Friday, July 29, 2011

Manga Review: Sakura Hime:The Legend of Princess Sakura Volume 1

                              Sakura Hime:The Legend of Princess Sakura Volume 1Review 
The Legend of Princess Sakura is by Arina Tanemura who also wrote Kamikaze Katio Jeanne and Gentlemen's Alliance Cross, the story is set in ancient Japan and is about a young girl named Sakura who has been betrothed to marry Prince Ora but she doesn't want to marry him because she has never met him so she rans away. After she rans away she looks up at the moon on the night of a full moon and then learns that she is a descend of Princess Kayuya who is the only person can kill the demons of the moon that are called Youko but since Sakura is her descend she can also defeat them and by the end of the book she vows to destroy the Youkos and protect humans.

This paragraph will include spoilers. In the middle of the volume after Sakura has went to live with Prince Ora she learns that Prince Ora hates her and he tries to kill her because she is a Princess of the Moon and he fears that she'll eventally turn into a Youko and kill him and the rest of his people. Sakura manages to escape but is very freaked out by what she just learned and she falls into a lake and almost drowns but is saved by a girl ninja named Kohaku who after seeing that Sakura is a good person she decides to protect rather then turn her into the Prince.

I overall really liked this volume and felt that quite a lot has happened in a short amount of time. So far I like Princess Sakura I can understand were she's coming from and she seems like a nice person and she pretty good with using her sword to slay Youko. I also really like Sakura's spirit friend Asagiri I find her to be completely adorable, she seems to be a good friend to Sakura, and in the side bars it said she had a sad past which hope we get to learn about in future volumes. I also love Kohaku because she's energetic, really nice and a good fighter. At this point I would really like for Sakura and Kohaku to be a couple because their so sweet together with them both wanting to protect each other but doubt it'll ever happen.

I also found the art to be very pretty and similar in style to the other series I've read by Arina Tanemura. I overall really liked this volume and I plan on buy the next one as well. Please tell me your thoughts on this volume.

No comments:

Post a Comment