プライベート・プリンス 5 (5)

Private Prince #5

by Maki Enjōji

Sakuragawa Miyako is a graduate student at Eito University against the wishes of her family. She finds out that the prince of Istria Wilfred (WIll) is studying abroad and is at Eito University. She wants to get close to him only in the hopes of finishing her thesis on his great grandmother, Queen Ritsuko, but does he have other ideas!?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Josei, Comics Manga, Graphic Novels, Royalty, Smut

192 pages

First published July 26, 2005

About the author

Name (in native language): 円城寺マキ (えんじょうじ マキ)

Maki Enjōji is a Japanese manga artist. Among her works, Happy Marriage!? is one of the best known and it has been published in English under VIZ Media’s Shojo Beat, in French by Kazé, in German by Tokyopop and in Italian by Star Comics.

Reviews

[Mac · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marco solo este último, pero reseña de la serie entera.

3'5. El dibujo es hermoso, es una mangaka con mucho talento.

Sobre la edición tengo un par de quejas: en uno de los volúmenes, ¿segundo? Una de las anotaciones de la primera página del primer capítulo queda cubierta bajo el "lomo" al estar mal situada, no volvió a pasar con ninguna otra. Segunda queja: la tipografía usada para los comentarios de la autora no lo hacía fácil de leer. Por lo demás, encantada. Además, es corto y se lee bien.

Sobre el manga en sí: Es cierto que es uno de los más atrevidos que hay (josei no hay muchos), y no he podido dejar de admirar la calidad del dibujo y los conocimientos de anatomía de la chica jajaja. Se lee rápido y entretiene, que es de lo que se trata. ¿Hay cosas que me molesten aparte de que a "Miss Melones" no le cambia Robert el nombre en los cinco tomos? Sí. Como que me pasé dos tomos diciendo que lo de ella era como el síndrome de Estocolmo y no se puede basar la relación en que él le convence a su modo de todo y así. Y que él aparte de eso, no entendía qué más podría estar buscando. Se explica en el cinco y quedé satisfecha con la respuesta.

Y en el quinto tomo, todo termina de manera precipitada, no se llega a desarrollar aunque sí que queda bien cerrado y atado. Seguro que, al menos, daba para terminar bien ese tomo. Pero cuando leí FIN y vi que había un cacho grande de libro aún... Y vi que era otra historia.... -.- En fin. Me siento un poco estafada. Pero feliz de que Maki Enjoji esté sana y tenga un bebé hermoso.

[Seyma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gözlerimden kalpler fışkırıyor Maki ,yaktın beni Maki..

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Et c'est finie. Cela faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas lu quelque chose en français et ça est allé bien. En outre, j'ai découvert que je peux utiliser Google Translate avec ma téléphone s'il y a des mots que je ne connais pas.

Je suis content d'avoir lu ça. Comme tous les œuvres de Enjōji-sensei, ça n'est quelque chose que change ma vie, mais elle aide à passer des bons moments. Les personnages sont très sympatiques et Will n'est pas trop autoritarie. N'aime pas ça dans mon shojo manga : les relation doivent étre entre des personnes qui sont au même niveau.

C'est la troisième série que je lue de Maki Enjōji, la premiére en français. Et je n'ai trois autre à la maison à lire : deux en allemand en une en français.

[Eva Domínguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yay!! I loved it. It was short, but really funny. And Prince Will is soooo cute <3

[Mara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jednoducho best ! :D

[Andrea · Rating 1 out of 5]

I want to start off saying that yes I was one of those kids. I read smut/mature mangas in middle school. And this was one of them. It's been a few years since I first opened this series and read it- boy has my opinions have changed about this.

The story starts with Miyako "stalking" Wilfred (the prince) from the bush with her best friend telling her she is just becoming like all the other groupies this guy has. We found out she is "stalking" his every move because he is related to the person she wants to write a story about. So her best friend goes and dolls her up, basically telling her to use her 'big breast' and seduce the prince into giving her the information she wants. Which she makes a sly remark how "westerns say all asians look alike" which i've heard some actually say- but that doesn't make it right and it rubbed me wrong. Nevertheless, she goes to the party and the Wilfred is instantly into her because of her big melons (they will literally continue calling her "miss melons" or "melons" throughout the series). Turns out the royal family has a huge fetish for big breast. I say fetish because that is literally how it comes off as they are introduce this new fact. He even tells the world later on in the series during an interview with her that the first thing he noticed was her boobs.

[insert roll eye emoji] Anyway, he sees her and she sees him. She tries walking towards him, but she can't walk in high heels so she ends up falling and knocking out. Wilfred tells the guests at the party he is at (with her in his arms unconscious) that he would take her to the doctors, but as soon as he is out of eye shot, he takes her to his room instead. She wakes up, she explains why she wanted to talk to him and he uses it as an attempt to sleep with her. Literally gets on top of her and starts taking off her clothes without her permission/consent. While he does stop- because she said to- he then goes to propose that the only way for her to get this information from him is if she falls in love with him.

