Princess Lucia
Princess Lucia (プリンセスルシア, Purinsesu Rushia) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. The series first volume was digitally released in North America by Digital Manga.
Princess Lucia | |
The cover of the first manga volume. | |
プリンセスルシア (Purinsesu Rushia) | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Kōji Seo |
Published by | Mag Garden |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Blade (2009 – July 2014) Monthly Comic Garden (September 2014 – October 2015) |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | March 30, 2009 – October 5, 2015 |
Volumes | 5 |
Plot
Princess Lucia of the demon realm decides that she must have a child with Yuta, a normal human student, as the child born from their union would possess great power. However, two angels, Rie and Eru, are intent on keeping her from achieving her goal.[2][3]
Characters
The series has four main characters:
- Princess Lucia (ルシア, Rushia)[4]
- A princess from the demon realm who believes that if she were to have a child with Yuta it would be amazingly powerful due to his date of birth.[2]
- Yuta Koizumi (小泉 ユタ, Koizumi Yuta)[4]
- A normal student who happened to be born on 6 June at 6:06:06 during the sixth year of the Heisei period (1994).[2][3]
- Rie (春日部 リエ, Kasukabe Rie) and Eru (美花本 エル, Mikamoto Eru)[4]
Release
Kōji Seo began the series as a one-shot in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade in the September 2008 issue, before launching it as a bi-monthly serialized title in the magazine's March 2009 issue.[1] The series went on hiatus before resuming on 30 May 2014.[2] When the Comic Blade magazine ceased print publication on 30 July 2014, the series was moved to Mag Garden's new Monthly Comic Garden magazine starting on 1 September 2014, while also continuing publication on Comic Blade's website.[5][6] The series concluded on 5 October 2015.[6]
Seo released an artbook for the series, Princess Memories (瀬尾公治画集 -PRINCESS MEMORIES-), on 9 November 2012 (ISBN 978-4800000392).[7]
In November 2013, Digital Manga announced that they had licensed the first three volumes of the series for publication in North America under their Project-H imprint.[8] The publisher regularly licenses series on a volume-by-volume basis.[9] It released the first volume digitally on 15 December 2014.[10] The print volumes were originally scheduled to be released in March,[11] June,[12] and September 2015, respectively.[13] The first volume was later rescheduled to January 2016, but missed that window also.[3] In May 2016, Digital Manga launched PeCChi, a new imprint that focused on non-pornographic adult titles, and announced that several of its former Project-H titles would be transferring to the new imprint, starting with Princess Lucia,[14] but this did not happen.[15]
Volumes
The series was collected into five tankōbon volumes between 2009 and 2015.
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | 17 September 2009[16] | 978-4-86127-657-6 | 15 December 2014 (digital)[10] 12 January 2016 (print, cancelled)[3] | 978-1-62459-192-1 978-1-62459-191-4 |
2 | 17 January 2011[17] | 978-4-86127-806-8 | June 24, 2015 (print, cancelled)[12] | 978-1-62459-193-8 |
3 | 10 May 2012[18] | 978-4-86127-996-6 | September 30, 2015 (print, cancelled)[13] | 978-1-62459-195-2 |
4 | 17 March 2014[19] | 978-4-8000-0278-5 | — | — |
5 | 17 December 2015[20] | 978-4-8000-0527-4 | — | — |
References
- "Aria's Amano to Launch Amanchu! Manga on November 29". Anime News Network. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "Kouji Seo's Princess Lucia Manga to Resume on May 30". Anime News Network. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "Princess Lucia Volume 1 (Hentai Manga) (Princess Lucia (Hentai Manga))". Amazon.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- プリンセスルシア/瀬尾公治 [Princess Lucia / Kōji Seo]. Mag Garden (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "Comic Blade Ceases Publication, Replaced with Comic Garden Magazine". Anime News Network. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "Kouji Seo's Princess Lucia Manga Ends in October". Anime News Network. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- 瀬尾公治、初画集に「君のいる町」「Princess Lucia」など. Natalie (in Japanese). 14 August 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- "Digital Manga's Project-H Imprint Adds Kouji Seo's Princess Lucia Manga". Anime News Network. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "Digital Manga Licenses The Hentai Prince & Stony Cat 2–3". Anime News Network. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- "Princess Lucia Vol. 1". eManga. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- "Princess Lucia Vol. 1". Digital Manga. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- "Princess Lucia Vol. 2". Digital Manga. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- "Princess Lucia Vol. 3". Digital Manga. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- "Digital Manga Launches PeCChi Imprint for Mature-Themed Manga". Anime News Network. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- All Pecchi
- "Princess Lucia(1) (BLADE COMICS)". Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- Princess Lucia(2) (ブレイドコミックス) [Princess Lucia (2) (Blade Comics)]. Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "Princess Lucia 3 (BLADE COMICS)". Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- Princess Lucia(4) (ブレイドコミックス) (BLADE COMICS). Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- Princess Lucia(5) 通常版: ブレイドコミックス [Princess Lucia (5) normal edition: Blade Comics]. Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
External links
- Princess Lucia at Mag Garden (in Japanese)
- Princess Lucia (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia