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The Princess I Loved in My Past Life is Now a Middle-Aged Dad Vol. 2
A LOVE THAT SPANS ACROSS LIFETIMES!The high school knight Haruto is devoted to his princess, even if she's been reincarnated as a middle-aged vice principal named Kuraudo!
Princess Claudia's reincarnation has gone awry because of the sorcerer Angelo's curse! After hearing that the enchantment can only be broken with true love, Haruto is convinced that means true love's kiss and ponders how to make a kiss with Kuraudo natural. Will the two be able to return to their previous selves after a kiss?
Princess Claudia's reincarnation has gone awry because of the sorcerer Angelo's curse! After hearing that the enchantment can only be broken with true love, Haruto is convinced that means true love's kiss and ponders how to make a kiss with Kuraudo natural. Will the two be able to return to their previous selves after a kiss?
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160 pages, Paperback
Published January 13, 2026
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February 8, 2026
This definitely works better as a comedy than a romance. It's worth a read for Haruto's shenanigans, but I wouldn't take any of this seriously.
May 14, 2026
I spoke a bit in my review of the previous volume about how this book takes scenes that are sort of meant to be heartwarming and makes them more uncomfortable than anything. This volume takes it to a whole new height as these two fully try to explicitly figure out how to have a relationship as vice principal and student that won’t get Claudia arrested for being a child predator. That’s pretty much the plot… and calling it uncomfortable is a bit generous…!
Again, as I mentioned, I get that these two have their circumstances, but I don’t think it makes it any less creepy to have characters say lines like, “[We need to find] a place where it wouldn’t be odd for a student and teacher to kiss.” The more these two get closer to actual romance, despite Claudia being the maiden she’s always been on the inside, the more kinda weirded out I feel by this setup. I think it’s maybe because a lot of the humor in this is meant to be this sort of crass, uncomfortable humor rather than feel-good, earnest, light-hearted humor.
There’s a lot of dirty humor and assault humor as well (there’s a scene where a character gives another character a suppository without their consent while they repeatedly tell them no, and this is played for laughs). There’s also a scene where Claudia rides the women’s only train car and it makes all the women in the car uncomfortable because she looks like a man on the outside, and then she even gets accused of sexually assaulting a girl on the train. I dunno, I just don’t find that stuff funny. It’s way more uncomfortable and mean-spirited than anything, to me.
(Also, not to be the friend that’s too woke, but because of the climate against trans people in America where I’m from, it hits way too close to home to have a male-presenting female character in a book I’m reading be pushed out of female spaces and also accused of sexual assault even though she’s literally just existing. I just hated reading that chapter. Even though Claudia isn’t exactly trans or trans-coded necessarily, it gave me the heebie jeebies.)
I just think that this series has a really strange, disconcerting vibe that I can’t really put my finger on, and which keeps me from enjoying it to the fullest. This volume does even have some laugh out loud moments that are kind of overshadowed by the parts that sketched me out. I would really like this if the vibe of it were just a little bit different, which I think is the biggest bummer for me.
Again, as I mentioned, I get that these two have their circumstances, but I don’t think it makes it any less creepy to have characters say lines like, “[We need to find] a place where it wouldn’t be odd for a student and teacher to kiss.” The more these two get closer to actual romance, despite Claudia being the maiden she’s always been on the inside, the more kinda weirded out I feel by this setup. I think it’s maybe because a lot of the humor in this is meant to be this sort of crass, uncomfortable humor rather than feel-good, earnest, light-hearted humor.
There’s a lot of dirty humor and assault humor as well (there’s a scene where a character gives another character a suppository without their consent while they repeatedly tell them no, and this is played for laughs). There’s also a scene where Claudia rides the women’s only train car and it makes all the women in the car uncomfortable because she looks like a man on the outside, and then she even gets accused of sexually assaulting a girl on the train. I dunno, I just don’t find that stuff funny. It’s way more uncomfortable and mean-spirited than anything, to me.
(Also, not to be the friend that’s too woke, but because of the climate against trans people in America where I’m from, it hits way too close to home to have a male-presenting female character in a book I’m reading be pushed out of female spaces and also accused of sexual assault even though she’s literally just existing. I just hated reading that chapter. Even though Claudia isn’t exactly trans or trans-coded necessarily, it gave me the heebie jeebies.)
