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This is one of those "Niche and heavily underrated anime film for 2022".

I have watched this anime movie last year when it was still not yet available via MAL. It premiered via Amazon Prime.
This anime is the inspired adaptation/based off a Japanese Drama with the same name and have launched in the same year. Certainly this had caught me off guard on how good the story and the presentation. The good thing about the film? it has that happy ending.

The anime is about a woman (Tamami) who is struggling in her adult life. While drinking in a bar she then hears a rock song ... that she used to listen in her youth. During her younger years, she met Rin (an aloft guy that plays piano alone in the school gym). The film is the retelling of their past and what happens after they met in the present day.

The animation is unique but you can never really say "its one of its own". However, it has done a great job on that department.

The only downside I felt worth mentioning is the "length" of the movie. For 30 minutes, I felt like this should have been 1 hour to fully flesh out the story. Rather it felt rushed and some plot holes left unexplained. Nonetheless there is nothing that made me feel like confused.

If you really wanted a good romance anime film - this is certainly a good recommendation.

This review is based off entirely on an anime-only perspective as I have never read the manga.

It is really true that Shoujo Anime as a genre has been slowly lacking and becoming more and more obscure. Bibliophile Princess is one of the few shows for this year under this genre. So I was hoping this show should do good.

Premise is quite cliche and just your standard Royalty/Monarchy settings & it does not try to pretend to deviate away from it. It does not over do things to make it bland and does a good job to keep you hooked at least for the first ... 4 episodes.

The characters are well-written but some are pretty predictable at best. The first 2 episodes introduced a female antagonist that we can say is your standard Shoujo Anime antagonist. How strong is that second episode? Well it felt like it should have been the season ending.

This may be your usual prince and princess romance but the amount of romantic scenes and banters from both Elianna & Chris will make the female audience fan-girl in romantic excitement like what a good Shoujo Anime should be. So if you enjoy shows that will make you feel terrible being single - you should at least give this a try. If you are a fan of this genre, you should give the show a chance.