It's that tenacity where she feels like she's lost at times, though her comeback will vary since people MUST act like in a complete Shoujo environment of wavering feelings and decisions made that could affect her fiancee as well. And that is Elianna's Achilles Heel: with her presence almost being equal that of a wandering ghost trying to play catch-up with the kingdom's numerous political issues, whilst remaining close to her heart about the way that she would handle things. To be fair, I think that Christopher and Elianna's relationship is just about what you expect from a completely Shoujo work: the crown prince and his princess, there's so much uncertainty that's riding with the tumultuous commotion of the kingdom and going along with it, the not-yet husband-and-wife duo must act coordinated and soundly to ensure that their kingdom doesn't fall in pieces. Being a bibilophile and a bookworm herself, after being engaged with Christopher Selkirk Ashelard, the crown prince of the kingdom, Elianna chooses to house herself in Sauslind's royal library just for the added perks of being able to access the royal archives and read all day long, which consequently earns the ire of many others in the kingdom's walls and labelling her as a phony fiancé: someone who completely ignores the happenings and proceedings, and most importantly, the crown prince Christopher himself to his own devices.
This is because Elianna is not just your typical girl: she is known as the Bibilophile Princess, coming from a family of bibilophiles and is a family heirloom of national treasures that benefit the Kingdom as the "brains of Sauslind", but choosing to be politically neutral in the sight of conflict. And this also being another Syosetu title, it's definitely surprising to find a fair few stories that isn't the Isekai Reincarnation kind.Īs is with Shoujo anime, think of it as like the past glories of Kaichou wa Maid-sama! and the closest example being that of Ouran Koukou Host Club a.k.a Ouran High School Host Club, but with the show's premise being pretty much like Akatsuki no Yona a.k.a Yona of the Dawn or Akagami no Shirayuki-hime a.k.a Snow White with the Red Hair, only except that the female MC Elianna Bernstein, is like Honzuki's Myne in every regard. time and resource justified to make new Shoujo anime anymore to appease the minority.īut still, when people try, we at least get something that stands out from the rest of the typical copy-paste blurb that we've seen of both the Shonen and Isekai genres, and that's how we get novelist Yui's Mushikaburi-hime a.k.a Bibilophile Princess. One such particular demographic that you don't see get targeted much is the Shoujo genre, that with shows like the recently completed re-adaptation of Fruits Basket and the currently ongoing Tokyo Mew Mew New, there isn't the Such is the genres of focus being cash cows for everyone involved, diving deep into the Shonen and Isekai genres, because let's be honest: Japan's surplus for works like these haven't stopped and will keep on coming like Truck-kun banging just right outside of everyone's doors. It's almost a given that with the current landscape that anime is today, certain things will just get left behind in time. 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. When she notices Christopher's interactions with another girl, she presumes that the days she spends with him will soon reach an end.
To this day, Elianna firmly believes that her engagement is void of romantic sentiment.
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.
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But instead of being called a bookworm, she is known as the Bibliophile Princess.įour 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. Elianna Bernstein, daughter of a baron of the Sauslind Kingdom, is no different. For generations, the Bernstein family has been recognized as a house of nobles who favor books over everything else.
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