Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (light novel)
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Average 4.2
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| Definitely getting a bit of adventure and fantasy vibes for this so far. We got to see bits of Ann's past but I felt bad that she lost her mother at such a young age. On the other hand, I'm glad to see that she is following her own dream. Ann seems to be somewhat of an airhead but I find her personality amusing in this show so far. Animation quality looks decent, and fits for this show's setting imo. |
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| Novelist Miri Mikawa's completed 17-volume LN series, I see the worry that this is only gonna be 12/13 episodes (which turned out to be true). This is the life of 15-year-old Anne Halford, being wed (but pitied on) to Jonas Anders as the heir of a candy shop, but rather making a life of her very own: to be a silver sugar master in Lewiston. The relationship between humans and fairies is notorious being in a master-servant way with a fairy's wing akin to their heart as a way of obedience, but to Anne, that's not how she was brought up by her now deceased mother. Looking for a warrior fairy for her endeavors (which are majorly difficult to handle), she finds one: Shall Fen Shall, who is one but having a foul mouth, calling Anne a scarecrow and telling her to purchase him. On the way to Lewiston, having Shall be her escort, she wears worries on her heart putting the reality that both humans and fairies can be friends, and Shall thinks that Anne is foolish, though he's not wrong at initial thought. For the Scarecrow, reality swears at her face thinking that she's a fool, and yet, still promising that she will return Shall his wing once the escort duty is done. To make matters worse, encountering a group of bandits doesn't help, and Shall has that Ikemen feel that Anne would not concede to, but when he displays his power, she realizes that she's bought someone who's a tour de force to be reckoned with. Minori Suzuki's OP is as its name implies: Musical, with magic. A good start, though how this adaptation will be done is still up in airs. |
KANLen09Jan 6, 2023 6:30 AM
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| Omg, I love this. Finally something new and refreshing. |
| Pretty impressive first episode, beautiful and the premise is interesting. |
| Loving this so far. Can't wait for the next episode! |
| Signature. |
| Source readers, help me out here, that wing is not stopping him from just overpowering her (or flat out killing her) what am I missing here? |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| It is impossible for a complete light novel adaptation which is 17 volumes to fit in 12 episodes. Again they cut many material. Very sad. |
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| I'm not familiar with the source material, and this one came as a surprise to me. From the title I'd expected it to be heavy on the cute girls doing cute things and slice of life vibes, but the slavery element and beauty of the animation puled my emotions to attention throughout this first episode. I gather from others' comments that it's likely big chunks of the source will be compromised, but as a standalone episode, this first one is exceptional. I'll definitely tune in for more cute girl making sweet things and violent fairy warrior slaughtering unsavory bandits. |
| Rushed? I don't feel like anything is rushed in the slightest from this episode but oh dear, they're adapting 17 volumes in 12 episodes or is this a joke really lol? Anyways this episode is one of the better animation, I kinda like it probably with the whole magical fairies type of premise just keeps me looking forward to the overall adventure, they had enough explanation about fairies life force within their wing properties thus serving humans . Anne wants to be like her mother, yeah everyone wants to be in either or not the same footprint as their parents as for pursuing in a long-term. Kinda curious w the romance between her and Challe, this guy is kinda mysterious other than he has been experienced in serving humans. |
| Excellent debut episode. It has good direction, fantastic soundtrack and charismatic protagonists. |
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| I kinda like the story that have fairy tale story, Quite nice change of theme from your regular anime. The Episode was good in my opinion with nice relaxing story that have pretty dark aspect in there, but I kinda hope they flexing the story more deep with Ann and her mother life before jump into current time. But, Hope episode have more time to Ann and Shall with Flashback here and there. |
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| We have a complete Mary Sue protagonist, which is not a good sign. I guess it will be her edgy slave, who will develop in her stead. |
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| So warm and cozy story. I like it so much! My only pity that only 12 episodes will air. They should at leasrt make 24-26. |
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| I wonder if this will be a fast-paced adaption, given how many episodes this one will have...and I recall reading the manga adaption had only two volumes and didn't cover all light novels. I kind of hope this adaption will end where the manga ended, but the opening hints it'll go beyond that. Well, as long as the anime will make sense in its course, I think it'll be fine even if the pacing would be too fast. After all, we've way too many series where are a lot of just 'dead moments'. The first episode looked very promising. I liked the soft color palette. The backgrounds looked a bit odd, because the watercolor style, but since this is supposed to be 'fairy tale', I suppose it's fine. |
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| J.C. Staff is doing a good job so far. This has the most exciting direction from this seasons line up. The premise and the master x fairy dynamic feel fresh. Or rather said I enjoy slave dom x master sub. Really hope it won't lose it's charm and that we won't rush through the story. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Dark horse of winter 2023. 5/5 |
| Pretty good first episode. The visuals are beautiful. And relationship between Anne and Shall kinda reminded me of Shinei and Lena's relationship during the first few episodes of 86. |
| Me ha parecido precioso. Mis dieces *^* |
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| I like Ann's character design, especially the coloring of her dress ♡ it has all my favorite colors. Maybe it's because this is shoujo so the coloring uses pastel colors which are very soft and give a sweet impression. I remember last season's Mushikaburi-hime also used pastel colors but this Sugar Apple Fairy Tale has an even softer tone. Loved it! It feels like it's been quite a while since I watched romance shoujo where I like the female lead more than the male lead.. I hope Ann can arrive at her destination safely and participates in the competition. I really like the OP!! Hearing it immediately reminds me of Barbie (or Princess) songs. What comes to my mind is Barbie as The Princess and The Pauper, hahaha. Edit: Just rewatching this. I think this might be the anime I've been looking for and waiting for the past 2 years. Yup, if the quality stays this good and even better until the last episode then this will be my aots. I think I really missed something sweet and gentle with likeable characters. Thank you J.C. Staff for adapting this :") I'm totally in love. Gonna find the LN now. |
