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Weirdness runs in the family, it seems ^^'

That was quite a good idea to turn things around here.

Awwwww ♥

There is no better way to end a romance Anime than a freaking wedding!

I need that damn wedding to happen in the 7th time Loop Light Novel so badly!

Those Isekai-Princes really set the bar way too high. Imagine growing up thinking you can find that kind of man in the real world ^^'

YES! Another Kiss-scene. Perfect!

More Kisses? Mona approves!

I love how her kissing him was making him feel embarrassed and shy. Its kind of cute, especially for someone who supposedly lacks emotions.

I can totally understand Tia here. I would have loved to be princess carried by a man I love in my live too. (Sadly... I have given up on love, so I live through watching these Animes XD)

Damn! This man is giving it his all in this last Episode! XD

XD I can totally understand where he is coming from.

If you want to do that too, it is time for some training Shaw!

She basically thought they were playing fetch ^^'

Kuro is in love with Zeno. It is explained that her body doesn't portray her age and some magical mumbo jumbo stuff later, but right now her body is that of a little Girls so thats what the warning is for. (The solution to this is hillarious by the way. Basically at night - how convinient - Kuros powers are stronger because her elemt is darkness or something like that and then she takes the body of an adul and visits Zeno regularly. In the end she is pregnant with his child, but stays in his doglike form to preserve energy... however... how they want to explain this later, when the baby is born, was left out for the reader to wonder XD)

Another kiss! I am in heaven!

Since the Anime isn't showing this, these two will indeed have a boy and a girl together.

They made use of the title of the Anime here. How perfect is that?

People on Twitter said "that was fast" but I think roughly a year to get pregnant is not very fast at all ^^' Took them another 5 years to get the second one too.

And that sadly marks the end of this Anime. It was overall really nice. A really good one. I can totally recommend the Manga too by the way.

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I am back with Episode 11 and I apologize one more time for the mess from last time. (Not that things are that much better today, since my mom was transported into the Hospital because of a mild stroke last morning and I am still a bit worried but I try to avoid any further crying meltdowns during my livereactions that have nothing to do with the Animes - or games - themselves.)

We are halfway through the Episode and only one more Episode is left after this.

I think the only reason these two managed to make Babys together was because their Spirits were occupied with each other at night ^^'

She is truly adorable and really selfless. The reason she became a Villainess instead of fighting the title of villaines as most of the others do in their Isekais, was because she wanted to save Cecil from a sad future. And now that her original plan didn't work she is not planing to become a great Queen for herself but to make sure Cecil is happy.

He is really good at this romance stuff XD (Even tho he secretly is a very possessive guy...)

No idea how he wants to keep that from her, given that their firstborn son will be just like him. (I am not sure if in the Manga he actually even mentioned if he would tell her about it or not...)

Its a blessing and a curse. (Isn't he adorable tho?)

I do think spending too much time with the founder Kings backstory just to explain Cecils situation was a waste of time. HOWEVER... on the other hand, who doesn't like a nice little lovestory from the past in their anime? ^^'

Ah... yeah, maybe he did say something like that in the Manga too.

He truly won the lottery with Bertia, given how everyone adores her so much. Thats perfect for a future Queen.

I found it really cute in the Manga, when I heard the things she wished for. These were all things normal for us, however in Cecils fantasy World, most of this isn't part of any wedding traditions. So it makes absolut sense to want that for herself but still not ask for it, so just write it down in secret.

Don't worry! Bertias little Brother only needs some convincing and the promise of sweets to change his mind XD

Alright, the next Episode will be the last. I am a bit sad that we will see nothing of Cecils and Bertias future together, but it was a bit... weird at some points so for how the western fandom is so... you know... western fandomisch, it may be better this way ^^'

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Its kinda sad that we didn't have the time to see the background ships develop more slowly. I love myself some ships in the background of the actual lovestory. Its basically the only thing missing in 7th time Loop.

(Also... when the hell did Cecils brother get so freaking big? O.O)

Don't let Cecil fool you. Everything is going to be just fine.

I mean it when I say, that this man can not take his hands off of her XD (Not that I am complaining. I am most certainly anything but complaining. I LOVE a body contact ship.)

As someone who just lost one of her pets a few weeks ago I almost feel sad for her. It might have been her fault what happened, but she most certainly didn't want Pii-chan to sacrifice himself, not even to reach that stupid ending she was aiming for so hard. However the Anime doesn't exactly make you feel anything towards her character at all, so all I do is sympathize with the feeling of loss upon the sudden death of a beloved pet, not her herself.

Edit from 3 days later: I have been thinking I should delete my little breakdown that is following here, because it was just caused by me still grieving and it was a bit too much for a live reaction to a nice Anime like this. However it IS my live reaction so I've decided to instead do it like this: "Sorry" so that I can still leave the emotional reaction here, but clearly mark it as something that does not need to be read at all. So... here is my warning! IF you wish to read the followng text, be aware that it was written while I was crying my eyes out over the loss of my dog Scarlett and was clearly done in a state that may or may not have caused me to overreact to that scene.

