While initially the story seeks to follow Marie Antoinette over time it switches over to following a new and original protagonist, Oscar Francois de Jarjayes who is a woman born to a man who wants a son so desperately that he raises his daughter as a man. She is the template every single bifauxnen follows for the next fifty years. She is a strong, determined, highly androgynous woman who undergoes massive character development across the forty something episodes. Turning from a loyal soldier of the French aristocrats to a leader of the French Revolution all while dealing with the ramifications of how she was raised and her role in this world.
With its age it can be a little bit... Speed Racer in the way it is shot but frankly that just increases the charm. It's a product of its time aesthetically and for the best. The old timey anime charm enhances its appeal.
