Greetings to all anime lovers, recently I saw a post from the administrator of this community where he told us about the low levels of community participation, it is something that seemed a bit sad to me, although I do not consider myself the greatest connoisseur of anime or manga, I feel that in my life I have had many pleasant moments thanks to some anime, either in my childhood or in my adulthood, currently my six-year-old son watches Naruto with me and I am happy to be able to have that small space of complicity between my son and me, however, there are few occasions when I could watch an anime just to distract myself for a while, so I am very pleased that my friend @yetsimar recommended me this anime called The Ancient Magus Bride (Mahō Tsukai no Yome), she knows my tastes and knew that I might like this type of story, so I share with you my impressions about this anime and the reasons why I liked it so much.
The story of the anime revolves around a girl named Shise, she is 15 years old, she is from Japan and was born with the ability to see magical creatures, these creatures can be harmless and there are also some that you should be careful of because they can make you sick. damage, anyway both good and bad can shorten Shise's life due to exposure to magic, her family takes care of her while she is little but soon things will happen that will affect her future, her father abandons her and her mother commits suicide , all this spiral of tragic events make the poor girl not find her place in the world, she feels abandoned and creates in her mind a detachment from life, to the point of not wanting to continue living, but she accepts a proposal to be sold at an auction where a strange man with an animal skull face buys her for an extraordinary sum of money, this man named Elias is a magician who buys her to be his apprentice and wife.
There are many remarkable things in this anime in my opinion, on the one hand both Shise and Elias have a good character development, both change or rather grow as things happen, at the beginning Shise is shown as a very vulnerable girl who is completely dependent on of what his "owner" tells him to do and learn, with a deteriorated state of health he does not seem to care much about putting himself at risk when necessary, but at the same time he is developing independence in his decisions, being aware of his decision to damage his body for the use of magic is something she does for the beings she appreciates, however she has an internal struggle at the same time, because what at first seemed like a sacrifice or retribution towards the others who have kept her alive, It is becoming like a brave personal decision.
On the other hand, the character of Elias seems charming to me, at first he sees us as a fearsome-looking character but who treats Shise in a kind and paternal way, but little by little he begins to feel more curious about understanding human feelings, he develops in To some extent, a relationship of emotional codependency with Chise but that must be overcome, he also has an internal fight against his own impulses, being a creature that is not complete.
I really like that the anime shows different scenarios, Shise is from Japan but when Elias buys her he takes her to England, from there they can visit the world of fairies which is something completely different, they also go to Iceland where they find the land of the dragons, I really like that traditional elements of Norse mythology are used in the anime story, such as dragons, fairies and also festivities such as Yule.
Aesthetically speaking, the drawing of the characters is very beautiful, and I also understand that the animation studio is Wit Studio, of which I have very good references, for being in charge of making the first seasons of Attack on Titan and Raking the Kings. I hope that if you have not seen this anime, give it a chance and you will see that it is very interesting, cute and well animated.
Espero les haya gustado. Les invito a leer mis próximas publicaciones y siempre estaré dispuesta a responder sus preguntas y comentarios, también pueden seguirme y contactarme en cualquiera de mis redes sociales. ¡Muchas gracias!
I hope you liked it. I invite you to read my next publications and I will always be willing to answer your questions and comments, you can also follow me and contact me on any of my social networks. Thank you!