Audience reviews
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ebhaam
mushikaburi-hime is slow-paced royal romantic drama anime like Kin No Kuni, Mizu no kuni with few aspect similar to Ascendence Of a Bookworm.
Story:
story is simple, slow burn and beautiful like a poem, but it's not a common & Mainstream romantic anime, it focus on politics and business beside love story.
Direction:
I'm not really fan of direction of this anime, Taro Iwasaki is a freelancer animator/director, i prefer that MADHOUSE's own staff direct this anime: like Kotono Watanabe or Atsuko Ishizuka.
Art Direction & Color design:
the color designer also worked on frieren, i liked her/his Perspectives on landscape,nature and especially flowers. MC characters:
Eliana is little bit nerd and sometimes it bother me, but not a bad character that everyone thought, it's normal that Bookworm…
Read at the sourceAeroGunz
“Bibliophile Princess” is what happens when an incompetent writer creates something so bad it should be saved for prosperity as a warning.
I am a victim of my own expectations and a trusting nature. After reading the synopsis I was actually hyped. A girl in love with books caught in the middle of some political shenanigans? Sign me the eff up. The level of pain I experienced with each episode was immeasurable and my day was ruined. I was expecting something closer to “Ascendance of a Bookworm”. Something with an active, intelligent protagonist that has a goal, strives for it and learns some lessons that can’t be learned by reading. You know, the simple but sweet story with maybe a little bit convoluted plot for added measure.
Oh boy… was I wrong.
Before we start I would like to explain…
Read at the sourceOneeSama
It's ok.
Has some nice and cute scenes, but the heroine keeps falling for the same troubles over and over again which gets reptitive.
It's your run of the mill royalty romance where the heroine gets bullied by other jealous girls.
She is voiced by the same VA as Miyu from My Happy Marriage using the same intonation. I'm honestly getting tired of the soft innocent about to cry sound. This isn't to say Ueda Reina is a bad VA, she's worked on several characters I like, but this specific style she does is tiresome.
Not a great anime, but not too horrible, an ok show to pass time.
Read at the sourcexchl0q3
I quite literally never write reviews but here we go! The entire show felt like i was being rage baited from the beginning and put me in such a bad mood i thought i started my period… FL has little to no backbone, never voices her opinion, and has no personality. On top of that the ML pissed me off so bad. it’s like he was purposely trying to put her in rough situations (especially the last few episodes). She never even fought for herself or what she wanted once. I love cliche shows but god d*mn… this was a hard watch and i’m not usually a hard critic. I loved the concept but lord this show made me want to rip my hair out. I went into the show thinking it was gonna be really good since people always recommended it. it’s not the worst show i’ve seen but jesus christ it didn’t fail to leave…
Read at the sourcemissmogami
I love this genre deeply, but sadly this anime was almost impossible to finish for me. I'm the kind of person that can finish a 700 page book even if I don't like it just to have the experience but I felt absolutely no attachment to the characters or plot at all. The first 4-5 episodes are entirely retrospective in a really disassociating way, it's almost like it was a whole season plot that happened off screen. The characters and story are COMPLETELY flat but don't even have that charming element that keeps me going regardless that usually happens in this genre. Rated 3 bc I like the IDEA of the bibliophile princess & art was very pretty. A million other anime in this genre I would recommend, I've just seen them all already lol.
Read at the source---Hyouka---
Animation: 5/10
Romance: 8/10
Characters: 6/10
Story: 5/10
Now, let’s break down this anime.
If you're looking for a light romance to pass the time, this is a great option. But remember, nothing memorable—just a nice way to kill some time.
Let’s get into the flaws: the characters are one-dimensional. They are exactly what they appear to be and nothing more—no layers, no depth. The whole concept of the anime revolves around misunderstandings. Elianna misunderstands something, gets upset, gives up on everything, only to find out she was wrong. This pattern repeats itself and gets tiring. The main characters don’t experience any growth throughout the anime. Elianna is the best example of this—she starts and ends the anime naive, believing whatever people tell her. Their romance could have…
Read at the sourcetiredtired
If I could use one word to define how I define this is: tiresome. The girl is so dumb it hurts, the character development is boring. I kept watching in hope that it would improve but now I just regret I didn't just dropped it. And I'm saying this as a person that really enjoys ANY romance out there, and even though it does have romance in it, I couldn't find myself enjoying it at all. They use some "arguments" to defend the aristocracy that are funny, in fault of a better word to describe it.
