Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!

The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! (ジャヒー様はくじけない！, Jahī-sama wa Kujikenai!, lit. "Jahy-sama Won't Be Discouraged!") is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Wakame Konbu. It has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker since August 2017, and its chapters have been collected into nine tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga is licensed by Square Enix. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from August to December 2021 on ABC and TV Asahi's ANiMAZiNG!!! programming block.

Synopsis
Once respected as the Demon Realm's second greatest authority, the Demon King's aide, Jahy, ruled her subjects with fear. But when a magical girl attacks and destroys a mystic gem containing massive power, the Demon Realm is destroyed.

Although she survives, Jahy has lost almost all of her powers and finds herself stranded in the human world with a childlike appearance. In order to gather more mystic gems so that she can permanently restore both her original form and the Demon Realm, Jahy will have to adjust to her new life and deal with everyday problems that she has never experienced before. From working to pay for living expenses to arguing with her landlord whenever her rent is late, the great Jahy will not be discouraged!

Manga
Originally starting as a one-shot in March 2017, Square Enix has serialized The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! in its monthly shōnen magazine, Gangan Joker, since August of the same year. As of October 21, 2022, nine tankōbon volumes have been published, starting with the first volume released on February 22, 2018. In North America, the manga is published by the Manga & Books division of Square Enix. The first volume was originally scheduled to release in September 2020, but had to be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The release date was changed to July 27, 2021.

Character
"The Dark Realm's No. 2, The Great Jahy. A cruel beauty, an existence feared and loved by all... Well, was."

- Jahy A woman who once reigned as the No. 2 in the Dark Realm. She has dark skin, has long dark navy hair in a large braid, and wears revealing clothing. Her nicknames are "Hy-chan" and "Jahy". In the demon world, she made the most of her luxury and lived an elegant life surrounded by many of her subordinates. Lives while working part-time at an Izakaya Mao in a run-down apartment. She is an influential person who has served as a close aide to the Dark Lord, and has her power, magic, and beauty.

She also disposed of her less loyal subordinates herself, and while she was feared in the demon world, she was also respected by many. She has lost her power and position in the human world, and she has fallen into the form of a powerless little girl. She usually spends her time in the form of a little girl, but if she uses the power of the magic stone that remains in her hand, she can return to her original adult woman form for a certain period of time and use magic. She earns her living by working part-time during that time. She has a strong pride as the former No. 2 in the demon world, and her position and behavior at that time are the same in the human world, so she often fails due to her stubbornness and pretentiousness.

On the other hand, she is always discouraged because there are many things that go wrong in the human world, so she is moved every time she succeeds or is praised. She was traumatized by the magical girl who destroyed the demon world, and after learning that she was in the human world, she desperately worked out her magical girl countermeasures while collecting magic stones. She looks down on humans from the bottom of her heart, but she trusts her store manager and landlord, who are her benefactors, and believes in her stories about the demon world and magic stones without a doubt. She especially forgives her heart and feels friendship with Kokoro Sasaki. When she is in her little girl form, she wears a shirt with the words "Demon Realm Reconstruction" written in large letters, but when she is in her original form, she is easily suspicious due to her high degree of exposure. are often asked job questions.

Abilities
As the former No. 2 of the Dark Realm, Jahy has been stated to have been powerful individual who had many supernatural abilities at her disposal. Due to the destruction of her home realm and her lack of mana crystals to use as a power source, however, she currently can't access the vast majority of the abilities she claimed to have had back when she was the No. 2, only a limited and weaker amount.

The mana crystal have a side effect to a human, if a human possessed a mana crystal or only a piece of it. It can cause bad luck or great misfortune who has it.
 * Transformation: Jahy was transformed into a child upon leaving the Dark Realm, but is still able to revert to her initial form for a limited period of time each day as long as she is in possession of a mana crystal. The duration of time for which she's able to transform is dictated by the size and power of the gem she's using. Back before the realm's deconstruction, she was also able to grow a pair of wings.
 * Matter Manipulation: Via the use of a mana crystal, Jahy is able to remove particles such as dirt and grime and quell stenches without physically moving. She can also cause thunderstorms, and manipulate some form of gem-like matter to use as projectiles.
 * Resurrection: Via the use of a number of more powerful mana crystals, Jahy claimed she would be able to restore the Dark Realm to its former glory by herself, and that she'd also be able to revive the demon lord.

TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on April 16, 2021. The two-cour series was animated by Silver Link and directed by Mirai Minato, with Michiko Yokote overseeing series scripts, Saori Nakashiki designing characters and serving as chief animation director, and Kōji Fujimoto and Osamu Sasaki composing the music. It aired from August 1 to December 19, 2021, on ABC and TV Asahi's ANiMAZiNG!!! [ja] programming block. The first opening theme is "Fightin★Pose", performed by Yui Ogura, while the ending theme is "Tsumari wa Itsumo Kujikenai!" (つまりはいつもくじけない！, "In Other Words, I'm Always Undefeated!"), performed by NEGI☆U, a unit formed of Hololive Production-affiliated VTubers Minato Aqua, Oozora Subaru, and Momosuzu Nene. The second opening theme is "Seikatsu Konkyū Dame Dinero" (生活こんきゅーダメディネロ, "Life in Poverty, No Good Dinero"), performed by Sumire Uesaka, while the ending theme is "Petals" (ペタルズ, Petaruzu), performed by Miho Okasaki. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia. Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia and released it on Aniplus Asia.

Staff

 * Original - Konbu seaweed
 * Director - Minato Mirai
 * Assistant Director - Yuji Ibe
 * Series composition - Michiko Yokote
 * Character Design - Saori Nakashiki
 * Prop Design - Takahiro Nakatsugawa
 * Art Director - Hidenori Nakahara
 * Art setting - Tomoyasu Fujise
 * Color design - Taeko Mizuno
 * Cinematographer - Atsushi Sato
 * 3D Director - Makoto Endo
 * Editing - Yuji Kondo
 * Acoustic Director - Toru Kanee
 * Music - Koji Fujimoto, Osamu Sasaki
 * Music Production - King Records
 * Music Producer - Yutaka Suwa
 * Chief Producer - Kazusa Umeda, Ryuji Abe
 * Producers - Takuya Matsumoto, Yutaka Suwa, Takumi Ito, Yoshito Hayano, Shota Komatsu
 * Animation Producer - Hayato Kaneko
 * Animation production - SILVER LINK.
 * Production - "Jahy-sama Won't Be Discouraged!" Production Committee

Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai! was released on Blu-ray in five volumes from December 22, 2021 to April 27, 2022. On July 19, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.

External Link

 * Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai! ─ Official Manga Website (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime "Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!" Official Website
 * TV Anime "Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!" Official (@jahysama_anime) - Twitter
 * TV Anime "Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!" Official Website | Wednesday Animation - Asahi Broadcasting TV
 * Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai! ─ Wikipedia  JP 
 * Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai! ─ Wikipedia  EN 

Trivia

 * Jahy's name come from Jahi, the Zoroastrian demoness of lasciviousness and lust.