She is luckier than we are tho. She has a piece of Pii-Chan left and has a chance to bring him back, even tho its a long and hard road that she needs to go for her to reach that goal. People like me don't have that chance. That morning when I woke up to the message that my dog suddenly died the night before, she was already gone. They buried her that same night. When I arrived at my parents house, where she stayed, there was nothing left of her but the blankets and beds she always laid on. No other trace of her was left... but the grave my aunt put a candle on. When my first dog Jack died, I remember almost going insane. Hearing him sometimes, rushing to the window because I thought he somehow dug himself out of his grave and came hope happy and healthy just like nothing had happened. The pain when I opended the window and he wasn't there was almost unbearable. I started to pray to all the gods and devils I did not believe in, promised them my soul, if they would just give me my dog back. And learned the hard way that, as it is often in life, no one comes to save you. No one cam to bring me my dog back. I had to live with the fact that he was gone forever. When Scarlett died I understood that the times I've heard her, thought I saw her in the corner of my eye, I was just imagining things, because I wanted it so badly to be not true. I didn't pray to no god, because Iearned the hard way that it would be to no use. In a sense, not having this false hope made it easier but on the other hand it also made it harder. Because while I go on with my life just fine on most days, there are many, many small moments were my brain just wishes she was still there. Were I want to call for her when visiting my Dads room, because she always came along to beg for treats. Opening the door to the garden, knowing it does not need to be kept open because there is no dog anymore that could follow me feels so wrong. Standing infront of this grave of hers, telling her I love her, like she still could hear it. Because that is all I have left, since this false hope is not there this time. All I can do it learn to live without her...

Sorry for this, but watching that scene, knowing that even someone like Heronia will get her beloved Pet back kind of hurts me a bit. Because I know this is just fantasy... and yet I wish I would be as lucky as her.

Anyway... I am sorry. Lets move on with the Episode real quick.

My frustration about life not beeing a fantasy Anime aside... I am somewhat glad they gave Heronia a chance to seem a bit more... human. She lost everything at this point so there is no use anymore in living the life she lived before. I mean one could say she only does it for egoistic reasons, as without Pii-Chan, she is all alone now. But I want to believe that she truly loved him and would do what is necessary, to get him back. Making her finally at least worthy of at least some respect.

I am sorry guys we are in the middle of this Episode but as you can imagine, I am not feeling like finishing the Episode or this Anime anymore for today. My low mood would only ruin it. So we will finish this another time.

Once again, I am sorry for this, but grief is not easy.

Edit from 3 days later: I really want to apologize for this here again. I continued to cry after this for quite a while and even when I finally finished crying, my mood was so immensly low that I only waited for beeing allowed to go to bed so that I can finally end my miserable mood with sleep. In all fairness tho, in addition to me grieving and some complicated feeling of guilt being included, which get fueled by my mother who of course has done nothing wrong as per usual... I also have a lot of complicated feelings toward my current (and very stressfull) situation at work right now that adds to the problem AND in addition to date, here in germany, we are currently battling a heatwave and so the weather is not helping at all. In any case, I will finish this Anime in time and no I will not let this moment ruin it for me, even tho I fear I will connect some feelings of sadness and devestation with that one scene.

In any case, see you when I finish this, hopefully with a smile.

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After the cliffhänger from the last episode I bought and read the Manga because there was no way in hell I would not find out what the hell was happening to Bertia as fast as possible. However... I should have known better.

Yeah, of course with a plot like this nothing serious was about to happen ^^'

Putting that aside for a moment tho...

What the hell is wrong with her. She stands there in that akward position, her eyes looking at the wall, not even at Cecil. Did they forget her when drawing the scene and hoped no one would notice? O.o

Yeah... as you can see... this is a very serious situation XD

She hasn't even noticed yet that he is already awake.

Awwww ♥

Its about time that you make sure she finally understands this!

I hope they clear up the story-events from the game as quickly as possible, most of it was hardly interesting aside from what things meant for Cecil.

We feel not like letting go of each other it semms.

To sum things up for you real quick... when Heronia chooses Cecil's route (after reaching adequate points with him, that is) everyone gets a happy ending because Cecils interests stay with Heronia and thus the future of the Kingdom she lives in. However, if she chooses any of the other man, Cecil only desperately searches for something to interest or occupy him and ends up doing awful things. From raging war to just simply vanishing, there is a wide variety of things that happen when the Heroin is not choosing him. And basically Bertia was desperate to prevent that from happening, while she tried to bring him closer to that ridiculous Heronia.

In the Manga I always wondered if these were his kids with some random woman, because I never got why he was looking at them.

Ohoho. Look who just accidentally confessed her true feelings!