If you came thinking these would be something like Kanojo ga Koushaku-tei ni Itta Riyuu, or Saiunkoku, you will be disappointed.
Read at the sourcephoepb
This anime went downhill pretty quickly. I enjoyed the first 3-5 episodes and the rest was skipped because its just full of yapping and repetitive plotlines. She is supposed to be brainy but honestly nothing shows as such. Some people will enjoy it but it was frustrating to watch for me.
The story is quite predictable in a sense where one event happens and you can guess what the result / solution would be. Nothing smart seems to have happened.
There were some nice romance moments but it definitely is not enough to balance out the yappiness of things that does not add depth to the story.
Read at the sourceBkfootlettuce
It wasn’t a bad show, but the relentless miscommunication trope drove me insane. It’s definitely a light and airy watch and a good love story between the two leads, despite the drama. The artwork is beautiful and the premise is unique. Give it a watch but just be patient with the constant miscommunication. There were side characters that had potential of filling screen time that might have not been played out to their full potential.
If there was a second season, and a lot less miscommunication drama, I would absolutely watch it. The FL is known to be an over thinker which causes a lot of the miscommunication but the ML is just as to blame. Overall, still worth the watch.
Read at the sourceMoonlight-123
if miscommunication and anxiety had a baby it would be this anime. Or should I rather say no communication.
But the series is not inherently bad there were some scenes I genuinely enjoyed but it does tent to become boring after a few episodes. But still it’s cute and at the end it showcases a rather healthy relationship. So if you need something cute to shut down your brain to then this is for you but if you want exciting please retain your self from watching the bibliophile princess
The story is not unique in any way and not a good representation of the Shojo genre I was we would be adapting better story’s like Queens quality. Bibliophile princess is just a mother show in this niche of series of which we seem to have always one of in every season but as sad it can be enjoyed as a ador…
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This story is a slow one with some dry humor sparingly used as a nice accent. Overall it’s an okay series and consistent pace. The animation is pretty much nothing special, but is still pretty art and color choices. Voices, music, and sfx are similar pleasant. The cast isn’t anything special but they work well with a solid world setting.
Now, the biggest hurdle this series can never overcome is nuance. There is next-to-no depth given to any scene and, unless you’re already overly familiar and nearly exhausted from this type of genre and its usual tropes, you’ll be left confused. Because everything that’s needed to build-up the plot points is effectively ignored and, in effect, leave the desire for an actual story unlike the generic SoL wherein viewers aren’t teased with such a thing.
A…
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My actual rating for this would be 6.5!
This show served up a hot, steaming pile of romance, and I loved it. So many shows have the love interests kiss once at the end, and this had so much more intimacy than I was expecting, and I was thrilled about it. It did a great job of providing chemistry and tension between Elianna and Christopher. I was super happy with the portrayal of their relationship.
It's well worth watching just for that.
Sadly, the storyline was less impressive. It wasn't bad by any means, but it could have used more creativity and originality. They use and reuse certain tactics to attempt to break up the pair, and it definitely was not my favorite. Also, there are a number of unanswered questions, like why can't Elianna remember her childhood with Chris?
That said, I…
Read at the sourceOry_Senpai
I’ve been expanding into a variety of new anime genres recently, and the premise of ‘Bibliophile Princess’ sounded like something I’d like. It *sounded* like it’d have all the elements of a nice cozy series about a girl who loves to read. For me, that’s an easy hook. She loves books. I love to books. We have so much in common. Wham! Easily relatable protagonist. But, ultimately, I found myself just as annoyed with this series as the heroine constantly seemed to be. All she wanted was to be left to her books to read. That’s all I wanted for her too! And yet. And yet… our heroine, a hopeless bookwork, gets continuously distracted by the various episodic problems created by the multitude of other women fighting for the prince’s affection despite the fact that none of them have even the slight…
Read at the sourceBalsamina
True to the shoujo genre, the artstyle and overall visuals of this anime are very pretty, dialed up to 11 with the princess's frilly dresses and the endless bishounen characters with tall and slender builds that appeal to many of (Japan's) shoujo fanbase. Of course, being an animated work, the art will never measure up to the manga, and that's fine; I'm usually lenient with artwork not measuring up to still images in anime.
