# Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem

Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem (Japanese: ちるらん 新撰組鎮魂歌, Hepburn: Chiruran: Shinsengumi Chinkon-ka), also known as The Shinsengumi, is a Japanese manga series written by Shinya Umemura [ja] and illustrated by Eiji Hashimoto [ja]. It was serialized in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon from October 2010 to April 2023, with its chapters collected in 36 tankōbon volumes as of July 2023.

## Media
### Manga

Written by Shinya Umemura [ja] and illustrated by Eiji Hashimoto [ja], Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem started in Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon on October 25, 2010. the manga finished serialization in the magazine on April 25, 2023. Coamix collected its chapters in thirty-six tankōbon volumes, released from April 20, 2011, to July 20, 2023.
The manga is licensed digitally in English by Mangamo under the title The Shinsengumi, in Southeast Asia licensed by M&C!; and has also been licensed in France by Mangetsu.
A comedy spin-off manga, titled Chiruran Nibun no Ichi (Chiruran ½), began serialization in the same Comic Zenon magazine on May 25, 2016.

### Volumes

| No. | Release date | ISBN |
| 1 | April 20, 2011 | 978-4-19980-012-2 |
| 2 | October 20, 2011 | 978-4-19980-042-9 |
| 3 | February 20, 2012 | 978-4-19980-063-4 |
| 4 | July 20, 2012 | 978-4-19980-096-2 |
| 5 | December 20, 2012 | 978-4-19980-125-9 |
| 6 | April 20, 2013 | 978-4-19980-142-6 |
| 7 | August 20, 2013 | 978-4-19980-161-7 |
| 8 | January 20, 2014 | 978-4-19980-188-4 |
| 9 | May 20, 2014 | 978-4-19980-208-9 |
| 10 | September 20, 2014 | 978-4-19980-234-8 |
| 11 | January 20, 2015 | 978-4-19980-251-5 |
| 12 | May 20, 2015 | 978-4-19980-267-6 |
| 13 | September 19, 2015 | 978-4-19980-293-5 |
| 14 | January 20, 2016 | 978-4-19980-324-6 |
| 15 | May 20, 2016 | 978-4-19980-345-1 |
| 16 | September 20, 2016 | 978-4-19980-368-0 |
| 17 | December 20, 2016 | 978-4-19980-382-6 |
| 18 | May 20, 2017 | 978-4-19980-411-3 |
| 19 | September 20, 2017 | 978-4-19980-444-1 |
| 20 | September 20, 2014 | 978-4-19980-470-0 |
| 21 | May 19, 2018 | 978-4-19980-496-0 |
| 22 | September 20, 2018 | 978-4-19980-522-6 |
| 23 | January 19, 2019 | 978-4-19980-548-6 |
| 24 | May 20, 2019 | 978-4-19980-569-1 |
| 25 | September 20, 2019 | 978-4-19980-592-9 |
| 26 | January 20, 2020 | 978-4-19980-615-5 |
| 27 | May 20, 2020 | 978-4-86720-149-7 |
| 28 | September 19, 2020 | 978-4-86720-167-1 |
| 29 | January 20, 2021 | 978-4-86720-194-7 |
| 30 | May 20, 2021 | 978-4-86720-238-8 |
| 31 | September 18, 2021 | 978-4-86720-269-2 |
| 32 | January 20, 2022 | 978-4-86720-293-7 |
| 33 | May 20, 2022 | 978-4-86720-377-4 |
| 34 | September 20, 2022 | 978-4-86720-414-6 |
| 35 | March 20, 2023 | 978-4-86720-460-3 |
| 36 | July 20, 2023 | 978-4-86720-528-0 |

### Anime

An anime television series adaptation based on the Chiruran Nibun no Ichi comedy spinoff manga was announced in September 2016. The series is produced by LandQ studios and directed by Fumie Moroi; and aired from January 9, 2017, to March 28, 2017, on Tokyo MX, it ran for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll added the series for streaming as it aired in Japan.

#### Drama CD

On September 27, 2017, a drama CD was released by Frontier Works.

### Stage play

A stage play adaptation of the manga was announced by Coamix in February 2017. It ran April 7-10, 2017, at Osaka's Morinomiya Piloti Hall and April 20-30 at Tokyo's Galaxy Theater. The play was directed by Shunichi Okamura.

## Reception

By March 2023, the manga had over 3 million copies in circulation.