Question how the hell do funbags that big get stuffed down THAT much? Aint no way.

Also you can look at Lester and it just screams "I'M THE VILLAIN RIGHT NOW"

Also the assassin can take me to bed and kill me after if she wants <3

Fun first chapter always love these kinds of settings. And Sapphire is adorable her on the horse with the hat being all giddy and wanting to wear a dress. Just so cute.

Thank you for the first chapter of this can't wait for more.

i like her hat

one of the alternate names of the series is Shinyaku Ribbon no Kishi btw this do be ribbon knight v2

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Looks like a retell of Ribbon no Kishi. Even the character design looks like Tezuka's.

Hope this one doesn't end in het, like the original.

Looks like a retell of Ribbon no Kishi. Even the character design looks like Tezuka's.

Hope this one doesn't end in het, like the original.

I think this is that Ribbon Knight.

Looks like a retell of Ribbon no Kishi. Even the character design looks like Tezuka's.

Hope this one doesn't end in het, like the original.

Correct*. And the series is tagged as yuri for a reason ^^

*It's very loosely based on it. I don't do translations, my Japanese sucks, but having read the 60s version, this appears to be set at some point in the future of either that or the original 50s series.

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^^^It is, it's even credited as such. (Princess Knight is the English title of Ribbon no Kishi). I'm more surprised by the fact it seems to be official since I had never heard of it even though it is years old. I knew we'd get a new take on this one sooner or later, though so not too surprised either.

Honestly I find it pretty lacking, it's cute, it's good. But it just feels like any modern fantasy/adventure manga.
I guess I've been spoiled by other retelling of Tezuka's work. Even the art, while good isn't anything unique.

Of course that's only the first chapter. Way too early to cast a final opinion.

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^It is, it's even credited as such. (Princess Knight is the English title). I'm more surprised by the fact it seems to be official. I knew we'd get a new take on this one sooner or later, though so not too surprised either.

Is the series news to you? it was in the anniversary magazine TezuComi, there's a bunch of Tezuka stuff in there.

Honestly I find it pretty lacking, it's cute, it's good. But it just feels like any modern fantasy/adventure manga.
I guess I've been spoiled by other retelling of Tezuka's work. Even the art, while good isn't anything unique.

Guess I'm just a sucker for transcoded yuri. I'm really excited to get further into this one :>

The prime minister looks like he's from the "we are number one" song x)

Kind of cheesy but its amusing.
It feels like an old Disney story.

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Nice hat!

Small typo on page 17 third panel:
I don't ned -> I don't need

i'm sorry but i find the designs of the women of this manga so sad, they seem to come straight out of a misogynist's head with those proportions and the design of the prime minister is so sus, it resemble a antisemitic caricature. I find it so sad because the story of the manga seems kinda interesting

i'm sorry but i find the designs of the women of this manga so sad, they seem to come straight out of a misogynist's head with those proportions and the design of the prime minister is so sus, it resemble a antisemitic caricature. I find it so sad because the story of the manga seems kinda interesting

Fair and fair. I can't blame you for the former (plus it's worse after ch1, lots of nipple-less nudity, this one's awfully seinen) and I'm unable to comment on the latter. Consider me cautious though.

I don't really get why the big Osamu Tezuka 90th Anniversary celebration's Princess Knight rep was handed to Bureidou. This is what they're known for...

As someone who likes the 60s manga, I think a modern Princess Knight reboot in this vain but focused less on boobs and more on its characters could be something real special. Especially if it was yuri! My favorite part of that 60s manga is that despite it being so old, Sapphire's desire to just be a regular girl still rings true. Speaking as a trans woman, it's brutally realistic for it to hurt her so much to have to put away her one dress forever. But if you want a modern take on the series, unfortunately you've got either this or The Ribbon Hero, which...I haven't seen yet, but it sounds even more removed from the source material than this manga. (Does it even have the transcoded thing??)

I personally find this sort of hyper-sexualization funny as hell, (admit it it's ridiculous,) so it doesn't bother me. And for a number of other reasons, I'm eager to scanlate this manga. But like... can we get a Princess Knight reboot that doesn't come with a massive asterisk?

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I hope the assassin falls for MC