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Monday, August 27, 2018

Manga Review: Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, Volume 1, by Yu Tomofuji


Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Yen Press
Release Date: May 2018
Volumes: 8+
Spoilers?: Light.
Volume: 2.

Goodreads Synopsis:

A young girl has resigned herself to being he next sacrificial meal for the Beast King...but the king is no mere monster! Love is more than skin-deep in this gorgeous fantasy manga.

Review:

Humans and Beasts are separate in this world, living on the edge of an agreement. Sariphi is the King of Beasts' next sacrifice, given to him per the agreement with the humans. Sariphi goes into this having grown up with the knowledge she was made to be a sacrifice, so expecting nothing less. She's accepted her fate, so when the King and his servants are nice to her, she cherishes it. And when she discovers what the King has actually been doing instead of eating them, she forms a bond with him.
I really appreciated that there was no hiding what they were doing—once they form this bond, this closeness, and the King realizes that Sariphi sees something in him that no one else has, he wastes no time with making her his Queen and getting rid of the sacrifice ritual.
There's a lot of opposition to their decision, to this Beast King taking on a human Queen, when other princesses have been waiting to be chosen. Humans are upset, but the beasts in particular are angry about it. Both sides don't understand and hate each other, as Sariphi experiences and is opening the King to see.
I'm a sucker for stories with a beast-like male and his sweetheart of a princess. This story is right up my alley, and I love all of the sweet scenes of affection between the two. The little conflict at the end of this volume was both sweet and sad, and I'm excited to see how it wraps up.

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