Love Live! Manga

Love Live!
There are three different series of manga adaptations of Love Live!. All of them have their scenarios written by Kimino Sakurako, with character designs by Murota Yuuhei.


 * The first is titled "Love Live! School idol project". It is illustrated by Tokita Arumi. It began serialization in the January 2012 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine. The manga ended serialization in the magazine's May 2014 issue and was transferred to Dengeki G's Comic starting with the June 2014 issue. It went on hiatus and was restarted with Chapter 30 in the March 2016 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine.
 * The second is titled "Love Live! Anthology". It is drawn by a variety of illustrators, different for each chapter.
 * The third is titled "Love Live! School idol diary", and is a manga adaptation of the light novel series by the same title. It is illustrated by Oda Masaru. A second season began in Dengeki G's Comic April 2016 issue.
 * The second season is published under the title "Love Live! School idol diary Second Season" and has restarted numbering.

Love Live! School idol project
The first few chapters of "Love Live! School Idol Project" may be read in English legally at Comic Walker.

Love Live! School idol project 1

 * 1) Chapter 1 (第1話)
 * 2) Chapter 2 (第2話)
 * 3) Chapter 3 (第3話)
 * 4) Chapter 4 (第4話)
 * 5) Chapter 5 (第5話)
 * 6) Chapter 6 (第6話)
 * 7) Chapter 7 (第7話)
 * 8) Chapter 0 (第0話)
 * 9) Chapter 1.5 (第1.5話)

Release Date: September 27, 2012

Full fan translation can be found here.

Love Live! School idol project 2

 * 1) Chapter 8 (第8話)
 * 2) Chapter 9 (第9話)
 * 3) Chapter 10 (第10話)
 * 4) Chapter 11 (第11話)
 * 5) Chapter 12 (第12話)
 * 6) Chapter 13 (第13話)
 * 7) Chapter 14 (第14話)
 * 8) Chapter 15 (第15話)
 * 9) Chapter 16 (第16話)

Release Date: June 27, 2013

Love Live! School idol project 3

 * 1) Chapter 17 (第17話)
 * 2) Chapter 18 (第18話)
 * 3) Chapter 19 (第19話)
 * 4) Chapter 20 (第20話)
 * 5) Chapter 21 (第21話)
 * 6) Chapter 22 (第22話)
 * 7) Chapter 23 (第23話)
 * 8) Chapter 24 (第24話)

Release Date: May 27, 2014

Love Live! School idol project 4

 * 1) Chapter 25 (第15話)
 * 2) Chapter 26 (第16話)
 * 3) Chapter 27 (第17話)
 * 4) Chapter 28 (第28話)
 * 5) Chapter 29 (第29話)
 * 6) Chapter 30 (第30話)
 * 7) Chapter 31 (第31話)
 * 8) Chapter 32 (第32話)

Release Date: August 27, 2016

Love Live! School idol project 5

 * 1) Chapter 33 (第33話)
 * 2) Chapter 34 (第34話)
 * 3) Chapter 35 (第35話)
 * 4) Chapter 36 (第36話)
 * 5) Chapter 37 (第37話)
 * 6) Chapter 38 (第38話)
 * 7) Chapter 39 (第39話)
 * 8) Chapter 40 (第40話)

Release Date: May 27, 2017

Love Live! Anthology 1

 * 1) I Tried Thinking About the Stage Costumes Seriously (ステージ衣装について本気出して考えみた)
 * 2) Friendship Doesn't Change (友情ノーチェンジ)
 * 3) I Found the Sparkles (キラキラ見つけた)
 * 4) Important Thing for an Idol (アイドルに大切なこと)
 * 5) Rin rin♪ Diary
 * 6) Lip✩Lecture 1・2・3! (リップ✩レクチャー1・2・3!)
 * 7) Blending of Japanese and Western styles Elichika (和洋折衷エリーチカ)
 * 8) Because That Girl's Chest is Full of Dreams (彼女の胸には夢が詰まっているから)
 * 9) source of power
 * 10) Love Live! 4 Frames Theater (ラブライブ! 4コマ劇場)

Release Date: June 29, 2013

Love Live! Anthology 2

 * 1) Nico's Favorite, Maki-chan (ニコの大好きな真姫ちゃん)
 * 2) Rin Like a Full Bloomed Flower (凛と咲く花のように)
 * 3) Breakfast Together With You (朝ごはんはあなたといっしょに)
 * 4) I Don't Know Ranking*Teach Me Ranking (知らないRanking*教えてRanking)
 * 5) Smiling Holiday (にこにこほりでぃ)
 * 6) Hanayo's Poem♪ (花陽の詩♪)
 * 7) Random (乱)
 * 8) I'm Glad You're Waiting. (貴方が待ってる嬉しいな.)
 * 9) Chubby Live!!! (ぽちゃライブ!!!)
 * 10) filer du fil
 * 11) After School Friendship! (アフタースクールフレンドシップ!)
 * 12) Be More Cute! NozoNicoEli (もっとkawaii! のぞにこえり)

