Manga: The Royal Tutor 11

The Royal Tutor Vol 11 
Rating: 4/5
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Source: Copy courtesy of the publisher in exchange for an honest review! 

The royal palace is bustling with successive arrivals, which is good news for lonely Leonhard! First, Beatrix comes seeking advice on how to cheer up her cuteness-starved fiancé. Then, young Prince Claude of Fonsein pays a diplomatic visit that pushes Leonhard's foreign-language skills to their limits. When Leonhard's dearest brother Bruno is next to arrive, everyone expects Leonhard to be elated...but the effusive prince is uncharacteristically reserved. Has their time apart soured the bonds of brotherly affection?! 

Despite Rosenberg being on the cover of this volume, we didn't see as much of him as I thought we would! Although I did kind of think he was having his strings pulled by Eins but now I'm wondering if it's actually the other way around. It's an ominous opening either way, and then it's on with the hilarity as poor old Kai is having a severe lack of cute and fluffy things to pet. Bless him. But sometimes I do feel Kai on a spiritual level. 

It was nice to get to see some more of Beatrix in this volume, I enjoy her character and love it whenever she pops up! She gets along well with our other characters and is just as entertaining. The main focus of the volume is actually Leonhard for the most part, but we get to meet some other royals! They're from Fonsein, presumably France, and it's up to Heine to be translator between Adele and the young Prince Claude. Of course Leonhard can't be left out of things and he decides to join in helping to entertain him. 

Honestly, Leonhard freaking out because he worked so hard studying the language and still struggled to speak to Claude even with something completely basic was an absolute mood. Literally me while I'm learning Japanese and Korean. I don't think I've ever related to Leonhard more than in that exact moment. 

I was expecting this volume to continue with the focus on Leonhard and initially we got a glimpse of Kai so I figured we'd get glimpses of Bruno and Licht but nope. This volume sees Bruno make his grand return, which is a bit awkward at first before it quickly gets heartwarming! But that's not all folks, after getting a look at some of what Kai's been up to briefly, he also makes his return to the palace, leaving just Licht off doing his own thing now. 

I feel like, despite the light hearted tone of this volume, this volume also indicates that things are shifting. I got the sense that we're leading up to something, mostly because of the return of Bruno and Kai. I could be reading too much in to it but after that ominous start at the beginning, talks of Eins marriage and Rosenberg being his shady self at the end, combined with the return of two of the Princes means that something is up so I finished the volume on quite the sense of anticipation. Plus I'm sure Rosenberg is yet again up to no good!