Snow White with the Red Hair is a manga series which shows the adventures of a red headed herbalist called Shirayuki, Prince Zen the second prince of the kingdom of Clarines, Zen’s aides called Kiki and Mitsuhide and Obi who is Zen’s royal messenger.
The series starts with Shirayuki running away from her home kingdom of Tanbarun because she has received the unwanted summons to become the concubine to Tanbarun’s Crown Prince Raj. She meets Prince Zen and after a failed poisoning they start their adventure together.
In some fairytale inspired stories, the heroine is rescued by a love interest. Although Snow White with the Red Hair has a romance between Shirayuki and Zen it is not the main focal point of the series. Both Shirayuki and Zen want to grow and develop as individual people before they progress with their relationship. Zen wants to become a prince that his brother Crown Prince Izana and the people of Clarines can be proud of. Shirayuki wants to develop and expand her knowledge of herbalism and to become a court herbalist. This is quite a nice refreshing look as Akiduki takes the time to flesh out the characters and doesn’t make the relationship their only character trait.
This series has a strong female lead who decided that instead of being a concubine to a pampered prince, she would leave behind the kingdom that she has known and loved to discover who she can become using her own skills and determination.
As of writing this review there are currently 25 volumes that have been released which means there are plenty of adventures to get stuck in.
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