I am restarting Saiunkoku Monogatari...
Sep. 4th, 2008 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieYup, the anime set in fantasy version of medieval China, whose heroine wants to become a civil servant (click on tag for more summaries).
I stopped a while back because I liked the characters, but there was too much world-building. But I can't help it! I simply must see more of Ryuuki, the Emperor, and the heroine's one-time husband. He is probably one of my Top 10 anime males, what with awesome sword skills, vanity, childish unworldliness, bi-ness, childhood from hell, a huge torch for Shuurei, cheerful energy, and awesome outfits.
Did they ever hook up? Please say yes. I mean, is she blind????? He saved her from assassins and is hot and she will be the most powerful woman in the Empire. Hello, girl, wake up!
Here is a shippy vid:
I am totally amused by how appropriate the song choice is, as it's from The Curse of the Golden Flower, where the imperial family is equally dysfunctional.
Heeee, I was reading more on Ryuuki's background and SQUEE of amusingness. I mean, I knew he was systematically abused by his mother and brothers when he was a kid and his older half-brother Seien was the only one who cared for him (and apparently threatened Ryuuki's mother to get her to stop), but apparently his mother was a former courtesan and the person who eventually killed her was Seien's mother. SQUEE. Who herself got executed for treason. I love the frelled-up imperial family.
Actually, I don't want to watch about Shuurei learning governance. I want to watch about the messed-up imperial family, much more, please. Thanks! It would be awesome. They could make teenage Seien the hero and give him some lady in waiting as an OTP. I don't want administrative info, I want dysfunction!
I stopped a while back because I liked the characters, but there was too much world-building. But I can't help it! I simply must see more of Ryuuki, the Emperor, and the heroine's one-time husband. He is probably one of my Top 10 anime males, what with awesome sword skills, vanity, childish unworldliness, bi-ness, childhood from hell, a huge torch for Shuurei, cheerful energy, and awesome outfits.
Did they ever hook up? Please say yes. I mean, is she blind????? He saved her from assassins and is hot and she will be the most powerful woman in the Empire. Hello, girl, wake up!
Here is a shippy vid:
I am totally amused by how appropriate the song choice is, as it's from The Curse of the Golden Flower, where the imperial family is equally dysfunctional.
Heeee, I was reading more on Ryuuki's background and SQUEE of amusingness. I mean, I knew he was systematically abused by his mother and brothers when he was a kid and his older half-brother Seien was the only one who cared for him (and apparently threatened Ryuuki's mother to get her to stop), but apparently his mother was a former courtesan and the person who eventually killed her was Seien's mother. SQUEE. Who herself got executed for treason. I love the frelled-up imperial family.
Actually, I don't want to watch about Shuurei learning governance. I want to watch about the messed-up imperial family, much more, please. Thanks! It would be awesome. They could make teenage Seien the hero and give him some lady in waiting as an OTP. I don't want administrative info, I want dysfunction!
