Princess Prince

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Summary: Cute shoujo fairytale.
Review: From Tomoko Taniguchi, the creator of Popcorn Romance and Call Me Princess, comes this funny spin on an old tale. In order to fulfill an ancient prophecy, pretty boy Prince Lawrence's father had him raised as a princess and renamed him Lori. However, a young angel bird threatens to expose his secret. That and the handsome young suitor Brandon has intentions on kidnapping him, although he believes that Lawrence's sister is really the princes posing as a princess. This while Lawrence under the guise of Lori escapes with the Princess Jenny who are being chased by other pursuers. Princess Prince is a great shoujo manga. This graphic novel collects the entire series originally printed by CPM Manga in comic book format.

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Summary: If I could give this more than five stars, I would!
Review: I ADORE this manga! I haven't been able to put it down for more than a few minutes since I got it! The characters are lovable, the art is beautiful, and the story is original. I loved Emma the Angel Bird and Janice, and the pair of princes captured my heart and my interest right when I opened the book!

The other stories in this collection are just as well done, and just as interesting.

This one definitely qualifies as one of the favorites in my collection! (it's not easy to pick favorites when you have over a hundred manga!)

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Summary: ^_^
Review: I have read Aquarium and Call Me Princess, but this book, Princess Prince was absolutely good. I like the way characters are drawn. It was much better than in Aquarium. If you are shoujo's fans, better check it out.

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Summary: Sweetness and light for Princess Prince
Review: If you yearn for the old-school shoujo series (like Candy Candy), then I think you'll enjoy Princess Prince.

This is a sweet and lovely anthology of stories, a couple of which revolve around the title characters Princes Matthew and Lawrence of the Gemstone Kingdom. Matthew and Lawrence are gorgeous twin boys, but their father, in his grief over losing his wife when the boys were born, decided that one who resembled his wife the most, should be a girl. Lawrence (aka Lori) happened to get the short end of the stick and then had to wear dresses and be brought up as a girl. As if your typical shoujo manga stereotypes aren't enough, Lori falls in love with a girl but cannot reveal his true gender because of a curse that might befall the kingdom if he tells the truth.

Taniguchi is a good manga-ka. Her drawings are in light, delicate lines, which almost matches the plotline, which resembles a dreamy old-fashioned fairy tale. The characters are all very sweet and cute -- we even get the ubiquitous mascot in the form of Emma, the angel bird.

A couple of good things to note about this volume: it's thick! It's probably a good 300+ pages in length, which is incredible for an English translated manga. The character introductions at the beginning of the volume are a nice touch (and the 90210 reference is very funny).