Nui!
Nui! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Mukai. It was serialized in Jive's Comic Rush magazine from June 2006 to September 2007 and published in three volumes. It follows a girl named Kaya who, on her sixteenth birthday, discovers that her stuffed animal Purple is alive and has been secretly protecting her.
Plot
The plot centers around Kaya and her three stuffed animals: Purple, Gray, and Aqua. Because Kaya loves and cares for her stuffed animals so much they are able to have souls, as long as Kaya keeps loving them their souls will be allowed to live on. As the legend goes, if a stuffed animal experiences a 'High Emotional Moment' they can then do a 'Human Transform' in which they are able to become human for a short period of time. As Kaya and her stuffed animals go on adventures they meet other stuffed animals and their owners. Finding out along the way that although some are nice, there are others who are not so kind, meaning Purple, Gray and Aqua are frequently forced to protect Kaya whilst struggling to keep their secret identities hidden from the rest of the world.Characters
;Kaya Yamase;Purple
;Gray
;Aqua
;Pink
;Tetsu Tsuchida
;Shinri Harihara
;Bianca/Nera
Publication
Written and illustrated by Natsumi Mukai, the series began serialization in Jive's Comic Rush magazine on June 26, 2006. The manga completed its serialization on September 26, 2007.At San Diego Comic-Con 2007, Broccoli Books announced that they licensed the series for English publication.