Published in the U.S. by Del Rey Manga
Slugline: The children of the night... they make such beautiful music... (chainsaw revving up).
The cover may be trying to pass this off as a horror, but it's a comedy. It's honest about the chainsaw, though; Hime ("Princess") does seem to favor the chainsaw over the rapier. She has recently added Hiro, a classically clueless abuse magnet, to her stable of servants, and keeps him alive and useful by feeding him her blood. We also have a classically clueless older sister to Hiro as a housemaid and a classic chibi sidekick/superstrong robot/only-says-one-word girl. Plus a half-werewolf angry-and-violent-stereotype girl who will be the backup asskicker for the series.
They're not the most original group of characters. And the storyline is not shaping up to be too unusual either - Hime and her siblings are trying to kill each other, and I'm sure we'll be regaled with stories of mutual trauma soon enough. And sadly, the artist had a lapse of physical plausibility when Hime delivered a strong upward slash to an enemy standing in front of her and the next frame depicted the rapier stuck through his forehead. Skewered upward through his chin, I would have bought, but I'm sorry. Yes, I am picky.
Still, it's got chainsaws, and that counts for something around here.
Princess Resurrection, vol. 1 is also available from Right Stuf, Intl., an online retailer specializing in anime and manga.
- Miranda
2 comments:
Was your Princess Resurrection vol1 fine? Mine was "missing" 32 pages. Or to be exact, it had pages 25-57 printed twice. On their right place, then again instead of 57-89.
Our copy was complete... but printing accidents do happen. Maybe your local library has a copy with the last 32 pages?
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