Dame x Prince Anime Caravan

You might be like, why did I give this a ten? Well this anime speaks to me. I've always had a love hate relationship with harems. I hate them, but I always love parodies of harem. But none have done it quite as well as this anime. This was the perfect anime for me, and that's why I'm giving it a ten. This was a hilarious anime that got me laughing out loud, which is rare. Don't come into this anime looking for romance, you won't find any. But you will see a lovable MC and hilarious characters. They always seemed to come up withnew things to keep the reoccurring jokes funny, usually building off of them. The strangeness of the anime is apparent, but its a great ride.

This anime took me by the surprise! I expected it to be the typical romance anime with a heroine that everyone wants BUT instead i got a normal girl who can't believe wtf is happening, makes hilarious inside-the-brain choices that gets blurred out of her mouth and some ridiculously funny and relatable excuses and remarks. The princes are a bunch with super powers i'd say :D But not what you think. One has the power of Narcissism, other - the So-angelic-it-makes-your-spirit-leave-your-body power.... And not to mention the 3 guards with the confetti and the fans, plus the flying cat which almost always messes something up!Really, the story isn't a big deal. There's a bit of a treason going on behind the scenes but the characters are so out of themselves that you just continue watching the episodes to see them what will they come up with next. Love it xD

I'm absolutely shocked and outraged this anime got only a 6.62 rating on MAL at the time of this review. I can only explain it with two reasons: 1. People gave this a try and dropped it the moment they figured out it was a reverse harem. 2. The comedy just didn't work for them. Both of those reasons are fair in a way, you are free to not like reverse harems, even though I think they always come with an unfair prejudice I don't feel harem shows (generally directed to straight men) are subjected to the same treatment even if they can equal inshittiness at times; and comedy is subjective so obviously it can't always land. But if you go into this with an open mind and don't expect too much of a plot besides just having a good time, watching DamePri might be the best decision of the day you could possibly make. First of all, I'm an avid otome game fan and I can't deny I've been often displeased with otome games adaptations and a lot of reverse harems. Mostly lately it just feels the joy of making a good reverse harem (no matter the actual result) is dead, so it's way easier to push out all the ikemen idol shows and cliche otome game premises with absolutely zero effort. This is where DamePri shines. DamePri is fully self-aware of its genre, of its tropes, of its character stereotypes and definitely doesn't shy away from it, it glorifies it and exaggerates it tenfold, also sometimes breaking the 4th wall. Prince Narek is one of the best examples of this. Go figure his introduction is basically "You there, woman! I see you admiring my gloriousness!", then, upon the heroine's utmost confusion at this weird claim, soon followed by "OMG! how can she not know the magnificent beast that it is I..??! Oh i know! You're so struck that I made you lose your memories!" leaving everybody including me either shaking their heads in utter shame or laughing their asses off. I definitely reflected both of those states at the same time. Honestly I don't know about you, but that's peak comedy for me. Especially when the rest of the characters are equally exaggerated: the flirt, the childhood friend/knight, the pretty-as-a-flower-bishonen, the emo depressive shut-in sprinkled with the mysterious sadist and the rigid duty-is-all-that-matters older man. And it brings me to the heroine. If you are looking for competent heroines, LOOK NO MORE FOR YOUR WISH WAS GRANTED! Ani is everything that I wished for in a reverse harem/shoujo heroine. She can be nice and oblivious but also very smart and competent. She often acts as the straight-woman of the situation everytime she's surrounded by the quirky princes/nobles that make up the cast of love interests for this show. She thinks what any normal person would think when surrounded by, albeit very handsome, weirdos, who in any normal situation would be called creeps, if they just weren't part of a reverse harem lol. (maybe with the exception of Teo, Teo is an angel). And there is more! Don't dismiss DamePri as a just a comedy show that goes nowhere either, the characters have substance and go past their initial stereotypes, they have character arcs, they change and they evolve. By three quarters in you'll actually find yourself immersed in a story of betrayals, of loyalty, of friendship and what it means to take things in your own hands instead of remaining a passive bystander, either too preoccupied with one's selfish ego or too insecure to take a step by yourself without anybody else's control. I admit the pacing isn't always that good, some jokes do become old, especially if you binge this show, characters sometimes reach convenient conclusions at the right time, but as far as I'm regarded it is ultimately all justified and nothing could impede my enjoyment of this anime. In the end, it just doesn't have to be taken that seriously when it isn't taking itself that seriously either and giving it the benefit of the doubt when it tries to actually move things forward in a more serious manner. It is definitely one of the best reverse harem shows out there and seeing it being dismissed and this underrated hurts my soul. So I'm going to join the people that left mostly positive reviews for it in hope that it might persuade more people to check it out. Please, do check it out!

At first this looks like your typical bland, uninteresting romance anime but I must protest. And by any means I'm not a romance fan, actually it's very rare for me to like this genre (reverse harem in particular). But Dame x Prince proves that when you mix hilarious comedy (parody?) with bits of romantical clichés you can make something unique and enjoyable. Story is, well, nothing especial. Main character Ani, which is from small nation Inako, travels to sign peace-treaty with bigger nations Milidonia and Selenfalen. There she mets bunch of very weird princes and troubles begins. Most of the times its episodical but it linkstogether in the end. Character-wise its more better. Even though each prince has somewhat stereotypical trait (narciss, shota/bishounen, outlaw etc.) its crancked ad absurdum which makes it unbelievably funny. Narek is always concerned about his look to the point that he has trio of knights with mirrors and confetti folowing him everywhere. Luze is so cute and beautiful that people faint just by looking at him and Mea is shut-in weirdo obsessed with his anime idol. Suprisingly Ani is very realistic reverse harem protagonist. She is witnessing all the crazy stuff with personality of normal person, kinda like Haruhi from Ouran High School Host Club and that's makes her very likeable. Comedy and parody is huge in this. Ani has perfect deadpan remarks, it constantly makes fun of romance or reverse harem. It's just perfectly hilarious and most of the times unpredictable. So if you are bored of your typical romance with insta-love and naive heroines go watch this. It's extremely funny.

Merchandise

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