Review of The World is Still Beautiful

Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii. A great romance anime. This was an anime I was really looking forward to, but I waited until it finished airing. I'm just not patient enough to wait for a whole week every time after watching just one episode. Never mind, I'll start my review: Story 10/10 The story is about Nike, the fourth princess of the rain kingdom. As she lost a rock-paper-scissors match to her sisters, she has to go to the sun kingdom and marry the king. When she arrives, she finds out the king is a kid. But that apart, the king has a very closed personnality and orderspeople around. Nike, who often gets frustrated about it, tries to change him. Through the episodes, you will see how they will grow to each other, and a romance story will develop.
Personnally, I thought the story was original, because I haven't really seen a story like this before. Of course, someone gets married of, but most of those story's are about a guy who is older than the main girl. And this is different in this story.

Art 9/10
The art was good, it was realistic and it fitted the characters. I liked the way everything looked, their emotions were well shown and there was also attention paid to the surroundings. I thought it was pretty well done.

Sound 9/10
I thought the voices fitted the characters very well, there were no annoying voices or sounds in this anime (thank god). I also liked the opening and ending song, as well as Nike's own song when she calls forth the rain.

Character 10/10
Because there are two main characters I will just talk about them:
Nike: I already said she is the forth princess of the rain kingdom, well, if you can really call it a kingdom. But never mind that. She speaks her mind and cares a lot about others. She is also troubled by Livius' behavior and he slowly opens up to her. She is brave, and doesn't change her mind when she wants to achieve something.
Livius: I have no idea how old he is, but het acts like he is the same age as Nike, maybe even older. In the beginning, he is stiff, a workaholic and doesn't want ayone to say a word against him. Except from his mother, he doesn't really see anybody as his family. In the beginning, he finds Nike annoying and doesn't want her interfering with stuff. However, he gradually loosens up a bit, begins to trust Nike and wants to protect her.

I thought both main characters where great, they stand up for themselves and for each other. They 'fight' pretty much, but that's just funny to watch. I definitely loved the way how they began to trust each other more. There relationship develops trough the episodes. Of course they have some trials to go through. It's not just an anime with a lot of happiness, then I would probably have thought it was to sweet.

Enjoyment 10/10
As I think you already can see it through what I said earlier, I really enjoyed this anime. It got me addicted, so I kept watching. It has a fantasy element because Nike can do something special. Also this makes the story original. And of course, I'll say it again, I liked the romance, it was cute in it's own way. I was actually pretty glad that, even though Livius was still a boy, he didn't act like he was one. Well, he got trough a lot of grief so that made him act like that. Anyway, I enjoyed this anime really much.

Overall 10/10
Yeah, I know, I know, I didn't give all the categories a 10, but still, I give the overall a 10. As someone who's fond of romance animes, I really enjoyed this anime. I had high expectations and they came true. So if you like romance animes with a small fantasy toutch, this really is an anime you should watch.

I really hope my review helped you a bit, you should watch this anime. Don't hestitate, just watch it. That's all I can say. I loved it. I hope you will too.