Side note: Her being "jumped" happens multiple times within this series. Or guys manipulating her and trying to take advantage her (a better way of putting it) happens again and again. With his cousin, her guy friend who is a chef who is secretly in love with her, with Wilfred, and probably one more person I'm forgetting because I can't think right now. But trust me, it's in there.

Not to mention when they get the pregnancy scare, he gets elated (because now they have another leading situation where they can force the royal hand into letting them get married) and she is more shocked than anything. I honestly thought this would be their breaking point. She wouldn't have been able to continue her studies, at least, not as attentive as she would want if she was pregnant with his kid. She is losing more than he would from this and the fact that he didn't see that was kind of messed up. Note: not saying children aren't a blessing. they are, but it still doesn't mean it wouldn't cause her to either put aside her dreams or have to re-arrange them which Wilfred doesn't have to do himself.

All in all, the people around Miyako (besides maybe her best friend) are all manipulative. I think that is what bothers me the most. That she allows everyone around her to pretty much get away with manipulating, talking down to her etc. It is disgusting. To be honest, she deserves better. And Wilfred isn't that.

I guess I'm passed my "being in love with alpha/possessive men" phrase because nothing about this book can redeem it for me in my eyes. I went into this book looking for nostalgia from my youth and got hit with all these others reasons why I will never read this series again.

[Bibliothecat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review for the complete series



Miyako is writing her master thesis on Princess Ritsuko - a Japanese girl who married into the Estorian royal family. As it happens, Ritsuko's grandson Prince Wilfred has come to Japan to study abroad. Miyako has her mind set on getting an interview with him to complete her thesis, but Prince Will shows her a different face than the one he wears in public.

In a broad sense, this is your typical royalty falls in love with commoner story, including the fact that Miyako is one of the very few characters who isn't interested in Will being a prince - well, beyond that fact that she wants information of him. The main aspect that's probably different from most of its kind is the fact that Will is said to be a bit of a pervert. To be honest, beyond the fact that he likes large breasts - which is also what made him notice Miyako initially - I wouldn't say there's anything perverted about him. It does make for a more comedic start to this series, though.

Private Prince became much stronger with the later volumes. While the first volumes were more on the comedy side of things and thus quite fun, I struggled to connect to the characters. Miyako is obsessed with her thesis and pretty dense about a lot of other things - Will was definitely the more interesting of the two. Once both had gotten over their pride and admitted their feelings for each other, the plot became more serious and I appreciated how the characters handled all the obstacles thrown in their way.

Rather than being all lovey-dovey, both had their share of doubts and had to give some serious thought in regards to their future. Miyako wanted to continue her studies and felt like this was not possible if she were to remain in a relationship with Will, and of course, he had a lot of things to consider given his title and all. I felt like their relationship developed well and all their worries and solutions were both mature and realistically done. I also started to appreciate Miyako's character a lot more once she wasn't in such denial about her feelings. While I still prefer Will as a character, she did show a lot of backbone in regards to her studies and research.

Private Prince also has a great supporting cast. Miyako's friend Chiri is easily at the top of my list, she makes such a great and supportive friend, has a fleshed-out personality and is an actual functioning part of the plot. For better or for worse, I also liked how Miyako's mother was written. She is far from a pleasant person but she does also show that she loves her daughter and she added some more depth to Miyako's side of the story.

Originally, I only read Private Prince because I enjoyed other of Enjouji's works. It is still not my favourite of hers, but it's a fun story, especially if you enjoy romances with royalty and don't mind Will's quirks about large breasts which seems to be a running joke throughout the series.

[Abbie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Of course they gotta throw in the obligatory arranged marriage plotline. It was awful suspicious that this wasn't a thing earlier in the series. And of course Miyako only decides to grow a backbone when it comes to Will when it's for something he can't actually control. And for something that ends up being super-duper fake. And of course there has to be a pregnancy scare thrown in as well. Oh, the cliches.

The ending was very meh. Of course they got married, but their characters were never resolved. The prince just became more open about secretly being a dick. Miyako just accepted that she won't be able to go to Japan ever again (For what reason? Dunno, but they said she can't, so whatever.). She's still letting Will lead and whatnot, but at least she's happy, I guess.

