoatl Sassassul, a foreign exchange student from Antarctica who looks like a snake, thinks logically and feels out of place in Japanese culture, though she is gentle, friendly, and adaptable. Shino, a centaur in kindergarten, is Himeno's cousin and adores her. Miura is a mermaid at 14th Aquatic High. Chigusa, Chinami, and Chiho Mitama, known as the Chi-chans, are Manami's identical triplet sisters with light orange hair, cat ears, and tails like their father; they differ by hairstyle: Chigusa has twin braids, Chinami a ponytail, and Chiho a bob-cut. Sue Mitama, the youngest sibling, is a rare angel-cat mix with a strange disease, has white hair like her older sister and mother, and is quiet, sensitive, and soft-spoken despite being happy and playful. Riri, a neighbor and friend of the youngest Mitama sisters, has a six-legged dog named Yoshi. Mii is a friend and classmate of Shino from kindergarten. Maki is also listed among the characters.
Media
Kei Murayama's manga first appeared in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Ryū in February 2011. As of September 12, 2025, twenty-six collected volumes have been published. Following Comic Ryū's shift to a digital-only format on June 19, 2018, the series continued online. Seven Seas Entertainment holds the English-language license and began releasing the manga in North America on November 5, 2013. A television anime adaptation was revealed through the wraparound jacket of the manga's fourteenth volume, released December 13, 2016. Haoliners Animation League's Japanese division Emon produced the animation, with Naoyuki Konno directing and Fumitoshi Oizaki serving as chief director. Touko Machida handled series composition, while Sakae Shibuya designed the characters and acted as chief animation director. The twelve-episode series aired on Tokyo MX from July 9 to September 24, 2017. Purely Monster performed the opening theme "Oshiete Darwin," and Asaka performed the ending theme "Edelweiss." Crunchyroll streamed the series, and Funimation produced an English dub and released it on home video through their partnership.
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