Summary: Hiryuu Palace, of the Kouka Kingdom, has no one else next in line for the throne other than the fifteen year old princess Yona, who had been raised with sheltering care. The night of her sixteenth birthday arrives, and she expects it to be a wonderful day spent with her peace-loving father Il, her servant and friend Hak, and her cousin Soo-won, who she has had feelings for since childhood. However, her father opposes her getting married to Soo-won. When she goes to visit her father that night to convince him to let her marry Soo-won, everything ends, and begins anew.
First Impression: Again with the action hook? More subtle this time with just a time flash forward, but still it annoys me. Hell, maybe just me. Maybe people like that promise of where things will go. that doesn't make it seem any less cheap to me, even more so on a show that could sell itself on the story and characters alone. Yes, once again, this is an anime from a manga I'm currently reading. So the first impression is colored from the start.
It does allow me to say with authority that this is a Human Interest and Drama centered story.
Interestingly enough the opening music...has no lyrics. Which is precisely the kind of thing I like, especially since the musics good.
[Aside]*cough*need to have better music*cough*without lyrics to cloak it*cough*[Aside End]
Personal Opinion: I'm looking forward to this. Tentatively. I'm enjoying the manga as it's translated...but as usual, I know nothing about where the manga actually is in terms of being completed or not. On the flipped side of the coin, I'm not looking forward to this...because I've already seen it. Unlike almost all of the manga-to-anime that have passed through this website while I've been subbing here, this is one where knowing the story spoils the fun of it. As it is, it took me way too long to get to watch the first episode. The second ones already ready, and to be perfectly honest? I was having a hard time devoting my usual full attention to the show.
Which is great by the way! That means they're completely following the stories script from the manga so far. I think maybe a few scenes were glossed over, but I'm 100% okay with it because I can't remember those scenes, and therefore have confidence they are insignificant.
I do believe I've mentioned before, that I have 75-100% perfect memory when it comes to plots and stories. This is just one of those stories that isn't well suited to repeat watching. For me at the minimum.
To wrap things up in summary: I recommend this. Highly. Not going to do anything rash like throw an award out yet, since the manga hasn't completed (or at least been completely translated), but what I've got tells me this has good things in store for you. Things may be a bit...fluffy out of the gate with Yona being all lovestruck maiden'y right up front, but stick it out. Things roll up at an exponential speed, right at the end of episode 1.
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