Questions are good things. They are there to get to know others and to find the common ground with each other, with the people we want to love. Well, I would think that the biggest thing I need to learn is to love myself. I think at least. I like lists, I make lists, mainly about anime and manga that I want to read and watch. And sometimes about American books too. My life does revolve around things that I consume. And I do not know if I am fine with that. I would like to fancy myself that I like philosophy, but in truth, I like the idea of philosophy. In the sense, philosophy means the love of knowledge, because we cannot know everything. So we need to start with things that we do not know, even though there are many famous figures in philosophy, I do not want to read from them. Because the biggest thing that I do not know if myself. And, as I am right now, I am more interested in filling the emptiness in me, if that makes sense. But I like questions. So, I went out and looked for que...
Score: 1/10
Murder Princess is a 6 episode OVA, each of 23 minutes made by Bee Train. It is a manga adaptation of the same name made by Inui Sekihiko. The producer in this OVA was Marvelous and the licensor was Funimation. Murder Princess has an R-17+ rating because of violence and profanity. The director and storyboarder are Kurokawa Tomoyuki. It was made in 2007.
Plot: "In the kingdom of Forland, a coup d'etat occurs which leads to the death of the King. In the last moments of his life, the King sends his second child, Princess Alita Forland to escape. Unfortunately, while fleeing, a life and death situation between Alita and the bloodthirsty bounty hunter Falis causes the two of them to switch bodies. Desperate for the safety of her Kingdom, Alita begs Falis to return and protect the Kingdom, offering herself as collateral. After a swift beating on the rebel forces, Falis resumes the title of Princess of Forland, leading to the birth of the most savage princess in their land, the "Murder Princess."" - myanimelist.net
After reading this synopsis you would expect that you go on adventures where you beat the bad guy, while the main characters are the bad guys turned good through circumstances. However, that is not the case with all.
I can't recommend it, sadly.
I can agree that I am a minority in this place since Murder Princess is not my type of anime. Which is strange, since the topic sounds just like something that I would like. Body switching has a big element in the story as the plot synopsis says, it is not my favorite trope, however, I admit that it can work when there is an effort put into it.
What bothers me most is that it was painfully boring, the fights are unmemorable, just as the characters. The simplicity of the story wouldn't bother me, but it is forgettable. I do have the feeling that even in this trope and in this genre, other animes can be watched. It lures you in with false hope. The little group of bounty hunters banter is nice. You can actually feel that it is not just money that keeps them together.
☠ The character design is interesting, I like Dominikov's design. As I had read, in the manga he is a shinigami with a great deal of knowledge, the last part applies to the anime too, but here he is a cyborg. I do not understand why they had gone with the strange sci-fi element. That part was what confused me the most. It seemed unnecessary just so we can build up to the ending. The animation
☠ The plot is forgettable, and sadly it is not the kind that takes you on a journey and you feel good while you are on it. It feels really slow at places and almost drags on in a sense.
The ending has a lot of problems with it and a reviewer from myanimelist puts it best, jinneverland says: "The "ending" feels more like the end of a story arc than an ending to an independent story. Sadly, even the manga ends there so this cheating the audience was intentional. Other than the gaping ending, other problems with the story include: sloppily introduced and uninteresting sci-fi elements, painfully predictable plot points, weak ideas, and plot holes." However, that wouldn't be that bad if the beginning was good, but I sadly had lost fate in it from episode one.
Murder Princess is a 6 episode OVA, each of 23 minutes made by Bee Train. It is a manga adaptation of the same name made by Inui Sekihiko. The producer in this OVA was Marvelous and the licensor was Funimation. Murder Princess has an R-17+ rating because of violence and profanity. The director and storyboarder are Kurokawa Tomoyuki. It was made in 2007.
Plot: "In the kingdom of Forland, a coup d'etat occurs which leads to the death of the King. In the last moments of his life, the King sends his second child, Princess Alita Forland to escape. Unfortunately, while fleeing, a life and death situation between Alita and the bloodthirsty bounty hunter Falis causes the two of them to switch bodies. Desperate for the safety of her Kingdom, Alita begs Falis to return and protect the Kingdom, offering herself as collateral. After a swift beating on the rebel forces, Falis resumes the title of Princess of Forland, leading to the birth of the most savage princess in their land, the "Murder Princess."" - myanimelist.net
After reading this synopsis you would expect that you go on adventures where you beat the bad guy, while the main characters are the bad guys turned good through circumstances. However, that is not the case with all.
I can't recommend it, sadly.
I can agree that I am a minority in this place since Murder Princess is not my type of anime. Which is strange, since the topic sounds just like something that I would like. Body switching has a big element in the story as the plot synopsis says, it is not my favorite trope, however, I admit that it can work when there is an effort put into it.
What bothers me most is that it was painfully boring, the fights are unmemorable, just as the characters. The simplicity of the story wouldn't bother me, but it is forgettable. I do have the feeling that even in this trope and in this genre, other animes can be watched. It lures you in with false hope. The little group of bounty hunters banter is nice. You can actually feel that it is not just money that keeps them together.
☠ The character design is interesting, I like Dominikov's design. As I had read, in the manga he is a shinigami with a great deal of knowledge, the last part applies to the anime too, but here he is a cyborg. I do not understand why they had gone with the strange sci-fi element. That part was what confused me the most. It seemed unnecessary just so we can build up to the ending. The animation
☠ The plot is forgettable, and sadly it is not the kind that takes you on a journey and you feel good while you are on it. It feels really slow at places and almost drags on in a sense.
The ending has a lot of problems with it and a reviewer from myanimelist puts it best, jinneverland says: "The "ending" feels more like the end of a story arc than an ending to an independent story. Sadly, even the manga ends there so this cheating the audience was intentional. Other than the gaping ending, other problems with the story include: sloppily introduced and uninteresting sci-fi elements, painfully predictable plot points, weak ideas, and plot holes." However, that wouldn't be that bad if the beginning was good, but I sadly had lost fate in it from episode one.
In short, I can't really recommend this anime, from my point of view other ones deserve the attention better than this one. However, as I had seen and read through some positive reviews, I realized that I am the minority in this opinion, so others could try it out, since it is so short, you could find it interesting. It doesn't really bother me, this is a kind of anime that I will forget quite quickly.
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