Presenting my first manga from the new Seven Seas branch of Steamship, something I will claim to be basically their smut line, we have I’ll Never be your Crown Princess penned by Saki Tsukigami and drawn by Natsu Kuroki.
I picked it up because I like the hilarious idea of a lass trying desperately to get out of marrying a prince but ends up in that situation regardless.
SYNOPSIS
I will not be your plaything!
Liddy, who was Japanese in her previous life, is now the daughter of a duke and engaged to the gorgeous crown prince Friedrich.
Sounds like a dream come true – except this is a world that practices polygamy, and Liddy refuses to marry a man with multiple wives.
To sabotage the engagement, she loses her virginity to a stranger, but that plan is thwarted by a surprising revelation. What will happen to Liddy in this hot fantasy romance?
THOUGHTS
I expected to be faced with smut and basically very sexual themes but did not expect it first chapter but, then again, the whole concept is about a lass throwing away her virginity like the crown she doesn’t want because she’s a one man gal. So, besides the usual gorgeous art and amusing characters, I may try something new with this review.
Chapter 1 is simply about the lass, who is to become the Queen and in doing so must remain a virgin, going to a masked ball in hopes of losing her virginity to some random dude, her friend helps her in this plan, as well as getting the invite to said ball. Out of nervousness, she indulges in the sweets and food offered at the party, which is very unlike the people there, as you find out later, just like how she treats the random. She feels like she was going to regret her choice but ends up banging the random, it gets pretty in your face but that’s the most you see in this volume and the bang the night away.
Now, Chapter 2 begins with her noticing the mask has fallen off and leaves the dude asleep in the bed, as she makes her way back.
Then the Prince comes to visit the lass, she manages to confess that she is no longer virgin and he’s like “that’s fine, I was the one who did that to you” and shes like “oh hell no”. He’s pleased to be engaged to her and shes like “oh, shit”, followed by the usual talk of “you are possibly carrying my spawn due to my seed” and she’s like “contraception bitch” and he’s like “how the hell did you get that?”.
She still is like “nope, not being your crown princess” until the end of this chapter.
Chapter 3 is following his side of the events and how he has a huge sex drive and needs to bang randoms to settle it through the ball his associates tells him about. He finds sex with others very boring considering they don’t do more than lying there and he wants more. When he calls the next ball his last, he finds out he is being hitched to the main lass but at said ball, he finds a very charming lady that he couldn’t help but approach, love blooms and then that’s how that chapter ends.
Chapter 4 wakes with the dude feeling awesome, which is rare for him apparently, so with his associate, he looks through all the ladies portraits and eventually found the lass he banged at the ball, which is the one he is hitched to. He mentions to the father of the lass that he intends to love on his kid as much as he can and then she is like “nope, never”.
The final chapter of the volume makes me chuckle regardless.
So he makes his intentions known that he wants her, she’s like that is utter bull and they get a little handsy, well the Prince does anyway, then more discussions ensue. It mentions the ritual of how a Princess Consort is made or marked by the Royal Flower, which made me cackle for some reason, mainly cause it can only be done once. So, either way, it ends with her being all “this is utter bullshit”, which made me laugh harder.
I gave this four blossoms because I just enjoyed it so much, I ain’t a huge fan of sexual content due to my own reasoning but I do enjoy the interaction between Friedrich and Liddy, I long to see what the next lot of volumes have.
I am also a huge sucker for pretty art like this, so I have to see what happens next.
The short novel part at the end was an enjoyable read.
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