The opening page reads:
"My prince left me a silver spoon and disappeared. I will find him and make him the most delicious dessert in the world. That is my dream."
Najika Kazami is the main character of this story, and she has quite the story to tell.
Najika starts out as an orphan living in Hokkaido with a talent for cooking.
If you love desserts, lost loves, and following your dreams then you'll be sure to love...
Kitchen Princess.
"My prince left me a silver spoon and disappeared. I will find him and make him the most delicious dessert in the world. That is my dream."
Najika Kazami is the main character of this story, and she has quite the story to tell.
Najika starts out as an orphan living in Hokkaido with a talent for cooking.
She lives in the "Lavender House" orphanage with her caregiver Hagio (referred to as "Hagio-sensei."), as well as the other orphans. The story starts out with Najika tasting a variety of flan and correctly guessing all of the ingredients as well as where they're from. She also has the ability to figure out who made the dish just by tasting it.
Najika lost her parents in an accident at a very young age. Shortly after their deaths, the young girl was saved from drowning in a river by a boy that gave her a delicious flan along with a special spoon. The spoon has a special emblem on it that leads Najika to the prestigious Seika Academy. In the hopes of finding her "flan prince" Najika studies hard and manages to get into the academy and even receives a recommendation from the director.
Upon entering the school Najika is placed into the "special class" wherein all of the students have a special talent of some kind. She is initially rejected by her classmates but makes friends with Sora and Daichi Kitazawa, the Seika director's sons. As her classmates learn of her amazing cooking abilities, she earns their respect, except for Akane Kishida who leads others against her out of jealous over Daichi's attention towards Najika. Almost eternally optimistic and cheerful, Najika is a caring and hard-working individual. She is somewhat naive and easily manipulated by others, however she is also very forgiving, even of Akane who eventually becomes her best friend. Part of her talent is in her prodigious sense of taste: she never forgets a taste and can accurately analyze the components of almost any dish.
The story follows Najika in her quest to find her "flan prince' and to become a pastry chef like her parents once were. It is a manga filled with love, loss, heartache, and hope.
There are ten volumes in total, plus a light novel called Kitchen Princess - Search for the Angel Cake.
Thoughts/Review:
This manga really tugged at my heartstrings. It had the feel of a "magical girl" story, but with a good bit of reality thrown in. The main character is easy to relate to and has such a happy-go-lucky personality that it's hard not to like her. (n_n) The other characters add some fun and drama to the plot with their personalities, as well as their "special talents." There are many secrets and mysteries aside from Najika's mysterious "flan prince" that add suspense and depth to the story and make it that much more exciting. (n_n) The characters are beautifully drawn and and the backgrounds and clothing are wonderfully detailed. Kobayashi-sensei has given us an amazing storyline and Ando-sensei has provided the awesome artwork. I'd definitely recommend it for anyone who is a lover of desserts, especially because the recipes for anything that Najika cooks are included in the back of the manga volumes as a bonus.Najika lost her parents in an accident at a very young age. Shortly after their deaths, the young girl was saved from drowning in a river by a boy that gave her a delicious flan along with a special spoon. The spoon has a special emblem on it that leads Najika to the prestigious Seika Academy. In the hopes of finding her "flan prince" Najika studies hard and manages to get into the academy and even receives a recommendation from the director.
Upon entering the school Najika is placed into the "special class" wherein all of the students have a special talent of some kind. She is initially rejected by her classmates but makes friends with Sora and Daichi Kitazawa, the Seika director's sons. As her classmates learn of her amazing cooking abilities, she earns their respect, except for Akane Kishida who leads others against her out of jealous over Daichi's attention towards Najika. Almost eternally optimistic and cheerful, Najika is a caring and hard-working individual. She is somewhat naive and easily manipulated by others, however she is also very forgiving, even of Akane who eventually becomes her best friend. Part of her talent is in her prodigious sense of taste: she never forgets a taste and can accurately analyze the components of almost any dish.
The story follows Najika in her quest to find her "flan prince' and to become a pastry chef like her parents once were. It is a manga filled with love, loss, heartache, and hope.
There are ten volumes in total, plus a light novel called Kitchen Princess - Search for the Angel Cake.
Thoughts/Review:
If you love desserts, lost loves, and following your dreams then you'll be sure to love...
Kitchen Princess.
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