Nina the Starry Bride
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| Mangaka Rikachi's series, how about a Josei work finally being represented in the anime space, alongside the less stellar Haigakura this season. Maaya Sakamoto's OP and Nao Touyama's ED are rather decent, but nothing special. From an orphan kidnapped to become a bride to be sold-off, this is Nina's life being bred to become a princess replacement, because of her bright blue eyes that's similar to another princess that Prince Azure wants to groom her into being one. But of course, teaching an orphan to become royalty in a short matter of time, it's near impossible. Nina being presented to Azure's parents of the king and queen, there's a ton of pressure to live up to expectations, but it's clear that he's the unwanted prince to succeed the throne, that despite the Queen's insolence, Nina did what she could, and Azure compliments her in secret from giving her a wish to be granted, which he pats her on the head. Is this the start of a possible romance? I mean it is that way... |
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| We get enough and plenty of shounen's, shoujo's, the list goes on, but very rarely do we ever get some josei love when it comes to anime's nowadays. You might be lucky to find one every other season, but they don't end up being... the best to put it simply. This this around though, this one looks sorta good? Got our main girl and her two friends living in the slums after a plague or something happens and wiped out a whole bunch of people living there, including the kid's relatives, so only one thing to resort to, stealing ofc. Though, yeah, straight off the bat it definitely not only has that josei coding to it, it also has the MAJOR josei feeling to it off the bat. Anyways, as per usual, all good things must come to an end, and sadly, one of their dudes get sick and the other just starts LASHING out on poor ol' girl.... for what reason??? Like why we venting our anger on the ONLY person you might have left now. She even tried her hardest to try to find something to help him, but you want to know what this ABSOLUTE PRICK OF A "FRIEND" DOES.... ..... THE FUCKER SELLS HER OFF TO SLAVERS. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK???? Did all those years you spent with her just mean fucking nothing? I mean, it'd be one thing to just abadon her without notice, that's pretty normal in anime for some odd reason, BUT FUCKING SELLING HER OFF???? Even if you are PISS FUCKING POOR THIS IS THE LAST OF LAST RESORTS. Worst part of it all, it's fucking royals. It'd be one thing to be sold as an actual slave, but having to be tied in with royals now is honestly just a pick you poison type of situation between the two. And already, mr. gold eyes is the typical annoying fuck royal that thinks he gets to order "peasants" just because he's a royal. Which, while yes is true, I just still find it so fucking annoying when they do it. Thankfully, ol' girl actually has some balls on her unlike other MCs in the genre, and TALKS HIM FUCKING DOWN. Done basically slapped all the arrogance out the dude, and now he's somewhat nice to her. I love that. Loving Nina already as well btw. Good enough start though, all things considered. |
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| That queen was fking toxic. Surely, she will cause more and more problems for both Nina and Azure in the future. |
何それ？意味分かんない  |
| I wonder if we'll get to see Saji again or hear about him. At least he seemed to feel bad about his decision. After having lost everything and being abandoned it's no wonder that Nina would feel the desire to be needed.  Alright start, I'd say. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Premise is nothing new but Nina's so adorable. Praise her more. So it seems she's gonna fall for Azure but will have to leave to marry the prince from other kingdom? Hope it won't happen and she'll get to stay with him. Hoping for a good romance. Liked the ending theme, opening's not bad as well. |
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| Is this really for Josei demographic, rather than for a younger audience? Cannot really not see it as such from the first episode. |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| Hmm, the beginning wasn't anything new or special, but I suppose we'll see how this series will develop. |
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| Josei back on the menu finally boys. Who doesn’t love a good rags to riches story? Love this first episode, Nina is absolutely adorable and I want to see her get the pampered life she deserves after going through such a hard life as an orphan! The show looks gorgeous too. I was about to be so mad when Saji sold her out, thought shit was gonna get really dark, but whatever his intentions were it ended up working out for Nina in the end. Pacing might have been a little quick going from the orphan backstory to her life in the castle as a princess, but I mean that’s what we’re here for anyway so don’t mind them speeding that up. Being a princess might seem like a dream job for many, but coming from where Nina comes from it’s gotta be tough having to change the way you talk, act and even think. Especially when you got bitches like the queen around. What a fucking loser she is, how do you meet someone like Nina and your first reaction is to try and embarrass her. She got exactly what she deserved when Nina splashed her dumbass. She’s nasty to the Prince as well just because that’s her husband’s ex’s son. Vile cretin. Speaking of the Prince, every time he talks I hear the dude from Ojou to banken kun 😂 obviously it’s the same seiyuu, but also their designs and faces look so similar. “I want you to praise me” really good first episode here and can’t wait to see the rest of this and how this inevitable romance is gonna play out. It’s josei so I have high expectations |
