Princess Lucia

Summary

Princess Lucia (プリンセスルシア, Purinsesu Rushia) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. The series first volume was digitally released in North America by Digital Manga.

Princess Lucia
The cover of the first manga volume.
プリンセスルシア
(Purinsesu Rushia)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byKōji Seo
Published byMag Garden
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Comic Blade
(2009 – July 2014)
Monthly Comic Garden
(September 2014 – October 2015)
DemographicShōnen
Original run30 March 20095 October 2015
Volumes5 (List of volumes)

Plot edit

Princess Lucia of the demon realm decides that she must have a child with Yuta, a normal human student, as the child born from their union would possess great power. However, two angels, Rie and Eru, are intent on keeping her from achieving her goal.[2][3]

Characters edit

The series has four main characters:

  • Princess Lucia (ルシア, Rushia)[4]
A princess from the demon realm who believes that if she were to have a child with Yuta it would be amazingly powerful due to his date of birth.[2]
  • Yuta Koizumi (小泉 ユタ, Koizumi Yuta)[4]
A normal student who happened to be born on 6 June at 6:06:06 during the sixth year of the Heisei period (1994).[2][3]
  • Rie (春日部 リエ, Kasukabe Rie) and Eru (美花本 エル, Mikamoto Eru)[4]
Two angels dedicated to keeping Lucia from having a child with Yuta.[2]

Release edit

Kōji Seo began the series as a one-shot in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade in the September 2008 issue, before launching it as a bi-monthly serialized title in the magazine's March 2009 issue.[1] The series went on hiatus before resuming on 30 May 2014.[2] When the Comic Blade magazine ceased print publication on 30 July 2014, the series was moved to Mag Garden's new Monthly Comic Garden magazine starting on 1 September 2014, while also continuing publication on Comic Blade's website.[5][6] The series concluded on 5 October 2015.[6]

Seo released an artbook for the series, Princess Memories (瀬尾公治画集 -PRINCESS MEMORIES-), on 9 November 2012 (ISBN 978-4800000392).[7]

In November 2013, Digital Manga announced that they had licensed the first three volumes of the series for publication in North America under their Project-H imprint.[8] The publisher regularly licenses series on a volume-by-volume basis.[9] It released the first volume digitally on 15 December 2014.[10] The print volumes were originally scheduled to be released in March,[11] June,[12] and September 2015, respectively.[13] The first volume was later rescheduled to January 2016, but missed that window also.[3] In May 2016, Digital Manga launched PeCChi, a new imprint that focused on non-pornographic adult titles, and announced that several of its former Project-H titles would be transferring to the new imprint, starting with Princess Lucia,[14] but this did not happen.[15]

Volumes edit

The series was collected into five tankōbon volumes between 2009 and 2015.

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 17 September 2009[16]978-4-86127-657-615 December 2014 (digital)[10]
12 January 2016 (print, cancelled)[3]
978-1-62459-192-1
978-1-62459-191-4
2 17 January 2011[17]978-4-86127-806-824 June 2015 (print, cancelled)[12]978-1-62459-193-8
3 10 May 2012[18]978-4-86127-996-630 September 2015 (print, cancelled)[13]978-1-62459-195-2
4 17 March 2014[19]978-4-8000-0278-5
5 17 December 2015[20]978-4-8000-0527-4

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Aria's Amano to Launch Amanchu! Manga on November 29". Anime News Network. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Kouji Seo's Princess Lucia Manga to Resume on May 30". Anime News Network. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Princess Lucia Volume 1 (Hentai Manga) (Princess Lucia (Hentai Manga)). ISBN 1624591914.
  4. ^ a b c プリンセスルシア/瀬尾公治 [Princess Lucia / Kōji Seo]. Mag Garden (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Comic Blade Ceases Publication, Replaced with Comic Garden Magazine". Anime News Network. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Kouji Seo's Princess Lucia Manga Ends in October". Anime News Network. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  7. ^ 瀬尾公治、初画集に「君のいる町」「Princess Lucia」など. Natalie (in Japanese). 14 August 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Digital Manga's Project-H Imprint Adds Kouji Seo's Princess Lucia Manga". Anime News Network. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Digital Manga Licenses The Hentai Prince & Stony Cat 2–3". Anime News Network. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Princess Lucia Vol. 1". eManga. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Princess Lucia Vol. 1". Digital Manga. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Princess Lucia Vol. 2". Digital Manga. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Princess Lucia Vol. 3". Digital Manga. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Digital Manga Launches PeCChi Imprint for Mature-Themed Manga". Anime News Network. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  15. ^ All Pecchi
  16. ^ Princess Lucia(1) (BLADE COMICS) (in Japanese). マッグガーデン. 17 September 2009. ISBN 9784861276576. Retrieved 7 November 2015. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  17. ^ Princess Lucia 2 Princess Lucia(2) (ブレイドコミックス) [Princess Lucia (2) (Blade Comics)] (in Japanese). マッグガーデン. 17 January 2011. ISBN 9784861278068. Retrieved 7 November 2015. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  18. ^ Princess Lucia 3 (BLADE COMICS) (in Japanese). ASIN 4861279968.
  19. ^ Princess Lucia 4 Princess Lucia(4) (ブレイドコミックス) (BLADE COMICS) (in Japanese). マッグガーデン. 17 March 2014. ISBN 9784800002785. Retrieved 7 November 2015. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  20. ^ 瀬尾公治 (December 2015). Princess Lucia(5) 通常版: ブレイドコミックス [Princess Lucia (5) normal edition: Blade Comics] (in Japanese). マッグガーデン. ISBN 9784800005274. Retrieved 7 November 2015. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

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