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| Not bad for the first episode. It's another one of those where a female protagonist (Leticia) had to go training to become an ideal princess. This first episode has more storytelling about her childhood. Works fine here since she's learning to grow up each day. Leticia herself seems like a likable person with her friendly personality. |
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| Novelist Izumi Sawano's series may not have the best reception (by manga's low numbers and bad reception on MAL), but give the anime a shot before prodding further. Jun Fukuyama's OP and DIALOGUE+'s ED are OK, just really kinda forgettable. The red-haired daughter of the duke of Leticia Dorman, and the boy that stood alongside her, it all started with a letter of summons from the Kingdom of Arstal, mentioning of the former's arranged marriage to move away alone from her family and into the royal palace to receive princess lessons, though seemingly forced to do so and forget all about her rambunctious and free-spirited life. Conceited by her "brother" Nadir and close servant Lily Staehr, along with the harsh teachings of the old hag instructor Laila Mayer making sure that she is fit for the role while growing up to become a fine woman (though devoid of her feelings by the time she had fully matured). And then comes the day of the ball, where she would be known as the fiancée of Prince Clarke, but him bringing another woman of Brianna Lariquel, thus calling off their engagement, she's...rather happy about it, because if it were the past where Nadir would reject her claims to call off the engagement, he would heavily refuse it, and now she can finally turn the karma back to him with the exact agreement. Leticia, even thanking Brianna that she's finally off the hook of all things nobility, she has never been this excited to leave royalty behind since she held the grudge to persist until now and finally live the life she had wanted to in the countryside in the Dormans' Aberta Village. Yep, it's precisely the plot for someone who didn't want the position in the first place, but forced to out of her will. Will being free, finally set her free? |
KANLen09Jan 6, 12:51 AM
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| This was really good i already like Leticia she seems a fun girl and won't let anyone tie her down. |
| This is the reijou anime we always needed. After watching the first episode I have high expectations for this. The author clearly knows what she is doing and I love to see someone who understands how historical clothes work. And it is interesting how she mixes different styles of the dresses. |
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| A so-so premiere, but let’s see if it gets better. You can’t really blame the protagonist for wanting to ditch the castle and bail since she didn’t willingly agree to this arranged marriage. Her happiness was hilarious, and from the trailer, it seems like this will be the opposite of the usual: the protagonist will be the pursuer, and the princess will retreat. In most stories, it’s the other way around, with the women chasing and the male leads being indecisive, so this one stands out as different. |
| Another show I nearly didn’t pick this season, but when I found out DIALOGUE+ was doing the ED I knew I had to slap it on the list lol, and the ED itself was nice, didn’t think we’d get it and the OP this episode but I’ll take it, and comparing it to their song for “Possibly the Greatest Alchemist”, I think I like them both around the same atm, gotta give them time to grow on me, but I also kinda wish DIALOGUE+ would return to doing some more chill songs like they have in the past, they probably have but just not for anime. And Jun Fukuyama’s OP was also pretty nice, I’ve only ever heard him on the OPs for “The Vampire Dies in No Time” and they always slapped, love to hear him again here, visuals were fun too. As for the show itself, I really liked this start, they did a good job showing how mundane and hard it is for such a small girl to learn how to be a proper lady, I’m honestly surprised Leticia didn’t try to escape sooner, but the moment she realized she could when Prince Clarke arrived with Briana she took the mask off and was out of there lol, I really liked that moment. But I also can’t help but feel there’s more than meets the eye with Clarke, it really seemed like he was ending the engagement there but it also looked like he had more to say but Leticia kept cutting him off, it’s a rough start for Clarke but I’m interested in seeing how he redeems himself and becomes the main love interest. |
| Whoever came up with such ridiculously strict formal etiquette should have been shot on the spot, what a major waste of time and life. |
ejleonJan 5, 6:17 PM
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.  |
| I'm intrigued to know where the story goes, this first episode was a lot of fun! |
| I am on the floor. Loved the end of the episode, though it does seem kind of silly to assume your engagement is over so you can just take the king's staff with you looool Poor Clarke having to realize your betrothed truly does HATE THIS SO MUCH that she escapes immediately. I can see why she's getting away with this everyone probably figures she needs some fresh air because hysteria or something. So far this seems like it's going to be funny and fun so it'll be interesting to see how it expands from here to become more than that (though it wouldn't necessarily have to) |
| Might become an amusing romcom but we'll see. |
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| The first episode is extremely funny and I can't handle my laughing here at 2:30am lol. Expecting much more from DIALOGUE+ though, the song doesn't sound as good as Higehiro and Mamahaha. |
| I didn't know what to expect, but I liked this a lot- especially the abrupt tonal change. Shame about the lousy animation and even worse CGI though. |
| Let’s go! An anime showing how oppressive the nobility was for women. Leticia grew up her whole life being groomed to be a princess and marry into the royal family, no one ever stopped to consider what she wanted though. Love that she refused to bow to social pressure and stayed true to who she is. Solid first episode, love Leticia as a lead already and the author clear has done research into historical accuracy. I’m hooked The fact Leticia couldn’t eat, talk OR move the way she wanted to for damn near her whole life is ridiculous. Everyone thinks being a princess and marrying a prince is this fairytale ending and it’s actually hell on earth. Even in modern times look at Meghan and Harry. The social responsibility, pressure and expectation to conform to established traditions is horrible. ESPECIALLY if you were a woman in this day and time. Challenge in this show is just going to be how they’ll keep it interesting. Never heard of the manga so no idea how it’s been received, but I liked the first ep. |
