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Akizuki Sorata - Akagami no Shirayuki Hime, vol. 01-02
Wed, Sep. 2nd, 2009 09:20 amShirayuki (Japanese for "Snow White") is an ordinary girl, except for her head of bright red hair. Because of this, she attracts the attention of the prince of her country. In order to escape becoming his concubine, she runs off and meets Zen, the second prince of another country.
So far, I am not actually sure what the plot of this is. The first volume is largely about Shirayuki getting used to her new place in Zen's palace, while the second is more about her becoming a royal pharmacist. Then again, I'm not sure it'll actually matter that much as to what the plot is; the joys of this manga are the cute and sweet art and the extremely cute and sweet interactions between Shirayuki and Zen.
Zen is one of those rare shoujo heroes, someone who is genuinely nice. He rescues Shirayuki a few too many times for my taste, but he's never meanly possessive of her, he gives her room, and he trusts her to do what she needs to do. And he does sweet things like make sure she gets enough sleep without being a jerk about it!
Shirayuki may be a more standard sweet shoujo heroine, but I don't particularly care right now because she and Zen are so adorable!
Overall, this is immensely cute and sweet in the best of ways, with two very likable leads, nice art, and situations that so far don't depend on the leads acting irrationally. I really hope this gets licensed, because good sweet shoujo is actually fairly difficult to find.
So far, I am not actually sure what the plot of this is. The first volume is largely about Shirayuki getting used to her new place in Zen's palace, while the second is more about her becoming a royal pharmacist. Then again, I'm not sure it'll actually matter that much as to what the plot is; the joys of this manga are the cute and sweet art and the extremely cute and sweet interactions between Shirayuki and Zen.
Zen is one of those rare shoujo heroes, someone who is genuinely nice. He rescues Shirayuki a few too many times for my taste, but he's never meanly possessive of her, he gives her room, and he trusts her to do what she needs to do. And he does sweet things like make sure she gets enough sleep without being a jerk about it!
Shirayuki may be a more standard sweet shoujo heroine, but I don't particularly care right now because she and Zen are so adorable!
Overall, this is immensely cute and sweet in the best of ways, with two very likable leads, nice art, and situations that so far don't depend on the leads acting irrationally. I really hope this gets licensed, because good sweet shoujo is actually fairly difficult to find.