Sugar Apple Fairy Tale
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Miri Mikawa and illustrated by aki. Kadokawa Shoten have published twenty volumes from March 2010 to March 2024 under their Kadokawa Beans Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Alto Yukimura was serialized online via Hakusensha's Hana to Yume Online website from November 2012 to October 2014. It was collected in two tankōbon volumes. A second manga adaptation with art by Yozora no Udon was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace from November 2021 to December 2023, and a third manga adaptation with art by Konosagi has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's Flos Comic website since August 2023. Both the light novel and second manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired from January to September 2023.
Plot
Anne Halford is a candy crafter determined to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a Silver Sugar Master, a title bestowed only by royalty. In order to travel to the capital and realize her dream, she purchases Challe, a handsome but foul-mouthed fairy, as her bodyguard. Anne wishes to befriend her new companion, but in this kingdom where fairies are treated as property upon possession of one of their wings, Challe wants nothing to do with humans.Characters
;Anne Halford;Challe Fen Challe
;Mithril Lid Pod
;Hugh Mercury
;Kat / Alph Hingley
;Jonas Anders
;Keith Powell
;Elliot Collins
;Bridget Paige
;Cathy
;Benjamin
;William Alburn
;Sammy Jones
;Orland Langston
;King
;Valentine
;Nadil
;Gladus/Lafalle
;Noah
Media
Light novels
The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press.Volumes
Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Alto Yukimura was serialized online via Hakusensha's Hana to Yume Online website from November 2012 to October 2014. It was collected in two tankōbon volumes. A second manga adaptation with art by Yozora no Udon was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace from November 4, 2021, to December 4, 2023. The second manga is also licensed in North America by Yen Press, who are publishing new chapters simultaneously with the Japanese release.A third manga adaptation with art by Konosagi has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's Flos Comic website since August 4, 2023.