1/2 Prince

Ah, serious Gui! Chapter 30 of 1/2 Prince was released this week. After reading that, I went back to the novels of 1/2 Prince that I had read halfway and finished them all. This series is amazingly funny and quirky, but it also have its serious moments. ♥ It's set way in the future where technology is pretty advanced (fax machines can transmit real people and objects instead of paper, haha), but the setting is mostly in an online virtual game with a realism level of 99%. I was very amused by Lan's troubles of meeting people in real life that she knows from the games. She certainly had a more and more difficult time hiding that she's actually a girl (since she plays a guy character).

The manga follows the novels really closely, but it's way less detailed. A group of people have also started translating the novels into English too. I think my favorite thing about this series is all the Chinese references and the way Lan thinks to herself. What other series would have 2 girls and 2 guys fighting over the same person in an online game while an onlooker thinks, "Ah, four people. Just enough for mahjong. They even have a common topic (the person they're fighting over)!"

1/2 Prince novel in Chinese
1/2 Prince novel translations

Haha, darkicedragon, don't read what's inside the cut. =P

( novel spoilers. for the entire thing. )