In the distant past in a faraway land, Yuushi is a 17-year-old girl that has been put under a spell -- her body stopped aging ever since she was ten years old. Cheerful and optimistic, Yuushi doesn't let the spell bother her. Especially because Yuushi has been selected as a candidate to become the next Puchi Puri Princess. The girl selected to be princess will receive a magical tiara which grants the wearer anything she wants. This means that if Yuushi becomes princess she can wish her spell away! But the competition is stiff and Yuushi still looks like a 10-year-old girl.
General Info:
Episodes; 26.
Language; Japanese with English subs.
Review:
I definitely liked the plot line, but for me it was a little to drawn out. Several episodes in there had no real significance at all, and seemed like they were there for the sake of making the show longer. I didn't start really enjoying the series until episode 6, and I was not fond of the six that followed. Once it got passed 16 it was better, but still was sort of boring.
Now I will hand it to them, the last two episodes literally made me bawl. Audibly at that. So I will say I really enjoyed those episodes. The actual animation bothered me a quite a bit - Yuushi's hair style freaked me out. Mind you it did add to the story somewhat, but Arc's hair was equally freaky. During these times you wonder how freaking long it toke to do that.
Another thing I really appreciated was the commercial break outro (made up term?) and intro they were all different and all cute! I liked that it related to the story as well, sort of prompting you to notice the development of characters.
I also liked Arc quite a bit, and I will not take points off for her freaky hair. He truly was a hottie - and even though his looks were not top notch, he won me over with that personality. Of course I did actually like all the personalities off the characters excluding Erumina.
*I just want to make an off-topic note, but they really f***ed up the name translations and Wiki. Cocoloo? Kokoru! Prince Arrow? Prince Aru! Ha ha, I find this quite amusing.*
The ending made me cry a lot, and I love it when an anime can make me cry. I guess without knowing it I got attached to the characters.
Like I said before, I did get bored part way through, but that doesn't mean I didn't like the idea of the anime. It will be docked stars for boring me, gomen gomen!
Due to the awesome other-worldliness, this anime belongs in the 'Magic' tab.
Must Watch Episodes:
I picked quite a few, but keep in mind I didn't especially enjoy the episode not listed here. Also keep in mind this is my opinion and my opinion alone.
-Episodes 6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 25, and 26.
Rating:
I will give Puchi Puri Yuushi 3.5 out of 5 stars. * * * ½*
well i have to admit that the ending wasn't that good although i haven't seen the whole anime yet. because when i saw the final episode just to see if yuushi would finally break the curse that makes her look like a child,i saw that she finally did it and she also married arc. so,it was really disapointing to see a few seconds later that this was just yuushi's dream. i believe that they should make season 2 and show us a worthy ending with yuushi's curse broken and her marriage with arc or at least admit their love for each other and make up (you know,become a couple).
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