Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
sntiago
God, i saw this anime in the recommendations of another animes recommendations list. The memories hit hard. I genuinely thought this whole show was just a fever dream, and honestly thats how it feels like to watch it. Its got a lot of awkward pauses and silence.
The art is typical low budget 2010s anime. Acceptable but not good.
I like it for the fact that i love femboys and the whole premise is that a couple of dudes get dressed up as girls in an all-boys school for the biz
..and get harrassed for it. Harrassed, not in the homophobic way, but in the catcalling way. Talk about walking a mile in womens shoes.
TW:
Most BL/Gaybaitey/Yaoi stories have some sort of harrassment/non-con/dub-con/sexual assault subplot. I think at this point its a given in the genre and thats why most shows lik…
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Ok... I love to hate this show, I can’t explain it, but everything this show stands for...Is terrible and I love Watching I. This show is painfully underrated. Literally no one talks about this glorious dumpster fire.
If you’re wondering what I mean: this show is just- The show is about an all boys school that is basically bored out of their minds, so to make their school lives less dull they choose the prettiest boys in schools to be their cheerleaders at functions, and this has been going on for decades. But this time around, it’s Yuujirou (he is completely fine with it), Tohru the transfer student (he is indifferent), and Mikoto (he hates it). And you’re just watching them confusedly dress as girls (specifically Gothic Lolita) and cheer on male students in sports, but also learn about t…
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This anime is mostly made for promoting the manga, but it has some good sides and doesn't look too much like seasonal slice of life show. 12 episodes containing material of 5 volume manga means that lots of things got cut or shortened, yet the show managed to remain decent.
The first 6 episodes (without episode 5) are fairly well made, they had nice pace and showed building of relations between the characters. I would say episodes 4 and 6 are very well made - including drama and comedy wrapped up in such nice episodes. Episode 4 may be my favourite slice of life episode, it has a very good structure and development (comedy and drama parts are well mixed up, there are deep conversations and a story about Yuujirou's past), it's very enjoyable to watch it anytime.
The last 6 episodes fall fr…
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When beautiful Tooru transferred to an all-boys school, he received a warm welcome...but little did he know that his new classmates had nominated him for the academy's "Princess System." The lovely campus "Princesses" must dress as girls (in frilly Gothic Lolita costumes) at school events in order to lighten the stolid masculine atmosphere. Tooru baulks at first, but soon comes to realise the advantages of being a "Princess."
My thoughts:
I really enjoyed this anime and wish it had been dubbed. I love the characters Tooru, Shihoudani and Mikoto. It's considered yaoi but there's only one kiss in the entire anime, so it's a very mild yaoi. These 3 guys dress up as girls to help encourage the all male school in their sports and clubs to do their best. Fun anime filled with humor, mild suspe…
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A poor adaption of its highly likable cousin, the manga, Princess Princess is an anime that makes you suffer completely throughout it and is something you should probably watch with your friends to be able to endure.
I had decent expectations of this anime at first. Especially since the manga is one of my favourites of all time -- (I mean, who can resist Taishi Zaou's humour? It's just FABULOUS) -- and let's face it, Studio Deen is a great studio in itself too. There are so many elements to this that could have made it great.
The story starts out OK, presenting the same premise that the manga had shown, with some minor tweaks. The corner room in the dorms is now the P-room, the head of the dorm is apparently a senpai and... I don't recall Mikoto showing up in a dress at the very beginnin…
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this is my first time watching gender-bender anime. just randomly pick this anime
out of anime list out there.
my overall rating for this story is 6. i love the idea of story like turning
boys to a girl but the story kinda plain not much worth to see.
cant find punchline and i believe that makes the story flow become boring till
the end of episode.
i believe many people will share the same opinion with me that the story plot very weak and too plain.
my excitement level dropping a lot after watching this anime. :(
conclusion
nothing much to see here.
