I know this was old school but i could not understand why having her boy's heart pulled out suddenly made her weak. Unless of course the shock of having something vital removed form her body out of no where has something to do with it. But with the reading of it, It looked like removing her boy heart made her suddenly loose all the skills she normally has. Which makes no sense, her heart didn't have any affect on her physical form. She doesn't physically change from a boy to a girl just her clothes, so why the heck does she start to loose? She is still in the same body. (view spoiler)[ I guess I just have to say it. Girls are not Weak!!especially when they have been trained in fencing and were doing fine two seconds ago! Gender roles aside a woman is not going to suddenly flop over, given that's she's kicking butt, when she is highly motivated to win. Saving her kingdom from a pompous fool and an idiot who threw her into jail and then into a quarry is very motivating. (hide spoiler)] 
 And the prince what is with him? he can't figure out who she is? (view spoiler)[ the pirate figured it out in like two seconds (hide spoiler)]Alright i get that it needs to be a plot point so i won't dwell on it, but can someone tell me why no one noticed the fact the swan has human legs? Like seriously human legs! Not to mention the behavior. 
 Okay i guess i should move on to the plot. It was interesting. There was continuous action perking my interest so i wanted to know what would happen next. I would have preferred a stronger princess. I mean come on she's been raised as a prince. I love the fact that she still enjoys feminine things and wants to wear dresses, but she is not weak because she wears a dress. I wear them all the time and that's never stopped me from doing anything I ever wanted to do. Alright I know different style of story but still. (view spoiler)[ come to think about it though everyone is kind of pathetically weak in comparison to my expectations so. yeah there's that. And i'm guessing this is suppose to be a light comedy action type story. (hide spoiler)] I did like the queen she was an interesting character and i felt one of the most engaging and level headed. I would have liked to seen more of her. 
 Since this is a manga i need to talk about the art. I liked it. everything was clean and my eye was able to flow over the page with out getting hung up on to many details. Also I liked the older style. I do prefer a more modern day look like say the style of Fairy tale sorry just completely blanked on Hiro's name. But it's nice to have this one as well. To tell the truth that was the main reason i picked up this book. I actually looked at the story plot later. Normally it's the other way around. 
 I'll probably read the second volume since I want to know how the story ends. 
 If you're looking for light quick read check this one out.