It's time for "interrogation" Princess review
Tags I'd give it: Comedy/Fantasy/Psychological (?)
This series really is a case of "do not judge a title by its name". Even the initial premise of the series raises some red flags: A princess is being held by the demon king and is sent to be executed but before then, she will be "tortured" relentless to extract vital intel. Yes, I thought this was going to be a very dark and/or perverted series solely judging by the title but I was pleasantly (and thankfully) surprised. The real reason I gave this series a chance was because one of the tags was comedy so that squashed most the chances it would be y'know torture porn.
Each chapter is self-contained and features either the recurring main demon interrogator or new interrogators (beast demon, demon twins, etc.) with a method of torture (toasted bread, playing multiplayer games, etc.).
Initially the princess will resist temptation with commentary from her fellow prisoner/weapon Excalibur that she's a strong-willed princess who never give in to such childish tactics. But ultimately, the interrogators amp up the "torture" by commenting on how the delicious or fun the food/thing they're doing is and the princess gives in leaving Excalibur often exasperated (for being a literal sword—it's amazing sometimes how this is portrayed).
The intel the princess provides ranges from useful (locations of the kingdom's army) to useless (lobster blood is blue).
I can see how this can get old for some people though since it's so far a "monster of the week" (in this case torture of the week) format with the exception of one chapter. However, I find that's where the charm of the series comes from is seeing how ridiculous/wholesome the torture methods get (initially offering red bean buns then amping it to toasted red bean buns for example) and the princess' dilemma of giving in or not mixed with Excalibur's past knowledge of the princess (usually falls under she's supposed to be too dignified to fall for such commoner things). Some times the ending panel of the chapters are what make it all worthwhile (like learning one of the characters is just a doting parent). Most of the chapters will make you realize the princess' life prior to being captured was total shit and the demons treat her better than the humans.
The art is pretty simple, I mean most the comic takes place in the prison cell of the princess and Excalibur. Where it really shines is the varies demon designs and the roller coaster of expressions of the princess both when she tries to resist and gives in to the torture. Some times it veers into pervy expressions you'd find in less savory series which I can kind do without but I get what that author was going for given the context.
Between the comical methods of interrogation, the expressions of the princess trying to resist then giving in to the "torture", and commentary of her sword Excalibur, it's a very entertaining and often wholesome new series I will enjoy reading and highly recommend.