Obviously. After all this time she so desperately tried to get you together with that stupid Heronia even tho you never loved anyone but Bertia to begin with.

Awwwww ♥

Ah. Finally, a kiss scene!

In a sense... yes.

I am most certain he will never get bored with her around XD

It will be indeed.

Given how much this man enjoys touching her, I am certainly surprised how long it took them in the Manga to have the first and second child. I can see this man being on top of her every night just to see her adorable reaction XD

Two more Episodes to go! You know how last time I said that I am not sure what the hell they will put into those last 3 Episodes? After reading the Manga I was wondering how the hell they will put all that into only those last 3 episodes ^^'

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Meanwhile, in the "real" world... the man is sleeping.

Poor guy, as if he hasn't had it rough enough already, with Bertia as his fiancée. I mean, clearly she saved him... but it was also certainly not always easy dealing with her wish to push him away. Despite the fact that that originally sparked his interest in her.

I think he is not really a literal doll. He was just so emotionless like a doll.

I think the decision of the King makes sense. People in power how to make certain choices that they themselves do not like in order to protect the kingdom and its peace. HOWEVER... I can also understand Bertias father... he gave everything to the crown was even the friend of the king and yet, when he begged him for help, he refused. Both sides in their own way are not wrong.

He wanted her to become Queen... so she was save.

This Heronia is a very different version from the one we know, that much us for sure.

I believe he never called Bertia a temporary plaything... or did I forget about that? The principle is mostly the same tho. Heronia was different from anyone else and that entertained him. Distracted him from his boredom.

Look at that plain-looking dress and compare it with the one he gave Bertia that was so damn gorgeous. Heronia really is just a toy for him, huh?

Is that where the light-magic-spell comes in? I would assume in the original game, as he likely was the poster boy, that would not have been needed for him. (OR he is just adding some romantic light ^^')

He believed he might have fallen in love with her and what he described sounded like it well enough... but he still describes her as a toy. Gee!

I don't like this Cecil at all. His father was suffering for what happened to his former friend after he let him down and yet Cecil just... smiled like it was the biggest win for him ever.

And thus the spell finally breaks!

I wonder why he hugged her, if he knew she was clearly not his Tia.

Awwwwww ♥ Welcome back, Cecil! We missed you.

Cleverly made. Both Bertia and Heronia essentially did the same thing, but Heronia did it for herself, Bertia did it for Cecil. (Not to mention that Bertia stayed true to her nice self the whole time, while Heronia became evil.)

I feel a bit sorry for Pii-Chan but as Cecil said... they brought this on themselves.

And after Cecil finally woke up with a... rather interesting situation, we've reached the end of Episode 9 and the next cliffhänger with it.

Now we wait.

Its still 3 more Episodes to go and if this was not the final... what will come now I wonder?

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This time Cecil will show us how to struck Bertia speechless WITHOUT exposing any so called sins of her. Look forward to it!

Wait for it!

Yes indeed! What an evil crime that is! XD

Can't believe he calls this her greates crime after she made him suffer for years XD But, I think we can all agree his punishment will be just.

Yes, you've got that right! For her grave sins, she got punished by being chained down to Cecil for live by a beautiful engagement ring and a promise of marriage. I applaud the man. This certainly was a way to turn the tables on her scenario XD

I agree XD

*applauds with the rest of the people*

She objected that stupid bitch, instead of just admitting defeat!

This is the biggest, fattest bullshit this otherwise quite nice Anime came up with. Tia knows what SHOULD happen in the game and works towards it for Cecils sake, because she played the game. Heronia who activly is in the game, should experience it the way it plays out now but acts like things happened exactly the way they did in the original game, like her memories got overwritten by that. But why only hers?

Because your way of trying to force the game is way more annoying than Tias is. And you are not very... nice or interesting or charming as a character to boot. A pretty face is not enough to win a mans heart, my dear.

She called him a heartless crown prince and told him only she can make him human. And it is true that Cecil was very.. emotionless at the beginning, but Tia effectively turned him into a human, without Heronias help needed.

So... is he not human or does he just act like he is not human?

Ah... so he kills himself at some point because his life is boring and without color in the original game. HOWEVER... he... has gained all he needed to find color in his life from Tia already. He said so himself a few episodes ago.

You know... for a guy that was just accused of basically just beeing a liveless machine, he is absolutly adorable with Bertia.

That stupid bird spirit is trying to protect its master.

They made quite a show of that ending, even not showing the end-credits with the usual pictuires of Tia and Cecil beeing happy together ^^'

Cecil got hit by light magic or something. The red string of faith, symbolized in the earing Tia made for him broke and he fell.

Luckily for you, we already have the next episode. (Sadly for you and me... that one will also end on a cliffhänger and its almost a full week until the next episode even comes out ^^')

Oh! The episode is not over yet. We have apparently turned back time to before Cecil met Bertia for the first time as his fiancée.

