Kisaki Kyouiku kara Nigetai Watashi

Duchess Leticia Dorman has been betrothed to Crown Prince Clarke since age seven. She was once a rambunctious and free-spirited child, but the strict education she’s receiving to make her a fit future princess has really put a cramp in her lifestyle. Her only hope is that the prince might someday take an interest in someone else—so when Clarke shows up to a royal ball with an unknown woman at his side, Lettie is overcome with delight, presuming her dream has come true and her engagement has been broken off! She wastes no time retreating to an easygoing countryside life, but her newfound peace is cut short when the prince shows up and claims she’s still his fiancée! Clarke is determined to win Lettie over and marry her, while Lettie is determined to resist his charms and escape! Who will emerge victorious in this heart-pounding battle of wills?

(Source: J-Novel Club)

Dorman, Leticia Main

Shiraishi, Haruka Japanese

Clarke Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Neil Supporting

Okiayu, Ryoutarou Japanese

Maria Supporting

Suegara, Rie Japanese

Sebastian Supporting

Iijima, Hajime Japanese

Queen Laura Supporting

Maihara, Yuka Japanese

Matias Supporting

Natsume, Maki Japanese

Nathan Supporting

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Dale Supporting

Sakaguchi, Daisuke Japanese

King Maurice Supporting

Gouda, Hozumi Japanese

Tagashira, Shinobu Director, Character Design

Gouda, Hozumi Sound Director

Murakawa, Naoya Episode Director

Hirayama, Takanari Episode Director, Key Animation

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Mar 27, 2025

MaximumBeef

Recommended

Small preamble first. Before even watching this I couldn't help but notice its unnaturally low score and the wild reviews-to-views ratio. Reading through a few of the negative reviews however, it was quite clear something was off. They all read like sought after outrage, rather than legitimate reviews, to a point I felt none of them even watched it, so I just had to see the film for myself. After all, it just seemed like any other romantic series aimed at women.

Now, going into the film with this predisposed knowledge I certainly didn't expect to ever enjoy it myself, as I expected some sort of ... Twilight/50 Shades-esque woman oriented romance slop, which regardless of "troubling content" I likely wouldn't be interested in as a guy. Little did I know, and what is apparent from the very get go, compounding my suspicion of these "reviewers" actually ever watching the show, is that it's simply a silly, lighthearted comedy, primarily targeted for young women, or teen girls even.
Now, enough "commentary", onto the actual film.

The premise is quite simple, a medieval tale of this noble girl set for an arranged marriage (a concept clearly unfamiliar to many) with a prince she doesn't want to marry, at least initially. What follows are comedic hijinks of the to-be-princess clowning around, with a cast of equally goofy characters joining along the way. What definitely most surprised me about this series was the likability of all the characters, and that it was actually quite funny at times.

I mean this is a straight up comedy, complete with your — *looks at camera* "get a load of this guy" — moments. It's nothing more, it's not creepy, it's not "dangerous" and the goofy-ass prince, the supposed horrible villain if others are to be believed, is almost always the butt of the jokes.

It's genuinely sweet, wholesome and funny, and I'm not exactly the target audience for this, and clearly the people it reached aren't either, if they can't separate reality and a fictional medieval comedy. But I felt like putting out this positive review here, in hopes it might, however minuscule the effect, help the show actually find its way to its target audience.

The production is certainly ass though... shame that.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 29, 2025

syl__via

Mixed Feelings

i don't know how to rate this anime to be honest… because i actually thought it seems like a promising anime but after watching the first few episodes, the execution felt rather flawed.

the female character kept trying to run away but no matter what she do, she can't run away. then the prince kept abusing his power to tie down the female character with him. he seems more like a stalker to me.

i think if the female character really do not want to marry the prince, she should have done something drastic instead of being manipulated by the prince.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Mar 23, 2025

Marinate1016

Not Recommended

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Simply put, this was the worst show of Winter 2025. I don’t know who this series was made for, but it certainly wasn’t for me. An emotionally abusive story where no one respects the main character’s autonomy or allows her to make any choices, a weirdo prince who stalks her and a brother who enables the abuse. This is bad. The only reason it’s not getting a lower score is because Lettie was pretty, I found myself laughing at a few of her escape attempts and the art style was nice, but it’s one of the few shows where there’s nothing redeemable about it. ...

Arranged marriage series are usually ass, but at least they tend to have some redeemable qualities. Maybe some nice world building, character development, wholesome, SOMETHING where you could be like “yea, this wasn’t great, but it’s ok” Kisaki is actually impressive in that it has NOTHING good going for it besides the main character design. This show accomplishes nothing in 12 episodes other than making it seem like the way to get the girl of your dreams is to stalk her, lock her in a castle and force your way on her. Yes, I get the twist that happened 8 episodes in is supposed to make all of this go away and make me feel sympathetic for the prince and Lettie, it didn’t. If anything it made me angrier and resent the author more for not just starting the series with that instead of subjecting us to two months of what amounted to emotional and mental abuse. Like seriously, the “I’m going to marry you no matter what and you’ll want it too” gimmick is so uncomfortable and borderline rapey that each week this tested my no drop rule. I ended up sticking this out which is probably one of the greatest accomplishments in my seasonal anime watching career, up there with finishing Gibiate, but this is bad, and not in a generic tropey way. As a shoujosei fan I know a lot of authors like taboo stuff or “toxic” relationships but this was just horrible and not even cute or sexy in a forbidden sort of way.

As I said, the art style and character designs were the best part of the show. They look bright and aesthetically pleasing. Animation is horrible for most of the show, but there’s two episodes or so where it looks solid. Lettie’s seiyuu was great.

Don’t be like me and waste time watching this. There’s many better shows to watch from this past season and coming up next season, no need to burden yourself with this.

I want to escape Princess lessons gets 2, out of 10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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