Disk 4 of Princess Knight continues to be more difficult for me to watch than I expected. While Knight’s adventures remain exciting, the constant – and to my mind, creepy – obsession with her sex absolutely kills any enjoyment I eke out of the story.
On the one hand, Knight is praised as being the very epitome of a fine Prince – handsome, brave, honest, kind. Glossed over that is the emphatic reminder that she is not, never will be, a Prince at all. Her mother feels terrible about “forcing” her to act as a boy, but it’s pretty obvious that she prefers to do so. And yet, when Knight is wrestled into a dress, she longs for that, as well. Destined to never be allowed to be comfortable in her own body no matter what she chooses. Poor Knight.
While watching this anime and thinking of the constant pressure Knight faces, I was looking back through my own youth and feel the need to thank my parents for making it possible for me to get boy’s clothes in my early teen years, rather than forcing me to wear girls’ clothes. That was pretty important to me, especially in retrospect. ^_^
So, we head into the final Disk of Set 1, and thanks to the generosity of TRSI, we have two copies of Set 1 to give away!
In the comments, please put your name age and country and if you’d be so kind to register with WP, so there’s an email I can contact you at, I will announce the winners when I review Disk 5. ^_^
Ratings:
Art – 4
Characters – 7
Story – 6 It just sort of starts grinding here
Overall – 6
I still like it best when Knight can just be knightly, without other people’s issues. ^_^
Great! How kind of TRSI. Yaritza H., 25, USA. ^_^
I’d love a copy! Haven’t seen any of this show yet…
Age and country?
Just noticed this, Sorry! 26, South Korea.
Hi Joel – Can you email me with your address? Yuricon at gmail thanks.
Wow, I’m a huge Tezuka freak since I saw Hino Tori years a go. I have a feeling that Lady Oscar was created thanks to “Princess Knight”.
Christopher, 32, Poland.
Safire definitely helped pave the way for Oscar.
If she’d be created by Disney, she’d be probably bisexual now XD
She doesn’t need Disney. In the original manga she tells Rosalie that if she had been a man they might have been a couple. ^_^
Right, but when Rosalie tried to confess her love, she said that they can’t be together, because she is a woman. And, all in all, she made quite a nice couple with Andre.
Wonder if Sapphire would meet such fate. Disney has a good tradition of being “inspired” by Tezuka works (Kimba anyone?).
Enjoying these reviews :-) Olivia L., 28, USA.
Princess Knight gets my Heavy Metal Seal of Approval!!
*Raises Devil Horns*
Josh, 26, USA
I’ve always loved the idea of Disney styled princesses rescuing themselves, count me in!
Gabi – 38, USA
I’ve never seen this series, so very excited to get a chance at a copy!
Emilly, 46, USA!
I really love the whole Idea of Princess Knight. I had not heard of her before this but it is wonderful to see a character who is also not really a perfect fit for either world. I will have to look for more of her!
I loved reading the Manga when Vertical put it out. I gotta check out the anime version sometime. Lexie, 20, United States