I think that poor girl from the original games timeline was in fact actually in love with him too. But it seems like he found it plain and boring that she was like anyone else.

He gets shown the actual games true events...

What is he? Pinocchio or what? ^^'

So now the Episode ends. Lets watch how the game originally played out in the next episode.

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This girl is exhausting...

He on the other hand is very entertaining XD

Who do we hate? O.o

I fear he had waaaaay too much fun chasing her XD

He was totally looking at her chest XD

She thinks there are powers at play that wants to turn her back into the overweight girl she was in the original game... but I think its all the sweets Cecil has been feeding her XD

Bullshit! One cupcake alone has almost 300Kcal, so 3 have almost 900kcal and thus the sweets are likely way over her maintenance kcal and if she actually also eats some more normal and/or healthy food in between there is no wonder she is gaining weight. (I am on a diet, trust me, I know...)

Awwwwww ♥

Heronia is really bad at being a heroine. Gee.

Somehow I don't trust this mans words at all. When Cecil mentioned the "Maiden of Destiny" or whatever he looked shocked and not in a "what kind of bullshit is this?" - kind of was, but more in a: "How does he know about that?" - kind of way. But... if he knows Cecil has to marry a certain woman for a certain reason... why engage him to Bertia to begin with? O.o

Cecil thinks his father wasn't lying, but the King reacted oddly to Cecil mentioning he is attached to Bertia and reminding his father that he chose her for him. Something is definitely off and Cecil agrees with me on that.

So far Cecil was amused by Bertias bullshit antics about Heronia and the games scenarios. However it seems over the years he has grown frustrated about it. He is in love with her and wants to be with her and yet she tries to pushes him into another womans arms. I am not surprised that he is worried that she grew tired of him.

And the poor guy is trying so hard to show her he loves her and only her.

Poor guy. I feel so sorry for him.

This is somewhat exhausting. But I am glad he finally let it out. Bertia needs to hear what he thinks and feels to understand the bullshit she has pulled over all those years.

Oh. Uh-Oh. I guess he finally snapped.

I know she actually means well. But is getting tiresome to watch her push Cecil towards another woman, while his true happiness, at least in this life, clearly lies with her.

And the most frustrating part about this is the question why she can not see this herself, after he shows it so clearly.

I guess the most interesting part of this Anime is seeing Cecils struggle to finally make her understand that she is the only one he truly wants.

Two episodes left until we will have catched up to the Anime.

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She looks fine. I should have known.

Physically, she is alright because her familiar spirit cast a spell to protect her, but mentally, she isn't alright at all. She was shaking.

Lets see what will be the resolution of the matter.

Who would even play an Otome game with her as the heroine? ^^'

This is quite the plottwist. To bad I am on a diet right now, I could go for something salty right now as snack while beeing entertained by this anime XD

I think Cecil and I both disagree with you on that.

I guess after that fall this was all a bit too much for her.

I have some minor qualms with some aspects of the plot, like how Heronia is aware of her role in the game, even tho no one else but Bertia knows it is a game to begin with. But I really like their take on Cecil. The emotionless prince who only chose Bertia for entertainment but has still fallen for her, but just doesn't notice at all that he actually loves her. And then there is Bertia... its a bit annoying how she wants Cecil to be with Heronia but otherwise the idea of her trying to be a villainess to bring them together and actually still clearly beeing in love with Cecil is actually quite entertaining and refreshing. The overall take of the anime is really nice all in all. I really like it so far.

There is a best couple choosing contest going on at the fair Bertia planned and it seems like Cecil is doing its best to make them win it XD

And of course they have won ♥ (Much to Bertia's embarrassment XD)

Cecil is making quite the show out of it XD

No. Really. I mean it. He gives it his all XD

Okay, its enough for now.

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I know they want to give the actual "heroine" of the Villaines stories a little twist here and there, but I feel like the heroine being the evil one this time is also way overused at this point. Also... I found it funny in such Anime when someone is like: "Wäh! I got bullied by that person!" everyine is like: "Oh no! I hate the person who bullied you, you poor thing!" Anyone who has ever been bullied in their life knows that this is not how this goes. No one ever cares about the fact that you get bullied. In fact, most people would rather stand with the bully than support the one who gets bullied. Not even teachers will support you, if you get bullied. That is how it looks in real life and so fiction portraying it like that always makes me get angry.

ALSO no one in their right mind would agree with you if you say somethng like: "I get bullied because I am such a kind person." First of all: You get bullied because your weak, that is why they have chosen you. Because they see you suffer and they like the power they have over you. Secondly, you are weak, because you are no one special. Most of the time you do not even need to be overweight or ugly or anything like that (not that this is a good reason to bully someone, I am just saying that this is something that most people THINK would be a reason for bullying) all you need to be is average.... but still not "normal" in their eyes. No one bullies you because they are jealious of your kindness. They bully you because you watch animes, don't wear expensive clothes, don't drink alcohol... stuff like that. Its never something like in those Animes.

