Speaking of ladies, this year was better than average for josei manga. Seven Seas has been dabbling in it for a little bit, but this year they went so far as to establish an entire imprint for it. Let's take a look at one of their first books.
I'LL NEVER BE YOUR CROWN PRINCESS! (Ohtaishihi ni Nante Naritakunai), based on the light novel by Saki Tsukigami and character designs by Enn Tsutamori, with art by Natsu Kuroki. First published in 2019 and first published in North America in 2022.
PLOT:
Liddy is the beautiful daughter of a duke and royal adviser (and also secretly a reincarnated woman from modern-day Japan). She's trying her best to dodge her father's attempts to marry her to the crown prince of their land, as royalty is allowed to engage in polygamy and she's simply not interested in that. She thinks she has figured out a loophole: if she loses her virginity, she will no longer be eligible to marry the prince! Too bad that the mysterious masked man she meets at a masquerade is the prince in disguise, and that he's so smitten with her that he left a magic seal upon her to mark her as his intended bride.
