Review of Princess Resurrection

I'm not quite sure what I expected from this series when I decided to watch it. I knew it wouldn't be amazing but I was curious. Story: There is a plot. It's not very developed and rarely talked about but it's there. The main character named Hiro dies in the first episode by pushing Hime out of danger and getting crushed by pipes. He is then resurrected via Hime granting him half-immortality. He has to constantly refuel his life by taking in this flame that Hime makes. So he basically works for her as a servant since without the flame he'll die in a certainamount of time. Hime is the daughter of the king of monsters and the king has x amount of children who are all fighting for the throne except Hime because she doesn't care. The problem is that the number of siblings is never revealed and you only see maybe 3 of them besides Hime. The creator could've at least told us how many there were. The manga is far from finished so there could be more seasons. Unfortunately, it doesn't really go anywhere. Each episode basically revolves around a hired assassin trying to take Hime's life, then she defeats them somehow. Only a few episodes seem plot-related involving the other siblings showing up or some other recurring villain.

Art: I'd like to give it a higher score because at times it looks really well-done. However, if you pay more attention, the animation isn't that great. They have some way of cheating to make it look decent. Can't describe it but you'd notice if you checked this show out. Also, there's fighting but you don't see much motion. Like you'll see a character swing a sword but the next frame shows the sword already hitting the opponent. That's kind of a sloppy way to do fight scenes.

Sound: I really like the songs for the opening and ending of the show. I'm not a fan of Ali Project but I thought the ending song they did here was pretty good. As for the background track, it's nothing really special. I can't remember any songs that stood out or sounded really good. The voices weren't terrible to listen to. Reiri's voice took some getting used to. At first I didn't think the voice fit her character. It was a good voice but it took me a few episodes to like it alongside her character. Kawasumi Ayako does a fine job with the poker face-type character of Hime. She voiced Saber after all so it works.

Character: Sigh...

Hiro - One of, if not the worst main characters I have seen from an anime that I watched more than a few episodes of. He's supposed to be one of these carbon copy male characters who have good qualities and is supposed to be an all around nice guy roped into a dumb situation. Okay, that's fine since we've all gotten used to it but I'm tired of him being useless in this series. He doesn't do anything comedic and for a show with fighting, he isn't much of a help there either. He'll either pick up a random household object and swing it around or take hits for Hime. I'm tired of talking about him, moving on...

Hime - She's kind of an interesting character, probably the best one in this show. She acts indifferent towards everything but she's also sympathetic and kind though you could never tell from her face. What I don't like is her confidence while fighting. Every time she fights, she acts like she has everything under control but it's annoying because she doesn't seem any more powerful than Hiro. Despite being the daughter of the king of monsters she displays no powers other than being able to give others half-immortality. She does seem to be pretty good with a sword I guess. You usually see her run around with some random weapon like a mace, a chainsaw, a baseball bat. It's a wonder how she's lived through this war for the throne but the plot requires her to survive so there you go.

Riza - I really didn't care much for this character. She was there for fanservice and kind of protecting Hiro and Hime. She doesn't even seem all that good at fighting. Overall she was boring to watch unless she was interacting with Reiri.

Reiri - Um... I liked her voice? I wish she would've done more in the series other than run away. She rarely fights despite being a powerful character (According to the manga anyway) and when she uses wooden stakes as kunai, the animators used that lame technique where you see her throw it and the next frame shows the enemy with the stake already in him. Yeah, the show could've used her more. I liked her more than Riza.

The rest - Hiro has a big-breasted sister that also works for Hime who is pretty stupid and clueless about everything. Hime likes the tea and food she makes though... Then there's Flandre the android who belongs to Hime. All she does is say "Huga" and use super strength to fight. The "Huga" wasn't that irritating until more androids showed up and they all said it. Forget the other characters, I don't really care. Although I will mention the hospital director for being super annoying. Worst character in the show and I hate when he appears. He has this obnoxious voice and he's so creepy. Ugh... The opponent in episode 8 I really wish I could erase from my mind as well.

Enjoyment - To be honest, I didn't watch all the episodes in order. After sitting through maybe 8 of them I looked up summaries and watched the interesting ones first or whichever ones seemed plot-related. Then I went back to check out the ones I didn't care as much about. Episode 7 was terrible and 8 was beyond creepy. Really disliked seeing those.

The anime is very different from the manga. A lot of blood is cut out and the stories were altered for content. I can understand why on some of the things. Like Hiro's foot getting cut clean off, Reiri's leg torn off and something I don't want to talk about since it's a spoiler in the manga.

This show definitely had potential to be a harem-ish comedy. To be honest, I would've liked it if they took some notes from... Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. That's right, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. In that manga, they're always throwing each other in front of attacks then blood gushes out of Jelly Jiggler of all things. Ridiculous but instead of the stupid deaths Hiro goes through, I'd rather have someone pitch Hiro in front of attacks in that style several times, then follow up with him falling on the ground with spiral eyes. He's immortal so they could've done so much stupid stuff with him that might've gotten laughs out of the viewers.

Final thoughts, I didn't hate Princess Resurrection. It was pretty tolerable. With anime that are new to me that turn out underwhelming, I can safely say that I have seen worse. Is this show for you? Well, the ending isn't great. They slapped a terrible non-canon scene at the end which was a pain to watch because it was just stupid. You'll surely be disappointed at the ending. The characters are a hit or miss. Some people find them bland and boring, some find them acceptable and okay. Anyway, if you get the premise of the "plot" go look up episode summaries and watch the cool ones. That's what I recommend. Watch the rest if you're bored.

Thank you for reading my review. Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Hope this helped.