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“Graduate student pursues Estolian prince for thesis on his great-grandmother, but he pursues her romantically.”
Private Prince
プライベート・プリンス,
7.58
2,663 rank · 13,855 readers · 120 favorites
Josei
Romance
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Synopsis
Graduate student pursues Estolian prince for thesis on his great-grandmother, but he pursues her romantically.
Sakuragawa Miyako is a graduate student at Eito University against the wishes of her family. She finds out that the prince of Estolia is studying abroad and is at Eito University. She wants to get close to him only in the hopes of finishing her thesis on his great grandmother, Queen Ritsuko–but he has other ideas!? (Source: Utopian Dream) Included one-shot: Volume 5: Sinful Love: Your Future is Mine
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
7.1
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 10
σ 3.25
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.25 · split reception
The polarity gap
7.7 pts
Recommenders 9.2 · others 1.5
Yes
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Score over time
↓ 2.89
Running avg · Sep 2008 → Jul 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Miyako is a university student with a thesis about Princess Ritsuko, how she's lucky, thsbut she's OBSESSED with the topic!. Fortunately, The prince Wilfred arrives to the university, so is her...”
- 10 “Highly enjoyable and fun read. We do see some pretty predictable scenarios but nothing goes stale. The story moves along quite nicely and doesn't dwell too long on character inadequacies. The art...”
- 9 “I haven't enjoyed a manga this much in a long time. I typically don't enjoy sexually comedic or dramatic manga, but this one uses it to its advantage with the comedic timing. I seriously have not...”
Verbosity
Short · 78%
Medium · 11%
Long · 11%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 25 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 20m approx
- Published Jan 2005 – Jan 2007
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3320 catalog