Qualia the Purple

• Ja Kanji — 紫色のクオリア • Ja Romaji — Murasakiiro no Qualia • Genre — Yuri Science fiction Romance

• Type — light novel • Author — Hisamitsu Ueo • Illustrator — Shirou Tsunashima • Publisher — ASCII Media Works • Imprint — Dengeki Bunko • Published — July 10, 2009

• Type — manga • Author — Hisamitsu Ueo (original story) • Illustrator — Shirou Tsunashima • Publisher — ASCII Media Works • Magazine — Dengeki Daioh • First — January 27, 2011 • Last — August 27, 2013 • Volumes — 3 • Volume List — #Manga_volume_list Qualia the Purple is a yuri science fiction light novel written by Hisamitsu Ueo and illustrated by Shirou Tsunashima. It was first published in Japan by ASCII Media Works under the Dengeki Bunko imprint on July 10, 2009. A manga adaptation, drawn by Tsunashima, was serialized in Dengeki Daioh starting on January 27, 2011, and published in Japan in a total of three tankōbon volumes. Both the novel and its manga adaptation are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment for publication in North America.

Marii Yukari, a junior high school student possesses purple eyes via which she perceives all humans as robots. She has only a single friend, Manabu "Gaku" Hatou. Marii is enlisted into a secret organization that wants to take advantage of her powers, and becomes involved in a series of dangerous science experiments whose consequences ultimately force Gaku to make a difficult choice.

Qualia the Purple was written by Hisamitsu Ueo with illustrations provided by Shirou Tsunashima, and first published in Japan by ASCII Media Works as a Dengeki Bunko title on July 10, 2009. A manga adaptation, drawn by Tsunashima, was serialized in Dengeki Daioh from January 27, 2011, and was published in a total of three volumes. In February 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed both the light novel and manga for publication in the English language within North America, and released the novel's English version on December 13, 2022. The manga's English version, which will be published in a single omnibus edition volume as Qualia the Purple: The Complete Manga Collection, was published on June 13, 2023.