Alternative TitlesEnglish: Kitchen Princess Synonyms: Kitchen Princess, Kitchen no Ohimesama Japanese: キッチンのお姫さま
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 47
Status: Finished
Published: 2004 to Nov 2008
StatisticsScore: 8.281 (scored by 1417 users)
Ranked: #1992
Popularity: #242
Members: 2,389
Favorites: 187 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisNajika is an orphan and amazing cook who lives at Lavendar House. She dreams of finding her flan prince; a boy who cheered her up many years ago as a child. Her only clue is the spoon he gave her.
Now, Najika is off to study at Seika Academy, because she learned that's where the spoon came from. There she meets two new friends (Sora and Daichi) who instantly recognize her talent for cooking.
Unfortunately, many of her classmates do not and make life hard for her. However, she is willing to tough it out in order to find her prince. (Source: ANN)
Volume 4 and 9 both contain a: Kitchen Princess Special - a side story.
Volume 9's tells a little about Fujita-san. |
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Sweetpea
12 of 22 people found this review helpful
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15 of 47 chapters read
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I saw this manga at the bookstore, and was intrigued enough by the cover to pick up a volume to give it a try. I must say, it wasn't money wasted... just not put to the amount of enjoyment that I wanted. Don't get me wrong, this manga is definately a ten- if you're around eight years old. That is precisely the age group that this manga was written for.
The plot is typical for a young girl's manga- a bright, bubbly girl as the lead, and two boys competing for her heart. Knowing that it was for young girls didn't make the plotline more palatable- I still winced when it became clear very early on who her 'prince' was. The lead's boys are stereotypical, cookie-cutter leads for their roles. One is the bright, friendly, most-loved son oif the family and the other is an angry, argumentative 'black sheep', if they can be called that at their ages. And the Lead Girl? She can cook, and she's nice. Not terribly original- these same concepts have been put to use elsewhere with better results.
Given the legnth of the mange, you don't really get more of their personality. Of course, you also have the standard mean classmates, clueless school administrators, and the lead girl always showing them the light with her cooking. I must say, all the dishes she makes look delishious, but it still doesn't say much when that's the most memorable part of the story.
Do NOT make this the end-all of your manga experience. Use it as a chance to leap into better and better series. If you're looking for good manga that's similar, try Shugo Chara! and Beauty Pop, or if you're a bit older, Chibi Vampire , Ouran High School Host Club, or even Ah! My Goddess. Those do the same story, but with a twist each time and are classics in their own right. read more
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lovelove
4 of 14 people found this review helpful
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47 of 47 chapters read
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10 |
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10 |
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9 |
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9 |
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10 |
This is an outstanding manga.
story is about a female heroine who has absolute taste in food and can create dishes that brings smiles to everyone. the heroine is an orphan raised in Hokkaido with people that are warm and supportive of her cooking. Her deceased parents were also one of the greatest pastry chefs known all around the world. Because of her family history as well as her absolute taste, she gets invited to a prestigious school. One of the main reasons for the heroine to accept the scholarship to the school is to find her Flan Prince who's given her strength during her childhood after the death of her parents.
Throughout the chapters, the heroine goes through cooking competitions as well as romantic dramas and tragedies that finally end with a happy ending.
The only bad thing about this manga has to be that it's too short and doesn't have a clear ending to her pastry success. The manga implies for her success in the future but doesn't show the readers what exactly happens.
Overall, it's a fantastic manga and one of the best I've read. :D read more
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Story about pastry chefs who have special abilities such as absolute taste and warm hands.
Has similar story of finding one's success in pastry cooking. Also has great tips on cooking etc...
Kitchen Princess has romance whereas Yakitate!!Japan is more about cooking.
Nagisa is prety and genius for cooking :)
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Tohru and Najika are both orphans facing tremendous opposition from those in power. Both girls have an amazing power of optimism to overcome theseobstacles, and even the two main male characters are similiar: Daichi is just like Kyo, and Sora is like Yuki.
WOW. Although these two manga's have totally different settings, Fruits Basket is school life touching fantasy and Kitchen Princess is school life about cooking, the main characters practically share the same kind of spirit and both stories have the same sort of depth. Fruitsbasket has more characters, though and is a bit longer. I'm sure though that if you like one, you'll like the other- especially if you love the main character and the over all feel of the story
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