It's hard to believe that the only Yumiko Igarashi manga available in English is this curious little digital artifact, a shojo manga that feels out of place and time.
JOSEPHINE THE FRENCH ROSE (Bara no Josephine), written by Kaoru Ochiai with art by Yumiko Igarashi. First published in 2011 and first published in North America in 2015.
PLOT:
Long before she would become Empress of France, Josephine Bonaparte was merely Rose, an innocent young noblewoman growing up in 18th century Martinique. Her constant companion is the young servant boy Agathon, who admires Rose's gentle heart and generous spirit. Rose's innocent childhood ends when she and Agathon are spirited away to France so that Rose can marry the neglectful Marquis de Beauharnais. As the years pass, Agathon fears that his mistress will lose herself to the decadent, deceitful machinations of the nobles around her.
