The World Is Still Beautiful
| The World is Still Beautiful | |
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| それでも世界は美しい (Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Dai Shiina |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| Magazine | Hana to Yume |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hajime Kamegaki |
| Studio | Pierrot |
| Original network | NTV, FBS, STV, CTV, SUN, BS Nittele |
| Original run | April 6, 2014 – present |
The World is Still Beautiful (それでも世界は美しい, Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii, lit. "Even So, The World is Beautiful") is a Japanese manga series by Dai Shiina, serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume from 2012. Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii was first published as a one-shot in the same magazine in 2009, with a second one-shot published in 2011. It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes as of February 2014. An anime television series adaptation by Pierrot began airing in April 2014 on NTV.[1]
Characters
- Nike Remercier (ニケ・ルメルシエ, Nike Rumerushie)
- Voiced by: Rena Maeda
- The fourth and youngest princess of the Rain Dukedom and Livius's love interest. She is the main protagonist of the story. She has the power to call forth the rain when she sings. She is sent, against her wishes (and because she lost a game of rock, paper, and scissor against her older sisters), to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius so that her country can retain its autonomy. She discovers that the Sun King, who conquered the world in only three years after he ascended to the throne, is still a child. Although, initially distraught by her fate, Nike comes to love Livius and accepts her future as the "Sun Queen".
- Optimistic, understanding, and stubborn but caring, Nike quickly gains the affection of the peoples as well as Livius, who clearly loves her. She is said to be more popular than Livius among the people in the Sun Kingdom as she seems to interact with them on regular basis and helps them out when she can. Nike is also very strong, as shown when she beat up four of the palace guards. She will also avenge herself, if she believe that any wrong has been done to her. For example, although Rani originally wanted to kill Nike and almost succeeded in doing so, Nike forgives him, but she also beats him up for carrying out the attempt on her life.
- Livius Orvinus Ifriqiyah (Livius I) (リヴィウス・オルヴィヌス・イフリキア(リヴィウス一世), Riviusu Oruvinusu Ifurikia (Riviusu-Issei))
- Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Livius is the king of the Sun Kingdom. In the three years following his enthronement he was able to conquer the rest of the world. While he is rumored to be a monster of some sort, he is actually a young man - only 15 years old. Although his father was the former king, his mother was a commoner. While she was still alive, the two of them lived an isolated life in the castle because of his mother's low social status. Livius began his campaign to take over the world after his mother's death. He has a loyal butler who seems to understand him.
- His abilities as a king are considerable. Not only was he able to cleanse his kingdom's government of corruption soon after his coronation, but he then methodically defeated each opposing nation one by one. Nike has noted that although Livius is just a boy, his eyes are those of an adult. He granted the Rain Dukedom autonomy, but in exchange, he told them to send a princess to become his wife. Nike was sent to him and he is fond of her and grows to love her.
- After his mother's death, Livius grew cold and cruel and became distrustful of everyone around him. Neil, his butler, stated that this is because he doesn't know how to reach out to people, a trait he developed because he was constantly surrounded by enemies while growing up. This came about because of his mother's low social status. He and his mother lived a quiet, isolated life in his father's palace and were only able to rely on each other for support. After his mother's death, Livius began to show his true potential and he flourished, not stopping the expansion of his influence until the world was conquered. In a way, his campaign can be seen as a diversion to distract him from the pain of his mother's death.
- As the story progress, Nike's presence and efforts to help the young King slowly begin to change him. On several occasion in the series, Livius can be very childish. Livius can also be very protective and violent when people that he cares about are threatened. He didn't hesitate to raise his sword against a person who attacked Nike. Through Nike stopped Livius from almost killing the man. Later on, Livius reveals that he still harbors a much colder and crueler and if not an extremely jealous side. He imprisoned his uncle Bardouin and confined Nike to her room because he thought that Bardouin had seduced Nike and that she had fallen for Bardouin. He even threatened to burn her home kingdom to ashes, when Nike talked against him for sending Bardoun to prison.
- Neil
- Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita
- Neil is Livius's butler and tutor who often accompanies Livius during his travels. He seems to understand Livius and he cares about him a great deal. When Nike arrives it is he who provides her with pertinent information and helps her fit in to her new life as Livius' prospective Queen.
Media
Manga
| No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii 01 (それでも世界は美しい 1) | December 20, 2011[2] | 9784592188728 |
| 2 | Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii 02 (それでも世界は美しい 2) | June 20, 2012[3] | 9784592194729 |
| 3 | Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii 03 (それでも世界は美しい 3) | December 20, 2012[4] | 9784592194736 |
| 4 | Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii 04 (それでも世界は美しい 4) | April 19, 2013[5] | 9784592194743 |
| 5 | Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii 05 (それでも世界は美しい 5) | August 20, 2013[6] | 9784592194750 |
| 6 | Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii 06 (それでも世界は美しい 6) | January 20, 2014[7] | 9784592194767 |
References
- ^ "Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii Shōjo Manga Gets TV Anime in April". Anime News Network. January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
- ^ "それでも世界は美しい 1 at s-book.net" (in Japanese). s-book. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ "それでも世界は美しい 2 at s-book.net" (in Japanese). s-book. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ "それでも世界は美しい 3 at s-book.net" (in Japanese). s-book. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ "それでも世界は美しい 4 at s-book.net" (in Japanese). s-book. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ "それでも世界は美しい 5 at s-book.net" (in Japanese). s-book. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ "それでも世界は美しい 6 at s-book.net" (in Japanese). s-book. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
External links
- Official manga website Template:Ja icon
- Official anime website Template:Ja icon
- The World Is Still Beautiful (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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