Story:
To go straight off to my point about the difference between Princess Lover and other harems is that it had a story. Something I really want to focus on is the protagonist, Arima Teppei. Arima Teppei and his grandfather were probably the ones that snatched all the meaningful quotes in the entire anime. The anime studios has become so corrupt, the"typical" harems today have become, "the girls have big boobs, but the story is crap, but girls have big boobs.". Indeed I am nuts for 2D girls like many of us here, but I really disagree with such nonsense. In a harem field, having unique and attractive girls should be a given. There are just never ending list of girls that can be in a harem field and I have seen that much of it. Harems are no longer about how attractive the girls are, but what will make it different from other harems are the protagonist. There can just be so many fan-services in harems, but if the main character sits, so does the story.
Now, Princess Lover didn't have such amazing story, but the fact is, it did have one. The author was writing with a purpose and he did have a message that he wanted to share with the audience. The one that will fulfill this will be done by Teppei. I think it is about time harem animes change their ways a little about having pretty dominant and stable protagonist, because he still is the main focus and the story moves on based off of him. Not only that, but he is representing the author's ultimate message. What are harem authors doing these days?
It did lack motions in action scenes, so I wouldn't say it was super actiony, but it did have action moments and it's thrills. Starting from the first episode, like all the other action movies and animes, it would constantly jump to here and there with such inconstant events. While continuing with the story, they definitely don't miss out with the fan-services and the comedies. and ofc the jiggly boobies for all the ecchi fans.
art:
The art of Princess Lover was probably the best part of the anime. But it is something a studio can't miss out when producing a ecchi anime. The character designs for all the girls and even the adults suit them very well. It took me a while to realize, I was kind of disgusted with Teppei's character design. It wasn't all that bad tho.
sound:
I really don't even remember sounds in this anime. I rushed through it, skipped all openings and endings, and barely bothered to listen to the music. The only music that caught my attention was in the very last episode, which really was out of place... In the very last scene... YEA. you all know what the hell i'm talking about. They just couldn't find a suitable music for the last epic scene. It totally killed Teppei's awesome speech for that blonde guy, whatever his name was.
character:
The girls of this anime were just like every other harem anime girls. nothing special. Just a maid, and 3 rich girls. Although I don't mind the girls being typical harem girls, Teppei was best. The speeches he gave during the most dramatic moments for the girls was very encouraging and acceptable. Many other harem animes disappoint me when the protagonist gives crappy speech as if it was something so great... Even if it was great, the character would drop back to zero as if his life lesson just went past, and became history. Teppei didn't lose nor forget the things he learned throughout the story, and he even said some great stuff in the last scene. ahh words are good stufff. :')
Enjoyment:
I enjoyed the anime. cause i like harem, and tsundere services, with princesses and maid girls :) and bouncing boobs. anything more? oh and it did have great settings and some of the episodes felt like mission impossible or something. Some serious action stuff in this anime. I was pretty surprised.
Yea.. I'm getting lazy with the review, and i basically said what i wanted to say. It was one of the good harems I've watched, but the problem probably laid on how it was directed. I don't fault the seiyuus but the anime wasn't all the professional overall.
Harems don't always have to be 1 guy + 20million girls with no story. but I'll cope with it and wait until the day, someone comes to realization of the failures in the harems being produced today. I await the day for this someone.
