For generations, the Bernstein family has been recognized as a house of nobles who favor books over everything else. Elianna Bernstein, daughter of a baron of the Sauslind Kingdom, is no different. But instead of being called a bookworm, she is known as the Bibliophile Princess. Four years ago, the crown prince, Christopher Selkirk Asherald, offered Elianna a special arrangement: if she would become his fiancée, he promised that she could continue to spend all her free time reading. Despite having to inherit a title of great responsibility, she agreed to the proposal, enticed by the prospect of gaining access to the royal archives housing a wide selection of books. To this day, Elianna firmly believes that her engagement is void of romantic sentiment. When she notices Christopher's interactions with another girl, she presumes that the days she spends with him will soon reach an end. Yet, during this period of uncertainty, Elianna and Christopher open a new chapter in their relationship, gradually uncovering their genuine feelings as they grow to better understand each other. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Mushikaburi-Hime is a must watch for any shoujo/josei fan, because for one, we don’t get enough of these shows, and for two, this is a really cute watch with a couple that will quickly become one of your favourites. Mushikaburi-Hime, like most other shoujo/josei is a character driven slow-burn in which your entertainment depends on how much you like the couple. Fortunately, Chris and Eli have one of the cutest relationships I’ve seen in a while. Premise is straightforward and honestly there’s not much story to speak of. It’s very slice of life based and through their daily struggles Chris and Eli get closer and developa stronger bond. I personally enjoyed seeing their love blossom, but also the personal growth that Eli goes through. Going from a shy bookworm who could not express herself, to being a fitting future queen was a really cool journey and it was organically done with incremental steps over the season. The show is of course pretty cliché and plays into many of those 90s style shoujo tropes with a beautiful princess being courted by all these different guys and a main guy who fawns over the MC, etc. And that would probably be one of my biggest complaints. While I loved Eli and Chris’ relationship, I felt the male MC did not really have any growth. If anything, he regresses from a cool noble prince to a simp who can only fawn over Eli. This is cute for a couple episodes, but over a 12 episode run time... it can get kind of old. I would have liked to see him get more development and come into his own as a character more. Obviously with it being a female demographic, that probably was not the intention of the author and I still enjoyed the show without it, but it holds it back from being higher rated IMO. I’d point to Fruits Basket as a gold standard of how that should be done. As with most Josei and most Madhouse projects, art is amazing. Has a really unique look to it and while it doesn’t 100 percent recreate the light novel art, it stays true enough to it. While it’s not the best Josei this year, or even this season, Mushikaburi-Hime is still a must watch for any fan of the romance genre and shoujo/josei fans in general. Our selections are just so slim we don’t have much opportunity to be picky. The plot may not be the strongest, but it is still a very cute story with a loveable MC that you can’t help but want to protect, and a fairy tale type feel. Mushikaburi-Hime gets 8 out of 10.
Simply put, this show was just not for me. I’m all for more shoujo anime being out in the anime world, but this was not the best showing of what the shoujo genre can offer. It’s just a simple story in a royalty setting, where someone who doesn’t really belong tries to fit in, and people get jealous because she’s the prince’s fiancée. It’s quite the bland story with a very straight forward romance, and boring politics that I couldn’t bring myself to care about. STORY: In a nutshell, Elianna Bernstein, a noble from the Sauslind family, which was not the most renowned family out there, isinvited by the Crown Prince, Christopher Selkirk Asherald, to become his fiancée, in exchange for being able to enter the royal archives filled with books to satisfy her craving to read, as she’s a bookworm. Elianna believes the relationship is just one devoid of real love, but just convenience, so she constantly thinks that she’s no match for Christopher, and that she’s a burden to him. This sentiment from Elianna lingers for most of the series, and eventually, she does try to prove that she is worthy of the prince’s hand in marriage, but these doubts in her mind constantly hold both her, and the show back, because it just dances around this theme, and is quite slow in developing effectively. ART: It looks fine, though the movement is quite limited. I would have expected a bit more from Madhouse, but they haven’t been nearly as good of a studio for quite a while now. MUSIC: Not very noticeable, the OP and ED are quite generic and average, and so is the soundtrack. CHARACTERS: By far, Elianna does have the best development out of all the characters, but it’s still quite slow. She learns over time that her words matter, and that her knowledge due to reading books can be put to good use to help others. She’s sadly quite gullible while being smart, and I suppose that’s due to her limited interactions with others since she spends a lot of her time reading. She’s so much a bookworm, she’d probably care more about books than Prince Christopher. Most of the other cast members, including Christopher, just didn’t really do anything for me. Most of them support Elianna well, and for Christopher, there are some good romantic moments, but he didn’t do anything too memorable. ENJOYMENT: I never really liked it, or hated it, it was just consistently average all the way through. THEMATIC EXECUTION: If anything, the romance was executed decently, but not very memorably. The political themes were not really intriguing at all, and I struggled to care about them. Some of the normal royalty tropes were there, with the drama, but they were only decent at the start. OVERALL: There wasn’t much to take away from this, other than the aesthetic being quite decent. There could have been more done around the dramatic aspects of this show, and it felt more slice of life than anything else. It’s not bad by any means, just very average and bland for me personally.
