kitchen princess kitchen princess japanese hepburn targeted girls cooking romance manga series featuring professional recipes dish end chapter written illustrated appearing serial manga magazine september issue october issue seven chapters compiled bound volumes published february november series marked time illustrated manga written set modern day japan kitchen princess follows cheerful thirteen year old searches prince boy rescued drowning young girl brought little happiness life parents death march published related light novel kitchen princess search angel cake written illustrated licensed series english language translation north_america published volumes january july following decision publish north_america imprint released volume edition june june series received english language readers appearance volumes bestseller lists series appearing twice annual list manga properties critical reception ranged positive lukewarm series won manga award children manga plot set modern day japan plot centers cheerful thirteen year old excellent sense taste hopes chef backstory revealed mysterious boy rescued drowning young recently orphaned girl gave cheer left promised best world journey find prince calls attends tokyo learned silver prince left unique school befriends substitute director academy younger brother teen model initially eventually friends eating disorder making grandmother recipe periodically competes cooking competitions formal informal working run skilled lazy chef falls love tells prince soon dies struck truck journey deliver ingredients final moments admits lied prince having fallen love loses sense taste sorrow quickly recovers death unable bring act love gives father demands protect kicked school student body president replace wealthy junior chef begins attend school clashes watched young girl eventually falls love tries romantically pursue gives realizes loves recovers memory mother death family trip attempted protect lying prince remembers actually prince having given accepts feelings joyful promise making development writer kitchen princess novelist published teen heart label deciding story creates names plot meaning seven rainbow designed ambiguous carry sense nature names meaning earth sky respectively meant match means deep red intended evoke evening sun reader kitchen princess marked time manga artist illustrated manga written despite changes original script suggested head elderly woman initially elderly woman rugged man personal rule splash pages contain illustration food media manga written illustrated seven chapters appeared serial targeted girls manga magazine september issue october issue collected chapters bound volumes published february november comic con announced licensed kitchen princess english language translation north_america published volumes january july following decision publish titles north_america imprint including licensed later published volume edition kitchen princess june june digital editions series published united_kingdom series licensed hong_kong korea thailand taiwan light novel march published light novel written illustrated kitchen princess search angel cake comprising story arcs named seasons novel follows quest duplicate recipe white cake classmate grandmother published english language translation november reception kitchen princess received english language readers original volumes volume placing list graphic novels new_york_times manga bestseller list sixth volume placed eighteenth list seventh volume appeared fifteenth spot list august tenth volume debuted seventh place new_york_times manga bestseller list week july following week dropped eighth place remained week second volume edition appeared ninth place week october series placed nineteenth manga properties dropping twentieth spot year later series placed seventh list properties appeared eighth spot series quarter kitchen princess won manga award children manga series received range reviews positive lukewarm enjoyed given magical power improving cooking skills reviewer described series perfectly ordinary romance manga praised adaptation manga listed manga best series rated series stars describing quick delightful read reviewer wrote found manga reminiscent romantic comedy film simply irresistible manga contained conventional aspects later review second volume described series entertaining forgettable like items drinks makes volumes feel familiar reading time expressed lukewarm feelings volume writing reader suspension disbelief vital enjoying manga disliked dimensional characterization illustrations characters felt food drawn comparing series cooking genre wrote differed cooking expression self means creating relationships drawing common ground like estranged follow reviews second volumes remained lukewarm series praised portrayal eating disorder disliked quest find prince plot praised protagonist believable enjoyed plot recipes wrote character designs lacked creativity criticized plot clichés antagonists weak characterization mixed feelings fourth volume emphasis conventional romance plot twists cost cooking aspect found artwork conventional able convey emotion wrote fifth volume finally balanced romance cooking elements disliked inclusion story preferring chapter instead review seventh volume concluded series takes elements romance drama cooking genres manages come greater sum parts reviews light novel varied wrote characters premise lacked strength novel compelling felt response differ grading novel wrote novel appeal fans manga found story arcs varying quality content junior high school romance philosophy death
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