星降る王国のニナ 13 [Hoshi Furu Ōkoku no Nina 13]

星降る王国のニナ [Hoshi Furu Ōkoku no Nina] #13

by Rikachi, リカチ

祝☆アニメ化!! 第46回講談社漫画賞少女部門受賞!! 190万部突破の大人気恋愛ファンタジー!

瑠璃色の瞳を持つ少女ニナは、アズールの命を救うため、フォルトナ国の巫女姫・アリシャの身代わりとして大国ガルガダへと嫁ぐ。しかし国交は断絶し、国王となったアズールに諭され、帰国することに。
アズールはニナを「アリシャ」という役割から解放したいと考えていたが、本物のアリシャ姫が現れたことで事態がこじれ、ニナは国外追放を命じられる。
絶望の淵に立たされたニナは、セトに救われ、運命に抗う道を探す決意をする。
「星の民」の手がかりを求め、一行は幽玄の谷<エルスフォービア>へ向かう。
そこで待ち受けていたのはニナにとって辛い現実だった…。
ニナ、アズール、セト、それぞれの想いが交錯し、物語は思いがけない様相を見せていく。

過酷な運命を自らの手で切り拓いていく王宮ファンタジー第13巻!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy, Josei, Shojo, Young Adult

176 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 2024

Reviews

[Emely Zoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Hast du keine Angst? Du weißt doch nicht, was auf dich zukommt?"
"Nichts zu tun, macht mir genauso Angst. Da ist es besser, alles zu erfahren und zu wissen, wovor ich mich wirklich fürchten muss"

Die Geschichte von Nina nimmt wieder richtig an Fahrt auf und entwickelt sich auch nach 13 Bänden immernoch auf wunderbar magische Weise weiter.
Seto und Azur müssen zusammenarbeiten um Nina zu retten - ein untypisches Duo.

Band 14 erwarte ich sehnsüchtig!🩷🩷🩷

[Krysta ꕤ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Az and Sett got me going through it 😭✋🏽

[rina.reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow... just wow. This is genuinely one of the best manga series I've ever read and the artwork is gorgeous, too! The characterization is amazing and it's them, the characters, who really drive this story forward and breathe life into it.
It's romantic but without the romance feeling forced or taking up too much of the story.
As you can tell, I loved absolutely everything in this volume – the character growth, the expanding mythology, the uncanny elements, the interactions between Sett and Az, where they both showed some real strength of character ...
Can't wait to see where the journey will take Nina and her companions next! I wish we'd see King Noah again, I think it's so interesting that Galgada has a female ruler.

[Kristin ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like this volume finally made me let go of Az.

I have been a Seth supporter for a long time but now it's easier on the heart as well.

[Finley Orion · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is straight 🔥. Team Sett all the way heehee.

[Mariána K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things are getting weird

I feel like I don't really know what the story is anymore. I don't think it's because it's been too long between releases, I think it feels like the identity for the story has gotten lost maybe? I'm also not sure what the heck is going on with the love triangle and it's become quite unclear who is the true antagonist. It almost feels like things were resolving themselves so a new source of conflict was tossed in and yet some of this had to have been set up way in advanced. I guess I'm just getting confused and that's frustrating me. Maybe this particular volume wouldn't have been so frustrating if the next volume were ready to jump into already. Once the series is completed I'm going to definitely have to sit and reread the whole thing. I have a suspicion that a lot of it will come together and make more sense on a reread after the series has reached its finale. For now I'm just going to have to give it the benefit of the doubt and keep pressing on because it's been so good all along the way and I am very invested in the characters. Hopefully it won't leave me and confusion later.

[Kaitlynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well. Uuuggggghhh.

I love this series. I wish we had a liiiitle more emphasis on the romance aspect, but I am a character driven gʻirly... And the characters were definitely charactering so...

We love to see the teamwork, that was amazing. I'm nervous and hoping that my ship sails. Also, what is going to happen next?!?!

I did cry just like I thought I would (that's why this is a series I read when no one else is awake )

Now I'm back in the corner sitting in my waiting chair.

SHE WAS PASSED OUT FROM POISON AND CALLED OUT FOR *actual spoiler redacted* and then that one scene earlier?!?!?!?!

[mikaela (spinebreaker) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hey so that was actually insane

Plenty of Azure and Sol and ACTION so I will continue. "The result of everyone's wishes" was an exceptionally startling panel and I really enjoyed getting some real information. Also, Azure's hair. At this point Sett has no chance in my heart and that issss devastating

[D.T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series still has me intrigued.