Marinate1016Oct 7, 2024 12:29 PM
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| This could very well end up being one of my favorites this season, but hopefully i'm not jinxing myself here. Nina is a great character, and i'm really loving her already. There is something about the trope of the serious guy in power trying to deal with a non-serious and eccentric girl who just does what she want that i really love in these shows. Apothecary Diaries and other similar shows quickly comes to mind. I'm feeling quite excited for this one, looking forward to seeing more girlboss Nina! I wonder if we'll learn more about why Saji sold her off, i don't believe he truly sold his sister to slave traders because she was optimistic at the wrong moment |
  ⠀ ⠀ 【Ｎａｗｉｃ】 Enjoy the shows you love, relish the feelings you have, but never forget to keep an open mind. Challenge yourself and you'll truly find your own thoughts and feelings. |
| From the premise, I thought she said "killing her twice" meant it had something to do with the usual reincarnation cliche. I'm glad it wasn't, and that it was just a flashforward, with the first time she was "killed" being her real identity as Nina. |
| I see lots of comments seeing 7th loop in this. For me that was gone immediately when he said she will die here and become princess or something. 7th loop seems VERY different to me. Honestly getting a little more "Apothecary Diaries" vibe without anywhere close to as much fun. (sold to the whatever castle area thing is called; takes special action to avoid getting sold to slavery; guy met is some level of royalty; concubines, their servants, and their multiple children; training to be more proper (?)) 4/5, I don't really like it much, and it starting with her apparently getting executed by golden eyes hurts SOOOOO much, like they shouldn't have done that Q_Q... Will be much later as hair grew a lot... Really wish they didn't show that, otherwise seems decent and fun. I look forward to more! |
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| Blonde haired blue eyed loli that gets head pats and is impersonating a princess. I'm in. The prince reminds me of Arnold from 7th time loop. Excited for this. The queen is a bitch tho 3.5/5 |
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| Azure seems like such a Kuudere already. I'm sure he'll warm up to Nina's antics soon. This seems like a fish out of water story, and i'm interested. |
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| Sadly, not a very impressive start. This has potential, but the writing is poor and plot is not well worked out. |
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.  |
| Nice first episode. I feel sorry for Nina being dragged into this plot to have her pretend to be Alisha and marry a prince, but I guess the life she had prior wasn't so great either. Her friend is pretty rotten but desperation drives you to the extremes sometimes. This Azure guy is a bit bland, you'd think he'd be sad about his half sister dying or show some desperation for his plotting to pay off. |
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| Nina the Starry Bride is a familiar rags-to-riches story about a girl who goes from orphaned street rat to princess-priestess replacement by force. As a fan of the manga, I went in with very low expectations for the anime but came out pleasantly surprised. The first two chapters were covered here. A couple of things unfortunately got cut out but it didn't ruin the episode for me. Nina has such a fiery personality so her developing dynamic with Azure, the somewhat stoic second prince, is pretty interesting. Their banter is fun! I was not expecting Azure's voice to be so deep, though. Yuichiro Umehara tends to show up in a lot of romance fantasy anime, not that I'm complaining.... I'm excited to continue watching next week and can't wait to see more of the plot unfold. Hoping for more Josei adaptations in the future!! |
