Tearmoon Empire

Nozomu Mochitsuki

Feb 2020 · Tearmoon Empire Vol 1 · J-Novel Club

About this eBook

Surrounded by the hate-filled gazes of her people, the selfish princess of the fallen Tearmoon Empire, Mia, takes one last look at the bleeding sun before the guillotine blade falls...

Only to wake back up as a twelve-year-old! With time rewound and a second chance at life dropped into her lap, she sets out to right the countless wrongs that plague the ailing Empire. Corrupt governance? Check. Border troubles? Check. Natural calamities and economic strife? Check.

My, seems like a lot of work.

Hard work and Mia don’t mix, so she seeks out the aid of others, starting with her loyal maid, Anne, and the brilliant minister, Ludwig. Together, they strive day and night to restore the Empire. Little by little, their tireless efforts begin to change the course of history, pushing the whole of the continent toward a new future.

And why did the selfish princess have a change of heart, you ask? Simple—she didn’t. She’s just terrified of the guillotine. They hurt like hell, and Mia hates pain more than work.

Lazy, selfish, and a complete coward, the ill-equipped princess of the Tearmoon Empire, armed with memories of her past life and a diary from the future, tries to avoid dying at the guillotine again and changes the very course of history in the process!

Ratings and reviews

I swear to god if this series ends with Mia ending up with Sion and no Abel, I'm going to be so pissed off. I usually don't enjoy the romance parts of these kinds of stories but for some reason I still am lost for, I'm really enjoying this one. Great start to a hopefully long and enjoyable series!

Tearmoon Empire is a very enjoyable read. Our main character Mia, after being brought back to her 12 years-old self, does everything she can to escape her future downfall. While most characters seem to be all bit by bit under serious Mia-adulation disease, the narrator has no qualm on making us, readers, aware of her true intentions: avoiding doom. This first volume is a very nice start to a let's-avoid-the-guillotine comedy. I definitely recommend it, let's enjoy and look kindly upon Mia's shenanigans !

I read the manga and then just had to read the novel, and I am not disappointed. The novel is much more in depth than the manga of course and both are slightly different from each other. The novel has more of a third person POV and you see the thoughts of the other characters more frequently. This is a fairly comedic novel so don't expect too much seriousness from it. Overall, it was a great read and I binged through it for several hours. The translation is great as well.