From Vertical website Princess Knight is a fast-paced tale of a heroic princess who can beat any man at fencing, yet is delicate and graceful enough to catch the eye of Prince Charming. Filled with narrow escapes, treacherous courtiers, dashing pirates, meddlesome witches, magical transformations and cinema-worthy displays of derring-do, you’ll be swept right along as Sapphire tackles one challenge after another. Princess Knight mixes themes of gender identity and politics with classic shojo-style illustration to create a charming proto-feminist masterpiece by the “Godfather of Manga” that has captured the hearts of generations of readers.
A mischief-making angel’s prank goes too far when the newborn princess of Silverland ends up with two hearts-one male and one female. Since the laws of Silverland only allow a male heir to ascend the throne, Princess Sapphire is raised as a prince. But will the avaricious Duke Duralumin discover Sapphire’s true nature and snatch the crown for his own son?
Some points: - borrowed from LPL (B) - I put in a request to buy this, but I wasn't sure and didn't any notification, but I was hoping other libraries in the network would buy it. I kept searching for it now and then. They bought both volumes and I borrowed both :) - It was a slow start but once I got to the adventure part (mid of volume 1) things move faster. - I really like the pirate and the witch's daughter :) In fact, I prefer the pirate than prince Franz!
Written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka
From Vertical website
Princess Knight is a fast-paced tale of a heroic princess who can beat any man at fencing, yet is delicate and graceful enough to catch the eye of Prince Charming. Filled with narrow escapes, treacherous courtiers, dashing pirates, meddlesome witches, magical transformations and cinema-worthy displays of derring-do, you’ll be swept right along as Sapphire tackles one challenge after another. Princess Knight mixes themes of gender identity and politics with classic shojo-style illustration to create a charming proto-feminist masterpiece by the “Godfather of Manga” that has captured the hearts of generations of readers.
A mischief-making angel’s prank goes too far when the newborn princess of Silverland ends up with two hearts-one male and one female. Since the laws of Silverland only allow a male heir to ascend the throne, Princess Sapphire is raised as a prince. But will the avaricious Duke Duralumin discover Sapphire’s true nature and snatch the crown for his own son?
Some points:
- borrowed from LPL (B)
- I put in a request to buy this, but I wasn't sure and didn't any notification, but I was hoping other libraries in the network would buy it. I kept searching for it now and then. They bought both volumes and I borrowed both :)
- It was a slow start but once I got to the adventure part (mid of volume 1) things move faster.
- I really like the pirate and the witch's daughter :) In fact, I prefer the pirate than prince Franz!
Bottom line, onward.
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Written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka
Some points:
- I really like Helcate and Blood both got short end of the stick.- Venus is funny especially at the end.
- Fun read.
Bottom line, good series.
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