Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou is Seiren Private Academy’s “solitary princess.” She’s a half-Russian beauty with silver hair, at the top of her class, student council accountant, and…completely unapproachable. For some reason, she’s also taken on the responsibility of reprimanding the slacker who sits next to her in class. Masachika Kuze is constantly frustrating her by falling asleep, forgetting his textbooks, and just being an overall unexemplary student. Or at least, that’s how it looks from the out...
Surprisingly deep and legit
I was surprised at how balanced this story was. Parts of it are a little over the top, but the struggles the protagonists have seem very realistic.
As one of the characters is foreign (or rather a ハーフ), and especially since they’re Russian, I kind of expected the usual stereotypes – doesn’t speak Japanese, doesn’t understand Japanese culture, only there to be exotic. Maybe the times have changed, maybe the mangaka just knows better, but so far, the exotification is surprisingly tame. (I mostly