I just think that this series has a really strange, disconcerting vibe that I can’t really put my finger on, and which keeps me from enjoying it to the fullest. This volume does even have some laugh out loud moments that are kind of overshadowed by the parts that sketched me out. I would really like this if the vibe of it were just a little bit different, which I think is the biggest bummer for me.
January 20, 2026
Well that's a bummer. This went exactly the direction I was hoping it wouldn't.
Much of the story was cute and funny still - very gag-focused but with some undercurrents of actual character growth. Haruto is hilarious; I love how over-the-top ridiculous he is, not only in his interactions with Kuraudo but with everyone he encounters. I also appreciated the flash to their past lives, with some glimpses of how heroic he really had been as a knight.
As Haruto's mother says when she gets set up on a marriage prospect date with Kuraudo, their relationship really does seem one-sided. So it was nice to see how much the princess truly had loved her knight, and how Kuraudo in the present panics at the idea of losing him again.
Things I didn't love: the bits with the magician-turned-teacher who does aggressive things like giving Kuraduo a suppository and removing his underwear in his sleep. And of course the scene right at the end, where Kuraudo and Haruto finally kiss and Kuraudo bodyswaps with his daughter.
I don't know how it's going to be resolved in the final volume, and while I would like to read it, I don't think it's worth keeping a preorder for a series I'm unlikely to be that attached to. My bookstore and library don't carry the series, so I'll just have to figure something out, or maybe just read review spoilers eventually...
It's a bit disappointing because there were some interesting ideas raised. Even though Haruto had been so adamant about loving his princess no matter her form, Karaudo noticed his hesitation this time...he's always been kind of assuming that his beloved princess would go back to her original appearance eventually. Which Haruto says himself is a very big mark against it being true love. Plus I hate the whole idea of Karaudo sacrificing 50 years of his life and career just to become a pretty young woman again.
Which he decides he wants to do halfway through this volume! Mostly because he doesn't like that his hair is thinning. It's meant to be funny, but it's also very shallow and makes it clear this story is meant to have more humor than heart.
Much of the story was cute and funny still - very gag-focused but with some undercurrents of actual character growth. Haruto is hilarious; I love how over-the-top ridiculous he is, not only in his interactions with Kuraudo but with everyone he encounters. I also appreciated the flash to their past lives, with some glimpses of how heroic he really had been as a knight.
As Haruto's mother says when she gets set up on a marriage prospect date with Kuraudo, their relationship really does seem one-sided. So it was nice to see how much the princess truly had loved her knight, and how Kuraudo in the present panics at the idea of losing him again.
Things I didn't love: the bits with the magician-turned-teacher who does aggressive things like giving Kuraduo a suppository and removing his underwear in his sleep. And of course the scene right at the end, where Kuraudo and Haruto finally kiss and Kuraudo bodyswaps with his daughter.
I don't know how it's going to be resolved in the final volume, and while I would like to read it, I don't think it's worth keeping a preorder for a series I'm unlikely to be that attached to. My bookstore and library don't carry the series, so I'll just have to figure something out, or maybe just read review spoilers eventually...
It's a bit disappointing because there were some interesting ideas raised. Even though Haruto had been so adamant about loving his princess no matter her form, Karaudo noticed his hesitation this time...he's always been kind of assuming that his beloved princess would go back to her original appearance eventually. Which Haruto says himself is a very big mark against it being true love. Plus I hate the whole idea of Karaudo sacrificing 50 years of his life and career just to become a pretty young woman again.
Which he decides he wants to do halfway through this volume! Mostly because he doesn't like that his hair is thinning. It's meant to be funny, but it's also very shallow and makes it clear this story is meant to have more humor than heart.
February 11, 2026
i prefer the first volume, but this isn’t so bad. magi is notably kind of a creep in my opinion, and his involvement is pretty minor— definitely a weak spot in this volume, which trades the episodic comedy of the first volume for a more long-winded narrative. i’ll be reading the third and final volume, since the ending was admittedly both unexpected and pretty funny; i don’t know what i expected from a story with this kind of title…
my favorite character is reijo! she’s a sweetheart through and through~
my favorite character is reijo! she’s a sweetheart through and through~
January 26, 2026
Well, this was definitely not as good as the first book and it feels like they are rushing the story so that it’ll end in 3 volumes. I was hoping the charm and humor would continue of the age gap relationship and yet it ended on such a weird note.
I’m not excited for the last book, but I will be reading it to see how it ends.
I’m not excited for the last book, but I will be reading it to see how it ends.
May 2, 2026
i did not expect that ending....
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