MeruPuri: Märchen☆Prince
MeruPuri

Edit

What would you like to edit?

SynopsisBackgroundAlternative TitlesPictureChapters/VolumesPublishing DatesRelationsTypeExternal Links  

This was one of the first mangas I've read of Matsuri Hino when I was 13 (apart from Vampire Knight) and, at the time, it made it into my top "best mangas I've ever read".

Now that I am 21 years old, I can see all the problematic stuff this manga has (the fact that Aram IS STILL A KID, even though his appearance says otherwise), or all the misogyny that is showed from characters such as Jeile or Razalude (even though it's showed with "humoristic purposes"). But being aware of those aspects does not mean that I did not enjoy rereading it, nostalgia factor involved. ...

It is a good shoujo manga? Well, yes. The romance is showed beautifully, with an art that has a strong fairy-tale aesthetic. But, does it shows a healthy relationship? More or less. This is a manga from the 2000's, and healthy romance was not the norm back then.

So, would I recommend MeruPuri? Yes, if you keep in mind the toxic aspects, like the fact that Aram is a 7 year old kid that falls in love with a 17 year old teenager.

Story: 7/10
Cute but it gets boring at some points.

Art: 6/10
Nothing too detailed or fancy.

Enjoyment: 6/10
It's too depending on 'love prevails all', so maybe I would have enjoyed it when I was 15~

Characters: 7/10
... ML is likable and so mature you might think he's a man in a child's body that transforms into a teen.
FL: on the FL Annoyance scale barely scores 4, and gets better with time.
Other characters were either ok, or anoying or uncalled for (didn't add much to the story).

Overall: 6.5/10
Wouldn't recommend reading it, but might be a good between the read shoujo, and definitely doesn't have an reread value.

Being familiar with Matsuri Hino´s art style and Vampire Knight serie I was happy to find another short series of her, it shattered my excitement and expectations. To put it shortly it encourages pedophilia, each volume that I read made me feel uncomfortable and disgusted. It made me question Matsuri Hino´s mental state, her previous work Vampire knight contained somewhat elements of incest which was already problematic but pedophilia ? I tried my best to finish reading all volumes in hopes that it is not what I was thinking.
The art was beautifull as usual and the story could have been nice if it wasn't ... for its pedophelic tendencies.