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The Love Nikki Manga is an official manga telling the story of Love Nikki-Dress Up Queen!. It is released on the official Love Nikki Facebook page. It is written and drawn by 壱コトコ (Ichi Kotoko).
Though it is officially released, due to the discrepancies between the game's story and the manga's, the manga is considered non-canon.
Manga Description[]
Volume 1[]
- Release Date: May 11, 2018
- Cover Art Suit: Ice Blue Rose
- Chapters Covered: Prologue Queen's Shadow, V1: Chapter 1 Arriving the Wheat Field
The manga opens with Queen Nanari talking to herself about how Nikki has to change the fate of this world. It then cuts to Nikki at her school on Earth. Nikki is well-known for her styling skills, and everyone wants help with creating a perfect outfit for any situation, which she is happy to help with. It's even suggested to her that she should be a stylist in the future, though she's unsure it would work as a real job.
While walking around at school, Nikki hears someone call her name, but nobody is there. She happens across a mirror and sees her reflection wearing a dress (Nikki's Dress) instead of her school uniform. A blinding light starts emitting from the mirror, and a moment later she finds herself on the ground in a forest.
Her cat Momo is there, and she realizes she isn't in school anymore. Queen Nanari appears and explains that she summoned her there to change the world's fate. She gives her a suitcase that can hold clothes that she gathers before disappearing.
Nikki realizes that Momo knew about this world beforehand, and that she was pulled away from Earth. She's distraught and upset as she realizes she doesn't know anybody here and that her school and home are gone. Momo reassures her that they'll find a way home, and they go to discover where exactly they are.
They walk into Wheat Field and notice it's exactly how their world looks. Bobo appears then and, though she doesn't believe that Nikki is from another world, gives them an introduction to Miraland. Nikki is ecstatic to find out it's a "stylist's holy land", and she and Bobo have their first styling battle. The two of them also discover that the suitcase Nanari gave Nikki is bottomless, meaning she can fit as much clothing as she wants inside it.
Bobo invites Nikki to Lilith Kingdom with her, but not before introducing her to her friend Toto, who needs styling help for a date. After helping her, Nikki realizes she can help people with styling in the same way she did on Earth, and resolves to help as many girls as she can.
Volume 2[]
- Release Date: June 5, 2018
- Chapters Covered: None
Nikki wakes up at Bobo's home, disoriented. Bobo has made them breakfast, and offers to let Nikki stay at her home while she's in Lilith. Nikki begins to ask Bobo about Queen Nanari, but Momo interrupts by talking in his sleep about grilled fish.
Aron comes into Bobo's house without knocking, asking for help, and Bobo reprimands her. Aron wants Bobo to lend her a cute flower pattern dress, but since she's more of a tomboy, she feels uncomfortable with it on. They decide to go into Lilith with Aron in order to see what she likes. A boy sees her, and calls her "guy". When she asks him to call her Aron, he said he would if she dressed more like a girl, and she promptly kicked him, leaving Nikki and Bobo stunned. Aron laments that a flower dress is unsuitable for her because she acts like that, but Nikki fondly calls her a "girl of vigor" and they go to pick out clothes.
Nikki picks out a floral-pattern pantskirt, which is more suitable for active girls like Aron, but Aron doesn't like the color that much. Though Nikki is disappointed at first that Aron doesn't like it, she insists that Aron shouldn't compromise and that they would definitely find a perfect style for her. However, Nikki can't find anything like it at the store.
Royce appears then, surprising them all, and introduces the concept of dyeing and crafting clothing. He gives Nikki dyes for the pantskirt, and they go to the Recipe Workshop and dye her a dark blue pair.
They go with Aron to an amusement park to see the boy's reaction. All of Aron's friends are impressed with her style, and the boy admits it's "not bad" and "pretty cute", making her blush. Nikki, happy that her styling advice worked, is validated in her belief that every girl has her own cute side.
Volume 3[]
- Release Date: July 9, 2018
- Cover Art Suit: Wilds Flower (Dress)
- Chapters Covered: V1: Chapter 4 The Tea Party
Nikki, Momo, and Bobo go to Wintermount, the second largest city in Lilith. As Bobo introduces the city to her, she realizes it must be true that Nikki is from another world. Bobo explains that the Designer's Tea Party is about to begin, where they can meet all sorts of talented designers. She emphasizes that the "person she admires" - Nidhogg - once made his debut here too.