This is garbage. Elianna, the protagonist, has no personality outside of reading books, and the love interest’s only personality trait is being a creepy boyfriend. Yay! Her love for books means basically nothing by the way. It’s pretty much a gimmick to show she isn’t a piece of cardboard. Unfortunately, possibly the most boring gimmick imaginable was used so it doesn’t work. These characters are so bland it’s ridiculous. Almost every episode goes one of two ways. First, some girls are jealous of Elianna and try to take her place while being gross toward her, and this somehow makes Elianna question whether her obviously obsessed boyfriend actuallylikes her, only for him to save the day. Second is there’s a villain doing evil things. Of course, there’s book damage involved because there has to be a reason for Elianna’s existence. And then her boyfriend saves the day, either directly or indirectly. The plot is truly obnoxious. Nothing’s ever developed in this anime. Elianna’s wrongly accused of something? Let’s spend half the episode on flashbacks that never happened on screen during the same scene! Someone’s mad at Elianna? Time for a flashback of what she did because nobody knows what he’s talking about! This abysmal writing is all you get when her boyfriend isn’t busy being a total creep. I don’t know if this is just the fault of the adaptation, but it feels very much like someone’s first attempt at writing a story.
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 Shojogenre 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 adorable romcom on a depressed Sunday night or something Hope this was helpful ^^
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 ofthin 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 packed and is more iyashikei, this is a good one to watch. Also has a lot of pretty boys as supporting cast.
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 neededto 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. And this is likely an issue of adapting straight from the comic. This animation should’ve built where it was overlooking. It sadly would’ve used nearly no additional effort in regard to the actual animation that prides itself in aesthetically pleasing filters with hardly moving figures. Thanks to 90% of action is off-screen... All that said, there is some touching romance. But as it’s between a young man who’s rarely blunt and a young woman who’s only now realizing she has feelings beyond her love for books... it’s not particularly romantic? Depending on tastes, this might mean nothing beyond its cuteness.
i won't say that this is excellent but it was good !!as the story is nice kind of felt slow paced (maybe because i am used to fast paced) !the art is decent enough !!the plot itself is okay as there were many instances when it felt like someone was bullying the female lead!! it was kind of sad to watch but the end result or should i say the character development was satisfying !! the side characters were also nice as they get got less screentime as the side characters should get !! so as for me it's -6.6 stars / 10 stars !!it's a lighthearted casual romance slightly political story with a happy end!!
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 lotof the miscommunication but the ML is just as to blame. Overall, still worth the watch.
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 solefocus 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 a significant moment where she was in the wrong, she knew she was in the wrong, she knew that she had hurt someones feelings. This misunderstanding caused a lot of trouble for herself, but she was able to acknowledge it and move forward and do what was needed to fix it. Issues I have with her, is that she is naive and comes off easy to push around, and that character flaw never goes away... However she starts speaking for herself and she starts explaining her thought patterns behind why things should be the way that they are. This is not a Female lead that will spark a heated argument, nor is she a character that will fight in the front lines. She does what she does best, which is be herself. There was something else in this anime that I really liked and that was that there is an idea of perfection that we seem to have, "It's okay to strive for perfection as long as that is not the only thing you strive for." There was a sense of you don't need to rely on yourself and what you are bad at, others are good at. This isn't something that you pick up straight away, in fact it wouldn't be something that you'd think about unless you are writing a review or talking to someone about it. The cute romance part captured my attention, this guy is determined to have Eli and he fights for that right... Not physically. But it was nice to see a Male lead that didn't really have a gaggle of girls around him. This would, I think, classify as a political anime too. Maybe not in the same way as others but I think that this is a hidden gem and maybe a little niche. There is so much to say about this but I don't want to give it away. I understand what everyone else says is there own personal opinion, but I thought I would throw my 3 cents in.
