Hoshino Lily | Kigurumi Boueitai

Japanese: きぐるみ防衛隊〈ガーディアンズ〉
English: Kigurumi Defense Squad
Synonyms: Kigurumi Guardians
Type: Manga
Volumes: 3 +
Chapters: 29 +
Status: Publishing/ Hiatus
Published: Mar 2, 2013 to ?
Genres: Fantasy, Shoujo, Sci-fi, Action
Mangaka: Hoshino Lily (Story & Art)
Serialization: Nakayoshi

Synopsis: Hakka is a normal girl who's life gets turned around when an invader comes from another planet and large stuffed animals have come to protect the world from invasion. She, among others are chosen to be the guardians and team up with these stuffed animals to save the world! One strange thing other than them being stuffed animals, is that when the guardian and stuffed animal kiss, the stuffed animal turns into a handsome man!

Groups Scanlating

Agent of Change Translations

Café Scanlation

Licensed in English

Kodansha Comics (Summer 2017) 

Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates

Side notes: I know the mangaka from her works in another genre and I's a bit surprised to stumble on her shoujo genre work. In general I like her stories and art style so I's not surprised too much when I checked few chapters from this manga. As I read this I really had a deja vu from another story that I started to search due of the mangaka herself and the story (which I remembered reading based on the name though the plot/ pictures didn't ring the bell). And I found it after lil twisting of the baka pages around.XDD Thou the mangaka was Mamahara Ellie (>> Kigurumi Planet, 2008) and not Lily Hoshino.

Main characters

Hakka Sasakura

Second year, class 4. One of the Guardians. Partner is Ginger.

Ginger

One of the Kigurumis. Hakka's partner.

Nobara Miyamori

Second year, class 1. One of the Guardians. Partner is Basilico. Has a small rivalry with Hakka over the Student council President.

Basilico

One of the Kigurumis. Nobara's partner.

In normal form.

Satsuki Nasu

First year, class 4. One of the Guardians. Partner is Fennel.

Fennel

One of the Kigurumis. Satsuki's partner.

In normal form.