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Auriana
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I am so happy they were able to capture the art so well! I really hope they have a second season planned because they aren't rushing the story (a good thing) and at this pace I can't imagine it getting anywhere near the conclusion if it's only 16 episodes. They're only up to episode 21out of 125. I also would hate for them to leave it on a cliff hanger with a certain major plot I don't love.
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FishLion
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I have been enjoying this a lot so far! I love the book series so the differences surprised me. Considering how well isekai does numbers wise I don't think they altered it to avoid the seasonal isekai glut, but maybe there is some other reason? I mentioned it in the preview guide but I agree that a reincarnated person hoarding money to escape a bad plot makes so much more sense than a five year old having the wherewithal to hoard money to escape their fate. Especially cause that's her dad! I get the person who was previously unrelated being that scared and avoidant of him, but I really feel like someone who wasn't transmigrated into the world would try and fix things before she went straight to gold hoarding plus fleeing the country.
I also found Ijekiel strange because I also could have sworn it was Ezekiel in the books and the sub even pronounced it with a Z. Maybe Ijekial is a transliteration of a different language? I wouldn't be surprised if it was the Korean equivalent of romaji for Ezekiel, but considering the webtoon already translated it to the English spelling it seemed strange to revert when every other member of the cast seems to have an English spelling. Adaptional nitpicks aside I am glad they did so well with it! The fun of the beautiful outfits was preserved and I honestly think the animation does a better job capturing Claude's subtle expressions of love for his daughter than the webtoon did. Very excited for this to continue and curious how far these 16 episodes will take us. |
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Auriana
Posts: 23 Location: South Plainfield, NJ |
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It was Ijekiel in the webtoon. At least on Tapas. I haven't read the novel though.
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
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The Seven Seas print editions write it as "Ezekiel," which is how I first read it. |
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FishLion
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Ah, well at least that explains why there's the discrepancy, I never thought about if the digital version used a different spelling than the print one.
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FishLion
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I really appreciate you reviewing this! There are implied bits I missed on a first read that you are pointing out, and it's making seeing a story again as an animation even more fun.
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andramus
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I'm a bit confused by one aspect of this review because in the subtitles I read on Crunchyroll it said (according to Athanasia's dreams) Jennette's mother conceived Jennette with someone related (distantly?) to the royal family possibly a branch family member.
The way it was presented (in Athanasia's recounting) was that Jennette's mother initially dismissed Claude because he wasn't in line for the throne. When he was in line she pursued him but he wasn't interested. Then afterwards she conceived Jennette with an unnamed person who was presumed to be someone related to the royal family because of Jennette's eyes. Athanasia's recounting of events never seems to contemplate Claude actually being Jennette's father. |
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FishLion
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Bold part was added later It was a different in the version I read, Jennette was definitely Claude's daughter and thematically that was a big reason she was worried Jennette would replace her. Because Jennette was essentially the protagonist and she was seen as the illegitimate true heir to Claude specifically and not just the royal family in general. The adaptation seems to be making Claude much more "moral" in general. In the bad end timeline (vision in the animation) he originally killed Athanasia but in the animation he just imprisons her princess style. In the original webtoon spoiler[ people believe he is the father of Jennette and she specifically sparks love in his heart by being seen as his daughter.] I don't know why they are changing so much but it seems to be beyond the isekai aspect |
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FishLion
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I should revise what I said, that they definitely contemplate her being Claude's daughter in the book, not that I'm sure she was. I'm pretty sure that Jennette believed she was Claude's daughter and that she was the true heir, but with the chimera statement and the fact Claude was so madly in love I think that could have just been her takeaway or what people thought, that they assumed she was an illegitimate heir and not just a distant branch family child.
Just to confirm I'm not crazy I looked it up near future spoilers to double check the plot and spoiler[ Jennette does believe he's her father, likely because of their shared eyes. They don't confirm whether he is or isn't for a long time, but at least part of the plot rests on Jennette assuming he is her father and her trying to spend time with him.] |
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SaneSavantElla
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For me the change in the narrative re: Jennette's parenthood feels like an attempt to avoid the early reveal (at least in the webtoon, I don't know how it went in the novel), that Jennette spoiler[ is the daughter of Anastacius (Claude's brother). Which means 1) in the original story, Claude favored the daughter of the man he killed over his own (which is appalling regardless of whether he knew the fact or not), and 2) Jennette's claim to the throne is quite strong, given her more 'legitimate' and noble parentage. ].
