Crimson Prince (Japanese: 紅心王子, Hepburn: Kurenai Ōji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Souta Kuwahara. It was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan from April 2007 to September 2020 and published in 18 volumes.

Crimson Prince
First tankōbon volume cover
紅心王子
(Kurenai Ōji)
GenreFantasy[1]
Manga
Written bySouta Kuwahara
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Gangan
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 12, 2007September 12, 2020
Volumes18 (List of volumes)

Publication

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The series is written and illustrated by Souta Kuwahara. It started serialization in Monthly Shōnen Gangan on April 12, 2007.[2] In March 2015, it was announced the series would be going on hiatus due to the author's health.[3] Five years later, the series finished on September 12, 2020, with the release of the last two chapters in the final volumes.[4][5]

In July 2015, Yen Press announced they licensed the series for English publication digitally.[6]

Volume list

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 November 22, 2007[7]978-4-75-752161-2November 24, 2015[1]978-0-31-635499-8
2 March 22, 2008[8]978-4-75-752240-4January 26, 2016[9]978-0-31-639599-1
3 July 22, 2008[10]978-4-75-752326-5March 29, 2016[11]978-0-31-627518-7
4 December 22, 2008[12]978-4-75-752441-5May 31, 2016[13]978-0-31-627520-0
5 June 22, 2009[14]978-4-75-752580-1July 26, 2016[15]978-0-31-650265-8
6 December 22, 2009[16]978-4-75-752718-8September 27, 2016[17]978-0-31-650597-0
7 June 22, 2010[18]978-4-75-752900-7November 29, 2016[19]978-0-31-643858-2
8 December 22, 2010[20]978-4-75-753085-0January 31, 2017[21]978-0-31-655985-0
9 April 22, 2011[22]978-4-75-753192-5March 28, 2017[23]978-0-31-655986-7
10 August 22, 2011[24]978-4-75-753360-8May 30, 2017[25]978-0-31-655988-1
11 January 21, 2012[26]978-4-75-753472-8July 25, 2017[27]978-0-31-655989-8
12 July 21, 2012[28]978-4-75-753661-6September 26, 2017[29]978-0-31-655990-4
13 February 22, 2013[30]978-4-75-753874-0November 28, 2017[31]978-0-31-655992-8
14 August 22, 2013[32]978-4-75-754033-0January 30, 2018[33]978-0-31-655995-9
15 February 22, 2014[34]978-4-75-754218-1March 27, 2018[35]978-0-31-655997-3
16 August 22, 2014[36]978-4-75-754387-4May 29, 2018[37]978-0-31-655998-0
17 September 12, 2020[38]978-4-75-756844-0April 27, 2021[39]978-1-97-533429-1
18 September 12, 2020[5]978-4-75-756845-7May 25, 2021[40]978-1-97-533430-7

Reception

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Pilau Daures from Du9 [fr] praised the series for its unique style and artwork.[41] Koiwai from Manga News was more critical, stating that the series was "nice but lackluster [overall]".[42] Unlike Koiwai, Faustine Lillaz from Planete BD was more positive, calling the series "simple but charming".[43]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Crimson Prince, Vol. 1". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "少年ガンガン5月号 4月12日発売!" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 14, 2015). "Kurenai Ōji Manga Goes on Hiatus Due to Author's Health". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 23, 2020). "Crimson Prince Manga Resumes After 5 Years, Ends in September". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "紅心王子 18(完)" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Ressler, Karen (July 5, 2015). "Yen Press Licenses My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Baccano!, More". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "紅心王子 1" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  8. ^ "紅心王子 2" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  9. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 2". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  10. ^ "紅心王子 3" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  11. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 3". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  12. ^ "紅心王子 4" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  13. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 4". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  14. ^ "紅心王子 5" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  15. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 5". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  16. ^ "紅心王子 6" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  17. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 6". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  18. ^ "紅心王子 7" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  19. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 7". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  20. ^ "紅心王子 8" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  21. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 8". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  22. ^ "紅心王子 9" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  23. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 9". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  24. ^ "紅心王子 10" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  25. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 10". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  26. ^ "紅心王子 11" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  27. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 11". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  28. ^ "紅心王子 12" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  29. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 12". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  30. ^ "紅心王子 13" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  31. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 13". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  32. ^ "紅心王子 14" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  33. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 14". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  34. ^ "紅心王子 15" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  35. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 15". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  36. ^ "紅心王子 16" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  37. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 16". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  38. ^ "紅心王子 17" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  39. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 17". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  40. ^ "Crimson Prince, Vol. 18". Yen Press. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  41. ^ Daures, Pilau (June 2013). "Crimson Prince (t.1)". Du9 (in French). Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  42. ^ Koiwai (January 27, 2011). "Crimson prince Vol.1". Manga News (in French). Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  43. ^ Lillaz, Faustine (January 28, 2011). "Crimson Prince T1". Planete BD (in French). Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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