However, even longtime fans of anime/manga may be struggling to remember another franchise with a character named Seiri in it.
Like a lot of manga, Ken Koyama’s Seiri-chan is named after its protagonist.
Yes, Seiri-chan is the latest, and arguably most unexpected, entry in Japan’s ever-lengthening list of anthropomorphized characters, following colleagues drawing inspiration from mushrooms and Japanese swords.
For example, in the scene below, Seiri-chan makes her long-awaited appearance in front of a woman named Kaori, who recently slept with a married coworker with no contraceptives being used.