In this volume, Nina learns more about the Star People’s lore. While some of the Sett redemption is iffy, he's showing some growth (and the author/story is aware Sett shouldn't be codependent on Nina for his humanity). We get the context behind Azure’s unemotionalism and plans for world domination. Honestly, very on-brand for his character.

The Sett and Azure team-up and heart-to-heart conversation was surprisingly mature though silly due to the timing. I think this is the first love triangle I’ve read where it could really go either way.

Alisha is going off the rails. At first, I thought she was a neutral party, but it’s clear she’s the new big bad antagonist.

Curious to see where things go

SN: the characters look so cool with those overcoats and cloaks and scarves and ahhhhh. They really look GQ. Royalty all in the threads.

[Magdalenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

It ended to soon!
And my poor heart... what Az is doing.
I'm totally team Sett and I wish he could get more interactions with Nina. I don't want to see Az for a volume.
I enjoyed that we are expanding the lore and I hope that we will get more about start people / gods in next volumes.

[Chaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hey Az, quick question. What the heck!!!!

Anyway, I'm now caught up on everything that's been released, and I'm gonna be insufferable about this series until the next volume releases. Sorry to everyone who has to see me in person!!!

It's very good! And the art is stunning!! Can't wait for more

[marcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vol. 8 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 9 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 10 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 11 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 12 ★★★★☆

I'm fascinated by the direction this series is going down, not just with the return to the Star People but also Alisha setting up to be the new big bad. And as much as I enjoy seeing Sett and Azure teaming up, it makes no sense for Azure to be there. I've complained about this before, but he's literally the king: is he not worried about being assassinated? Apparently not, since he has plot armor.

As for the art, I'm a big fan of the use of horizontal panels when it comes to that chapter delving into the lore of the Star People. I've seen plenty of series use double-paged spreads for maximum impact, but I've rarely seen panels spanning across pages besides in Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom. Those spreads make me feel like I'm thumbing through a mythology tome, which is clearly what Rikachi is going for.

Also, Sett looks so handsome this volume, especially in Starbian clothes! That said, I do miss the tiny ponytail.

[Karina Catellan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Descobrimos mais um pouco sobre o povo das estrelas, sobre os 7 deuses. Essa parte achei bem legal.
Já detesto o combo Alisha x Azure, sei lá o que tá passando na cabeça dele pra se enfiar por esse caminho...
Quem diria que eu ia virar team Sett, ai ai ai Ç_Ç
A parte deles lutando juntos foi legal. Sol adivinha as coisas certo mas sempre se perde nos rolês hahahahaha adoro ele =D

[Amy Dear · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every time Nina cries, my alliance to team Sett grows.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having done her good deed, Nina, with Sett in tow, is hosted by Starbia. But Nina’s new mission is to learn about the star people and their powers. But a chance encounter means Sett is set to kick Az and take names. Or vice-versa, except that makes no sense due to the nomenclature.

The more fantastical this story gets, the less I actually care about it, which is truly a darn shame because I really loved those early volumes when it was more political intrigue and mystery. Pulling the curtain back on this really did it no favours.

Thus, we continue onward with the real Alisha being some sort of fickle god-being who Az has to keep in check and pretend to be all chummy with, while Nina and Sett keep getting close. It’s rare that the second romantic interest wins over the first, but I do wish it would happen here.

The real meat of this volume comes in the mystical exploration of the star people, but not because of anything that gets revealed about them. No, narrative contrivance, and I assure you it is contrived, decides to have Az show up out of nowhere amidst Nina and Sett.

Az’s grasp of first aid is entirely questionable, though muy picante, but throwing him and Sett together is a fun recipe that should be done entirely more often. Rivals who are adept at battle make for a much more enjoyable butting of heads than the usual high school posing.

Too much of it is thrown together on the fly, although they finally reveal that Alisha is really pretty awful, after dancing around that fact for ages. This story never met a complication it couldn’t come up with, but I do like the way this one keeps Az away from Nina.

‘Not enough forethought’ is a charge I have frequently levelled against this series, and that’s largely my concern. It’s no different from many other manga that are written at such a crazy speed, but I had such a great time earlier on that it does sting.

