Akuyaku Reijou no Oyome-sama - Ch. 6

[NinjaGoemon]

Wahoo! Time for a new chapter! According to Kawano-sensei, the end of chapter 5 was a temporary climax on Karina and Reshutoka's relationship. But I'm sure we'll see more of their troubles in the future.

We also got a date for volume 1 release! September 16th! I know that I will be doing everything in my power to get a copy and ease access for other people. Yuri manga, especially yuri manga not in a yuri magazine, need all the help they can get. With everyone's help, I know we can make this one a success!

Now onto the chapter! Based on what that noblewoman said, it seems like everyone believes Karina dead. But there's something important at play here. The only person that even uses her name is her mother, masking as a servant. Though she's clearly in mourning veil. Everyone else just calls her "the former princess to be". As though that were just a role being cast by someone of no character.

This plays into the conflict that we saw in chapter 4, where Karina believed Reshutoka only saw her as "the princess from her story book". Karina herself didn't matter; what mattered was the role that she filled.

The amount of censorship going on is quite something as well. Eve getting a crash course into how nations guide narrative for themselves and for the historical record. For such a vast empire, such a blemish of "poor decision making" must be scrubbed out in its entirety. Which explains why the prince was all too happy to assassinate her. To complete the expunging.

It seems Eve is a beastkin, either from or related to Reshutoka's village and shares her love of books. Though their reasons for doing so are different, the comparison is unavoidable here. The village her family emigrated from seems much more into the preservation of books so it's hard to say that the lack of a library system is why they left or more of the village's animosity towards books in general.

With Karina's ghost rumored to be in the capital, I'm wondering if she'll be brought on board into the plot. I think it's cute how her big hat helps masks her ears but I can't imagine how stressful it has to be for her as beasts are definitely not viewed favorably.

 

[someone2795]

So what is this story gonna focus on? 6 chapters in and we're getting a 3rd party time skip perspective already.

 

[ritoshishino]

interesting chapter. i was expecting the story to be purely about Karina adapting to the life in the Wolf tribe and the romance developing between her and Reshutoka.

 

[Tobesmgobes17]

Thanks for the chapter! Loving this story!!

 

[blablablub]

I wonder if Eve will end up meeting Karina.

 

[GLFanatic]

I can't wait to see Karina and her Kemono girlfriend setting everything ablaze.

And, my God. Eve is so CUTE.

 

[beepboopan]

I gotta say... some unexpected developments.

So not only do we have a 1 year (at minimum) timeskip, but also a temp change in PoV.

There is the possibility that they are going to jump backwards are forwards while telling the story, which I’d be interested to see if the writer can do it right.

 

[Mistilteinn]

But yeah, this time skip is a bit interesting and also worrying. I worry because I was hoping the author would keep the pace and draw things out more, but it seems like they're planning a short run for this series (10 chapters?). Just the vibe I'm getting so far.

Generally, 3 volumes and around 15 or so chapters is the minimum for a series that doesn't take off. If it sells well, it can go on double or triple that, if not more. If plot complexities keep appearing, I'm going to start assuming that more volumes were already greenlit. Based on the page count amazon.co.jp is showing for volume 1, it's going to be made up of the first 5 chapters. So, chapter 6 is the start of a new volume.

 

[HansumNapolean]

An interesting aspect is the surprisingly egalitarian society the manga displays. Eve is hailed as an excellent scribe (their uniforms are cute), graduating at the top of her class. Of course, the presumption is that women can enter higher education and gain levels of prestige outside of inherited nobility. The beastmen tribe is more understandable, considering they have distinct biological differences from humans, making physical stratification insignificant. Reshutoka did state that she was the strongest beastwoman in her tribe.

Eve is risking her neck by conducting this investigation. The king has personally commanded to stop her inquiries, but she is entering all of the noble houses to ask explicitly who Karina was. There is leniency, however, given that Karina's banishment was fairly recent; it'd be impossible to prohibit people from idle gossip behind closed doors.

There are deeper implications behind why the King is so insistent on covering the scandal. Besides keeping the royal history "clean," this seems like a large-scale conspiracy. Eve notes that it was strange to encrown Karina if she already had a nefarious reputation. Originally, Aurora was supposed to be the prince's fiancée, but either she or her parents declined the offer and sent Karina instead. However, now Aurora supposedly has the backing of the royal family. Why bother sending Karina as a pawn when Aurora took the crown regardless?

