Princess Resurrection Review: A Boy Dies Saving a Princess and Is Revived as Her Immortal Servant

Quick Take

• A horror comedy that commits to its monster-of-the-week format with consistent enthusiasm — Hime's chainsaw is the series' visual signature and her complete composure under impossible circumstances is the comedy's engine
• The monster-world royal family assassination politics provide escalating stakes for what is primarily an episodic series
• 20 volumes complete in English; reliable horror comedy with a strong lead character

Who Is This Manga For?

• Readers who want monster-battle comedy horror in episodic format
• Anyone who enjoys the contrast between a dignified, beautiful protagonist and chainsaw-based monster disposal
• Fans of classic horror monster designs used for comedy
• Readers looking for complete horror comedy with consistent entertainment value

Content Warnings & Age Rating

Age Rating: T (Teen) Content Warnings: Monster violence and horror elements played for comedy; Hiro's repeated deaths (as comedy); monster designs drawing on horror tradition; blood as plot mechanic

T rating — horror elements are genuinely present but consistently treated as comedy content.

Yu's Rating

Category	Score
Story Depth	★★★☆☆
Art Style	★★★★☆
Character Development	★★★☆☆
Accessibility for Non-Japanese Readers	★★★★★
Reread Value	★★★☆☆

Story Overview

Hiro Hiyorimi died pushing a princess out of traffic. She revived him using her blood, which makes him a Phoenix Warrior — he can regenerate from death but requires her blood periodically to maintain the revival. He is now her servant.

Hime is a princess of the Monster World. Her siblings — an equally beautiful and dangerous group — are all trying to kill each other to claim the throne. Assassins arrive. Monsters serve various factions. Hime disposes of them, primarily with a chainsaw, without changing her composed expression.

Hiro dies frequently. This is the series' primary comedy mechanism. His deaths are creative, increasingly elaborate, and consistently played for absurdity. Hime revives him without comment, which is the punchline.

The episodic structure — monster threat, Hime and household (which grows to include a werewolf girl, a vampire girl, and others) deal with it — is reliable entertainment. The royal family power struggle provides escalating stakes for the later volumes.

Characters

Hime — A protagonist whose absolute composure — beautiful, dignified, completely willing to chainsaw a werewolf while discussing dinner — is the series' defining character note. She is excellent.

Hiro Hiyorimi — The servant protagonist whose main function is getting killed in creative ways; his adaptation to this role is the character development the series offers him.

Reiri and Riza — Vampire and werewolf companions who join the household; the series develops their personalities enough for genuine variety.

Art Style

Mitsunaga's art has clean monster designs that use horror tradition — classic vampire, werewolf, zombie, and creature designs — with the slight self-awareness that comedy horror requires. Hime's character design is deliberately elegant against the monster content. Action sequences are clear and well-choreographed.

Cultural Context

Princess Resurrection ran from 2005 to 2013 in Weekly Shonen Magazine, using horror genre conventions with the genre-aware comedy that Weekly Shonen Magazine's readership expected. The monster-of-the-week format draws on classic horror anthology while the royal family assassination politics add ongoing stakes. Western horror fans will recognize many of the monster designs as conscious homages.

What I Love About It

Hime's composure. The comedy is built on the contrast between the absurdity of her situation — monsters sent to kill her, her servant dying repeatedly, vampire drama — and her complete refusal to find any of this remarkable. She fights what must be fought and then has tea. The series earns this characterization because her capability is genuine rather than performed.

What English-Speaking Fans Say

Western readers describe Princess Resurrection as reliable horror comedy — specifically noted for Hime being a stronger character than the format typically requires, for the monster designs being respectful of horror tradition, and for the complete English run making the full story available. Recommended for readers who want consistent entertainment rather than depth.

Memorable Scene ⚠️ Spoiler Warning

Any scene where Hiro's latest death method is revealed — and Hime's response to finding his remains is to revive him and continue with whatever she was doing — is the series' most consistently effective comedy.

Similar Manga

• Hellsing — Monster hunting horror with similar visual confidence
• Black Butler — Supernatural servant and supernatural principal in darker register
• Kore wa Zombie Desu ka — Similar horror comedy structure
• The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious — Servant dynamic in different register

Reading Order / Where to Start

Volume 1 — Hiro's death, revival, and first monster encounter establish everything the series needs.

Official English Translation Status

Dark Horse has published the complete English series. All 20 volumes available.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Hime is an excellent lead character
• Monster designs respectful of horror tradition
• Complete in 20 volumes
• Consistent entertainment value throughout

Cons

• Episodic format means limited long-form development
• Hiro's character development is minimal
• Later volumes can feel formulaic

Format Comparison

Format	Notes
Individual Volumes	Dark Horse; complete series available
Digital	Available

Where to Buy

Read the first volume. If it doesn't hook you, put it down. It'll hook you.

Start with Volume 1 →

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