Kuragehime
Alternative Titles
Kuragehime, くらげひめ, 海月姫, 海月姫 〜くらげひめ〜, 海月姫 英雄列伝, 헤파리 공주, Jellyfish Princess, Jellyfish Princess: The Heroes Series of Biographies, Kurage Hime, Kuragehime: Eiyuu Retsuden, Kuragehime: Heroes Retsuden, Princess Jellyfish, Kuragehime Heroes, Eiyuu Restuden, اميرة قناديل البحر, プリンセスクラゲ, princess jellyfish
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Synopsis
From Baka-Updates: Kuragehime follows Tsukimi Kurashita, an 18-year-old who moved from Kagoshima to Tokyo to become an illustrator. Tsukimi is a jellyfish otaku who comes to live in a shared bath and toilet, women-only apartment, Amamizukan. Other tenants include fujoshi, NEETs and others who consider fashion their natural enemy, calling themselves "Amars". One day, Tsukimi meets a fashionable and beautiful girl, Kuranosuke Koibuchi, who saves a jellyfish that is about to die at a pet shop. She later discovers that Kuranosuke is merely cross-dressing in order to evade inheritance of his father's occupation as a politician. Features the stories Eiyuu (Heroes) Retsuden. Winner of the Kodansha Award for best Shojo in 2010. Nominated for Manga Taisho Award in 2010.