Little Queen Volume 1

By Yeon-Joo Kim

Book Overview

Class rivals June and Lucia vie for the honor of being named the Queen of Light, entrusted with protecting the people from the King of Darkness. June is an attractive girl whose feisty, hot temper and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598166395
• ISBN13: 9781598166392
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: TokyoPop
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.5" x 5.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Little Queen..

In fact,I am a fan of Yeon Joo Kim and I read this book both in Korean and English. When this book came out in English, I was really interest and i bought this. However, I was really surprised how the translation was HORRIBLE. The translation didn't make any sense and it even made me angry. I think that is why many people rated this book as a one star. Actually, this book is one of the popular and famous manhwa in Korea and a lot of people really like this book. Althougt it didn't win, it was one of the candidate for best Korean manhwa competition. Many people consider this book as a beautiful artwork with a cute and beautiful story. It is ture that even some of the Koreans said that this book is hard to read or understnad, but many people understood this book including me. The way Yeon Joo Kim writes the story confused me when i was young, but i can understand now as i get older. If this book had a better translation, many people will be amazed of this beautiful manhwa.

Not as bad as everyone says!!!!

Ok, first off...YES this is NOT perfect! But after reading it, I don't see how it only has 1 star!!!! The story is about June, a candidate to be the next "Queen of Light." She's not very motivated, can be rather annoying at times, and doesn't think things through, but she's not that bad. She has a childhood friend Sejuru, for whose sake she decides she wants to be queen. I guess the story will end up being about how she beats her rivals (such as Lucia) to become the Queen of Light. Parts were kind of confusing. Flashbacks cut in and out of the story in (what seemed to be) random moments. But if you take your time, it makes sense. It's true that at times it's hard to figure out WHO is talking, I'm not sure if this is due to the translation or if it has always been like that, but it can be a little distracting. However, that did NOT stop me from enjoying it, and if you read it more than once (which I always do, what's the point of buying something if you aren't going to read it a lot?) it makes more sense. There are a LOT worse manga out there, which seem to be really popular. So I'd say if you want to read something fun, with BEAUTIFUL artwork (all of Yeon-Joo Kim's works are beautiful, and this is no exception) then give this a chance! I thought the references to some popular anime were really fun, too. (such as the Neon Genesis Evangelion reference....as a fellow EVA fan, it was quite amusing, there are other references as well, such as a Sailor Moon one) I'm about to read volume 2, and maybe the story will never improve. Still, I found it fun. If nothing else, the art is gorgeous. It's not as good as Platina (another manhwa by Yeon-Joo Kim) but it's not that bad either, but it'll probably take a reread or two to really understand what was going on.