rating: Teen
volumes: 6 complete
Ahiru no Oujisama or Duck Prince is by MORINAGA Ai. This review is for the first three volumes. Shiratori is a short helmet head who likes plants. He is always constantly being bullied by his classmates who label him as "ugly". It doesn't help that all of his family members are attractive. He meets a girl named Yumiko who shares the same interest of plants as he does. She's also attracted to Shiratori's "type" but I don't think he realizes it. After a freak car accident Shiratori wakes up from a coma looking like a gorgeous boy. Later we find out that Yumiko's dog, Mister has powers and turned Shiratori handsome. Mister's powers aren't that great so Shiratori switches from his good looking self to his ugly self from time to time.
I really enjoyed this story in the beginning but it started to get boring after awhile. Nothing is progressing between Shiratori and Yumiko (and I'm liking their characters less and less), I think in the end Shiratori will stay his "ugly" self since that's what Yumiko likes. Morinaga Ai keeps introducing characters to distract us but the only interesting one is Omae-san who is basically the girl version of Shiratori. It's sort of predictable what happens to her.
There is a part which disturbs me. Shiratori's sister rapes him. Every review you'll see are girls squealing that was cute or hot but I find that disturbing. It wasn't graphic, it was implied. I wonder if one of these girls get victimize, would she still think that part is "cute".
I'm still going to read the series hoping it will get better and hope that rape scene was just a horrible nightmare.
rating: not yet
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