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 awkwardnoble 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 her posing as his finance so he can keep all the greedy and annoying suiters being forced onto him off his back. It’s a cute show stylised akin to a shojo romance manga thanks to Madhouses use a light colour pallet and shaders that thoroughly explores Elianna’s struggles and the anxiety that comes with the role of being the future queen, and how she deals with an onslaught of women and powerful families behind the scenes that want her out of the picture. However, the show itself restricted by the light novel story arc structure that it’s adapting. There are long stretches of episodes which feel like they go on and on -maybe because the director didn’t know how to adapted them from book to the screen- which results in a lot of tell-don’t-show instead of the other way around. This is unfortunately a persistent problem throughout the season. A good example of this is the way Elianna’s achievements are not really shown to us, but rather told to the audience via the prince or someone else close to her boasting to the villain of the episode about what she’s done and how valuable her contributions are. What makes this boasting sillier is that Elianna achieved these feats by reading books and studying topics such as fallen/prosperous kingdoms, medicines or and other cultures, and putting the lessons and knowledge they provide into practice for the betterment of the kingdom and it’s people. The thing is though… any noble can do that(?), but it’s treated like a freak occurrence which begs the question, how is the kingdom still standing? Either the nobles can’t read or they’re just incompetent in my opinion. I actually really enjoyed Elianna’s and Christopher’s relationship. They’re very sweet together, and although it’s slightly repetitive I think the struggles and pressures they both go through to balance their romance whilst acting in their respective roles is well depicted. I can’t say I liked the rest of the cast though. I don’t hate them or anything. Apart from Christopher’s cheeky uncle there weren’t any stand out performances, but the characters who did stand out stood out because they felt like they belonged to different anime genre. Overall Bibliophile Princess is fine. I don’t think it will particularly wow anyone, but if you’re looking for a chill, period, regency romance and drama with underlying themes of what it means to love someone and what it means to be in a position of power… then you could probably do better, but this is a good alternative. 6/10 It’s Okay *Thumbs Up*
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 highpitched 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, I acknowledge that sex appeal sells and so do escape fantasies. However, I believe it is possible to have a bit of this without making a show 90% this and 10% substance. Plotwise, given the interests of the main characters is to get together and be married in a royal setting, if there was any threat to that, the first 2-3 episodes were enough to clear up the misunderstanding about the female lead being a convenient stand-in fiancee. Yes, there is a girl who wants to be princess and Elianna is in the way. Yes, this is typical. I can forgive this tropey setup given the setting if it was just this. Problem is, throughout the show, the conflict is basically just mostly this on some kind of repeat -- some other noblewoman wants to be princess and does things and MC is too helpless to deal with it and just cries until her prince saves her. Characterization-wise, the show tries to sell Elianna's booksmarts as some sort of strength and don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with being knowledgeable. However, this is basically her only redeeming quality as a main character. As a main character, she has nearly no agency, is barely a heroine of her own story, and can be summed up as a Cinderella who had a loving and supportive family with a love of books. Throughout the near-loop tier repetition of plotting noble girls who get in her way, she exhibits nearly no growth of character and remains as frail and helpless from beginning to end. The prince and support cast is no better. To sum this up [aka tldr]: This show is the ultimate escape princess fantasy for women who want to live in a world where they are hot and rich, have a hot and rich and powerful boyfriend who is blindly loyal to them, be loved by literally everyone with any ability to influence their life and all the other good stuff. The only thing missing now is magic powers and sparkling fairy friends. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with liking this show. However, it would be a travesty to consider this an objectively good anime. 3/10
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 likeKanojo ga Koushaku-tei ni Itta Riyuu, or Saiunkoku, you will be disappointed.
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.
