The duck prince

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The Duck Prince ( Japanese あ ひ る ​​の 王子 さ ま , Ahiru no Ōjisama ) is a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Ai Morinaga . The work is about an ugly boy who suddenly becomes beautiful through an accident and its consequences. The manga can be assigned to the genres Shōjo , Comedy and Romanticism .

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The boy Reiichi Shiratori is short, overweight and is teased by his classmates because of his appearance. He's also in love with the most beautiful girl in school, Yumiko. She is also the only one who likes him. They share their love for plants and Reiichi is similar to Yumiko's dog Mister. But one day Yumiko moves to the USA with her parents . On the day of the farewell, Mister runs away and when Reiichi tries to save him from being run over, he is hit by the car himself.

A year later he wakes up again, outwardly completely changed and has become a beauty through the operations. He's going back to school and hoping for a better life. There he meets Yumiko again, who has returned from the USA and does not recognize him. When Reiichi meets her dog Mister again, it becomes clear why he has really changed so externally. Mister is actually an enchanted prince who has been turned into a dog by a magician. He also enchanted Reiichi on the day of the accident, so that he is now more beautiful. But so that this continues and Reiichi Yumiko can court, he should help Mister to regain his true form.

To do this, they have to find the wizard responsible for the curse. Mr. Takamura, the teacher of Reiichi and Yumiko, soon turns out to be the latter. However, Takamura has forgotten how to do magic and must first regain his powers.

Manga

The manga by Ai Morinaga was from March 2001 to June 2003 in the magazine Asuka the publisher Kadokawa Shoten published. The series was later summarized in six anthologies ( Tankōbon ).

The work was published in English by Central Park Media and in French by Editions Tonkam . In 2006 a Spanish version was published by Planeta DeAgostini Comics . The manga was published in German from July 2006 by Carlsen Verlag , which has published all six volumes. The translation is by Kai Duhn and Rie Nishio.

radio play

In April 2002 a radio play CD on the manga was released in Japan, which contains four stories.

reception

In reviews on the Internet, the manga is described as humorous and stylishly drawn. The characters are superficial and not very interesting, only Yumiko could convince as a crazy girl. The many super deformed drawings would support the funny situations and make the plot varied.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sabina Hitzler at AnimePro about the manga
  2. ↑ a b Anime and Manga portal ( memento from October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) about the manga

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