Hoshi Furu Oukoku no Nina

Description

From Kodansha:
Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess…specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won’t give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another?

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Note: Won the 46th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo Manga in 2022.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina

Hoshifuru Ōkoku no Nina

Nina del reino de las estrellas

Nina du Royaume aux étoiles

Nina of the Starry Kingdom

Nina the Starry Bride

Nina z Gwieździstego Królestwa (Polish)

Nina – Die Sterne sind dein Schicksal

Нина в королевстве звёзд

星辰墜落之國的妮娜

星降る王国のニナ

辰星降临之国的妮娜

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Latest Release(s)

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Status in Country of Origin

16 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 6, Chap 24

User Reviews

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Forum

1 topics, 1 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.1 / 10.0 (54 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.8 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 4th, 2025 5:05pm PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Adventure Drama Fantasy Josei Romance
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Rikachi

Artist(s)

Rikachi

Year

2019

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Be Love (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

INKR

K Manga

Kodansha USA (15 Digital Vols; Ongoing | 13 Physical Vols; Ongoing)

MangaPlaza

Renta!

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #478

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Monthly Pos #1265

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3 Month Pos #1504

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6 Month Pos #1421

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Year Pos #853

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List Stats

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On 233 wish lists

On 7 completed lists

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One of the best josei manga of recent years

by Elj842
1 week ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I love this manga, it has great art, a nice fantasy historical setting and an interesting plot.

Nina, an orphan, is abducted in order to impersonate the late princess of her country. She builds an emotional connection with the prince of Fortna, Az, who is also a soul who feels like he has no place in the world. However, their king agrees to give Nina's hand in marriage to the prince of an enemy country. In order to save the boy she loves, Nina decides to write her own destiny and agrees to the political union. Upon arriving at the neighbouring kingdom, Galgada, Nina learns that prince Sett has no intention to marry her, in fact, he uses the brides sent to him as political tools in order to find excuses to attack their homelands. Galgada is a warrior nation and Sett is a person who experinced so much trauma at a young age that he completely closed off his heart in order to protect himself.

Now, I saw people complaining about the love triangle. And honestly this is one of the rare cases when it makes sense. Nina develops feelings for Az but she leaves those emotions behind when she goes to Galgada. There, she forms a special and deep relationship with Sett, thinking she would never see Az again. She is a teenager who later gets confused when Az returns to her life, after all he was the first person she ever liked. But at the same time Sett is always on her mind, and their relationship is more complex, it's honestly pretty obvious from early on that Nina's feelings for Sett are more mature and romantic and they have a shared and special understanding between them. Let's not forget that Sett and Nina meet as political enemies- Sett's behaviour shouldn't be justified but he doesn't enjoy being cruel, he's actually indifferent about everything and follows his orders as a prince whose task is to conquer other nations.

The manga also has an interesting lore about gods and special powers, I personally find the fantasy setting very entertaining. Nina is a headstrong character who is flawed, but she grows a lot as a person. Az also learns to take himself into account because he always accepted that he would die at a young age. Sett slowly opens his heart to happiness and acknowledges that Nina cannot be his whole world. And the side characters are also great.

This manga has a lot of heart, please give it a chance.

... Last updated 6 days ago

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What's wrong with her

by yaglurt
2 months ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

So at some point the female lead had to choose between her first love who risked his life and kingdom for her and... the psychopath who tried and almost killed her. Guess who she chose ?

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AZ DESERVES BETTER

by Ainzley Kaidou
2 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I would be so upset if Nina ends up with Sett. Sure,he began to like her but didn't he wound her before? !?Az has always been with her since day 1. He became the King just so he could save her. Not once did he gave up on her. He gambled everything just so he could take her back from Galgada yet she's treating him like in second next to Sett?I wanted to cry so badly when he said "You're so unfair" to Nina. Like my guy willingly sacrificed everything since just like he said " what's the point of having the throne by forsaking her?" NINA DO BETTER PLEASE😭 JUST CHOOSE DAMN IT. LEAVE AZ ALONE IF YOU'RE ALWAYS THIS INDECISIVE. I'm starting to hate Nina's righteousness in all honesty. In fact, it's like hypocrisy.

... Last updated 2 years ago

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Stupid female lead

by Orionthehunter
3 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

This is certainly a story about a female lead cheating with two male leads who are both important to the story. My problem, besides the weird love affair, is that she's currently choosing the guy who's a tyrant. He murders people without any reason and she believes she can "change" him.

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