Koushaku Reijou No Rouraku Misshon ~ Maou To No Seiryaku Kekkon Ga , Jinrui Saigo No Kirifuda Desu ! … ~Tsu Te , Maou Ga Onnanoko No Baai Wa Dousureba Ii No Desu Ka ! ?, Volume 1 (公爵令嬢の籠絡ミッション～魔王との政略結婚が、人類最後の切り札です！…って、魔王が女の子の場合はどうすればいいのですか！？～) is a deeply weird little manga I found on Bookwalker JP. With art by Akio Kawada, written by Ringo-ame Third, this is the Young Champion-est thing I have read all year.
Cecilia, the daughter of the Duke, is told that she will wed the Demon Ruler, in order to bring peace between the humans and the demons. Cecilia has one magic skill – the “Evil Eye,” that allows her to see magical power in movement. Unsure what she can do, she is sent to the Demon Ruler’s castle, where she is almost instantly attacked by one of the Ruler’s four lieutenants. With her “skill” Cecilia is able to survive to meet the Demon Ruler… a cute, if en-tentacled – girl named Milfina. Cecilia is thrown for a loop. Yes, demons don’t really get “marriage” (or cease-fires, or humans) but Milfina seems nice, and more importantly, sincere about making this work. Cecilia is speaking with Milfina, when a black mist envelops the Demon Ruler…and she thrusts her hand into Cecilia’s heart.
Cecilia wakes up, the day before, once again ready to be sent to the Demon Realm, when a fairy tells her that not only is her marriage supposed to save humanity, which she knew – she only has 5 more times to try and save the entire world!
Cecelia is determined to save Milifina from whichever lieutenant is controlling her, but as volume 1 ends, she is down yet another life.
Deaths here are graphic and pretty brutal. I don’t doubt Cecilia is going to marry Milfina and be a damn good Queen of the demons, but as of volume 1, I have seen more of her internal organs than I am comfortable with.
Ratings:
Art – 8
Story – 6
Characters – 7 No one has had time to develop
Service – Violence is a form of service, 10
Yuri – Set-up only
Overall – 7
Will I keep reading? I don’t know. I kind of want to find out…I kind of don’t. I’m reading this on Bookwalker JP, so it’ll probably remind me until I give in. ^_^
