Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land
Also recorded as Ikyō no Tsume Nuri Minarai · Ikyou no Tsume Nuri Minarai
Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land
- Language
- Japanese
In this article
Key facts
• Ja Kanji — 異郷の爪塗り見習い • Ja Romaji — Ikyō no Tsume Nuri Minarai • Genre — Isekai
Key facts
• Type — manga • Author — Marukawa • Publisher — Shufu to Seikatsu Sha • Magazine — * Pash Up! • Comic Pash! Neo (2024–present) • Imprint — Pash! Comics • First — March 2, 2022 • Volumes — 7
Key facts
• Type — anime • Director — Daiji Iwanaga • Writer — Tomoko Konparu • Studio — Zero-G
Key facts
• Portal — yes Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Marukawa. It began serialization in Shufu to Seikatsu Sha's Pash Up! manga website in March 2022 and was later transferred to the Comic Pash! Neo website in December 2024. Its chapters have been collected into seven tankōbon volumes as of September 2026. An anime adaptation produced by Zero-G has been announced.
Plot
Keiko "Sara" Sahara is an office worker, though she does nail art as a hobby. One day, she is reincarnated into another world where nail art gives people magical powers. She decides to take a job as an apprentice nail painter, where she paints nails with beautiful and practical designs, while also working with other artists to improve her work.
Manga
Written and illustrated by Marukawa, Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land began serialization in Shufu to Seikatsu Sha's Pash Up! manga website on March 2, 2022. It was transferred to the Comic Pash! Neo website on December 17, 2024. The series is based on the manga Isekai Gel Nail, which was published on Marukawa's Twitter account. The first tankōbon volume was released on November 4, 2022. Print releases starting with the sixth volume included colored pages that were originally only available in digital versions. In April 2026, Shufu to Seikatsu Sha announced that previous volumes of the manga would be re-released in "semi-color" editions. As of September 2026, seven volumes have been released. In July 2025, Tokyopop announced that it had licensed the series for English publication. The first volume was released on April 7, 2026.
Anime
An anime adaptation was announced on October 1, 2025. It will be produced by Zero-G and directed by Daiji Iwanaga, with series composition handled by Tomoko Konparu, who will also write the scripts with Michiko Yokote.
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- Japan
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land, revision 1373467927 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
“Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further readingWikipedia
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Comics and comic art
9,835 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Apostolos DoxiadisArtist
- Apothecarius ArgentumSeries
- Appare Jipangu!Series
- AppleseedSeries
- April Showers Bring May FlowersSeries
- Aqua BlessSeries
- Aqua KnightSeries
- AquablueSeries
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a copy of Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.