Princess Knight (Vertical Inc.)

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Princess Knight (Vertical Inc.)

English Title: Princess Knight
Japanese Title: リボンの騎士
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: Vertical, Inc.
No. of Volumes: 2
In Print: ✔
Digital: ✔

From the Publisher

Princess Knight is a fast-paced tale of a heroic princess who can beat any man at fencing, yet is delicate and graceful enough to catch the eye of Prince Charming. Filled with narrow escapes, treacherous courtiers, dashing pirates, meddlesome witches, magical transformations and cinema-worthy displays of derring-do, you’ll be swept right along as Sapphire tackles one challenge after another. Princess Knight mixes themes of gender identity and politics with classic shojo-style illustration to create a charming proto-feminist masterpiece by the “Godfather of Manga” that has captured the hearts of generations of readers.

The Godmother of Manga”

A mischief-making angel’s prank goes too far when the newborn princess of Silverland ends up with two hearts—one male and one female. Since the laws of Silverland only allow a male heir to ascend the throne, Princess Sapphire is raised as a prince. But will the avaricious Duke Duralumin discover Sapphire’s true nature and snatch the crown for his own son?

What you should know

Unlike most of Vertical, Inc.‘s releases, Princess Knight was published with “un-flipped” artwork to preserve the original Japanese right-to-left reading order. It was originally published as a two-volume softcover trade paperback set in November/December 2011. Each volume was approximately 340 pages in length and printed in a 6″ x 8 ” format. However, in 2014, Vertical Inc. began releasing digital editions of their Tezuka editions, primarily available in Amazon’s popular Kindle format.

It is worth noting that Vertical, Inc.‘s edition is based on the Nakoyashi edition of Princess Knight.