Novel
Some time after the completion of the Hot Gimmick manga, a novel with an alternate ending titled Hot Gimmick S was created. It was written by Megumi Nishizaki and contains original images by Miki Aihara. The story focuses on the relationship between Hatsumi and Shinogu, with Hatsumi narrating. Characters from the manga also make brief appearances as well and play very little roles in the story. A few new characters are introduced and are exclusive to the novel.
The novel also introduces new nicknames never used in the English translation of the manga. For instance, Hatsumi calls Akane "Aka-chin," Hikaru "Hii-kun," and at the age of two refers to herself as "Hami-tan" as opposed to "Hami-chan," as she does in the manga.
At the very end of the novel a few pages from volume nine of the manga are included, in which Shinogu and Hatsumi recall childhood memories while trapped in an elevator, though this section was falsely advertised as being an entirely new chapter about the two.
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