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. Andyet… 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 slightest chance with him. He makes this pretty clear, early on, plainly, in front of everyone in the court, but they continue their worthless schemes, struggling away, even though they’ve been utterly defeated by miss bookworm. Every episode I wanted to scream at the screen. “Stop! Just stop! Let the poor girl read!!” I would have watched an entire series with just the main heroine reading her books and reporting to the prince about the various things she learns. They’d flirt over tea (or coffee). It would have made for an adorable shojo romance. Unfortunately what we’re left with is a series that’s basically a ‘monster of the week’ type thing, but the monsters are just other ladies of the court. Sadly, this left me pretty disappointed. The chemistry between the prince and the princess was genuinely good, but we barely got any screen time with them together. I have very mixed feelings about this show. I want to recommend ‘Bibliophile Princess’, but when it comes down to it, it feels like it has too much wasted potential.
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 progressed more, but instead, the time is wasted on misunderstandings. They could have focused on something more meaningful. That said, let’s talk about the good: the romance itself is enjoyable because it doesn’t take long to happen, although there’s little development after that. The characters, especially the main ones, are beautiful, and the setting is pleasant. In conclusion, this is an anime just to pass the time and enjoy Elianna’s cuteness and how pretty she is. Solid 6/10. Vamos ao superficial Animação: 5/10 Romance: 8/10 Personagens: 6/10 Historia: 5/10 Bom agora vamos ao que foi esse anime Para você que busca um romance para passar o tempo, este é uma ótima opção, mas lembre, nada memorável, apenas um passa tempo legal. Vamos ao joio, os personagens são unilaterais, ou seja, todos são o que são e nada mais, não possuem camadas ou facetas diferentes, todos eles são exatamente o que aparentam e se resumem a isso. O conceito do anime gira em torno de mal entendidos, Elianna entende algo errado, faz drama, desiste de tudo so para descobrir que não era bem assim, isso se torna repetitivo e começa a cansar. A os personagens principais não tem evolução alguma durante o anime, Elianna é o melhor exemplo disso, começa e termina o anime ingênua e acreditando em tudo que falam. O romance deles poderia ter tido mais avanços, no lugar de tanto mal entendido, poderiam ter usado esse tempo para algo mais proveitoso. Dito tudo isso, vamos ao trigo, a parte mais agradável é o romance em si, porque não enrola muito para acontecer, embora tenha pouca evolução. Os personagens principalmente os protagonistas são lindos. A ambientação é agradável. Com isso chegamos a conclusão, que é um anime meramente para passar tempo e se divertir com a fofura da Elianna e o quão linda ela é. 6 cravado
All i want to say that this anime is something that irritating and same soothing my mind at the same time, The most irritating side was the MC was shown as 19-23 years girl,but she has no brain at all other than reading the books and gain knowledge from that books,it is useful for kingdom only but not for her own,cuz everytime a person talk to elianna with hately manners she will be turned into a 3 years old girl,not even know how to talk back to others,it iwas so irritating for me to endure in some middle episodes, well i didn't blame the story and titleit is written and played alongside the title of the anime. Then the soothing part, A series that has normal romance in the kingdom theme,the prince and princess are mate for each other i love them,it was very soothing cuz they use more pastel colors(pale colors) to show the series with a white based coating,the MC character devolopment was super, script is something but it is encouraging for me, from normal harem like theme,or some which character have big(O-O)contest like other animes,this anime is something else which is stand aside from echhi type,and some more romance scenes included animes and i like this show because of the simplicity of the anime. please watch this anime i would recommend it completely to all,but please endure the pain for (not talkback hime) cuz she is a over kind to everyone,but the ending is go smoothly don't worry.
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 theseries. She is actually very intellectual and a goodhearted girl. Also, the chemistry between Elianna and Christopher is sweet, and you want to cheer them both on, especially Elianna. OP and ED songs are nothing memorable or catchy, but they are still fine. Art in the show is very lightly colored and bright, and the characters blend in the backgrounds in indoor scenes. Voice acting and animation is your standard fare, nothing bad, nothing exceptional. Don't know if it's a compliment or not, but it is easily the best romance anime of the 2022 fall season in my opinion. If you're looking a good romance anime to watch from this season, this is one of the best choices. Thank you for reading until the end.
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 reusecertain 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 didn't watch this show for the plot. I watched it for the romance. And I will definitely rewatch it again for the same reason. I do recommend if you want the same. Otherwise, I would skip it.
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 fans that love a classic-ish love story with noble theme. It fits to be atleast a 7/10-rated anime, since, well, I have told you before, right? Maybe you could watch first 3 or 4 episodes and you can decide whether to continnue or not. I can 65% guarantee you will continue until the end.