(Even though the title of the series does imply that this was at least partially planned, the haphazard nature of the last several volumes makes me far less convinced.)

If I’m being perfectly honest, I do not care in the least for what the storyline is evolving into. But I also like the characters enough to stay with it. Sure, the headgear in this series can cross the line into fashion atrocity, but the people wearing them are okay.

If you were enjoying the last couple volumes, it’s still a good enough read. I’m extra harsh on this because it was so solid at the beginning and then faltered. It’s got some fun moments here and I would be lying to suggest otherwise.

3.5 stars - better than usual because of one heck of a kiss and the smart decision to have Sett and Az snipe at one another for a chunk of the book. Solid work there, the usual elsewhere, and continued proof that it should have only lasted around 7-8 volumes.

[Loulou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incroyable !!!! J'adore cette saga

[Lepicentrecult · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bon tome, mais il me laisse un goût amer. Une profonde tristesse, on en apprend un peu plus sur le peuples des étoiles. Sur leurs divinité et là ou ils vivaient. Sett est vraiment un de mes perso masculin favori dans le manga. Il est toujours présent mais sait resté en retrait quand il le faut. Hâte du tome 14

[Hisgirl85 · Rating 4 out of 5]

High 4 stars. I love this epic fantasy story.

[BeckyisBookish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reverse harem, reverse harem! *she chants for the 8 millionth time this year*

[Mathou · Rating 4 out of 5]

Attention, complications en vue!

Alors que Ninas et Sett sont reçus par le roi, ce dernier leur propose de se rendre dans une vallée de grottes. Ces dernières auraient été un refuge pour le peuple des étoiles.

Évidemment, Nina accepte avec enthousiasme et les voilà reparti à l’aventure. Mais attention, car ces grottes regorgent de secrets et de poison! Le tout est d’autant plus délicat lorsqu’un non-inconnu s’impose et semble en connaitre plus qu’eux…mais que cache-t-il? Quel est son véritable but?

Azur cache quelque chose, prêt à tous les sacrifices mais pourquoi? Pour qui? La prétresse d ela Lune, quant à elle, prépare une attaque...mais tout reste encore flou...

Cette série se bonifie au fur et à mesure des tomes! Le graphisme s’affirme et devient encore plus un régal pour les yeux.

Les personnages deviennent forts et les aventures se complexifient pour notre plus grand bonheur.
On termine ce tome avec des questions plein la tête et j’espère bien recevoir quelques réponses au prochain tome!

[Tachan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Je crois que je souffre de plus en plus d’une overdose de romantasy à l’eau de rose où la fantasy est trop légèrement écrite, et cela se cristallise encore dans cette série.

En soi, c’est facile et agréable de lire un tome de Nina. L’autrice fait tout pour faire plaisir à chaque camp de son lectorat. Elle offre des développements sentimentaux, des pseudo développements politiques et des développements de la mythologie. Tout y est mais tout est superficiel, vite fait, sans réelle profondeur ou originalité. C’est dur vu et du revu pour un lecteur un peu habitué à la fantasy et qu’est-ce que c’est lisse…

Hop on a besoin que Nina hésite entre deux, comme par hasard on la remet face à son ancien amour qui se comporte étrangement. Hop on a besoin d’élargir un peu l’intrigue vers les origines de l’héroïne, comme par hasard elle tombe sur THE lieu fondateur en compagnie des garçons qui déchirent son coeur. C’est un peu gros… Alors en soi, c’est joli, ça se lit bien, on tourne vite les pages, mais on cherche le relief et la profondeur. Je n’arrive pas à croire un instant à ce qu’il se passe. On saute trop vite du coq à l’âne, on installe rien, on balance des choses au petit bonheur la chance.

Je ne sais donc que penser. Je suis contente que la série prenne un tournant plus mythique en allant vers le peuple des étoiles parce que c’est ma came. Mais je n’aime pas la manière catapultée dont c’est fait. Je trouve les personnages très très caricaturaux et, à part Sett, je ne parviens pas à m’intéresser à eux tant leur caractérisation et leur écriture est remplie de clichés qui me sortent par les yeux. Je suis donc partagée entre le plaisir d’un univers qui prend un chouïa mais juste un chouïa d’épaisseur et une intrigue générale survolée malgré les tentatives d’y glisser une ennemie vraiment »méchante » et des volontés impérialistes concrètes, et la déception d’une écriture qui survole tout et se contente de cocher des cases à la mode. Je crois juste que je ne suis pas / plus le public de ce genre d’aventure. J’ai besoin de plus de profondeur en tout : personnages, relations, univers.