Read at the sourcelebannen
oh boy this is a special treat right here.
the world is a fucked up and wonderful place. the lines are blurred and the freedom to disregard common sense is beautiful. i love this anime to death and everything it stands for.
for this review i guess it might be nessecary to point out that i am a straight male (ok not 100% but i swear anime made me slightly bisexual).
this anime is largely a yaoi fanservice anime, focusing mainly on genderbending. kinda like harem/ecchi but for girls, or just anyone who is a bit curious and confused. i don't know what i am so i guess i'm confused.
genderbending was a concept that i barely even knew existed until maybe a year ago, now i love that shit and i don't know why. i love traps, i love reverse traps too. and at this point i don't know if i'm a virg…
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To somewhat clarify, this anime isn't yaoi/bl/shounen-ai/ect; but there are hints of it, which you can say is fanservice because it probably is. However saying that it's completely hetero seems a little off too, there are a lot of moments and bonding between Yuujiro and Tooru. And even though a lot of those moments are a lot more homo out of context, it's still there. I like them together, and I wish they actually had more moments like that, but to completely honest, it's really only shounen-ai if you have shipper googles (for example when Mikoto is asking them why they don't have girlfriends and they just kinda get awkward and look at each other, to a shipper that's homo subtext, but to anyone else they just simply don't have girlfriends and that's that, nothing more). So, you probably sh…
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Average and forgettable, but undeniably enjoyable.
The whole premise immediately makes PriPri silly enough that you don't expect too much from it. It's cute and comedic, very light. Its strength is its characters - every other aspect of it is extremely average. As far as plot goes, there isn't really a single storyline that runs through the series. In the main each episode is a new story rather a continuation of the previous one. The characters are what make it fun. I think I found a favorite in Shihoudani, he was particularly strong.
This isn't really a shonen-ai anime, although I can see it appealing to a similar demographic. Any romance between the main characters is only ever hinted at, so don't go into this expecting a lot of that kind of action.
PriPri has a lot of faults, but…
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One word for it is: UNIQUE. Yes, there are already lots of anime out there where cross dressing is normal and such. But this anime, has a great story line revolving around the 3 princesses and their surroundings. As I'm a fan of shounen-ai, I liked the fact that each boy had a strong sense of friendship. Also, even with the dramatic plot and different course of events, the story provides a lot of comedic relief that enlightens the viewers. Lastly, even if this is entirely impossible to happen in the real world, but who cares since we're free to use our imagination anyways. I gave this anime an overall of 9 because I really did like the anime but there were times when you would just want a different outcome (shounen-ai fangirl over here). I would recommend this for anyone but maybe not to a…
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Going into watching this anime, I wasn't really expecting much. I didn't expect to be so entralled by this show, thats for sure. It's made its way into my favorites.
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~Story~
The story starts off a little slow, and as the episodes go on you learn more and more about the main characters. I gave the story a 9 only because it was simple to follow and very enjoyable.
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~Art~ The drawing for this anime... was spectacular. I mean it. There's not much to explain as to why I gave it a 10. It was amazing.
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~Sound~
I gave the sound for this anime a 7 only because it would have been nice to have more background noise in some of the more intense, heart-wrenching scenes. Very well done, though.
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~Characters~
The four main characters…
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Princess Princess is a great shoujo anime that is comedic and for those fangirls out there, includes cosplay/crossdressing. At the elite all boys school, all the guys find it hard to find the drive to do their best and be a, well, elite school. So, as a long standing tradition, the students elect "Princesses". "Princesses" are first year guys who are voted by their classmates and the rest of the school to be very beautiful guys, and are forced to wear girls outfits, along with wigs and makeup, and give the other guys at the school the enthusiasm to try their best. The Princesses go to sport and club practices, along with matches, to cheer them all on. But being a Princess isn't actually all that bad. Princesses get benefits above the other students, who actually don't mind the difference a…
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This one reminds me more of Ouran than anything else, but it's slower and less humorous. However, it's still a cute little romp through an all-boys' high school where the good-looking guys are put into this special princess program. The guys in this program have fairly high status and dress up as girls to add beauty to the all-boys high school.
Okay, so the premise is awkward, but the thing with this anime is that it recognizes how weird the premise is and basically deals with each character's feelings on the subject.
Our blue-haired main character, Toru, will totally steal your heart, as will his best friends, Yuujiro and Mikoto, though I was shipping Toru/Akira. Anyway, not the best writing, but it's short and sweet.
Read at the sourceNoblesseOblige3
Story
The basic premise of the show is that a good looking guy transfers to a new school and is forced to dress like a good looking lady. This starts as the main focus through the first half of the series, then it starts looking at the past of two of the characters for the fianl half.
