Kilala Princess 1, 2, and 3 Review

Who's your favorite Disney princess? Mine is a tie between Tiana and Rapunzel!

Kilala Princess by Rika Tanaka is about Kilala, a girl who loves all things princessy. One day she comes across a mysterious boy named Rei, and he happens to be the prince of a faraway kingdom. He is looking for a magical tiara and the princess who will help save his kingdom. At first, Kilala thinks that her best friend Erica might be who Rei is looking for, as she just won a princess contest. But then Erica gets kidnapped by some mysterious men, so Kilala goes and saves her. Along the way she magically ends up in the world of Snow White. After stopping the Evil Queen, Kilala learns some valuable lessons from Snow White. After that, Kilala and Rei continue to encounter more troubles, and meet more princesses and their lessons. She meets Ariel, and at the end of volume 3 we leave off on a cliffhanger where she meets Cinderella after almost dying when trying to protect Rei from someone he thought he could trust. 

What can I say but it's a cute shojo manga series featuring the classic Disney princesses! This is such a simple, but sweet story so far. It definitely has the classic shojo vibe to it. It was like comfort food for me. I also really loved how the different artstyles of the manga characters and the Disney characters went together really well (the Disney characters are all drawn similarly to their original animated counterparts).

However, this manga was first published in 2006, and it really shows since there were only six princesses in the original Disney Princess lineup, and there is a lot of emphasis on Kilala being the potential seventh princess. We all know the seventh princess in real life is Tiana (I think?). It would be interesting if a reboot/sequel series was made with all of the new princesses post-2009. 

Either way! Great manga. 5 stars. I want to read the rest.