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Title | Volume 1
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Author | Matsuri Hino
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Publisher | Panini Comics - 2005
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First Printing | Hakusensha - 2003
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Title | Volume 2
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Author | Matsuri Hino
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Publisher | Panini Comics - 2005
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First Printing | Hakusensha - 2003
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Title | Volume 3
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Author | Matsuri Hino
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Publisher | Panini Comics - 2006
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First Printing | Hakusensha - 2004
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Title | Volume 3
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Author | Matsuri Hino
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Publisher | Panini Comics - 2009
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First Printing | Hakusensha - 2004
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Category | Manga
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | Airi, Aram, Jeile, Razu
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Main Elements | Wizards
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 Volume 1
On the way to school one morning, Airi loses her mirror - one that had been passed down to her through generations - and suddenly finds herself in a bizarre situation. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect Aram, a little boy from a magical kingdom, to have emerged from the mirror in the short time it took her to track it down!
Volume 2
After Aram's elder brother Jeile fails to lift the spell on him, Aram is forced to stay with Airi. Meanwhile, an unsuspecting Airi recites Aram's full name in front of the mirror and is magically transported to Astale! But to Airi's dismay, the citizens of Aram's kingdom give her the cold shoulder. What do they know about her secret bloodline...?
Volume 3
While on a seaside field trip, the little boy Aram and Airi find themselves in the middle of a blackout at the public bath. Frazzled to no end, Airi drags Aram inside a closet but fails to prevent someone from walking in on them. Will Aram's secret be blown so soon? Meanwhile, Aram's cousin Razu confronts Airi and that made Razu hate Airi enough to want to make her heart stop beating ? As if Razu wasn't trouble enough, Aram's former fiancee Mariabel shows up at school. What evil schemes does she have in store for Aram and Airi? It wouldn't have anything to do with playing with Aram's memory, would it...?
Volume 4
All high-school freshman Airi Hoshina ever wanted was to someday live in a cozy home with a loving husband, and find joy in the little things in life. As a result, she makes it her daily mission to get to school on time because school legend has it that the longer one's non-tardy streak is, the better boyfriend one will find. But just when her daily routine is working like clockwork, an occurrence of fairytale proportions threatens to disrupt her grand plan.
The bizarre adventures of reluctant pair Airi and little prince Aram wind down as their love story comes full circle. As the gap between the kingdom of Astale and the real world narrows, revelations about Airi’s and Aram’s quirky family members begin to float like pixie dust. Will Airi ever achieve her dream of sharing a cozy home with a loving husband? And what happens to her magic mirror? Discover the wacky twist that’s sure to leave readers begging for more!
I found these books at a book exchange and I figured I'd give them a quick read and then put them back, they were in French after all, not my preferred reading language. But here I am a couple months later and I have no plans on giving them up. The story was so cute and fun I really loved it. From Aram changing ages at the most inconvenient moments to his utterly ridiculous brother, their adventures were so much run to read. And of course, there's a whole harem of *cough* very pretty boys to look at...Jeile wears even wears glasses. But mustn't forget the plot, there's some twists and turns in there that keeps one on one's toes too. Very lighthearted, and a sweet (though awkward...Aram is what...8 or 10?) romance, I just couldn't give it up when I was done.
And of course the artwork was beautiful. Having had this taste of Matsuri Hino's work, I now want to read Vampire Knight more than ever, and it was always on my to-read list simply because of the vampire subject matter but now I'm sure it will not only have wonderful art but a good storyline as well.
My only complaint, the edition I had the print was so small I literally needed a magnifying glass sometimes, I mean I know I'm not as young as I used to be but it was seriously tiny. These French editions are smaller overall than English ones so that probably explains it, plus French takes more space to say the same thing as it takes in English.
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