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Apreggi said: - I wonder if we will ever see her brother/friend again? Maybe suspect there will some sort of blackmail subplot there? |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| Impressed. loved the first episode. Lots of mysteries here. First things first. Death of princess Alisha. Is she really dead? Was that really an accident? Prince Azure's reaction towards the broken carriage was so cold. He doesn't seem like a guy who'd be so heartless he'd immediately ask for a substitute to be found as if real Alisha was just some replaceable toy. I may be thinking too much here, but no dead body = sus. He's the type of guy IMO who'd hide the real princess, for her own safety most likely. Dunno. It seems like Azure was responsible for the princess so did he really goofed up? What was the carriage doing in that dangerous location during the rain to begin with? I'm skeptical about all of that. Queen is hella sus too. I think it's obvious she knows the princess is fake and wanted to expose her. That would likely result to Azure getting in very serious problems; maybe even executed or banished. Why the hell would she insist fake Alisha dances. She must know the princess died recently thus the fake one likely had no time to learn dance yet; plus she wanted to take her with her. I'm inclined to believe the princess was assassinated and I suspect the queen had to do something about it. Anyways, hooked. BTW, drawing style for characters look hella similar to Yubisaki to Renren IMO. |
Sigmar-UnberogenOct 9, 2024 12:04 PM
| first episode is really interesting !! added to watch list |
Reply to Ambeon
@dkjiji My only hope would be the brother knowing it was from the palace and hopefully she'd be able to live a better life, while also helping himself survive. *Huffing insane amounts of copium*
| @Ambeon 😂 either way he may have done her a favour in the long run even if it wasn't intentional |
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| hmm,not so bad...,adding to my anime watch list. |
| It seems promising. I enjoy Nina's character, and the plot looks very compelling. |
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| Kind manga readers, please give me spoilers if you don't mind, will Nina be reunited with Saji? Because it was very uncomfortable... he apologized for yelling at Nina just because he had agreed to sell her... at least it seemed that way to me. Well yeah, he did apologize again to Nina for deceiving her. But it was annoying. In the end, the boy might get something in return, but he can't guarantee what kind of life Nina will have. Anyway, I thought the chemistry between Nina and Azure was sweet. Unfortunately she's going to marry another prince... is that the white haired one from the character list? |
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| Nice to be getting more fantasy romances related to royalty. Its also interesting to see its set in a desert kingdom. Thats pretty rare. The general vibe of the series reminds me of Snow White with The Red Hair just with the music and a commoner being elevated to a high position with a prince. |
| Yuritopia FTW!!!!!!!!! BANZAI TO YURI !!!!!!!!!!!! |
| An okay start. Does the Queen have to do with the real Alisha's murder? Also, it would be a plot twist if she were a lost royalty. |
| Sadge life for Nina. Living in slums on barely any food or water. Resulting to steal stuff to survive. Dress as a boy to avoid being turn into slaves (and most likely raped, as her appearance is "rare") Being sold by her own brother... (this do actually happen in RL, younger gets sold by older family members (usually happens in a 2nd or 3rd world country)) . Alisha... was her death an "accident" or someone caused it... since it seems kinda SUS that the Prince arrives to the Princess's accident quite quickly to clean up and hide the fact the Princess had an accident... (whereas if it's normal, someone else would find the accident and then report it to others before it reaches the "higher ups", even in RL no one at the bottom reports straight to the highest older) . Also, is Nina... wearing double wig? her original hair is white? but her "official hair color" in covers and current is "Pink". (unless her original hair is covered in Dust? but all the running around she do would make it hard for the dust to stay in her hair) (or... Nina is previously wearing a white wig... and pink is her actual hair color like her blue eyes... as being "rare" appearance) (or did she not only wear the long hair wig, but also dye her original hair pink) And that Queen... seems even SUSer... she's purposely trying to make Nina do things the Queen knows? that Nina can't do?... does the Queen know Nina's a imposter? (but the Queen seems to have a hatred for the (half) Prince too... I think the Queen is hating on Nina cause Nina is associated with the Prince) (half prince... meaning the Prince and Alisha wasn't related to began with... possibly share the same father but different mothers) |
amlgOct 19, 2024 1:43 PM
| Nothing Written Here But Us Anime Bunnies *boing boing boing* |
| I didn't know Crunchyroll made simuldubs. They probably have full rights to this. |
| GODDDDDDD I love it already! Some classic royalty shoujo/josei shenanigans from the start! I'm calling it right now, the real princess somehow survived and is ongoing a long treatment some remote place, maybe she lost her memories, an eye/eyesight or even a limb. |
| Anybody else got Final Fantasy X soundtrack vibes around the 14:00 mark? |
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| Anybody else got Final Fantasy X soundtrack vibes around the 14:00 mark? |
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| Anybody else got Final Fantasy X soundtrack vibes around the 14:00 mark? |
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Pretty good for a first episode! I definitely enjoyed it, had some funny moments and some very adorable faces like her pouting |
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