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Prunus Girl was the first ever cross dressing yaoi manga I have ever read, and I have to say: I was surprised to end up enjoying the whole story.

Story: 6
The story starts of with our protagonist, Maki, checking out his scores on the entrance exams before he suddenly stumbles across Aikawa, whom he later finds out to be a boy. As the story continues, the relationship between these two start to develop. This is done through the various interactions the characters have with their friends and the clubs of the school in addition to the times the characters choose to spend with each other. First, ... it starts off a strong friendship as Maki continuously reminds himself Aikawa's a boy and that he should feel nothing, and then slowly a realisation that he does, in fact, view Aikawa in a romantic way.

What I really like about Prunus Girl's plot is how Maki is always questioned about his preference of Aikawa's gender and sexual preference. In addition, Aikawa's openness towards Maki, whether it be letting him look under his skirt or asking him decide which gender he would prefer to him to be, was always refreshing and added a slight bit of tension to the story.

I really wish they did more with the magic candy idea, though.

Art: 6
The art was mediocre. Some bits of art was not formatted the same as the rest of the manga, however it was all still clear who exactly was who. Some scenes were drawn pretty well, as well. Rather, the bit to point out were just the character designs. All were different and the clothes each character wears were all unique.

Characters: 7
THERE WAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL IN THIS ASPECT OF THE STORY. I would say that the side couples were more developed in terms of background than the main couple. We do not really learn much about Aikawa's past nor do we learn about the different experiences Maki has had. While their feelings for each other was developed quite well, it seemed a bit too fast near the end, although its speed could be justified by the fact that Maki is already exposed to many either illicit relationships and an existing lesbian couple.

Side characters also lack some development and it is quite sad to see majority of the original side characters to not get the people they want.

Enjoyment: 10
I laughed at just about every chapter and I waited very eagerly for all the couples to just get together already. The epilogue was also a great addition, which only added to my enjoyment. Why? Because of this quote:
"But after we graduate, we're gonna be going at it like rabbits."

Final verdict: 7
Prunus Girl has so much potential to be much more if only it was made much longer or if it had reduced the amount of characters that were introduced throughout the story. It is a great read for when you are bored. I would fully recommend it to anyone who has yet to question sexual orientations or those who just want an insanely hilarious and romantic story to read :)

Seikoku no Dragonar is set in an alternative universe were people can be chosen to bare a pal, or dragon, during a certain age. Its genres are ecchi and harem, and so you can't really expect much from it. While people may complain about its overuse of large breasts just to use as fan service and eye candy for the audience, this is expected for typical harem and so is easily understandable in this review.

Story: 6
As mentioned before, this is a stereotypical harem laced with lots of ecchi scenes. It's got everything in it to qualify it as a harem and so most scenes placed ... throughout the entire anime are easy to undermine and could, in most cases, be classified as cliche. While this may be true, the anime still presents to us an interesting story line filled with unexpected twists that would make you watch more, despite its overuse of ecchi scenes you would see in just about any harem anime. Adding to this fact, its pacing is slightly too fast, yet is a bit understandable at times.

Art: 8
The first thing you would think of when watching this anime is that ITS ART IS SO HIGH QUALITY. Actions done by the characters are done very fluidly with its backgrounds also drawn with the same amount of detail. Despite this said, there are not really any scenes where the art would take your breath away. They all seem to be there just because they need to be there and in that quality to match. Its purpose is to basically present its surroundings simply for you to forget about it a few seconds later.

Sound: 7
Not that much to say about sound. The OP and ED are catchy and the voices really match their characters. The stereotypical tsundere gets an abnormally high, yet cute voice and the somewhat arrogant princess gets a low proud voice that still never fails to actually say certain inappropriate lines that, in the end, may sound much more befitting to her character. That said, its sound affects are things that we've already heard before, nothing special, but still very appropriate to whatever is played out to us.

Character: 5
We have a tsundere dragon that has some kind of connection with the queen of Avalon, a stubborn princess that refuses to say what she really feels, and a dense male protagonist, who for some inexplicable reason, gets himself a special dragon that comes in a form of a human girl. If you ask me, thats just about all you need to make up a harem anime. Though we are given quite a bit of development behind them, the very fundamentals of each of their characters are still very much missing. I, personally, is very keen to know who exactly Ash's parents and how exactly did he meet the princess so easily. Moving away from that, some characters also just come and go very quickly. Most appear out of nowhere just to give some random fan service. With this, this part of the review gives a five to its characters.

Enjoyment: 9
Despite all of these setbacks, the enjoyment factor of this anime is very high, though that may just be for me. Of course, people who don't like the harem and ecchi genres would think otherwise, but there is a reason to why this anime was categorised under these titles. Why would someone who can't take horror watch a horror anime? Even if one did, their review would be bias by saying 'its too scary' when that is the whole point of the anime. Getting back on topic, this anime is so far very enjoyable. Though the stereotypical harem jokes may seem like nothing, some are still nonetheless rather funny. Action scenes are also well capable of stealing your attention away and putting you back on its semi serious plot.

Overall: 7
Not too high and not too low. This is an anime to be watched and forget about, though it does show some potential to move away from that. It is recommended that you watch it when you are bored and just want to kill time.