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Semen Demon is a term used to refer to attractive anime characters. The term is also related to the catchphrases "Who is that semen demon" and "What anime is this semen demon from?", often used as a shitposting practise on anime discussions, and normally being associated with Sherlock "Sharo" Shellinford,^[3] a character from the manga and anime series Tantei Opera Milky Holmes

Origin

The term comes from the medieval legend of the succubus (plural succubi), demons who take the form of attractive women to seduce men and draw energy from them, often until the point of exhaustion or death of the victim.^[4] According to the Malleus Maleficarum, a book about witchcraft which was banned on 1490 by the Catholic Church, succubi would collect semen from the men they slept with, which incubi (demons who take the form of attractive man) would then use to impregnate women.^[6]

On June 17, 2013 a 4chan user made a thread on /a/, the anime and manga board, asking "what anime is that semen demon from?", featuring an image of Sherlock Shellinford from the manga and anime series Ro-kyu-bu.^[1][10]

Spread

On July 11, 2013, another thread on the same board was created, featuring the same question and another image of the same character.^[2] On July 17, 2013, another thread asking for Sherock featured the first change of the words, saying "lactic harlot" instead of semen demon.^[9] This was later used as spamming practice.

On December 24, 2013, a thread on /s4s/, the shtiposting and spamming board, featured a poorly vectorized version of Sherlock Shellinford with the caption "Le Semen Demon".^[7] This image, also know as "semon demon", is often used as a spamming and shitposting practice on the same board.^[8]

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