Ouji ka Prince [Chapter 1]

Originally posted @ tatsukida.pitas.com on August 9, 2011


Ouji ka Prince is by Toumori Miyoshi of Akuma no Love Song. In Chinese, it is ‘Imperial/Crown Prince’? Prince?’ The story is about Tsunagu Fujimoto [藤本つなぐ] who is always told that she’s ‘too dependent’ and ‘follow others blindly’. Her grades are also not good. Yet, she never dreamt in her 16 years of life that she will be burden on a mission to choose the next successor. She and her mother like watching a show regarding royalty. They are fans of Crown Prince Takahito Ninomiya [二宮高仁] who arrived back to the country. Her brother is a NEET isn’t into royalty yet he cannot say bad things about them being a waste of taxpayer’s money because their mother will say that he doesn’t pay taxes. Tsunagu also has a younger brother who took her food since she couldn’t decide what to eat. Her brother ends up giving her some ‘alien food’ which is some drink. She happily thinks that it taste good and she thinks all food are delicious. While walking to school, she thinks that even if people think she doesn’t have a ‘self-ego’ and she is too ‘weak willed’ but she really thinks that ‘it’s really good’. Then, she overhears some girls saying that Takahito is handsome but he doesn’t have any expressions as if he is a doll, and as if he has no self-ego. Tsunagu thinks that it isn’t true for she and Takahito aren’t alike. Because as the country’s royalty who doesn’t have any political power, he still has to act to bring about national pride. She believes that he has to hide his self-ego in order to match everyone’s expectations because everyone’s ‘ideals’ are different. Then, in the classroom, Tsunagu overhears that they will have a new transfer student. A handsome light haired guy enters and Tsunagu notices that he looked a lot like Takahito. She shouts, “Crown..” but quickly covers her mouth. The new student looks flustered and asks how she knew he’s a prince. He tells them that he is called prince after acting at a cultural festival play as a prince. He asks them to please call him Ichinomiya Haruhito [一宮晴仁] while he’s there. Tsunagu wonders if he isn’t the imperial prince but then, that’s true for how could he be in that place. The name and hair color isn’t the same. Her classmates say that Haruhito is still super handsome that they would want to call him ‘Prince’. Tsunagu thinks that unlike Takahito, Haruhito has a lot of expressions. Yet, they are very similar. She wonders if the others do not notice this. To their surprise, Haruhito wants Tsunagu to be his guide to familiarize himself about the school. On a side note, there is a black haired beautiful student in her class whom I think might be a Tsunagu’s rival or friend later on. Soon, Tsunagu is showing Haruhito around the school. Then, she trips that Haruhito catches her. Tsunagu quickly apologizes and thinks that she is acting too formal. Haruhito says that it is okay. While she is still wondering if he is the Crown Prince or not, Haruhito asks her if she is always nervous upon seeing someone for the first time or is she suspicious if he is the Crown Prince or not.