This show mainly focuses on the comedy involving a variety of techniques to get a laugh out of the audience, from caricatures/deformed versions of the charecters to fourth wall breaking, which worked well. There is a little bit of drama but not a lot and only very tiny hints at any shounen-ai.
The art was nice, nothing to go nuts or rave about, the princesses dresses were well designed and you can tell quite a bit focused on that, but the character designs were typical of a shoujo anime, everyone was good l…
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Princess Princess holds a special place in my heart. This was one of the first animes I watched before becoming completely engulfed into watching anime and reading manga. In fact, Princess Princess is the second anime series I completely finished, Naruto being the first (I will talk about that one some other day).
Princess Princess has a silly story, it isn't anything too deep. The main gimmick this show contains is that the three main characters have to dress as girls at an all boy school. It's not the best gimmick, but it works pretty well and leads to a funny and entertaining watch.
It revolves around three teenagers, Kouno (blue hair guy aka main character), Shihoudani (blonde guy with family complex), and Yutaku (whiny red head who hates dressing as a girl). The art and music is Pri…
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this is not yaoi. im not an fan of yaoi. i watch shows like akane iro ni somaru saka and play h games. but his caught my attention. so i watched it. it was great. there isnt really yaoi except for those few moments of fan service that dont really develop after its done. the cross dressing was a funny comedic part to this. oh and dont let the picture on the site con u into watching this. the picture coned me into wathcing this. i was mad they didnt look like the very feminie pictures but still satisfied with it. i didnt stop watching for some reason!! 8 overall.
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To watch Princess Princess you have to keep in mind, it's a bit weird.
First off, the story. If we're really being honest here, it's kind of something out of a fangirl's mind. A prestigious all-boys school where a 'lucky few' are picked to dress up as princesses. Yes, you did hear that right, boys dressing up as princesses is the basic idea of this anime. And is there any more story than that? Not really. There's a bit of character development, one actual relationship involving one of the main characters and a teeny bit of shounen-ai to make the fangirls, who are undoubtedly watching, happy. So the story gets a 6 from me, it's not terrible but it kind of makes you go '...really?' to accepting the fact that, not only would this happen, but that anyone would agree to it (thought the perks t…
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First of all, I want to specify that this is MOSTLY NOT yaoi/shonen-ai. There are no boy/boy relationships whatsoever. Nevertheless, they are implied and there is a scene that might be concidered shonen-ai.
Nothing even slightly hardcore so I'm pretty sure others (more girls, I guess) can enjoy this anime without being freaked out.
This is a simple anime. It stars with a lame excuse of a plot but then proceeds to develop each of the characters background, which is quite interesting for the most part. After the character development, the story comes to an end.
The latter fact left me with an empty feeling; why come to know these characters if we're not going to hear more from them?
The problems that pop up are quite repetitive at that, so I'm at a loss to say if making it so short was a g…
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Clearly intended and marketed as a yaoi/shounen-ai series, “Princess Princess” will no doubt find most of its fans in that demographic, but those not akin to that genre will surely enjoy the series too purely for its comedic value. While not as a funny as “Ouran High School Host Club” or using offbeat humor like “School Rumble”, “Princess Princess” still delivers solid comedy.
To really enjoy “Princess Princess”, you do have to accept its somewhat ridiculous premise, an all-boys school where the most effeminate and pretty boys of the first year students get designated as 'hime' (aka princess) and cross dress as girls in order to boost the morale of the boys all round the school, much like some sort of cheerleaders. While the prin…
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Princess Princess,
Story:
The story is interesting... Makes me wonder if an all boys school actually does that... It's an interesting storyline but I really can't complain. Humor, humor, humor is basically what this anime tries to get you with. It does a good job, and it compensates for the man on man atmosphere. If your looking for some shoujo-ai you will be sadly disappointed.
Art:
Art is good, no repeat scenes... thank god.
Sound:
Sound is good, no problems. Character voices are perfect. Character:
Character's were great, all with individual problems, while caught up in a mess of school activities. Development was great, and you'll come to like maybe even love the characters :D
Why did I like this anime?
It was funny, and a good breather between serious anime's (if you like more of…
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