Marinate1016Jan 5, 1:20 PM
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| I feel like some of the character art looked a bit off at times but the backgrounds and general lighting was pretty. I thought the setup for the main character’s life was well done and I’m interested to see how this develops into a romantic comedy. |
| A bit boring. I wasn't expecting the 4th wall break. Looks like the prince will pursue her regardless based on the ED. |
| First episode seemed interesting to me. Protagonist is forced to be a princess due to an "arranged" marriage, so she studies, learns everything about princesses, manners, etc....but because of this, she ends up understanding herself, although she was learning everything quickly (but something to affected) this beginning seemed to me a lot like a film, animation, etc... But then, she discovers that the prince had another "girlfriend" and intends to end the marriage, which makes her "wake up" again, finally achieving her goal, which was to leave royalty and stop being a princess. My theory is that she had a wrong understanding, it didn't seem to me that the prince was really "in love" or "dating" that character, but maybe I'm wrong, it was just the impression I had, we'll see as the story progresses if I'm right or no. |
| A fun start with an interesting premise, but the pacing is a bit slow, and character development feels surface-level. Still, it’s an enjoyable watch with potential for more. |
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Moppit said: ejleon said: Whoever came up with such ridiculously strict formal etiquette should have been shot on the spot, what as waste of time and life. That's how it was at one point. If you didn't understand on the first try. They beat it in you, and people considered it ok as a way of educating people. It is crazy. So much of this was just a source of pride and for appearance sake, but it didn’t make them good people. Many times it made them look down on others, but those others were living life. |
| 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. |
| Didn't really understand what this anime is about, since this episode was kinda weird. Like, heroine was forced into an engagement she wasn't into, then it broke off, without us knowing the reason. Like, i get he got another girl, but why did he? We don't know. They've been engaged for years, and all we get are time skips, without any actual activity between them? And after the engagement broke off, heroine doesn't even know what she wants to do until her older brother suggests something then she decides on that as her goal? Don't know. Heroine looks plain to me, at least so far. I'm hoping the upcoming episodes might change my perspective of her. |
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I am on the floor. Loved the end of the episode, though it does seem kind of silly to assume your engagement is over so you can just take the king's staff with you looool
Poor Clarke having to realize your betrothed truly does HATE THIS SO MUCH that she escapes immediately. I can see why she's getting away with this everyone probably figures she needs some fresh air because hysteria or something.
So far this seems like it's going to be funny and fun so it'll be interesting to see how it expands from here to become more than that (though it wouldn't necessarily have to)
Poor Clarke having to realize your betrothed truly does HATE THIS SO MUCH that she escapes immediately. I can see why she's getting away with this everyone probably figures she needs some fresh air because hysteria or something.
So far this seems like it's going to be funny and fun so it'll be interesting to see how it expands from here to become more than that (though it wouldn't necessarily have to)
| @bossunhimeswitch Well the prince certainly has not tried beating the allegations Like, if the engagement wasn't broken, why not saying so instead of having your fiancee make a fool of herself in front of everyone, lol |
| bruh |
| enjoyed the first episode, but i cannot get over how ugly the male lead is |
| So are we done then. The engagement was broken and she's free from her lessons now? And so that's what she thought... Pretty funny episode, I'm always up for a romcom and will continue watching this series. |
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FullyCharged said: @bossunhimeswitch Well the prince certainly has not tried beating the allegations Like, if the engagement wasn't broken, why not saying so instead of having your fiancee make a fool of herself in front of everyone, lol In fairness Clarke and his guest did try to explain but Leticia was not listening because she was too excited |
| so... obviously Leticia doesn't actually get out of being a princess somehow based off of the title, and the engagement is still on. my few theories are that she was just dreaming when Clarke called off the engagement, she misunderstood something, or the engagement did actually get called off but Clarke ends up stalking her and persisting them to marry again (heard this one from someone else and, as distasteful as it sounds, it's possible). not sure if I really like how this anime is going at the moment and it's only the first episode... also, respectfully, the animation is not good |
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| I died laughing when Leticia finally ended her engagement to that prince. It was really hilarious. However, the art style is not the best & the animation seems to be on a really low budget & the viewer shall feel it. |
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| This episode is really good. Don't know why the score is soo low !? |
| Good for her. Prince seems true to his d*ck. So that might be a lucky getaway for her. |
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| the first half had me really upset and she seemed really depressed but then it turned around completely :D though the title is weird. she just went through 10 years of princess lessons but the title says that she "wants to escape" them :P? art is a bit iffy at times but my main gripe is with the really weird black borders at the top and bottom. i think they were supposed to imply that this scene is from the past but it was so annoying to look at and the "transition" from black bars to no bars was confusing my brain |
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