First feelings? O.o Shouldnt we be way past "first feelings" given how we already has years pass by?

Gee Cecil, she just wants to call him her brother and we are not in a Trails-Game, so why be jealous of it?

Uh... hunny, this is not how this works ^^'

Sometimes he is really cruel with her XD

Ah. So she was too embarrassed to give it to him because of that.

Oh! We established pet names now. Cil and Tia. I think I stay with the full names tho, now that I actually remember them for once XD

Leaving Bertia behind? O.O That can't be good!

Because she us somewhat stupid? ^^' Seriously, I understand why she thinks as a "villainess" she needs those things to happen. But I still think its stupid.

Time passes so damn quickly in this Anime XD

I am glad for her, but this is so unrealistic XD No one would ever support someone who stands up for themselves after getting harassed by someone.

Please don't end this episode here, I was suppsed to go to bed ^^'

Of course the Episode ends here... very well... not bedtime yet for me, as we need to know how badly Bertia is hurt.

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Last time I watched this Anime ended up being the day my dog suddenly died. So I am... feeling a bit odd continuing it... because it somehow means... time moves on and this is what I hate most about grief. How can the world keep turning when my world is falling apart? Its been a few days tho and I understand that I have to move on and distract myself from the pain. So here I am. With Episode 4 of this Anime. Episode 9 just came out, but it will take us a while longer to even just get there. So we better start now!

Another year? I lost track of time at this point, how old are they by now? (Fun fact? I almost closed the Episode because I thought it was Episode 3 again by accident since the last Episode started in a simular way XD)

Bertia looks way more lovely in her riding gown... but you can clearly see that its not suited for the expert riding that girl that was with her just showed off XD

Well... who needs expert riding-skills when you can ride like this just fine? XD I mean, sitting practically in your guys lap certainly needs you too look good instead of ride good. Then again... *achem* Sorry. Forgot myself for a moment. Moooooving on...

If feel like despite the changes in the setting, everything worked out exactly how it was supposed to. These two in the front get along well and Cecil absolutly also got what he wanted XD

Its like she is talking all the possible alternative LIs of the game to make sure they get together with their destined bride instead of the Heroine XD (Do you... know any Otome-Game where in the route where you don't pursue them, they actually end up happily married to someone else? Because that sounds lovely!)

I love how Cecil with his ever so emotionless facial expression was like: "But this is a problem..." and you assume he means because the guy is in love with his elder brothers fiancée and then he is like: "Because these two stand right behind him [after he poured his heart out.]" XD

While this is all fast-paced as usual... I really like all those side couples that come out of hiding all of a sudden XD

I felt like this was what they were going for when Cecil said she kind of had a special fondness for his little brother... but going to age-gap AND the incest-route certainly is a choice (not that I mind XD)

We are going for a lot of Anime-tropes here it seems... (not that I mind XD)

Its super unusual for the guy to be younger in age-gap-ships. But I've read a great manga about such a lovestory and it was actually pretty cute. So I approve! XD

This was the most promising chapter from the very start and now it selfdestructed all of a sudden.

Aaaaaaaand its fixed! XD (We all need to give them a big: "Awwwww ♥")

This Episode was weird in a very nice and shippy way that I absolutly approv of! XD

I think this is also a sign... that its okay to move on.

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And somehow we end up in a medieval high school setting XD Arlight, give me all the high school drama!

So far I have no complaints about this Anime. Kind of surprising how they managed to dodge all the usual Bullets so far.

I think thats Cecils little brother. He is adorable!

I can totally see why.

First time of Cecil meets the Heroin and her Spirit. He did react to her... but lets see how this continues now, before we judge him for it XD

What even is a second cousin?

What is it, the "missing each other" part or the "in denial" part? XD

Uh... ^^' So... you are happy to be her minions because you are her fan club? Did I... get that right?

Blue roses! That is the gift my OC character from one of my old fanfictions always got from her boyfriend/husband. I have a special fondness for them. Even tho we all know they do not and never will exist in reality. But that's what makes them so special. Only in fiction can they truly exist.

Awwwww ♥ We love some so-called Villaines that actually loves her future husbands blue eyes, don't we?

Oh... so... sorry, I was suspicious for a moment, Cecil! You... absolutly nailed that test. 100 points for ignoring the cute and pretty Heroine of the original scenario!

Ah... so that how she made friends... minions... uh... I mean a fanclub so quickly. I see.

And that... is a bad thing?

He may or may not be in love with her already but one thing is for sure, the best thing about Bertia for him is how much she can entertain him XD

Even if she wanted to, she will never get rid of that guy XD Seriously, setting him up with the heroine... what an idiot. At least she is very bad at it, so it is indeed very entertaining.

