Princess Dresses
Hanamori Pink obviously has a lot of fun playing with the character designs in the manga. Especially noticeable are the continual variations of the "princess outfits" that the mermaid princesses wear. Each princess outfit is never, ever drawn the same way twice. This page details the specific variations in each princess outfit.
Mermaid Princess Lucia
Chapter 06 - Lucia's first appearance as a princess.
Hair: Loose and barely in pigtails. The ends of her hair are curled. There are also glittering pearls strewn throughout her hair.
Flowers: The flowers in her hair have petals.
Earrings: They look like long, vertical squiggles. Definitely not her normal seashell earrings.
Neck: Lucia is wearing nothing, save for her normal seashell locket.
Chest: Her bra is studded with jewels. But it still has the normal "beads" tie in the back, the same as it would be on her normal mermaid form.
Gloves: Lacy and pretty!
Dress: Three bows and three layers of dress, all centered in front.
Tail: There are two strings of pearls looped around the base of her tail.
Chapter 14 - Princess Lucia to the rescue.
Hair: The same as it was in chapter 06.
Flowers: The flowers in her hair are roses.
Earrings: Lucia is wearing her normal seashell earrings.
Neck: Above her seashell locket, Lucia is wearing a choker made of lace.
Chest: Her bra is the same as it is in her normal mermaid form.
Gloves: None.
Dress: The same as in chapter 06.
Tail: The same as in chapter 06.
Chapter 19 - Lucia in the grand finale.
Hair: The same as in chapter 06.
Flowers: The flowers in her hair are roses.
Earrings: Lucia is wearing her normal seashell earrings.
Neck: Lucia is wearing nothing, save for her normal seashell locket.
Chest: Her bra is studded with jewels, and tied with a ribbon in the back.
Gloves: Lacy and pretty, just like in chapter 06.
Dress: The same as in chapter 06.
Tail: The same as in chapter 06.
Additional Illustrations
The following scans are mostly courtesy of Lovely Pitch, with a few images scanned by me. Pay special attention to the way that Lucia's earrings, the flowers in the hair, the details of her bra, and the decorations around her tail change quite frequently.
+ Furoku illustration (also appears on the back cover of volume 4).
+ Furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 17).
+ Color illustration, chapter 19
+ Furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 18).
+ Another furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 18).
+ Another furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 18).
+ Advertisement illustration (same issue as chapter 19).
+ Zen-in illustration (same issue as chapter 20).
+ Furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 21).
+ Zen-in illustration (same issue as chapter 24).
Mermaid Princess Hanon
Chapter 14 - Hanon's first appearance as a princess.
Hair: There are glittering pearls strewn throughout Hanon's hair, although these don't always show up in every panel.
Flowers: Extremely light, blue-colored roses in place of her normal stars.
Earrings: Hanon is still wearing her normal star earrings.
Neck: Hanon is wearing nothing, save for her normal seashell locket.
Chest: Her bra is exactly the same as it would be in her normal mermaid form.
Gloves: None.
Dress: Hanon's princess dress appears to be just like Lucia's, except that her dress has no cleft in its layers.
Tail: There are two strings of pearls looped around the base of her tail.
Chapter 19 - Hanon in the grand finale.
Hair: The same as in chapter 14.
Flowers: The light-colored roses from chapter 19 have been replaced by very dark-colored roses.
Earrings: Same as in chapter 14.
Neck: Same as in chapter 14.
Chest: Hanon's bra is studded with jewels, and tied with a ribbon in the back.
Gloves: Lacy and pretty!
Dress: This version of Hanon's dress is exactly identical to Lucia's dress, since it now has a cleft in the front and center.
Tail: Same as in chapter 14.
Additional Illustrations
The following scans are all courtesy of Lovely Pitch. Watch the flowers in Hanon's hair - they won't always be roses.
+ Cover, chapter 14 (Hanon has gloves, missing in the actual chapter).
+ Furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 16).
+ Furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 17).
+ Furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 18).
+ Zen-in illustration (same issue as chapter 20).
Mermaid Princess Rina
Chapter 14 - Rina's first appearance as a princess.
Hair: Rina's hair is still the same as it would be in her normal mermaid form.
Flowers: Rina wears a headband of small, yellow roses.
Earrings: Rina is still wearing her normal, spiral-shell earrings.
Neck: Rina is wearing nothing, save for her normal seashell locket.
Chest: Her bra is exactly the same as it would be in her normal mermaid form.
Gloves: None.
Dress: This is where it gets interesting. Unlike Lucia and Hanon, Rina wears a dress with a cleft and three bows on the side of her tail, instead of front-and-center.
Tail: There are two strings of pearls looped around the base of her tail.
Chapter 19 - Rina in the grand finale.
Hair: The same as always.
Flowers: The same as in chapter 14.
Earrings: Same as in chapter 14.
Neck: Same as in chapter 14.
Chest: Rina's bra is studded with jewels, and tied with a ribbon in the back.
Gloves: Lacy and pretty!
Dress: Aw, darn it. Now Rina's dress is identical to everyone else's - with both bows and the cleft in her skirts aligned in the center of her front side.
Tail: Same as in chapter 14.
Additional Illustrations
The following scans are all courtesy of Lovely Pitch. Watch out for the changing flowers in her hair, and the changing alignment of the cleft and bows in her skirt.
+ Cover, chapter 14 (Rina has gloves, missing in the actual chapter).
+ Furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 16).
+ Furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 17).
+ Furoku illustration (same issue as chapter 18).
+ Zen-in illustration (same issue as chapter 20).
