is a Japanese

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and manga written by

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. The serial novel was published in the teenage fashion magazine from 2006 to 2007 as "Part 1", while a manga written by Ikuhara and illustrated

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was published from 2007 to 2017 as "Part 2". A sequel manga series, ''Nokemono to Hanayome+'' (ノケモノと花嫁, +, "+" pronounced "cross"), was serialized on the

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platform ''Comic Boost'' from 2018 to 2020.

Synopsis

Described by publisher ''Comic Boost'' as a " lolita

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" series, ''Nokemono to Hanayome'' is set in a world ruled by the "Moeru Kirin", a group of teenagers who dress in animal costumes. The series follows the relationship between Hitsuji Sera, the series' titular bride, and Itaru Hagumazuka, a boy who wears a bear costume.

Development

Ikuhara developed a pitch for an

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adaptation of ''Nokemono to Hanayome'' from 2005 to 2006. The adaptation, titled ''Nokemono to Hanayome+'', would ultimately not transpire, with Ikuhara opting to instead publish the story as a sequel manga in 2018. The series is regarded as a precursor to several of Ikuhara's later anime series, with animal costume elements from ''Nokemono to Hanayome'' appearing in '' Yurikuma Arashi''; ''Nokemono to Hanayome'' is also inspired by the

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, which appears as a central plot element in Ikuhara's ''

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''.

Media

''Nokemono to Hanayome'' was published in the fashion magazine as a serial novel from 2006 to 2007, and as a manga from 2007 to 2017. Beginning in 2018, the sequel series ''Nokemono to Hanayome+'' began serialization on the

platform ''Denshi Birz'' (renamed ''Comic Boost'' in 2019), with new chapters published every other month. The series concluded in April 2020. The manga series has been collected into eight ''

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'' volumes, with the first three volumes published by , volumes four and five published by , and volumes six to eight published by Gentosha Comics.

References

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