Silver NX

Silver NX (銀NX) is an online OEL manga series co-created by Harry Harrup and Alex Guy, with the former writing its story and the latter supervising and illustrating the series. It is the successor and spin-off/sequel series to the original Silver Days. It drew influence from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Persona, The Boys, Yu-Gi-Oh!, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS''.

Like the original series, Silver NX begins on a more whimsical and comedic note, with a slightly episodic style very early on. Unlike the original, NX keeps its comedic elements until towards the end of the series, where it employs a dark and serious atmosphere.

The series follows Shunichi Takahashi and his friends, Team Monolith, who are introduced as students at the prestigious school, Seven Stars University.

Plot
The series begins with Shunichi Takahashi, a quiet young man who appears to be suffering from retrograde amnesia and has enrolled himself into the prestigious Seven Stars University to start a new life. At the academy, he becomes part of a close-knit group of friends, including: Judai Rhodes, Serena Tenjoin, Tatsuya Honda, and Mizuki Natsuno. However, things begin taking a turn for the bizarre, when Shunichi is granted a supernatural power known as a Trinity. As serial murders are committed and students drop dead, Shunichi grows suspicious of the new student, Bakuro Fujiwara, who later reveals himself to be an android plotting to rule the world.

The two decide to settle things in the Seven Stars Tournament, where Shunichi battles and defeats his arch-rival, Joeri Higashikata. Confronting Bakuro in the finals, Shunichi wins the tournament after defeating the android, who self-destructs as a last resort, however, an unknown force suddenly attacks and Judai disappears. Shunichi leaves Unys City to find him and along the way, he learns the way of XYZ, a form of magic under the tutelage of Master Omni, which he uses to stop the powerful psychic Daisuke Morimoto upon discovering that he is seeking the Sword of Destiny, only to learn that his real opponent is RUIN.

Several months later after Judai's reappearance and RUIN's defeat, due to the rise of supervillains, the Vega Foundation presents their superhero team, the Divines. As the team quickly becomes popular with everyone, Shunichi leaves Team Monolith after an incident involving his mother, and betrays his ideals, joining the vigilante team known as the Mavericks, led by Quentin Blackthorne, who plot to kill the Divines. During this, Shunichi gradually awakens an alternate personality within him dubbed "Darkness"; after helping Serena expose the Vega Foundation, Shunichi rejoins his friends and help defeat the Divines.

Sometime later, Shunichi and his friends are chosen by a mysterious being to participate in a game called the Zeta Race. However, Matrix sabotages the event and turns it into a death game. As the race becomes a free-for-all, with Matrix offering "godhood" via the Sword of Destiny, Shunichi and his friends travel across space and time to retrieve the sword, and win the game. After obtaining the Sword of Destiny, Shunichi regains his lost memories and upon returning to Earth, travels to England in hopes of finding the secret to find out what happened long ago. However, the group find that reality has been altered and Theodore Heinrich is responsible. This sets them on a quest to find the Twilight Note, the only object currently capable of reverting Theodore's damage.

After a long conflict between Team Monolith and Theodore's forces, Shunichi discovers that he is the spirit of the knight known as Epsilon inhabiting Darkness' body. The team finally arrive where Camelot once stood, where Theodore, now taken over by the spirit of Upsilon, travels back in time to alter events in his favor, but is eventually defeated and killed. Shunichi uses the Twilight Note to separate himself from Darkness, and the two are taken to the Forgotten Realm, where they engage in mortal combat to determine who gets to remain on Earth, a battle that Shunichi/Epsilon wins.

Story Arcs

 * 1) School Arc
 * 2) Seven Stars Tournament Arc
 * 3) Tournament Finals Arc
 * 4) XYZ Arc
 * 5) Victory Sword Arc
 * 6) Villains Rising Arc
 * 7) Divines Arc
 * 8) Zeta Race Arc
 * 9) Dimension Breaker Arc
 * 10) Four Stars Arc
 * 11) Alternate Reality Arc
 * 12) Death Chamber Arc
 * 13) Twilight's Destiny Arc
 * 14) Final World Arc

Main Characters

 * Shunichi Takahashi / Epsilon (エプシロン)
 * The main protagonist of the Silver NX series, Shunichi is a soft-spoken young man who had previously awoken from a coma with retrograde amnesia. He enrolls into Seven Stars University and becomes best friends with Judai Rhodes, Serena Tenjoin, and Tatsuya Honda, before later including Joeri Higashikata and Mizuki Natsuno in his group. After Judai's disappearance, Shunichi descends into darkness and learns the art of XYZ, an ancient form of dark magic, to battle Daisuke Morimoto. During his journey, when succumbing to stress, injury, and anger, he becomes possessed by an evil alter-ego nicknamed "Darkness." After going on a journey to stop Theodore Heinrich, it is eventually revealed that Shunichi is actually the spirit of the medieval knight, Epsilon. Successfully defeating Theodore, regaining his memories, and finding the Twilight Note, Epsilon/Darkness use it to separate himself from Darkness, after which Epsilon defeats his former host in one final battle.


 * Judai Rhodes (・ロードス)


 * Serena Tenjoin


 * Tatsuya Honda


 * Joeri / Yuri Higashikata
 * Later, he begins to go by "Yuri" instead of Joeri.


 * Mizuki Natsuno


 * Darkness AKA Shunichi Takahashi (ダークネス)
 * The final antagonist of Silver NX. He is initially believed to be Shunichi's evil secondary personality formed during the coma, and served as a malicious ally to the team by killing opponents through the use of magic. Eventually, it is revealed that Darkness is, in fact, the original personality of the body and his real name is Shunichi Takahashi, with Shunichi himself being a spirit of the knight, Epsilon. After Theodore Heinrich's defeat, Epsilon/Shunichi uses the Twilight Note to separate himself from Darkness, and the two battle in the Forgotten Realm to determine who stays on Earth, a battle that Darkness loses.

Major/Secondary Characters

 * Daisuke Morimoto

Main Antagonists

 * Bakuro Fujiwara


 * RUIN


 * Mark Angel (マーク・エンジェル)


 * Matrix (マトリックス)


 * Theodore Heinrich (セオドア・ハインリッヒ)


 * Upsilon (ウプシロン)

Production
After the production of the original Silver Days manga reached its end, Alex Guy had insisted that there would not be a sequel series. However, inspired by ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!, and Dragon Ball Super, Harry Harrup expressed desire to create a sequel series and continue the story of the Silver'' universe with a brand new story. Titled "Silver NX", with NX standing for "Next", this series expanded Silver's universe.

Eventually convinced by Harry Harrup, Alex Guy went through with the creation of Silver NX some time after the original series had concluded. He later stated that he struggled with the series, running out of ideas but eventually pulled through. An anime series, "NX Class", was planned but was ultimately not made due to lack of desire from Alex Guy's studio, SEVENS.