Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii
Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii is a Japanese manga series by Dai Shiina, serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume from 2012. Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii was first published as a one-shot in the same magazine in 2009, with a second one-shot published in 2011. It has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes as of April 2014. An anime television series adaptation by Pierrot aired between April 6, 2014 and June 29, 2014 on NTV.
Nike, the fourth princess of the Rain Dukedom and one who holds the power to call forth the rain, travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius for her country, despite her own reluctance. She soon discovers that the King, who conquered the world in only three years after his ascendance to the throne, is still a child. Furthermore, for trivial reasons, he has demanded that Nike call forth the rain, and when she refuses, he has her thrown in jail. The story follows the two who, while at first are a married couple only in name, gradually begin to establish an emotional bond with one another.
Cast:
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Livius I
Rena Maeda as Nike Remercier
Ai Kayano as Nia
Chisa Yokoyama as Tohara
Daisuke Namikawa as Lani Aristes
Keiko Han as Sheila
Mariya Ise as Mira
Takahiro Sakurai as Valdo
Takayuki Kondou as Kitora
Tomokazu Sugita as Neil
Toshiharu Sakurai as Tetel
Yuka Terasaki as Kara
Yuki Matsuoka as Luna
Nike, the fourth princess of the Rain Dukedom and one who holds the power to call forth the rain, travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius for her country, despite her own reluctance. She soon discovers that the King, who conquered the world in only three years after his ascendance to the throne, is still a child. Furthermore, for trivial reasons, he has demanded that Nike call forth the rain, and when she refuses, he has her thrown in jail. The story follows the two who, while at first are a married couple only in name, gradually begin to establish an emotional bond with one another.
Cast:
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Livius I
Rena Maeda as Nike Remercier
Ai Kayano as Nia
Chisa Yokoyama as Tohara
Daisuke Namikawa as Lani Aristes
Keiko Han as Sheila
Mariya Ise as Mira
Takahiro Sakurai as Valdo
Takayuki Kondou as Kitora
Tomokazu Sugita as Neil
Toshiharu Sakurai as Tetel
Yuka Terasaki as Kara
Yuki Matsuoka as Luna