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Anime Review: Kuragehime / Princess Jellyfish
Tsukimi lives with four hardcore female nerds in a Tokyo apartment building that has decided no men will be allowed to live there. While out rescuing a jellyfish (her passion), Tsukimi meets up with a gorgeous guy, Kuranosuke, who likes to cross-dress (except she doesn’t know at first he’s a guy). She comes to the realization that “there are princesses in Tokyo: incredibly beautiful male princesses.” :)
This show delights in subverting the expected: instead, we get a politician who dotes on his cross-dressing nephew, a woman using date-rape drugs on men, a straight guy giving a group of women makeovers and fashion advice, and women who are obsessed with food (particularly meat). I loved Kuranosuke, who jump-starts Tsukimi’s life and starts to pull her out of her shell, and he looked hot wearing both traditionally male and female clothing.
However, maybe because this anime is so short (11 episodes), the ending is massively rushed and feels incomplete with several plot threads left open-ended, which is disappointing as there is no season 2 planned. :( Though apparently there is a live-action movie due out December 2014?
I watched this anime because I was looking for something like two of my favorites, Ouran High School Host Club and Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (The Wallflower), and this anime was recommended for both. I suppose I’d tentatively agree, though I didn’t like Kuragehime nearly as much as the other two, but all three leading characters are sort of similar.
Both Tsukimi and Haruhi (from Ouran) have deceased mothers whom they talk to in their heads on occasion, updating them on their lives. In addition, neither of them like to dress up in traditionally feminine ways, much to the disappointment of the new gorgeous, protective prince figures in their lives (Kuranosuke and Tamaki), who are more concerned with image: both the boys like to cross-dress. And both Tsukimi and Sunako (from Wallflower) are obsessed with unusual passions (jellyfish and horror/gruesome gore) and quite shy when out of their element. So yeah, I see the similarities, but while it had its moments, Kuragehime was not nearly as engaging to me as the other two.
My anime recs masterlist is at this link.
Tsukimi lives with four hardcore female nerds in a Tokyo apartment building that has decided no men will be allowed to live there. While out rescuing a jellyfish (her passion), Tsukimi meets up with a gorgeous guy, Kuranosuke, who likes to cross-dress (except she doesn’t know at first he’s a guy). She comes to the realization that “there are princesses in Tokyo: incredibly beautiful male princesses.” :)
This show delights in subverting the expected: instead, we get a politician who dotes on his cross-dressing nephew, a woman using date-rape drugs on men, a straight guy giving a group of women makeovers and fashion advice, and women who are obsessed with food (particularly meat). I loved Kuranosuke, who jump-starts Tsukimi’s life and starts to pull her out of her shell, and he looked hot wearing both traditionally male and female clothing.
However, maybe because this anime is so short (11 episodes), the ending is massively rushed and feels incomplete with several plot threads left open-ended, which is disappointing as there is no season 2 planned. :( Though apparently there is a live-action movie due out December 2014?
I watched this anime because I was looking for something like two of my favorites, Ouran High School Host Club and Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (The Wallflower), and this anime was recommended for both. I suppose I’d tentatively agree, though I didn’t like Kuragehime nearly as much as the other two, but all three leading characters are sort of similar.
Both Tsukimi and Haruhi (from Ouran) have deceased mothers whom they talk to in their heads on occasion, updating them on their lives. In addition, neither of them like to dress up in traditionally feminine ways, much to the disappointment of the new gorgeous, protective prince figures in their lives (Kuranosuke and Tamaki), who are more concerned with image: both the boys like to cross-dress. And both Tsukimi and Sunako (from Wallflower) are obsessed with unusual passions (jellyfish and horror/gruesome gore) and quite shy when out of their element. So yeah, I see the similarities, but while it had its moments, Kuragehime was not nearly as engaging to me as the other two.
My anime recs masterlist is at this link.