As they approach, though, they realize that they came several days early, giving them time to hang out and explore. It turns out Bobo rented a hotel for them, meaning that she likely knew they would be early after all. Together Nikki, Momo, and Bobo head to the hotel, a large building with a "special" ambiance that could be haunted. A dark figure with hair over her face appears at the doorway to greet them, startling the girls, but they realize after looking a second later that the figure is just a young girl. The girl and her brother, whose names are Riky and Darcy, lead Nikki and her friends inside. Darcy claims that the hotel is haunted, but they're just normal kids, and they apologize for making them worry.
They lead Nikki and her friends to the hotel room, which is clean and bright with a view of the ocean. Excited, Bobo and Nikki dress up in the swimsuits Dynamic Maiden and Wonderful Holidays respectively. They invite Riky too, but Riky admits that she ate too much sweets and worries about how her stomach will look. Nikki and Momo promise to find something that she will like, and supply for her a one-piece swimsuit that covers her stomach. The three girls, plus Momo, go down to the beach and have a good time. Momo sunbathes while they play in the water, and Nikki and Bobo also help Riky sell drinks.
After the day at the beach, they return to the hotel, which is even scarier at night. Riky admits to them that sometimes, they hear women screaming from outside the hotel at night. When guests would go check it out, they would see a woman jump off the cliff. As Riky says this, her brother Darcy appeared from behind Bobo and pushed her. Frightened, Bobo made Darcy apologize for the prank. However, Darcy maintains that the story about ghosts was true, and warns Nikki and Bobo again that they would be haunted if they went near the cliff.
Despite the warning, Nikki, Bobo, and Riky go to the cliff, where they do hear the voice of a screaming woman. All of a sudden, a figure appears with long, flowing hair. Bobo and Riky begin to scream, but Nikki runs over and grabs it to find Darcy with a wig. Nikki admits that she remembered what Darcy was wearing and understood that he hadn't had time to change before they went to the cliff. Darcy is annoyed and asks them to tell nobody before leading them down the beach.
There, they find an injured white dolphin. Darcy admits that he had been scaring people off in order to keep them away from the dolphin, because he knows it would be news if such an animal was found. The "voice of a screaming woman" they had heard before was actually the sound of the dolphin's cry - people only heard a woman because they had heard the rumors. Riky convinces him to let the authorities know about the dolphin so that they can help it. After the white dolphin was healed, it became known around the hotel and a reason people came to visit.
Volume 4[]
- Release Date: August 6, 2018
- Cover Art Suit: Wilds Flower
- Chapters Covered:
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Volume 5[]
- Release Date: September 17, 2018
- Cover Art Suit: Bounty Hunter
- Chapters Covered:
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Volume 6[]
- Release Date: October 12, 2018
- Cover Art Suit: Maiden's Romance
- Chapters Covered:
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Volume 7[]
- Release Date: November 8, 2018
- Chapters Covered:
- Styling Contest Suit: Afterglow
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Volume 8[]
- Release Date: December 29, 2018
- Cover Art Suit: Brocade Jade
- Chapters Covered:
- Styling Contest Suit: Pragya Princess
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Volume 9[]
- Release Date: March 5, 2019
- Cover Art Suit: Sweet Spell
- Chapters Covered:
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Volume 10[]
- Release Date: March 5, 2019
- Chapters Covered:
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Volume 11[]
- Release Date: March 18, 2019
- Chapters Covered:
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Volume 12[]
- Release Date: April 19, 2019
- Chapters Covered:
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Differences between Manga and Game[]
- The manga shows Nikki being summoned from her school, while the game doesn't show where Nikki was when she was summoned.
- Nikki has a magical suitcase to hold all of her clothing in the manga, while the game does not explain how Nikki carries around her wardrobe.
- In the manga, Nikki goes to Bobo's house upon first coming to Lilith. In the game she doesn't, since Bobo lives in Galevilla which they did not visit.
- In the manga, two characters named Riky and Darcy, a sister and brother, appear in a side story. Neither the characters nor the story about the white dolphin in Wintermount appear in the game.
Trivia[]
- The suit From Another World uses pages from this manga in the design.
- There is another official manga by 樱乃みか (Mika Sakurano) which also follows more of the plot.