Uh... yeah... you know what? Anyone with a brain would chose Bertia over that Heroine woman ^^' She is weird!

Look who is talking! The one who uses magical birds so man will fall in love with her. (He got Bertia to change her mind by inviting her to eat sweets by the way. XD)

Why did he even play along, knowing fully well what she was aiming for? That Idiot Bertia, I mean.

They certainly do take a different kind of spin on the Heroine, that much is for sure. Irritating tho, that she remembers the things that happen in the game although they never happened here.

Episode 3 and 5 years it is. I am not sure what to think about the time jumps here. They make more sense then in the one Anime with the Girl who loves books so much and I do understand their purpose here... but the jumps in the middle of an episode are wild sometimes.

You are not wrong... but you have the wrong person as the "beloved princess" in mind, sweetheart ^^'

I think its called love ♥

Its all in all a nice Anime so far. I do not regret checking it out before its even finished. I am looking forward to the next episode, but not today. Its back to work for me tomorrow... V.V

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I mean it! They are way too cute! (By the way I love the expression the fox-familiar-thingy always makes XD)

Four years it is!

She doesn't seem too happy about becoming a big sister...

Oh! Cecil... did watching her entertain you for the past 4 years actually make you fall in love with her?

At least she is was less annyoing about trying to keep the story going the original way, than that Realenalia woman or whatever her name was.

Is he... dying if he isn't marrying the Heroine?

Oh! The problem isn't the scenario not happening properly anymore, she is afraid something may happen to her brother since the game should naturally be drawn to its original cause and try to fix things that weren't originally the case. Since her mother died of that epedemic in the original game, her brother was never born and another man from a longer branch of the family took that place. In order for this to happen now tho, which would lead this guy to become a possible aid for the prince (or so the original game says), Bertias baby brother would need to die.

Huh... who would have thought Cecil's plan would make the guy this happy, despite the possible dangers?

Uh.... ^^'

So now he is telling her? Two years later?

Episode 2 gives us quite a lot of information O.O

A nice one nonetheless.

Heronia? Seriously? ^^'

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No kidding! This is only Episode two but 3 years have already passed since he first met Bertia.

He is way too much into entertainment if you ask me XD

I always thought one's debut into society was around 16 years old. If my math is mathing correctly, they should not be older than 12 at this point.

I wonder how he will make her finally give up on that ^^'

Damn. They look cute together!

I don't think an old man like you should say that to a young girl like her. Also... a certain crown-prince seems to be not so happy about your word either ^^'

Posessiv much, Cecil? ^^'

Damn! He doesn't look like an evil deeds man at all O.O

He better not or I recon Cecil will kill him ^^'

I mean... who would have thought that man was actually a pervert who is after young girls? Glad Cecil caught onto it so quickly. God knows what would have happened if that old man had ended up taking her home with him some day under the disguise of god knows what.

A-Are you sure? ÄBecazse you look mighty scary right now ^^'

Clever boy. With that Bertia will think he actually has turned evil, like is necessary for the scenario to happen properly. She will stop bothering her father about it, while Cecil can get rid of those evil man. How much more scary can a boy his age even get?

And another six months have gone by now. Almost 4 years now, just in the span of 2 Episodes.

O.O

Cecil! I am disappointed in you! Did you think you have to touch that poor girls now, before someone else actually succeeds in doing so? How evil! (Just kidding! I am sure this is just a missunderstanding.)

*lol* Prince Cecil. 14 years old at best (my math wasn't mathing enough it seems) gets a Girl over a year younger than him pregnant and the guys at his school are like: "He is a man among men!" XD

Why not? I mean... obviously not in the next 4 years or so but... why not? XD

Man this guy is smooth!

Of course...

I have already taken way too many screenshots from this episode, but they are so damn cute!

(lets move over to a new post tho...)

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This must be the male Protagonist and thus love interest of the so-called villaines in question. He also seems to be a very intelligent child. I hope this is not another story where the ML is a genius and the FL is dumb as f*ck XD

She is absolutly adorable XD Also... no idea why she is saying this. Read too many novels, maybe? ^^'

The opening looks like the Anime promises a lot of shippiness. I like that.

Why... would she say she rips the heroine from him if she is clearly the heroine, given that she is officially his fiancée? O.o

I mean, we have the whole "Fiancée turned down plot" a lot these days... but that would still make her the FL.

Anime is making sure to introduce important people to us. Still, do not expect me to remember ANY of the names XD

Somehow I doubt that... even tho this being yet another Isekai makes absolute sense. Its just... weird how she just asked him if he is a reincarnation at first, like this is all just an exciting game to her. Then again... usually this is either a book or a game ^^'

Ah... okay she is actually reincarnated in an Otome game. Okay... I assumed they would not recycle that storyline yet again and was hoping they would give it a little twist... but okay. I guess the formula always worked so far, so why not give it another try?

