Shounen Oujo

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Synonyms: Shonen Oujo, Boy Princess

Japanese: 少年王女

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 5

Chapters: 34

Status: On Hiatus

Published: Jan 22, 2011 to Apr 15, 2017

Genre: Fantasy

Theme: Crossdressing

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Comic it

Authors: Yukihiro, Utako (Story & Art)

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Popularity: #2846

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In the former kingdom of Morrigan, countless lives were lost due to war and rebellion alike. When women usurped all positions of power, new laws dictated that only they could earn income and receive inheritances, while men lost the majority of their rights and were reduced to mere objects of scorn. Morrigan became a queendom wrapped in an illusory peace. Outside of the royal court, especially, the people continued to suffer; however, now the men were subjected to the worst of the pain and humiliation.

Albert is a young orphan living near Morrigan's harbor. One day, despite warnings from his guardian Martha, he and his friend Theodore head toward the town's center to observe preparations for the Queen's birthday festival. Unsurprisingly, as they are boys unaccompanied by an adult, they are captured by slave traders and immediately readied to be sold. An elegantly dressed man offers an exorbitant price in order to purchase them both—though he clearly displays a preference for Albert.

Introducing himself as Guy Schwarzwald, the man transports Albert and Theodore to a palace where they are to meet their new master. Albert is unsure what surprises him more—that he is now the property of Princess Alexia Lumiere, heir apparent to the throne, or that somehow she looks exactly like him!

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Shounen Oujo began serialization in Sylph in March, 2011, after which it transferred to the Comic it magazine and continued to be serialized from 2015 to 2017. Comic it was discontinued in February, 2018, and since then, this series has been on indefinite hiatus. In December, 2018, the author Utako Yukihiro posted on Twitter that it has been difficult to get the serialization restarted, but she is hopeful that this title will return one day.

Shounen Oujo has been published in German by Carlsen Manga since February 25, 2014.

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Jan 15, 2021

Silentfan6

Recommended

Preliminary (34/34 eps)

As of this review, Shonen Oujo has been discontinued. The author has stated that they're trying to get it up again at another publisher, but that's looking unlikely. So, by all intents and purposes, I see this as finished with no end.

It's crazy to think how far I've fallen in love with this series.

It's essentially a twist on the classic Prince and the Pauper tale but more death and political intrigue and instead of a Patriarchy the Kingdom are that of a Matriarchy. The characters are all great and have unique personalities that clash really well. The story is mostly about oppression and identity.

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Nov 27, 2017

Juziy

Recommended

Preliminary (31/34 eps)

A really good manga. It doesn't have one leading outstanding aspect, but it's really solid on most aspects and I can't think of anything major I'd change about it.

I picked this up because I liked the setting and there were interesting elements in the synopsis (cross dressing plus pretend royalty), but I didn't expect that much. What I got though, really exceeded my expectations.

This is a story about identity, responsibility, resolve, discrimination, politics, and more.

Identity - usually for gender benders it's just about hiding their gender yet mostly being themselves, but shounen oujo is interesting because it also involves being someone else. It's not about ... simply pretending to be another gender, but taking on another identity, and in a world with many enemies. And because this involves cross dressing as well, it makes it even more interesting to see how this can manage to work - especially since a guy pretending to be female is much more difficult than the other way round. Add in the fact that there's serious (opposite!) gender discrimination and things get messy.

The identity crisis thing is complicated by the fact that it involves royalty and politics. It's already difficult enough to be a princess in difficult times, what with having to deal with all the political mess while trying to do your best to better the country. Then add in a main protagonist that has to deal with all these while knowing he isn't even a princess and has no responsibility to, and there's just even more to consider.

This manga involves things like gender discrimination and serious things. But while it remains able to discuss these issues without making it seem thoughtless or casual, it also doesn't end up making the manga too depressing and heavy to read. It is neither not serious enough nor too serious. It doesn't try to force ideas down our throat, but more of simply presents us situations that result from such ideas. The tone of the manga is thus enjoyable and sufficiently grabs my attention. There's also not much fanservice nor forced comedy that might be a turn off to readers.

It isn't always all about the palace life either. There are change in settings and different kinds of people to be enjoyed, so it doesn't get boring. The main character is someone I would love to follow to see how they'll end up, and the supporting characters are enjoyable enough.
I'm sufficiently invested in the story to want to know how things play out, while being satisfied with the pacing such that I don't find it draggy or rushed.
The happenings can be expected or unexpected sometimes, but even when it's expected it's still impactful, or it's something I can nod to and go "yup, that's how it should be". Rather than having unexpected surprises at every corner, letting the reader feel that the happenings are natural are not out of place is more important, and this is where I think this manga succeeds. There's just nothing much that's overly bullshitty or makes me frustrated, which is something rather difficult for many series to achieve.

Overall, it's not outstanding or jaw-dropping. But it keeps me invested while not giving me much to complain about. Rather than a manga that seems amazing but ends up being a disappointment, this seems more of one that will be consistent, which is very welcome. I'd recommend this to anyone since it probably has elements that appeal to most people. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Apr 15, 2023

Little_slug

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (34/34 eps)

Spoiler free review!!
Hm... I find it a bit challenging to start writing a review of this work..
Even if I find it really good, impactful and lovely in many ways.. Is it ok to reccomend an unfinished work, that will probably never have a conclussion? 0~0

The magazine this manga was published on was descontinued in early 2018, and Shounen Oujo hasn't been updated since 2017. It hasn't been axed perse.. But I do imagine that re-starting it's serialization would be a challeging, and apparently in late 2018 the author did express interesting in restarting it!! But, well, it has been some time since then, hasn't it. ...

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