Once again it’s time for monster versus monster action in form of Princess Resurrection. Like previous volumes, this book contains several “stand alone”-ish chapters where Hime and comp. fight different monsters from an army of mummies to the headless rider. In the end of the book, Emil, one of Hime’s elder brothers, makes his first appearance. How this will affect the lives of the characters is yet to be seen.
The 3rd volume of Princess Resurrection is solid action manga featuring monsters from classic horror novels and movies, just like previous volumes. With the growing cast, this books suffers a little from not having enough pages for all the characters. While all the characters are featured at least once or twice, certain characters, or more specifically Reiri and Flandre, don’t have enough attention in this volume. Then again, any manga or anime with lots of characters is bound to have this very same problem and it can’t be helped. However, the preview for the 4th volume shows a scene of Riza and Reiri handcuffed to each other and fighting a cyclops-like monster, meaning that the fans of Reiri are going to get their share next time. Meanwhile, fans of Sheerwood will certainly enjoy Princess Monochrome, the 13th chapter, which focuses on the little princess and introduces her first blood warrior Ryu-ryu the panda.
Also, the way canine ears appear on Riza’s head whenever she’s listening to something closely is lovely!