Oh. Okay... so I guess this IS the little twist? Usually they want to change what happens in the game not do it, but just more beautifully ^^'

This is also my face right now ^^'

To become... more of an evil Villainess? ^^'

D-Did she starve herself? O.O (I wonder if the fandom ever questioned the fact that she needed to become pretty to appeal more to the prince... I guess I have to remember the words of that guy from Square Enix tho - was ist Nomura? - who said people do not like ugly people as main characters, so... I guess that goes for Animes as well.)

Is that her father? Why wasn't he at the first meeting?

Awwwwwww.

Uh... I think he can hear you ^^'

I think he really is actually enjoying this.

O-Oh my! Knowing the future must be tough. Tho I found it weird how she handles that whole situation so far. Like... why would she tell him that? Why would she tell him anything about the stuff she knows and wants to do? How would that in any way benefit her?

Then again... right now... she is actually acting more like the child she is right now and not like the (young?) adult from her former life.

He really is a genius... its almost scary tho how much of a genius he is. How the heck could he have "guessed" the illness?

All that hard work for a story he didn't even fully believe in? O.O He was either really, extremely bored or he just really wanted to make sure nothing happened, just in case she was indeed right.

It really is!

Huh... it seems like he actually really cares about her at this point, even if it just might be for entertainment at the moment.

I am pretty sure he will not get bored anytime soon with her as his fiancée XD

The ending sequence is also very cute ♥

Alright. That was nice! Lets watch the next episode!

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Lets pretend we do not need to finish two other Animes at the moment so that we can happy jump into the next one without feeling any kind of guilt ^^'

(People who have seen my Gaming-Live reactions know that I will eventually finish most of the stuff I have started it just... sometimes takes a while before I do.)

Right now, I wanted to take a look at this Anime Facebook has recommended me and as Facebook had recommended me some other interesting Romance Animes before, I feel like we should give this one a try.

Its not even finished yet, but its not like we can finish it in what little time I have left of today.

So lets get it started and take a look!

Since the game is far too long... I will tag it:

An Observational Log Mona Version

Lets hope when the time comes, I remember which Anime that weird tag was for XD

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Ups! Wrong live reaction account ^^'

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The guy Falcom to this day regrets killing XD (And so do we ^^')

By the way... the movie won't even show us how they have recovered from this fight.

They were not even trying to give him a male voice XD

That one was very smooth. We do not know that if we haven't played past Sky or not even Sky itself, but Olivert goes under the name of Oliver Lenheim. HOWEVER his hankerchief clearly has the initial O.R. which do not fit at all, asode from using the excuse its meant to be the first and last letter of his name, but that is total bullshit. Who does that? This is Olivert Reise (Arnor) and if you don't blink you might notice it. But you will only understand it, after you finished that game. (I believe even in this movie that one is not explained...)

This was a really painful moment in the game... won't be much easier in this movie. At least not for people who played the first game.

Hearing this song played like this should not bring tears into my eyes... but here I am.

I wonder what Tita and Olivert dreamed of. Would Olivert dream of a World were his mother was still alive too? Maybe a peaceful Zemuria, were he wouldn't have to hide who he really is. A world were his brother and sister are save, perhaps. And Tita... did she dream of a world were here parents were always by her side and Agate would visit her often? We will never know. But this dream really brough across wonderfully how much Estelle loved Joshua and what an amazing person she is, but also how wonderful her mother was.

The meeting with Luciola in this movie was really... short and almost unnecessary.

In this movie, Tita really is just a little Girl that is scared and careful and obedient. (Speaking of scared... I wonder how scared Estelle would be of Agate if ever in this movie they had shown us how he reacted about Estelle putting Tita into danger like this... XD)

NEVER accept an invitation to one of Rennes Tea Partys until you are truly and honestly someone she considers a friend or family ^^'

I... don't really want to listen to that story again.

They killed the freaking dog! You are never supposed to kill the dog! But I feel like the brought the dog in to show how cruel the poeple were who attacked the village. In the original story, the man were raping the woman and one of them wanted to rape Karin as well, when Joshua attacked him. I suppose they decided to leave that out but in order to make sure how cruel and hearless there people were they showed us how they actually killed a poor dog and found it funny. Not something the audience would like to see any more then the rape-story, but it brings the message across...

I think they tried hard showing Rennes own desperation and inner conflict, even tho they did not have the time to really deal with her own past or why she is so attached to Loewe and Joshua.

They certainly still managed to show how she got attached to Estelle tho.

She is so cool, isn't she, Joshua? Get a grip and go back with her!

Uh... they kind of fucked up the landing here... but... okay. Its close enough to what happens in the game... SOMEHOW XD

I prefer the beach scene from the game... but they were trying to do their best in that one too.

