MeruPuri
めるぷり メルヘン☆プリンス (MeruPuri: Meruhen Purinsu)
Demographic	Shōjo
Genre	Romance, Fantasy, Comedy
Manga
Author	Matsuri Hino
Publisher	Hakusensha
Other publishers: VIZ Media Panini Comics
Serialized in	LaLa Shojo Beat
Original run	August, 2002 – September, 2004
Volumes	4

MeruPuri, originally titled MeruPuri: Märchen Prince (めるぷり メルヘン☆プリンス, MeruPuri: Maruhen Purinsu^?), is a 4 volume manga series by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Japan in LaLa magazine, and was published in English through Viz Media's Shojo Beat label. Image File history File links Merupuri01. ... Page from long running shōjo manga Glass Mask by Suzue Miuchi, demonstrating archetypal shōjo art conventions Shōjo or shoujo ) is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a female audience between the ages of 13 and 18. ... This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ... Matsuri Hino ) is a Japanese manga artist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Hakusensha (白泉社 Hakusensha) is a Japanese publisher that was originally founded by Shueisha, one of Japans biggest publishers. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Viz Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a major American anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of Viz, LLC, and ShoPro Entertainment. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Spectacular Spider Man #100 (UK edition). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Lala VC (b. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Shojo Beat is a shōjo manga magazine published in North America by VIZ Media. ... Tankōbon ) is the Japanese term for a compilation volume of a particular series (such as a manga or a novel series, magazine articles, essays, craft patterns, etc. ... This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ... Matsuri Hino ) is a Japanese manga artist. ... Lala VC (b. ... Viz Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a major American anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of Viz, LLC, and ShoPro Entertainment. ... Shojo Beat is a shōjo manga magazine published in North America by VIZ Media. ...

Plot

High school freshman Airi Hoshina has her life goals all planned out - meet a wonderful boy, get married by age 20, and enjoy an ordinary, loving family life. However, Airi's plan breaks down when she loses an heirloom hand mirror she carries on the way to school. She finds it in the hands of a lordly little boy named Aram, who just used it as a portal from a magical world. Aram has come to Airi's world in hopes of outrunning trouble at home, but uyitiyuiit soon becomes clear that he can no more accomplish that than he can keep Airi from getting mixed up in it.

Characters

Airi Hoshina (星名愛理, Hoshina Airi^?)

The 15-year old, happy-go-lucky heroine of the story, Airi dreams of a warm and peaceful married life like she sees on her favorite TV drama, 'Tales of Marriage on the Prairie'. Her parents work abroad, and she lives with her granduityiuyparents she never sees, she would be alone if not for her two dogs, Pochirou and Koromi. Airi has a hand mirror in the shape of a seven-pointed star that has been passed down through her family since the days of her great-great-great grandmother, which can be used as a portal to the magical kingdom of Astale. In fact, Airi's great-great-great grandmother was a traitorous princess from Astale, Chrisnelle, making her a distant relative of the royal family.

Airi's first impression of Aram is that he is a cute little boy, but he quickly comes to stand in the way of her plans of living a normal life. Her dreams of a normal marriage disappear when she unwittingly performs marriage vows with him. Because of the vows, she and Aram both now have matching insytiyuitignias on their chests. If any man aside from Aram kisses the symbol, then her heart will stop beating. However, she slowly becomes fond of Aram and finally realizes her feelings during their high school summer trip to the beach, where Raz tries to kill her by kissing the symbol on her chest. After that, she is completely devoted to Aram.

Aram (アラム, Aram^?)

A 12-year old prince of the magical kingdom of Astale, his full name is Astale Ei Daemonia Eucharistia Aram. Aram came to Airi's world to avoid a spell his half-brother Jeile was trying to cast on him. While Aram didn't entirely escape the spell, its effect wasn't as Jeile intended it, either. It tyuiiiuywas supposed to age Aram to an old man overnight, but it ended up growing him into a 17 year-old whenever he is in darkness. The only way to return him to his proper form is with a kiss from his most beloved maiden, whom he quickly determines to be Airi. He is always quick to proclaim is everlasting love for her, much to Airi's chagrin at first.

In some ways Aram is a typical little boy, and he develops a fondness for things like sentaiyuti shows (especially "The Sparkle Rangers") and rice omlettes, but he also has an exceedingly regal bearing and often seems twice his real age. Although formally engaged to Mariabelle, Aram makes Airi perform marriage vows with him in order to save her from the Chamber of Judgement. At first, their marriage is not recognized by anyone is Astelle until the 4th volume where Aram officially places their marriage into "book of oaths." However, their official wedding is not until Aram comes of age 5 years later (when he is 17.)