Gentille romantasy pour jeunes lecteurs, lecteurs novices en fantasy ou lecteurs aimant les lecteurs faciles, Nina me frustre personnelle à cause de mon goût pour les récits et écritures plus complexes. Oui, c’est joliment dessiné, l’autrice s’amuse beaucoup avec les lieux et costumes. Oui, l’intrigue avance et est bien alimentée. Oui, les personnages avancent et se bougent. Mais l’écriture de l’ensemble est trop survolée et superficielle pour l’amatrice de récit dense et épique que je suis, habituée à de la fantasy adulte de longue date. Je me lasse.

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[Beatrice · Rating 4 out of 5]

In terms of the romance arcs, I feel bad for both Azure and Sett because Nina is leading them on. I am also like a pingpong ball when it comes to this romance - in one volume I could be for Team Azure, in the next Team Sett! Both characters have their red flags and Nina could end up with either one (or none of them!) depending on the development of the story. I think I'm going to let this story marinade for a bit as Nina is starting to annoy me. Despite growing up in the streets, her mindset of saving everyone is very one track mind, without giving consideration to the consequences of her actions. While she kind of reminds me of Yona of Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 1 her character has a lot more growing up to do.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dieser Band war wieder richtig gut! Nina hat einen Entschluss gefasst und weiß nun, welche Reise sie antreten möchte. Seto bleibt dabei an ihrer Seite und sie treffen auf alte bekannte Gesichter. Was in der Höhle passiert ist, und auch, was man über Alicia erfahren hat, ist wirklich heftig. Ich bin gespannt, wie sich das entwickelt und vor allem wie Azur sich verhalten wird. Es scheint ja, als wolle er sich möglicherweise opfern .. idk. Nina scheint sich nun, wenn auch unbewusst, ihrer Gefühle sicher, was auch Azur erkannt hat. Bin sehr gespannt, wo die Reise nun hingeht und was die Figuren noch alles erleben werden (um vielleicht auch das, was Nina gesehen hat, zu verhindern). Mag die Reihe und ihre Entwicklung immer mehr, freue mich auf den nächsten Band!

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always enjoy the author's notes in this series; it's clear how much Rikachi thinks about and develops the characters. I would absolutely love to see some side stories eventually - the pacing certainly made sense to cut out Sol's visions in the caves, but he really deserves more space, and it'd be fun to see some of the other side characters' storylines in more depth as well.

One thing in the note, though..."I'm pretty sure we're headed toward an ending where everyone's happy!"

That's literally impossible when you start with a love triangle.

And honestly, I genuinely cannot tell what the ending is meant to be at this point. Azure swung back into the story, much to my irritation, but his scenes and motivations are written well. He did actually make an attempt to follow his heart - and Nina - but was pulled back by Alisha, who may well be the true villain of this story.

She seems to have inherited the star powers but no soul or sense of human morality, although I can't help but wonder how much of that was due to how she was raised, in isolation, surrounded by priestesses who were trying to control her and her powers. Alisha isn't necessarily evil so much as she is simply not human. Her goal is to fulfill her role to fulfill all wishes, which requires a level of power she can't channel entirely on her own. She tells Azure that she needs him by her side because if he's with Nina, she'll be too "satisfied" to pursue the rocky path that will develop her powers and make her a full vessel that Alisha can drain.

That...logic should not have worked to keep Azure behind if he was in love with her, so I don't really get how Alisha thinks they're truly aligned. I guess because, again, she doesn't understand actual human emotions? Even her ultimate goal is an impossible one: she can't grant all wishes, because too many of them contradict. The future she shows Nina is therefore one of devastation, with everyone destroying one another.

It seems like Azure intends to use Alisha's powers to conquer the world, then to somehow turn on her (and the gods? or use the gods to defeat her?). I'm unclear on what part they'll play, but the original star goddess froze the other 6 gods in ice in these windy caves long ago, and it's each star priestess's role to keep that ice intact and the gods away from humankind. So maybe they'll be released? I don't know.

The problem is, that Nina doesn't want Azure's big, grand plan, which he hasn't even discussed with her. What use is conquering the world to make it a safe place for her if in the process he destroys countries and landscapes and people who didn't deserve to be wrapped up in any of this? Even if he tells her at the end of it that he did it all for her, would she be able to forgive him or to love him? Doesn't he know her well enough to understand how devastated she would be to realize she was responsible for all that slaughter?