hanakocheeksJan 6, 2023 10:35 PM
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| I liked this one a lot, cute character designs, lovely color palette and an interesting premise, a nice contrast with how discriminating and violent that world is. |
| Can tell that this is gonna be the Kokyuu no karasu of this season. Absolutely love the MC and Shall’s dynamic, banter and synergy. The art style is very cute, voice acting is great and the story is a very wholesome and noble one. Hype |
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LostSpectre said: Source readers, help me out here, that wing is not stopping him from just overpowering her (or flat out killing her) what am I missing here? I read the manga many years ago, so I don’t 100% know. But these are my three guesses: Guess 1: (the most reasonable guess) If he attempts to steal the wing and he fails, (aka fails harder than his attempt to steal it from her in the first episode) he may be worried she’ll “drop the act” and end up squeezing his wing to hurt him... or worse. He can’t trust her at this point, even despite her claims to try to be his friend. Guess 2: As much as an ass as he acts, he wouldn’t stoop so low as to outright kill a young defenseless girl, even if it was for his freedom. Guess 3: (probably the actual answer) This is a Shoujo romance anime. The eventual power of LOVE will conquer all and therefore there’s no way he’d threaten to hurt his future wife 🥰 All in all, just enjoy the ride and look forward to the happiness as well as the feels that will come in the future too! 🤗 |
| I wish more people watched Chobits. |
| really like this so far and excited to see how the relationship between challe and ann evolves |
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| really nice first ep. The artwork is really nice aswell |
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| Favourite opening episode of the season so far. I have high hopes for this show. |
| Quantum ille canis est in fenestra |
| Ah, just what I've been looking for, needed something to fill that a 70+ year old man falls in love with 15yo girl niche, and this seems just the thing XP In all seriousness thought, this was a solid first episode, fairly new to shojo anime, but of the few I've seen, it's been a surprising enjoyable genre to get into. The fairy dynamic definitely adds a touch of spice to a typical romance, so I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops. |
Jackson1333Jan 6, 2023 2:59 PM
| This show looks pretty good aesthetic-wise, with good background art perfect for a "fairy tale" type of story, though the themes are a bit questionable, with the slavery aspect along with the romance which seems just a bit forced. Not my favourite premiere episode of the season by any stretch, but it has potential and I enjoyed it a decent amount. |
Skoorb said: I decided to just read the LN myself, there's at least an explanation for why he waited until night to try and take it from her, which was absent in the anime. After that point it can only be assumed that he decides to stick around and let her hold onto his wing for the time being, but despite the fact he can take it back at any time, that won't stop him from giving her a hard time over their master/servant relationship. I think I would have been fine with everything in the LN, but the anime doesn't give much of any justification for how things played out so far. LostSpectre said: Source readers, help me out here, that wing is not stopping him from just overpowering her (or flat out killing her) what am I missing here? I read the manga many years ago, so I don’t 100% know. But these are my three guesses: Guess 1: (the most reasonable guess) If he attempts to steal the wing and he fails, (aka fails harder than his attempt to steal it from her in the first episode) he may be worried she’ll “drop the act” and end up squeezing his wing to hurt him... or worse. He can’t trust her at this point, even despite her claims to try to be his friend. Guess 2: As much as an ass as he acts, he wouldn’t stoop so low as to outright kill a young defenseless girl, even if it was for his freedom. Guess 3: (probably the actual answer) This is a Shoujo romance anime. The eventual power of LOVE will conquer all and therefore there’s no way he’d threaten to hurt his future wife 🥰 All in all, just enjoy the ride and look forward to the happiness as well as the feels that will come in the future too! 🤗 |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| This is SO promising and I'm glad to finally have something to watch as unique as this. This anime is right up my alley, the art is gorgeous and the characters are absolutely beautiful!! I love it so much already |
| He could have easily snatched away his wing from her anytime, why was he waiting for her to sleep!? |
Priya080929 said: Nobody said that it's just their assumption.Memores said: It is impossible for a complete light novel adaptation which is 17 volumes to fit in 12 episodes. Again they cut many material. Very sad. Who said they're going to finish the whole 17 volumes in one season? are they really? |
| Interesting shoujo anime. Ann is stupidly cute. Wasn't expecting the random darkness of the whole fairy wing/slavery/torture thing but heyyy. also that damn cg horse is distracting. |
| Already with a bunch of contrived shoujo nonsense, at least the setting is interesting, probably the only it's got going for it at the moment. |
Priya080929 said: Memores said: It is impossible for a complete light novel adaptation which is 17 volumes to fit in 12 episodes. Again they cut many material. Very sad. Who said they're going to finish the whole 17 volumes in one season? are they really? I think so. ZXEAN said: Priya080929 said: Nobody said that it's just their assumption.Who said they're going to finish the whole 17 volumes in one season? are they really? Yes, it is only my thoughts. It would be great to watch the second season. Hope that they make it! |
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uncleqrow said: The manga was pretty good, and the animation in the first episode looks beautiful. Without a doubt this will remain underrated, but I hope it gets success.Potential dark horse for Winter '23 anyone? I mean not many ppl actually expect much from the title, but the 1st EP did delivers.... A trait for dark horse titles. |
| That was nice! the ambience was really fairy tale-like especially with the help of OST...hmmm let's see... 4/5. |
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