Release Date: June 28, 2014

Love Live! School idol diary 01 Honoka, Kotori, Umi

 * 1) Chapter 1: Idol Photo Session! (アイドル撮影会！) (Written by Kousaka Honoka)
 * 2) Chapter 2: I Got Caught in a Pinch! (はさまれちゃった！) (Written by Minami Kotori)
 * 3) Chapter 3: My Destiny. (私の運命.) (Written by Sonoda Umi)
 * 4) Chapter 4: My Destiny. Continuation (私の運命. 続) (Written by Sonoda Umi)
 * 5) Chapter 5: Yukki's and My Future. (ユッキーと私の未来.) (Written by Kousaka Honoka)

Release Date: September 28, 2014

Love Live! School Idol Diary 02 Maki, Rin, Hanayo

 * 1) Chapter 6: Otonoki Seven Wonders. (オトノキ七不思議.) (Written by Nishikino Maki)
 * 2) Chapter 7: Rin and One Night's Mistake. (凛と一夜の間違い.) (Written by Hoshizora Rin)
 * 3) Chapter 8: Let's Dance In This Late-Night Festival. (後夜祭で踊ろう.) (Written by Koizumi Hanayo)
 * 4) Chapter 9: Rin and The Cat. (凛と猫ちゃん.) (Written by Hoshizora Rin)
 * 5) Chapter 10: The Way Back. (帰り道.) (Written by Nishikino Maki)

Release Date: February 27, 2015

Love Live! School idol diary 03 Nico, Eli, Nozomi

 * 1) Chapter 11: The Old God has Come. (歳神さまがやってきた.) (Written by Toujou Nozomi)
 * 2) Chapter 12: GO HOME! (Written by Yazawa Nico)
 * 3) Chapter 13: A Talk Between Ourselves. (ここだけの話.) (Written by Ayase Eli)
 * 4) Chapter 14: Nico and μ’s. (ニコとμ’s.) (Written by Yazawa Nico)
 * 5) Chapter 15: The Schoolyard's Cherry Blossom Tree. (校庭の桜の木.) (Written by Ayase Eli)

Full fan translation for Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14 and Chapter 15 can be found here.

Release Date: August 27, 2015

Love Live! School idol diary 04 Maki, Hanayo, Kotori, Umi, Nico

 * 1) Chapter 16: The First Years are in Trouble! (一年生はタイヘン!) (Written by Nishikino Maki)
 * 2) Chapter 17: ?
 * 3) Chapter 18: The Apple Pie's Journey. (アップルパイの旅.) (Written by Minami Kotori)
 * 4) Chapter 19: ?
 * 5) Chapter 20: ?

Release Date: March 27, 2017

Full fan translation for Chapter 16 and Chapter 18 can be found here.

Love Live! School idol diary Second Season 01 ~Autumn School Festival~

 * 1) Chapter 1: ?
 * 2) Chapter 2: ?
 * 3) Chapter 3: ?
 * 4) Chapter 4: ?

Release Date: August 27, 2016

Love Live! School idol diary Second Season 02 ~μ's Summer Holidays~

 * 1) Chapter 1: ?
 * 2) Chapter 2: ?
 * 3) Chapter 3: ?
 * 4) Chapter 4: ?

Release Date: March 27, 2017

Love Live! Sunshine!!
There are two manga adaptations of Love Live! Sunshine!!. Their scenarios are written by Kimino Sakurako, with character designs by Murota Yuuhei.


 * The first manga adaptation is titled "Love Live! School idol project Sunshine!!", illustrated by Oda Masaru. It began serialization in the May 2016 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine.
 * The second manga adaptation is titled "Maru's 4-Koma", illustrated by Takenouchi Toshio. It began serialization in the May 2017 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, expanding upon the old full-colour but smaller format of Maru's 4-koma.

Love Live! School idol project Sunshine!!

 * 1) Chapter 1 (第1話)
 * 2) Chapter 2 (第2話)
 * 3) Chapter 3 (第3話)
 * 4) Chapter 4 (第4話)
 * 5) Chapter 5 (第5話)
 * 6) Chapter 6 (第6話)

Release Date: September 27, 2016

Maru's 4-koma

 * 1) Drop 1: Starting All Of A Sudden... (突然はじまるんですね...)

Release Date: TBA