Snow White with the Red Hair

Snow White with the Red Hair
Cover of the first manga volume, featuring main character Shirayuki
赤髪の白雪姫 (Akagami no Shirayukihime)
Genre	Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Manga
Written by	Sorata Akizuki
Published by	Hakusensha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	LaLa DX, LaLa
Original run	August 10, 2006 – present
Volumes	16 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Masahiro Andō
Written by	Deko Akao
Music by	Michiru Ōshima
Studio	Bones
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation UK Anime Limited
Original network	Tokyo MX, TVA, ytv, BS Fuji, Animax
English network	SEA Animax Asia
Original run	July 6, 2015 – March 28, 2016
Episodes	24 + OVA (List of episodes)

Snow White with the Red Hair (赤髪の白雪姫, Akagami no Shirayukihime^?) is a Japanese shōjo manga written by Sorata Akizuki. It was serialized in Hakusensha's bi-monthly shōjo manga magazine, LaLa DX but has since moved to monthly LaLa and is published in collected volumes by Hakusensha. An anime adaptation produced by Warner Entertainment Japan, Hakusensha, and Studio Bones aired in Japan between July 6, 2015 and September 21, 2015. A second season began airing in Japan on January 11, 2016.

Shirayuki is a normal herbalist citizen in the kingdom of Tanbarun with one rare unique feature: her beautiful red hair. Due to her unusual hair color, Shirayuki was raised to always be careful of showing her hair in new surroundings and grew to be an independent young woman. However, her hair gets her noticed by Prince Raj, who orders her to become his concubine. Refusing his orders, she cuts her hair and leaves it behind as part of what he wanted and escapes to the neighboring kingdom of Clarines. On her way there, she meets and befriends Prince Zen and his two aides Mitsuhide and Kiki. When Zen is poisoned by an apple meant for Shirayuki gifted by Raj, Shirayuki successfully obtains the antidote and decides to accompany the trio to Clarines. Shortly thereafter, Shirayuki passes an exam for a position to train in the palace as a herbalist. Shirayuki and her friends find a place in Clarines and carries out her duties as a court herbalist. Over the course of the story, Zen and Shirayuki begin to fall in love with each other and eventually begin a romantic relationship, in spite of opposition due to their difference in social status.

The manga was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, LaLa DX in 2006 but has since moved to LaLa and is published in collected volumes by Hakusensha. As of August 2016, 16 volumes have been published in Japan. It has been licensed in France by Kana and in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press. The eleventh volume ranked 21st in Oricon's weekly manga ranking for the week of January 6.