Right now, it doesn't seem like Azure actually intends to come back to her, or perhaps to even make it through alive. Which is selfish, too, and not something Nina would have wanted. So while I get at least the big picture of his goal - to save Nina because he loves her - it's going to take a lot of work for me to believe he's in the right.

As Sett points out, it was already nearly pointless...while Azure was putting his epic plan into place, Nina very nearly starved to death in the woods. If Sett hadn't gone after her then and coaxed both her life and her broken spirit back from the brink, there would be no one waiting for Azure at the end of his world-conquering mission. It's funny, really, that it's the god of war who is growing a heart and finding a new purpose that focuses on building up the world around him rather than burning it down.

I did like Sol's caution that Sett can't devote the entirety of himself to Nina; it's very possible that he might lose her, and what would he have left then? So I hope that he continues to grow over the course of the story. It does seem like there's a lot of progress there already.

Sett very easily could've killed Azure a couple times in this volume. Azure's good at swordfighting, blah blah blah, Sett is literally the god of war who cannot be killed. And who also has a gun that he had leveled at Azure's head in a situation where he really had no room to escape. But he doesn't...because his love for Nina isn't selfish.

He doesn't try to claim responsibility for saving Nina's life in the caves - it was Azure who brought the poison antidote and who'd found her first. He acknowledges that Nina still cares for Azure, and would - in his opinion - likely still choose Azure over him. (Azure points out, in turn, that it was Sett's name Nina called when she was delirious and looking for help.) He tells Nina that he will never leave her side - until he's certain all her love for him is gone.

If, in the future, Nina doesn't choose him, Sett will step aside. Until then, he will stay with her as a protector and a friend whose heart will never, ever waver, as he hopes to gradually earn the rest of her heart.

So no, I can't see a happy ending for everyone!! I don't know how Azure can be happy, honestly, unless he reunites with Nina...or even then...because he is so empty. He has a kingdom and a little brother but he doesn't seem to value any of it. He's killing his own soldiers in a war that he never had to fight. Is he going to get more of his own backstory, where he finds his "true name" or whatever? Or will he finally be able to accept that this is his true existence and he should've been content with what he had?

[Alessandra Ceravolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sono curiosa di vedere cosa scoprirà Nina quando troverà e parlerà con le persone delle stelle e sono commossa dal fatto che Sett voglia starle accanto perché la ama.
Mentre cercano le persone delle stelle hanno delle allucinazioni ma Azure arriva realmente a salvare Nina e quando Sett lo vede si scontrano. Colpita dal fatto che Sett dica ad Azure che lui farebbe diventare il mondo suo nemico per Nina. Non mi stupisce che Alisha voglia la morte e così il potere di Nina per se stessa quando una è cattiva si vede subito nonostante lo nasconda bene. La copertina della Night 52 è meravigliosa, non capisco cosa sia successo a Azure perché sta dalla parte di Alisha?

[ℂ ✧ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aquesta sèrie cada cop desbarra més i va afegint lore a la història d'una manera que em sembla massa patillera ^^' Em segueix fent la impressió que l'autora no tenia pensada la història per a tants volums i va allargant el xiclet, juntament amb el triangle amorós que es va decantant cap al Sett perquè l'Az està prenent el rol de rei malvat que vol controlar el món (amb l'objectiu de protegir la Nina, però que s'acaba corrompent pel poder i l'ambició). En fi... crec que abandono el vaixell definitivament :/

[Jess | jadecanread · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nina saying Sett’s name when Az’s lips were on hers was amazing.

Recap: they’re in Starbia, sett comes onto to Nina when she says she doesn’t wanna go to whatever city they were going to. King of Starbia funds their trip to a windy land. There, Nina sees glowing rocks, they get separated, Nina is poisoned but Az is there and saves her, Alisha is bonkers, Az reveals he wants to be king of the world and disappears.

[Cassandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art continues to be beautiful. I’m totally converted to a Sett girlie. I’m not sure I truely understand what is happening. I think Az is faking it or maybe the new Alisha has to be a wake to control him?

[鯊 · Rating 4 out of 5]

痾 好吧 感覺以前可能說過，就，如果不是那兩人、是三人，我也可以不生氣哈哈

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5