So, I was curious about the manga. This is like ONE's MOB 100 where the manga's art turned people off, but the story is pretty solid. The anime did a good job to transform the style into a Ghibli-like style. I mentioned Ghibli because the way Bojji ran really looks like he was a child in a Ghibli film

Ousama Ranking

Pretty interesting choice of title, though, because for most of the published parts, it's only mentioned in passing, and it surely is the main motivation for the antagonist, but all we see so far is a kingdom dealing with internal conflict following the founding king's death.

This is exactly what I wanted when I ordered "period drama"