Good news! I found a fantasy manga to review this month that isn't an isekai light novel adaptation! The bad news? Well...
STRAVAGANZA (Sutoravugantsu: Isai no hime), by Akihito Tomo. First published in 2012 and first published in North America in 2019.
PLOT:
The young and beautiful Queen Vivian rules over the tiny, peaceful realm of Miteria from behind her majestic iron helmet...that is, when she's not sneaking out of the castle, posing as the commoner "Claria," and getting into all sorts of trouble. Her youthful hijinks come to an end when her kingdom is invaded by the umbra, a race of monstrous, murderous apes. Vivian now must lead the survivors to a nearby kingdom of giants in the hopes that they can find shelter and the assistance she needs to reclaim her land.
