Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Japanese novel by Kanako Nishi
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Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (Japanese: 漁港の肉子ちゃん, Hepburn: Gyokō no Nikuko-chan; "Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor") is a Japanese novel written by Kanako Nishi and published by Gentosha in April 2014. A manga adaptation with art by Sugisaku was serialized online via Gentosha's Comic Boost website from January 29, 2021, to March 11, 2022.[2] It has been collected in two tankōbon volumes. An anime film adaptation by Studio 4°C premiered in Japan on June 11, 2021.
| Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko | |
 Novel volume cover | |
| 漁港の肉子ちゃん (Gyokō no Nikuko-chan) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama[1] |
| Novel | |
| Written by | Kanako Nishi |
| Published by | Gentosha |
| Published | April 2014 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kanako Nishi |
| Illustrated by | Sugisaku |
| Published by | Gentosha |
| Magazine | Comic Boost |
| Original run | January 29, 2021 – March 11, 2022 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime film | |
Characters
- Nikuko (肉子)
- Voiced by: Shinobu Otake[3]
- Kikuko (キクコ)
- Voiced by: Cocomi[4]
- Ninomiya (二宮)
- Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[4]
- Lizard (トカゲ)
- Voiced by: Hiro Shimono[5]
- Gecko (ヤモリ)
- Voiced by: Hiro Shimono[5]
- Sassan (サッサン)
- Voiced by: Ikuji Nakamura[6]
- Miu (みう)
- Voiced by: Riho Yoshioka[6]
- Darcia (ダリシア)
- Voiced by: Matsuko Deluxe[6]
- Maria (マリア)
- Voiced by: Izumi Ishii[6]
Atsushi Yamanishi and Yuichi Yasoda had been cast in unspecified roles.[6]
Media
Novel
The novel has more than 350,000 copies in print.[1]
Manga
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 24, 2021[7] | 978-4-79-862268-2 |
| 2 | March 24, 2022[8] | 978-4-34-485016-3 |
Film
An anime film adaptation by Studio 4°C was announced on January 1, 2021, with Ayumu Watanabe as director, Satomi Ooshima as scriptwriter, Sanma Akashiya as producer, and Kenichi Konishi designing the characters.[1] The film premiered on June 11, 2021.[3] In October 2021, the film was screened In Competition as part of the Scotland Loves Animation film festival, where it won the "Golden Partridge" Jury Award.[9]