For other mostly superficial aspects of the show like sound, it was mostly okay. Nothing about the soundtrack stood out or was particularly grating, bar the constant senpai-you-to-death tier of high pitched frailness in the main character's voice acting which got annoying after a while.
However, when it comes to what counts, this show fails on multiple levels.
Yes,…
Read at the sourceMaverynthia
A simple story of the awkward princess becoming betrothed to a prince and the trials and tribulations that happen as a result. It leans into politics a bit however it isn't a fantasy story. Which is what I liked about it. No other world main hero, no magical chosen one powers. Just a simple story about a princess to be that actually READS and learns and uses that to solve problems.
The greatest drawback of this anime is how abbreviated things are from the books. There's a lot cut out about her reading about stuff and knowing things. It just seems she pulls it out of thin air when that's not the case.
I also like the touch where the king isn't some old dude with a beard, but is actually around the same age of the queen.
Overall if you want a shoujo/josei series that isn't super action pack…
Read at the sourceYujn-senpai
If you are a type that doesn't bothered by a slow paced storytelling, then this anime might be a good recommendation from me. I personally ennjoyed the story from the beginning to the end. Characters wise, I would say Elianna's development is just nice (I don't want to spoil here). And they do nicely highlight some of Elianna and Christopher's past too. Story wise, I can say that it's nicely written for such a type of story, though not making quite a hype. I mean, I'm not quite hyped to see the new episode as soon as it comes out. But still an enjoyable storytelling. Animation and art? Only two words: Very good! Talking about music, it's just average. The ED song do catch my ears, though I only love the first few seconds of the music.
Overall, it's a good anime that I can recommend for fa…
Read at the sourceJeans_lily
This show started off good in a drama sort of way, with a few "gotha!" moments that made me want to get the popcorn. But as the show continued i noticed there was a lot less action being taken by the characters and more talking about politics that are honestly kind of hard to follow. And after the first snob got their comeuppance, it got a little old when it happened again and again where Eli needed her prince to come save her. And im not sneezing at the princess in distress trope, some people really get off on that kind of thing, but a better story would have the character its happening to learn from it and grow in interesting ways, Eli was just sort of...bland and indifferent to things that happened around her apart from feeling like the victim again. The prince was just a handsome princ…
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The Saint's Magic Power is Being a Bookworm.
From the title I just conjured up in my mind you might think that I’m implying Bibliophile Princess is a sort of cross between The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent and Ascendance of a Bookworm, but in reality it has very little in common with those two shows. For one, Bibliophile Princess is not an isekai with overpowered, magical, cardboard protagonists thank christ (not to say The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent and Ascendance of a Bookworm are bad because they’re isekai, in fact they’re both rather good.), but a period, regency romance about a young, socially awkward noble lady called Elianna who loves nothing more than to read books, and a dashing prince called Christopher who bribes her with access to the royal library in exchange for h…
Read at the sourceAikalukko
I've not read the manga, so this review is purely from an anime watchers viewpoint.
The short version of the premise is that Prince Christopher asks Bibliophile Elianna's hand in marriage. Elianna's, and Prince Christopher's engagement starts then as purely platonic. The reason that Elianna accepted Christopher's marriage proposal, is only because she is then granted the use of the Royal Palace's archives. Eventually, Elianna begins to form real feelings of love toward Christopher.
It's a somewhat vanilla romance anime, and a bit bland. There's no great overarching plot, it's more of a light-hearted, slice-of-life character driven show. Elianna herself is the most interesting character of the series. She is actually very intellectual and a goodhearted girl. Also, the chemistry between El…
Read at the sourceKoraRae
I see that there are mixed feelings about this anime...
If I could describe it in a few words it would be;
Cute romance. Determined. Intelligence. Subtle. Passive. (Unconventionally) Strong Female lead. Slice of Life. Political
I wasn't really expecting anything when I first started to watch this anime. I walked in with no context nothing. If I had read the description. Where to start?
The main female character doesn't have major super powers but her character development was subtle, gentle and slow. I will admit that there are flaws in her but that's what, to me, made her more loveable. She starts as a character with one sole focus and purpose, but as she's ushered into a new world faced with different challenges she learns how to branch out of her one dimensional character. There was…
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