A cross-dressing dramedy about a girl from a poor family who is thrust into Japanese high society as a rich classmate's body double, The Prince in His Dark Days is a beautifully-executed turn on a few favorite shojo premises
Atsuko's father is a drunk, and she's shunned by her classmates as the poor kid. Walking the streets in a dark fog of despair, Atsuko cons perverts out of their money to survive. Then, one day, she meets Itaru, the heir to a wealthy family, who happens to look exactly like her. Itaru hatches a plan: Atsuko will live his tedious public life for him, and she will get a taste of the luxuries enjoyed by the 1%. Everybody's (finally) happy. Right?
Series Overview: Atsuko's family is impoverished, and her parents don't care about her. Lost in despair, she has fend for herself and can't imagine a brighter future. But then Itaru comes into her life: a wealthy (male) heir who looks exactly like her. In no time, she's playing the part of Itaru in public to save him from his life of tedium. But is this really the brighter future she so recently found unthinkable?
Hiko Yamanaka is a prolific yaoi and shojo manga artist whose past works include End Game, the samurai drama Shinitagari to Hibari, and a contribution to the official Yowamushi Pedal short story anthology. The Prince in His Dark Days is her first manga to be published in English.
ISBN: 9781632363688
Author: Hiko Yamanaka
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 15 December 2016
Publisher: Kodansha
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 203 x 146 x 14
Weight (kg): 0.218
