Princess Knight (1953)

in the country of goldland, it is prohibited to have a princess succeed the throne. when the queen has a daughter, she decides to raise her as a boy, and have her identity be a secret. however, sapphire would occasionally don girl's clothes.one day, disguised as a girl, sapphire meets franz charming, a prince from another country. not knowing the truth of her identity, they fall in love. however, duke duralumin, a distant relative to goldland's king, is plotting to overthrow him… note: different from the 1963 version that was serialized in nakayoshi. this version is shorter and does not include characters like captain blood.—**volumes 85 and 86 of the osamu tezuka complete works**