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(The) World Is Still Beautiful (TV).

The closest thing that I can compare it to is A Bride's Story, which also features a shota groom. Keep in mind that both of these titles are set in eras where the most years you could live is 40, so child marriages were the norm. And both have no distasteful fetishizing whatsoever.

As I said before, I think he would have been a better character if he were a true shota, more along the lines of Honey from Ouran High School

ChibiKangaroo wrote:

As I said before, I think he would have been a better character if he were a true shota, more along the lines of Honey from Ouran High School

No no no, dear God, no.

I despise that little freak. "Cute" has never been more irritating.

On another note, Beauty and the Beast and Stockholm Syndrome are absolutely not relevant to each other.

Oh you have clearly not checked out videos and articles that overly analyse childhood media in finding secret gems or most likely to the point it ruins your childhood.

Also the prince in BatB was 11 and was unfairly cursed for doing exactly what Snow White taught people not to do.

trescaballeros wrote:

The closest thing that I can compare it to is A Bride's Story, which also features a shota groom. Keep in mind that both of these titles are set in eras where the most years you could live is 40, so child marriages were the norm. And both have no distasteful fetishizing whatsoever.

I didn't know that there was a princess with the ability to manipulate weather in Middle Ages.Fascinating,you learn stuff every day.

Oh and small correction, the average age in middle age was very low, but this was mostly due to birth at death. If you have half the human dying before they reach a month old, that seriously diminish the average lifespan of the population, so it's not like everyone died in there 30's. Another cracked information.

No, the parallel I was making with A Bride's Story is the "child marriage presented in a wholesome way" thing, not the rain making powers thing.

One-Eye wrote:

what's the rush to tell us what the issue is? Why can't his actions and dialogue lead us to that point?

Because that will clear out any unnecessary speculation and dilly-dallying? I'm actually glad that it WAS spelled out. Along with the complaint that everything was too fast, I'm glad with both happening because that means there will be no unnecessary dancing around the issue (and the "show don't tell" approach is prone to misinterpretation anyway, so it's not always reliable), and that bodes well for me.. I hate it when other shows do that when it's already obvious to me what really is up.

No, the parallel I was making with A Bride's Story is the "child marriage presented in a wholesome way" thing, not the rain making powers thing.

I realize this is not the kind of story it is, but I would find it fascinating if the show didn't establish a romance between these leads. It's an arranged marriage, so romance is basically optional. A story about two people coming together to help each other with living their royal lives in the context of marriage without having to make it all romancey would be pretty subversive.

He's also got a little bit of the bad boy type personality and she the cheerful one, which makes it feel a little shoujo to me.

It feels more like Shota-fan service with the whole "I look 10 years old but I'm really 15, so its cool if my naked butt is hanging out." This is similar to the whole "I look like a nine year old goth loli vampire, but in fact I'm 500 years old so its ok if I'm half naked and sexualized."

I realize this is not the kind of story it is, but I would find it fascinating if the show didn't establish a romance between these leads.

One-Eye wrote:

He's also got a little bit of the bad boy type personality and she the cheerful one, which makes it feel a little shoujo to me.

Um........this IS a shoujo series.

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It feels more like Shota-fan service with the whole "I look 10 years old but I'm really 15, so its cool if my naked butt is hanging out." This is similar to the whole "I look like a nine year old goth loli vampire, but in fact I'm 500 years old so its ok if I'm half naked and sexualized."

Again, shoujo series so expect fanservice GIRLS would like.

YOU MEN GET PLENTY OF IT so lol, I don't wanna hear it.

It feels more like Shota-fan service with the whole "I look 10 years old but I'm really 15, so its cool if my naked butt is hanging out." This is similar to the whole "I look like a nine year old goth loli vampire, but in fact I'm 500 years old so its ok if I'm half naked and sexualized." Now this show is certainly not explicit mind you and I fully expect them to keep it tasteful, but to me its definitely teasing that way. I mean just look at the ED.