NOTE: Stopped watching after episode 7.
Series in one sentence:
Japanese Cinderella.
Series in more sentences:
Miyo is a young girl born in a prestige, supernatural family, but when her father discovers she doesn't have powers, all attention and respect is shifted to her prodigy of a stepsister.
She becomes a servant in her own home and grows up to become shy, obedient, and skittish.
When her father receives an offer to give away one of his daughters to a notoriously rude lord, he chooses to rid himself of Miyo, but said lord is not as cruel as believed and shows empathy for Miyo's past. Meanwhile, another family has their eyes set on her.
Slow pacing, yet a rushed story. The plot is alright on paper, but the lord and his servant are way too quick to feel enamoured by Miyo, though the anime more or less explains that's because all other candidates were unapologetic gold diggers.
The magic aspect of it all feels like an afterthought as well. It tries to bring it back as episode 7 crawls closer, but I still didn't see the importance of these ghost whisperers and wizards, especially when the world itself is portrayed to be normal. With a rather confusing mix of modern and feudal elements.
Never even saw the supposedly superior stepsister use her powers, and magic is only brought up when characters want to establish how prestige a family is. Very nice and all, but you can be prestige without the ability to cast firaga.
The magic aspect of it all feels like an afterthought as well. It tries to bring it back as episode 7 crawls closer, but I still didn't see the importance of these ghost whisperers and wizards, especially when the world itself is portrayed to be normal. With a rather confusing mix of modern and feudal elements.
Never even saw the supposedly superior stepsister use her powers, and magic is only brought up when characters want to establish how prestige a family is. Very nice and all, but you can be prestige without the ability to cast firaga.
The main character is one of those anime archetypes I don't like: inaudibly mousy. She talks a fair bit, but always with this extremely whispery voice, which I imagine would make it nearly impossible to make out for anyone who understands Japanese and doesn't have subtitles.
Then there's the subject of her celebrated bloodline -a reveal that confuses matters. Miyo is apparently the descendant of a powerful family most don't even believe exists, so then, why does her family mistreat her? It shouldn't matter she doesn't have powers herself, she has the blood of a wanted legendary family, she should be worshipped regardless.
It also confused me that Miyo wouldn't even contemplate choosing her best friend as her husband. This guy was her only friend and cheered her up for all those dreary years. Does the lord really win the love game here? They've interacted way less in comparison. Looks like appearance and money do matter.
The best friend is given a miserable ending with a miserable wife, even though he's done everything in his power to help Miyo. He's not even given the chance to confess and get that weight off his heart. In a different anime, he would've been the main character and love interest.
Maybe it would've been better if he were left out of the story.
That the stepmother and stepsister didn't get their faces punched in by the lord was also surprising. Very sexist, lol. You're free to destroy a bitch if they torture your loved one, it doesn't matter what's between their legs. I have spoken.
Anyway, I stopped watching, because episodes are still in production and I don't see this turning into anything I'd care to see. It's full of drama and romance potential, but none of it exciting.