Jeile (ジェイル, Jeile^?)

Aram's older half-bryituiother and the crown prince of Astale, his full name is Astale Ei Daemonia Eucharistia Jeile. He is eccentric and a playboy. He cast the aging spell on Aram out of frustration because Aram receives all of their father's attention. In actuality, Jeile really does care about Aram, and it's likely he simply never considered the consequences of the spell. Though he seems like a bungler at first, Jeile is the commander of the Astale magic army.

Jeile has a bit of a masochistic streak, and becomes smitten with Airi after she slapiytiys him, and tries to get her to become his first wife. He calls Airi his Mountain Lily Maiden and tries to be happy for her after she becomes Aram's fiance. When Aram turns 17 he reverses the spell so Aram turns into a child in the dark (much to Aram's displeasure.) Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ...

When he was about 12 years old, his first love was Lei (he did not know that Lei was a boy at the time due to the fact of Lei's long hair and rather feminine appearance.) His fiancé is Lei's sister, Jei. When Jeile meets her, he can't bear to see her face due to the fact that it is identical toyutiu Lei's. However, 5 years later when Jeile is King of Astelle (after the former king and queen retired) he accepts Jei and they even have two children, whose names are not revealed.

Lei (レイ, Lei^?)

Aram's caretaker, he is a conscientious civil servant and attentive to Aram. However, he has no respect for Airi, and is troubled for Aram's fondness for her. He's about 19 years old. He is also in love with Queen Veedua, as revealed in volume 4. His sister Jei and she is identical to him. Reitur67 had to impersionate Airi while she was learning magic in Astale. Everyone in school was fooled but for Nakaoji.

Nakaoji (仲央路くん, Nakaouji-kun^?)

The president of Airi's class, and though he might not know it, Airi's current prime marriage candidate. He seems rather taken with Airi himself. Nakaoji is sporty, tryrtyfriendly, and good with kids, though he and Aram spar right from the start. His ancestor was the Grand Magician of Astelle.

Razalude (ラザルード, Razalude^?)

A member of one of Astale's royal houses, the Zelltuheil house, his full name is Zerothuhia Razalude, but he usually goes by Raz. His family would've been the rulers of Astale if not for the desertion of Airi's ancestor. For this reason, Raz seems determined to inflict his family's misfortune yjfgon Airi. In the 4th volume, he is summoned by Nakaoji's little sister, who hopes to get him to kill her brother for telling their Mom not to get her a cell phone. He is said to be about 16 years old.

Mariabel (マリアベル, Mariabel^?)

Aram's fiancé. Mariabel is certain that she is the best match for Aram, and steals Aram's memories of Airi to win him back to her. She is dismayed that Aram continues to pursue Airi and that only Airi's kiss is able to turn him yjfyback to normal. She realizes her foolishness and becomes friends with Airi.

Maruru (マルル, Maruru^?)

Jeile's fairy. She got into his bedroom searching a flower to live with, as fairies spend their lives sharing energy with flowers. She had chosen a ribbon instead, by accident since it had a rose pattern on it, and Jeile, to savjyfue her, created a magic ribbon over her head which matched the one around his hair. In this way, she could share his life force and in this way grow. Jeile is scolded for this, as it supposedly makes him appear "soft" and unworthy to command the Astale magical army, but he nonetheless does not regret his decision. In the 4th and final volume, Maruru fully matures and becomes larger, so that she is the size of a normal woman.

Queen Veedua

Aram's mother and a very intimidating woman. She and the king have a 100 year age gap, revealed by Aram when Airi, during their wedding, is embarrassed about their aguftyue, he being 17, and she 20. Veedua is very playful to the point of appearing cruel (Jeile and Aram's opinion of her). To test their love she makes them go through a trial where Airi is required to find the lost ring of Chrisnelle which is given to all children of royalty when they are born. She was the one to make the plan to steal Aram's memories of Airi. However, upon meeting Airi, Veedua becomes quite fond of her, due to hearing of how Airi made Aram clean her bathroom and never hesitates to tell Aram to shut up.

Trivia

• In the Brazilian translation, the name of the Aram's favorite sentai changed from Pika Rangers to Poke Rangers, because "Pica" is the Brazilian's name of the male genitalia.

Sentai is a Japanese word which roughly translates to task force. It is often use to refer to a specific type of fictional story, which stars a specially organized group of heroes; good examples of Sentai is the various Super Sentai live-action Japanese television programs which the American Power...

External links

• Summary at Shojo Beat
• MeruPuri (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Through the Mirror - MeruPuri Fanlisting