A super-sweet love story between a Count's daughter and a scheming knight begins! 'The Doting Scheming Guard Knight Wants to Be Mean to the Purely Cultivated Noble Daughter' Vol. 1 releases on Friday, April 3!!

Takeshobo Co., Ltd. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Sumitaka Miyata) will release Volume 1 of 'The Doting Scheming Guard Knight Wants to Be Mean to the Purely Cultivated Noble Daughter' (Original story: Sonoko Machidori, Manga: Rako Yotsuba) on Friday, April 3, 2026.

Cover image of 'The Doting Scheming Guard Knight Wants to Be Mean to the Purely Cultivated Noble Daughter' Vol. 1

Synopsis Michelle, the daughter of a Count, discovers that her fiancé has fallen in love with her frail younger sister, and decides to run away from home to step aside.

She tries to start her life over in a village far from the royal capital by pretending to be a commoner, but her guard knight, Juste, chases after her...!?

This is a story about an unaware, purely cultivated noble daughter who is captured by a scheming guard knight and is loved so deeply that she can never escape, no matter what happens.

Highlights While your heart will naturally flutter at the cross-class romance between Michelle, a sheltered Count's daughter, and Juste, a commoner guard knight, the depth of Juste's feelings for Michelle is revealed through the occasionally dark and scheming plans he devises to make her his own. You are guaranteed to be captivated by the sweet developments that truly fit the word 'captured'.

Please also pay close attention to the beautiful illustrations by Rako Yotsuba, who is in charge of the comic adaptation.

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