While reading the comics, I thought it's way too early for such a bombshell reveal, even considering that Athy knows the plot of 'The Lovely Princess'. Maybe the adaptation is going for a slower unveiling of what really feels like something that is supposed to be an endgame plot twist, one that is often utilized in stories for maximum drama. But indeed, the softening of Claude's characterization, specifically his singular devotion to Diana does make it implausible for Jennette to be conceived by him, which I feel makes Lucas's 'chimera' remark more important here than it ever was in the webtoon.[/quote] |
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blahmoomoo
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This show has almost completely left the source material's story behind as of the latest episode. I guess this means it isn't going to adapt the whole plot and is pulling an original FMA to end it sooner. It's a nice story, but it misrepresents the original plot by making Claude's issues far simpler to overcome (he wasn't betrayed at all in the show, so he's far less violent). Athy also seems to be a genius (from painting a masterpiece out of nowhere to suddenly knowing high level magic) while the original is a bit more grounded. Lots of things like that. I liked the change from isekai to prophetic dreams (it's better when Athy doesn't know everything about every character) and the addition of the thief made Athy proactive earlier, but these other changes have irked me.
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Auriana
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The spoiler[amnesia] plot annoyed me as I've never been a fan of those so I'm not too sad to see it skipped, however, it does leave a lot of Jeanette's character development out. It's interesting that Tapas is releasing the epilogue chapters co currently with this airing. A few of them go into how Claude and Diana met, and it is wildly different than what was presented last episode in the anime.
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blahmoomoo
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I think the biggest problem here is the oversimplification of the plot has resulted in Claude's motivations being completely different. He doesn't trust anyone because he was deeply betrayed. Changing his motivations to grief has made him significantly less of a danger to Athy because she broke through his suppressed emotion boundaries many episodes ago. Things do make enough sense because it is doing a decent job at depicting grief, but it's a completely different story now.
While spoiler[amnesia] plots tend to be contrived, I found that this episode's setup was even more contrived. What kind of protective spell would put you to sleep so you can't move out of the way of the danger? Why would it be linked to your mind so you'd be damaged if it was broken? It's a really weird way to set up a reason for Athy to dive into his mind. (there are other things that bug me, such as how effortlessly Athy learned magic compared to the source material, but I guess she did steal magic from her mom somehow, so. I don't think that part is in the source either, unless that was after part 1, which I haven't read very far past yet) |
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SaneSavantElla
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It really feels a lot like they made the show expecting that there will be at least 2 cours. The pacing of the episodes before the deviation from the source material was decent, with enough focus on the key characters and plot points.
It feels like 12-14 episodes is just enough to get to the halfway point of the manhwa. I did not expect them to adapt the entirety of the remaining half, but because they only have 2 episodes left to conclude the show, they completely dropped the part of the story where Jeanette, Izekiel (and even old man Whitey) gets some spotlight. Now all the time spent building anticipation on these characters feels completely extraneous. They might as well have removed or shortened all those interactions with young Jeanette and Izekiel because now they don't really serve much purpose except for being faceless plot devices as 'angelic rival' and 'the prince who dumped the villainess', respectively. |
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blahmoomoo
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Baffling sure is the word, isn't it? There was no reason to make any of the drastic adaptation changes if they weren't going to commit to an alternate ending. While I liked a few of the early changes like the thief plot (giving Athy more agency earlier), it suddenly swerved to become its own, inferior story, until it wasn't.
Like, I guess it's still tragic that all of the progress they made together is suddenly lost. But in the manhwa, the amnesia was triggered by Athy awakening to her magic, requiring Claude to intervene since she couldn't handle it and Lucas was looking for the world tree (which also suddenly appears at the end of this adaptation) and unable to help. But in this adaptation, it happens after Diana helps Athy, which really brings down the high that the show appeared to be trying to end on. Unless there's a second season on the way, it's really weird that this adaptation chose to steal the good ending away from Athy like that. Anyway, that's all to say that I really disliked the back half of this adaptation (and consequently, the whole thing overall), starting from when Athy suddenly had the ability to create a tangible ghost of Diana, but especially once she arrived in Aug. |
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