Sadly this is the last remaining title from Matsuri Akino to talk about here, so let's make this review a good one.
GENJU NO SEIZA, by Matsuri Akino. First published in 2000 and first published in North America in 2006.
PLOT:
Fuuto Kamashina has spent his live wandering from city to city with his mother, never staying anywhere long enough to make a friend. Then one day a massive bird-man named Garuda appears to him, declaring him to be a king. More specifically, Fuuto is the true reincarnation of the king of Dhalashar, a faraway kingdom currently ruled by a pretender to the throne. Fuuto tries his hardest to deny his destiny, despite the fact that he's manifesting new powers and memories and seems to be the only person who can see Garuda's true form, but he can't run forever when other mystical creatures start attacking him in the name of the false king.