... and more importantly, ch27 is up and we got a nice, if short little moment between the pair of main characters... and a whole lot of stuff other than that, as always :P Which I think makes it interesting - this manga does seem to me mostly about the magical revolution itself and the princess, and the relationship with Euphie, while important, doesn't take center stage. Even if repeat myself incessantly about how it would probaby better if they cut the dialogues in half, I still like it.
I am okay with Anise and Euphie's personal relationship being a subplot rather than the main plot, because I am convinced that being the Queen Consort is still Euphie's destiny... just with Anise as her Queen Regnant. :3
Their relationship is the main plot in volumes 1 and 3 of the novels. Volume 2, which is where we're at right now with the manga, has it on the backseat. It'll probably keep alternating so volume 4 will again have it be on the side.
Also, be prepared to be disappointed by volume 3 when the manga or anime get to it. It was bad.
I was mostly fine with the actual "story" of volume 3, the problem is that the author is needlessly verbose and tends to write in circles a lot, which leads to a lot of repetition and hammering the same home point over and over. I get the feeling that if the anime/manga get that far it will cut down on the fat. I can't be too mad at volume 3 though because it gave me exactly what I wanted from the volume, even if it took a bit of a winding route to get there.
Also, on an anime note, I really liked the first episode. A lot of anime original stuff but it's pretty much all stuff that we we just get told about later anyways, so it's nice to see it shown more organically. Plus it helps the pacing work so we can end off the first episode in the same way the first chapter of the manga does, which is pretty much the perfect hook.
