Yay! I'm stepping away from my glorious self-tale of life, just because I reeaalllly LOVE this manga series SO MUCH. I would die a happy person if it gets adapted into a anime (hint, hint). :3 
I'm going to summarize it as bluntly as possible, because my friends love it when I summarize mangas bluntly.
So, this is the geist of the cookie.
according to manga test drive (i just decided that I'm too lazy to do my own blunt summary (sorry.)):
"During the Heien Era, Sakura is an orphaned princess living deep in the countryside. She is supported only by the charity of Prince Oura, to whom she has been betrothed since childhood. Now at 14 years old, it is time for her to marry, but Sakura wants no part of it. Her reluctance isn't helped by the prince's emissary Aoba, as the two get along about as well as oil and water. To the surprise of no one, Aoba turns out to be Oura himself, and bit by bit he begins to win Sakura over. This is the least of her conflicts, though.
For her whole life, Sakura has been forbidden to gaze upon the full moon, and in a rebellious fits she does just that. It turns out that Sakura is a descendant of Princess Kagura, a mythical being from the moon, and the countryside is full of demons that are drawn to her. The only time they can find her, though, is during a full moon. Luckily, Sakura is not defenseless. She possesses the ability to call forth her grandmother's magical sword and fight the demons herself. Once her powers are revealed, Sakura must flee for her life, as it turns out that there are more than just demons who wish to exploit her powers."
Thank you google.
So, now WHY i love this manga so much.
1.The story is a really interesting romance and yet it has just the perfect amount of action and loss that the pages practically turn themselves
2.Perfect character build up, you get really attached to characters without even realizing it.Maimai captured my heart, Rurijo and Asagiri as well.In fact, when my friend Madison read the books, when Ukyo died, she ran up to me in tears and began beating me with my own book because I let her read it knowing Ukyo would die.She shrugged her shoulders at Asagiri's death though.Ahh good times.
3.The male charachters are so attractive!! My 9 year old sister is in love with Aoba (I let her read the series as well) Enju and Maimai are my favorites.
4.The artwork is GORGEOUS!!! Arina Tanemura has such beautiful style. She's my favorite Mangaka (no offense to Atsushi Ohkubo or Hiroyuki Asada (tegami bachi))
5. Rurijo x Hayate!
