Questions tagged [nisekoi]

Nisekoi: False Love is a manga by Naoshi Komi with an anime produced by Shaft. The story follows the son of a Yakuza leader, Raku Ichijou,and the daughter of a rival gang's boss, Chitoge Kirisaki, who have to pretend to be lovers in order to prevent a turf war.

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Nisekoi, released in English as Nisekoi: False Love, is a rom-com manga series written and illustrated by Naoshi Komi. First published as a one-shot manga in Jump Next! magazine, it is currently being serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump as a full fledged series. The plot of Nisekoi follows Raku Ichijou, who has a fake relationship with Chitoge Kirisaki, which they have to maintain to prevent a war between their family's rival gangs. As the story continues, we are also introduced to the other heroines of the story - Kosaki Onodera, Raku's own crush, Marika Tachibana, Raku's overzealous admirer and fiancee, and Seishiro Tsugumi, Chitoge's bodyguard and childhood friend.

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  • The original Nisekoi was a one-shot manga published in Jump Next! on January 8, 2011. It was both written and illustrated by Naoshi Komi.
  • The Nisekoi manga series as it is today is written and illustrated by the same author as the one-shot. It began serialisation in November 7, 2011, and is still ongoing today, currently with 18 volumes published. It is released in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.
  • A two volume novel series of Nisekoi was released, under the title Nisekoi: Urabana. Written by Hajime Tanaka and illustrated by Naoshi Komi, it ran from June 4, 2013 until December 28, 2013.
  • An anime adaption of Nisekoi has been produced by the studio Shaft. The first season ran from January 11 2014 until May 24 2014, and comprised 20 episodes, with an additional 3 OVA episodes. The second series began on April 10, 2015, and ran until June 26, 2015, containing 12 episodes and one OVA.
  • A Nisekoi videogame was released by Konami on November 27, 2014 for the PlayStation Vita. The game was titled Nisekoi: Yomeiri!?.
  • Additionally, Chitoge Kirisaki appears as a support character in the videogame J-Stars Victory VS.
  • The characters from Nisekoi also appear in a themed set of the card game Weiβ Schwarz

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Why doesn't Marika wear same uniform as the others?

Despite being a transfer student, Marika should have been given a uniform. But why didn't they give her one? Chitoge wpre the same uniform since her first day. In manga chapter 129 (Now it has 131 chapters)
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What meaning does the phrase "Zawsze in Love" have?

I've watched 16 episodes and the phrase "Zawsze in Love" (first said by Kirisaki) appears to be memorable both for her and Ichijou. But what does it mean? Is it a reference to something? Or is it another thing from their childhood?
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Who are the 7 Heroines of Bonyari High?

I have come across this term and I wonder who exactly the 7 heroines are? They are mentioned here in chapter 132: And here: Can someone give me a list of them? I know of Chitoge, Kosaki and Marika. Haru seems not to be one of them.
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How can two pucks be used at the same time in air hockey?

As we can see, there are two pucks on a single hockey table. They collide and goal. It doesn't look like one came flying from another table. As I know there will be only one puck in a single game on a table. So what is going on in this part? Does…
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Why isn't Raku Ichijou's mother's face ever revealed in the manga?

Why isn't Raku Ichijou's mother's face ever revealed in the manga? I mean, the manga ended, and she was the last character introduced in the series. What was the need to hide her face then?
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Was the phrase "Zawsze in Love" generated using Google Translate?

In chapter 216 of the manga, it was revealed that the title "Zawsze in Love" was actually a mistranslation from an translation program. It didn't specify whether it was done using Google Translate or any other translation program. The first volume…
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How much of the manga did Nisekoi season 2 cover?

I'm not reading Nisekoi's light novel/manga, so I wonder, how much of the manga does the anime's second season cover? Because I found that only a few episodes contribute to the story itself and almost half of the entire season appeared to be…
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Which promised girl is Raku referring to?

Onodera, Chitoge, and Marika seem to own a key and all of them have a fuzzy memory of their childhood. I think Raku really met them all when he was young and made a promise to each, maybe, so that makes all the three promised girls. Of course, only…
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What is meaning of colon in Nisekoi second season name?

Nisekoi second season has a ":" in the name like "Nisekoi:". What is the meaning of that colon?
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What does the piece of paper in chapter 222 say?

On the fourth page of Nisekoi chapter 222, there is a page that shows a stick figure drawing of a girl and boy together in the middle with other girls on top and it's in Japanese. What does it say and is it important to the Nisekoi story line?
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From what chapter of the Nisekoi manga should I begin reading to pick up where the anime ends?

Finished watching the first 24 episodes of the series, want to continue the story reading the manga, where should i begin? Bonus question! What am I missing if I just skip to the chapter from the OP question? EDIT: at the time of the original…
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How much of an influence/reference/relation Love Hina and Shakespeare was to Nisekoi?

Both share way more elements in common than two random shounen shows. Digging into the preferences, sources and/or backgrounds of the author of Nisekoi, how much of Love Hina's influence can be found? Both shows have the following in…
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Why is Nisekoi's name written in Katakana?

Noticed it first in this Jump cover in the bottom right corner: Katakana is used for spelling out foreign words. Nisekoi is Japanese for "fake love". So, why is katakana used? Just to make the name seem more "cool"?
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Is there second season for Nisekoi as of this day April 21 2015?

I think im impatient. Im really inlove with Nisekoi, and I badly need to know when would it be release - the second season i mean. Last year December I found out that they will realease it on April this year and yet, I still don't know if it already…
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