Hey... I mean... for all we know... that could be a scene from Loop Numer 19.200 or so XD So I guess I shouldn't complain too much, huh? ^^'

The Movie wasn't that bad, actually. Clearly, we are jumping over a bit too much. Got no real conclusion for the Ouroboros Plot and so on. But it was not exactly a bad movie.

I guess one day we should watch the Northern War Anime... as bad as it was... just because... you know... its Trails XD

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In the games they always wear towels... but in this Movie they are not, and decided to give us Glorious Olivert Fanservice that no one asked for XD

This is obviously Olivert speaking and you will never guess were this is going...

Oh look at that totally random switch to Tita in this very moment of speaking about Agate being in love, absolutly and totally no intention behind that camera-switch at all... XD

The company who made this movie was like: "Towels? Now where would be the fun in that! We need fanservice in that movie!" XD

Glad Kloe and Schera could grab a Towel real quick, while we still get part of Estelles boobs and ass to look at ^^' (I am pretty sure most man would have been much more interested in seeing Schera backed tho...)

Agate, I beg you, do not pull a Rean here and rush out of there after hearing your beloveds shriek because you will never get rid of the pädophil alligations if you do!

Ah. Thank god Olivert was faster. He can get away with stuff like this XD

Now we finally see Joshua again. And I can tell you in the game I reached a point eventually, where I wanted to strangle that guy... I don't think he has enough screentime for that here tho. They took the time in that scene to make sure you see him being all "I am just using you" towards Josette. Which really is just a small glimpse of a part of his relationship with her in this game.

Oh my... was Olivert that severely punished that he couldn't come along? Oh wait! Kloe isn't here either.

Oh, looks like they are on standby, coordinating with the other teams.

The Lanky Wolf XD I think Direwolf sounds more scary ^^' He IS really scary in this movie tho.

Agate managed to throw Tita out of harms way, it was too fast to really get a good picture of, but it was kind of cute. And certainly a wise decision. Unlike Loewe, Walter does not mind hurting woman and children, as Estelle will find out the hard way in a moment.

This fight is quite intense, I tell you... (He is by the way talking about some Dune-like-Worms that will end up almost eating Agate and Schera alive...)

You can imagine how dangerously strong Walter is, when even heavy blade Agate can do shit about him.

I guess you can not expect someone to spare a poor Teenager-Girl, who killed his master, who was also the father of his fiance. But looking at this and than at Horizon you really get to see how freaking soft Ouroboros has gotten XD I mean... in a sense I guess you can call it character-development and somewhat redeeming themselves, but... given that Ouroboros was supposed to stay in the role of "the bad guys" they kind of mellowed out a bit too much by now ^^' (Still wonder if I will eat those words when Kai 2 comes out...)

Let me tell you something. In the original came it took us 6 freaking chapters to finally get reunited with Joshua. Chapter 5 barely kept me willing to go on after one disappointment after another, by giving me lots of Agate and Tita moments. By the time Estelle was in danger yet again in chapter 6, I was sick of hoping this guy would shop up to save her. This whole time I felt like the biggest mistake of the game was never showing that Joshua still cared about Estelle. I get that in this scene, she looked like a Damsel in distress who needed to be saved by a man (tho in tha game that happened multiple times with Kevin and Co. as well... so whatever) but it didn't have to be like this. Showing him hiding in a try, ready to intervene IF he has too would have been plenty. Afterwards of course he admitted constantly keeping an eye on Estelle and checking on Kevins background to make sure he was save, but before that, it looked like he was ready and willing to move on with Josette for a moment and... URG!

So while I get that some people do not like how weak Estelle looks in this scene, I really think the original game was lacking a scene like that. I doubt they will change that in the Remake as (and I am otherwise really glad about it) they are really thruthfull to the original games, but IF they had to change something from SC, I think this would be it.

Estelle noticing Joshua is there and the game playing a epic version of "whereabouts of light" is so cool! The movie is clearly cheap and all but they were on point with the music and that was clear from the moment Olivert played Amber Amour.

This also gives you a way to see how a fight between someone who uses swords and someone who uses only his body to fight can look like. Obviously, that is something we never see in the games.

Which means that this wasn't even truly a fair win for you, Walter. Just saying.

This fight is really so damn Epic! I also loved Tita saving Joshua. It is also kind of funny how that little Girl was the only one who could hurt Walter until that point, even tho even Agate failed to truly harm the man.

But I think what you can also clearly see in the fight between Joshua and Walter, compared to the fight between Agate and Walter is how Joshua and Walter, as Enforcers, are actually on a totally different level than even bracers. Which... is... not really the case anymore, but actually was a thing back in the day of the Liberl-Arc.

A Trails character saying: "There is no way my crimes can be forgiven" is such a... "Yeah, yeah... whatever" - kind of moment for anyone who ever played through the Trails-Saga XD

Given how much danger she faced while trying to find him, that was really something he SHOULD have shown up in the game to tell her. But whatever...