Ranked #3384

Royal 17 (Manga)

Royal 17 starts off as your quite generic shoujo type of story but as soon as the reader’s presented with a pair of naked boobs (with nipples, mind you!), we know there’s something off here. Most often it feels more like a persiflage of the genre by being just too silly to be taken serious. Actually, the humorous approach is quite helpful because the plot itself is rather forgettable.

To sum it up - rich girl who’s sick of the restrictions that come with her privileges meets poor boy who’s handsome & perfect at everything (with a somewhat forced dark past to insert at least a little random drama). They fall madly in love and end up running away from home just to return later for a happy ending.

Facts are, the main story is only 2 volumes long (the second half of both the 1st and 3rd volume are side stories with a similar premise) thus it avoids getting boring or simply too silly by ending early.
However, due to the lack of time (or space respecitively) the reader has to make do with a quite generic set of main characters and there’s no development either, but I guess that’s something to be expected of a short story.
Although the overall concept is nothing but shallow, the presentation is entertaining enough.

As aforementioned, the most striking difference is a simple formula: Hooray for boobies. Male lead Allen certainly doesn’t miss a chance to undress and fondle Rumina’s well-shaped titties (plus she doesn’t even resist!) and that’s probably the controversial part. It gets quite erotic at times but avoids drifting off into the hentai realm by leaving out the private parts. I’d definitely say it adds zest to the otherwise a little pale storyline.

The art achieves its goal by delivering pretty shoujo character design while backgrounds are as typical mostly non-existent.

This will not impress by any means, but it’s certainly enjoyable and will make you giggle as long as you don’t try to take anything too serious that’s done or said. And the guys might be left with half a boner.
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Story: I love the forbidden lovers thing so the story fit perfectly being as it was the forbidden love between a girl and her boyguard. I thought that the story felt a little rushed, and didn't really go enough into details. Like one moment they meet the next they're in love.

Art: Was very well done I like how clothes, hair,and accessories were drawn really exact, and was very detail to even small things.

Character: To me the lead girl character seemed to be a push-over, and was a person who didn't know what she wanted. Because of her traits I feel that it allows readers to feel more like she's real. I think that the led girl in the story acted similar to how average girls act. The main guy to me was the regular "I own her" type of a guy, that is the jerk/tough guy..etc.

Enjoyment: I have to say I enjoyed the funny moments, and the smut in the story, and also the progress that the characters made throughout the story. read more