Dying, the mortally wounded king sends his daughter Alita to find Prince Kaito, who is leading a diplomatic mission and its military escort abroad.

After Falis dispatches the forest's guardian beast, Alita pleads with the bounty hunter to protect the Forland kingdom, offering herself, body and soul, as collateral.

Written and illustrated by Sekihiko Inui, Murder Princess was serialized in MediaWorks's Dengeki Teioh from April 26, 2004,[4] to November 25, 2006.

It was the first Bee Train production since 1999 to not be directed by company founder, CEO and chief staff director Koichi Mashimo.

In Jason Thompson's appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, he praised the "stylized, cute artwork", calling it "the best feature of this short and tame action-adventure comic.