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A shoujo fantasy that brings readers into the magical world of nail art.“I’m going to become this world’s first decorated nail artist!”In a foreign land where nail polish acts as a magical conduit, Saara aspires to create pretty and powerful decorated nail art!  Unfortunately for Saara, she lacks both the magical ability ad the know-how to paint anything other than useless party tricks.  Even her best customer, Rocco — a beautiful wizard with a mean streak (and an even meaner apprentice) — can barely summon a spark from the cutesy nails Saara creates for him!Rather than be discouraged, Saara determines to improve her abilities and surpass even her benefactor, the grouchy goblin Master Reed!  But as a woefully average, utterly unexceptional protagonist, Saara has a long way to go —and a lot of nails to paint — before she'll ever stand a chance at greatness.For now, she's just an average girl working as a below-average nail artist in a fantasy world! Domestic orders have a 30-day return period. You can return your books within 30 days of your order date. Please contact us with your order number and reason for return we’ll be happy to look into it for you.

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ongoing
Indexed editions
2 records, including 2 standard singles
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Not rated
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Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land, Volume 1

Creator Marukawa Marukawa · Creator Marukawa

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A shoujo fantasy that brings readers into the magical world of nail art.“I’m going to become this world’s first decorated nail artist!”In a foreign land where nail polish acts as a magical conduit, Saara aspires to create pretty and powerful decorated nail art!  Unfortunately for Saara, she lacks both the magical ability ad the know-how to paint anything other than useless party tricks.  Even her best customer, Rocco — a beautiful wizard with a mean streak (and an even meaner apprentice) — can barely summon a spark from the cutesy nails Saara creates for him!Rather than be discouraged, Saara determines to improve her abilities and surpass even her benefactor, the grouchy goblin Master Reed!  But as a woefully average, utterly unexceptional protagonist, Saara has a long way to go —and a lot of nails to paint — before she'll ever stand a chance at greatness.For now, she's just an average girl working as a below-average nail artist in a fantasy world!

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About this English edition

Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land, Volume 1 is vol. 1 in Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land, published in English by TOKYOPOP. This paperback edition has a catalog release date of April 7, 2026 with ISBN-13 9781427884862.

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