Well, at least the manga never dragged or felt padded. It stayed true to the story it was trying to tell, which is more than a lot of manga out there.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

(stejná recenze u každého dílu)
Pěkná a roztomilá kresba. Musím kresbu opravdu vynachválit, protože byla opravdu úžasná, jelikož i u sourozenců, kteří normálně vypadají velmi podobně, byly detaily obličejů tak dobře nakresleny, že od sebe byli odlišní a přesto si zachovali podobnost. Vím, že to nedává smysl. :D Líp to vysvětlit nedokážu.
Vážně by mě zajímalo, co bylo s tou celou královskou rodinou. Každý člen byl zvláštní a úplně v jiném směru. To mi ale zas tak nevadilo, protože to bylo poměrně vtipné.
Princ Will a miss Melouny tvořili hrozně roztomiloučký pár. I když se mi nelíbilo, jakým způsobem dostal Will poprvé Miyako do postele. Za to jsem na něj byla opravdu naštvaná a Miyako jsem litovala.
Obálky vypadají pěkně, akorát by na nich nemuselo být tolik světlých prvků, které pak splývají s pozadím, kde se nachází nadpis.
Hodnotím 67% Jazyk: Čj Počet stran 990

[Nisa Greennnpanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rating: 2 stars

Review (for the whole manga):
Didn't really enjoy this manga series. Too cliche, perhaps. Just liked the art. As usual for this mangaka, there are some explicit scenes (nudity / 18sx) in this series as well.

[Tar-Isilmë · Rating 1 out of 5]

I will review the entire series here, since, all volumes have the same rating.
I can't understand that the same author who made My Happy Marriage?! Wrote this manga, the plot makes no sense, the characters are annoying and dimensionless.
The frustration was more than the enjoyment.

[Gabriela Casas Martínez · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Beiyu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good choice for light reading with romance and a not too heavy plot line.

[Starbubbles · Rating 4 out of 5]

It ended in a fairly typical way, marriage and a baby. This isn't to say that it wasn't nice, but not an ending that was very moving. By the time you got to the end, you felt like you were finally let off of the continous loop of:
inheriting the hotel, not inheriting it
getting married, not getting married
can have her career, not have her career
having a baby, not having a baby

I would also like to point out that condoms aren't fail-safe. You can still get pregnant with using them properly, every single time. It seems that whenever there is a pregnancy scare, it's always related to that one time without protection. Both parties using birth control methods can still conceive if they are not also practicing abscence. But whatever, this is manga we are talking about. There aren't even STDs in mangaland.
Anyway- this issue is not just seen here, but in many of the genre. I just get a tad urked by it. You have this opportunity to talk about contraceptives and their effectiveness, but it's lost by just using it on the guy's side as a pregnancy only preventor.
I'm done, no more babbling I promise

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Merci à ma cocotte, qui m'a donné Hapi Mari, et enfin poussée à le lire depuis le temps que je veux le faire!

Petite journée sympa, spéciale shoujo de Maki Enjouji ♥. Ça faisait super longtemps que ça ne m'était pas arrivé, c'était bien bon, du coup c'est dur de redescendre les pieds sur terre et de quitter ces personnages auxquels finalement on s'attache.
Promis, je n'attendrai plus 15ans pour remettre ça! ^^

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Series Review: This manga is a very cute and funny series that makes a quick and light read. The plot is not very original and often cliche but entertaining none the less. The characters are likable and often humorous. I recommend this manga for older readers as it has mature moments and those looking for a light read.

[moi, k.y.a. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Güncelleme yapmayı unutmuşum :/

Genel olarak güzel bir seriydi. Maki Enjoji'nin çizimlerini her zaman sevmiştim, bu seride de aynı düşünce içerisindeydim hâlâ da öyleyim ama ne bileyim... Bir はぴまり~Happy Marriage!?~ （１）etmedi gözümde...

[◼Zaky◼ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had fun reading this whole manga series,made me laugh a lot. Though a bit disappointed it was a short series (wished there was more) but glad it ended on a happy note:).
It was an interesting,enjoyable and a fun read;))))!!

[Brendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a far as I get in this series so this rating is 4 the whole series.
Funny, selfish and smut.
The prince was such a moron at the beginnig, but what can I say ? when he fell in love? he really fell hard! was a lovely story with hot scenes.

[Adrya Ribeiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adorei como terminou esse mangá. Mesmo tendo a história totalmente guiada o volume 4, gostei de ver o casamento (o pouco que mostrou), só queria mais do depois do casamento.
Mas, enfim, acabou tudo bem!
:D

[Lotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

That had almost no Yaoi in it T^T
Still good tho.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book!:) Although the ending is a little bit typical, still I think the book, and the story are over all good and worth the time!:)

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

happy ending, of course. hmm :))

[Natasya Mesensy · Rating 3 out of 5]

a very addictive author, yup. That is all you need to know.

[Eccentric Editions · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really cool series! I like it very much! It is cute love story!

[Nathalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

My rating: 4.5

[Shani · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed & luved the whole series:)

[Melody]

At last it freakingly ended... geez.