A closing thought is that even her mother didn't send Karina off when she was sent to the borderlands. Lol, and now she wonders why Karina became crueler. Karina's nefarious reputation isn't even that excessive, which is one of the funniest aspects. She throws banger parties? Steps on people a little bit? She's arragont and willful? These are the baseline qualities for any monarch.

 

[lookey23]

I didn’t expect a time jump but this is a pleasant surprise…. Her mom is in mourning veil and seems genuine in this one. It is kinda realistic to see facts getting blurred as time passes (on top of that there is a propaganda and gag order by the royal family) everyone recollected the events also adding their own bias to the story

 

[3turtlesinacoat]

Thanks for the chapter.
I do kinda like this perspective as i am a sucker for "uncovering the past" type stories.
This whole consipracy to erase evidence of karinas existence only makes me more curious about her sisters intentions. Could be that she supports it because she doesnt want her darling sisters reputation tarnished or that she wants to get rid of the any signs of her existence cause she hates her or any number of other reasons, but i doubt she doesnt play a part in the decision.
As others have noted what weve heard from the nobles doesnt even seem that bad for typical nobility im ngl so maybe there was some slander campaign to ease the acceptance of the engagement annullment?
Looking forward to the next chapters!

 

[slimenora]

i'm worried the time skip so soon will mean this is a short series. i really really want to see the main pair's relationship develop it's such an interesting setup

 

[Mlfg_AK]

The way these nobles describe Karina doesn't sound like anything we've seen before, specially since she sounds like a spoiled brat and spoiled brats are usually brainless, like your typical villainess whose stupidity gets them killed, and Karina is very cunning to say the least.

So, either her parents installed this behavior onto her, abt "how royalty should and are expected to behave"(most likely) , or she's very good at switching personalities 🤔

specially odd bc it's not just one or two people but everyone seemed to say the same, so how deep was this act that never faltered ?


Hope the scribe can get the truth out 😞 but also also! No human ears on sight, never takes the cap off? Prominent fangs? She's def beastkin💀 gotta have a small tail tho, doesn't even peak from her top

 

[Ichigo69]

Generally, 3 volumes and around 15 or so chapters is the minimum for a series that doesn't take off. If it sells well, it can go on double or triple that, if not more. If plot complexities keep appearing, I'm going to start assuming that more volumes were already greenlit. Based on the page count amazon.co.jp is showing for volume 1, it's going to be made up of the first 5 chapters. So, chapter 6 is the start of a new volume.

Yeah, I was thinking that Chap 6 felt like the start of a new volume....

It seems Eve is a beastkin, either from or related to Reshutoka's village and shares her love of books. Though their reasons for doing so are different, the comparison is unavoidable here. The village her family emigrated from seems much more into the preservation of books so it's hard to say that the lack of a library system is why they left or more of the village's animosity towards books in general.

I think you're right...

She seems so proud of drawing that...
(Or reading it...)

 

[Luke_chase]

By the time we come back to the main characters they’ll already have a litter of kids

 

[NIPHY]

Nothing to see here folks
Just this Line

"SHE WAS TOTALLY NORMAL, UNTIL THE FIRE NATION ATTACKED"

 

[Trazel_Apeally]

Man, I can't imagine why this feels so topical and relevant...
Anyway, anyone wanna read this list I found in the trashcan?

 

[Malachite_Dragon]

"We'll just turn every historical document into a CIA fuckfest and forbid anyone from remembering two years ago. This cannot fail." - Idiot dipshit royalty

 

[tree01]

Aside from interviewing the mom and digging into family archives, there's a chance Eve goes to the borderlands to investigate (sponsored by the mom ig). I'd guess Eve gets brought to the wolf tribe, meets Karina and gets fed her side of the story (maybe heavily embellished to spin her own narrative) and documents the wolf tribe's history (the thing that Karina was looking for at first). But I think Eve will be in the capital for much longer.

God I hope this manga has a long run.

 

[MagnaDrake]

One detail I'm a little irked at TL leaving out is on the first page Eve actually say "human country's book" implying she's not human.

Good eye. Eve also has long canines compared to others. If it's on one tooth I'd chalk it as character style, but both? I accuse her as a vampire!