An impressive anime, unfortunately, does end up coming short in several crucial aspects.
Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts spoilers ahead!
So, Sacrificial Princess & The King of Beasts has just aired its season finale, and everyone who has been watching the show is now left with a rather peculiar question. How good was it actually? Don’t get us wrong — it surely was an enjoyable watch for as long as it lasted, but the finale did leave us a bit confused. Let us explain why.
First of all, the show, and especially its ending, do have an incredibly strong and pleasant ‘feel good’ vibe to them. It is all about love and it has always been. All the troubles that both Set and Leonhart face throughout their arcs were born out of it — either out of lack of it or out of its misunderstanding. Ultimately all that they (and Sariphi) want is to just feel cherished and loved for who they are. And this is exactly what the ending gives them, allowing Leonhart to metaphorically reclaim his parents' love and to ‘transfer’ it to his and Sariphi’s own child, making the boy feel valued not being a prince and an heir, but simply for being their child.
But this is also where the troubles begin as, while allocating enough time to properly complete the journey of Leonhart and Sariphi, the show does kind of fumble the ending of Set’s arc. Set’s much anticipated downfall and destruction happen not just quickly, but way too quickly — especially for such a powerful being, who at a certain point nearly had all the kingdom wrapped around his finger.
And not only does the anime send Set off way too hastily, it also, to add insult to injury, fails to properly explain the motivation of the character, making it seem like everything that Set has done was simply about power while in reality things were much more complicated than that. The finale could have turned out to be much more satisfying if it had done Set justice putting a much stronger emphasis on his inner conflict — the desire to feel loved, the weight of his birthright et cetera.
In the end, we would probably say that the anime was a faithful adaptation of the original manga but it did end up coming short in a couple of crucial aspects and it, unfortunately, does sour the taste of the whole thing.
An impressive anime, unfortunately, does end up coming short in several crucial aspects.
Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts spoilers ahead!
So, Sacrificial Princess & The King of Beasts has just aired its season finale, and everyone who has been watching the show is now left with a rather peculiar question. How good was it actually? Don’t get us wrong — it surely was an enjoyable watch for as long as it lasted, but the finale did leave us a bit confused. Let us explain why.
First of all, the show, and especially its ending, do have an incredibly strong and pleasant ‘feel good’ vibe to them. It is all about love and it has always been. All the troubles that both Set and Leonhart face throughout their arcs were born out of it — either out of lack of it or out of its misunderstanding. Ultimately all that they (and Sariphi) want is to just feel cherished and loved for who they are. And this is exactly what the ending gives them, allowing Leonhart to metaphorically reclaim his parents' love and to ‘transfer’ it to his and Sariphi’s own child, making the boy feel valued not being a prince and an heir, but simply for being their child.
But this is also where the troubles begin as, while allocating enough time to properly complete the journey of Leonhart and Sariphi, the show does kind of fumble the ending of Set’s arc. Set’s much anticipated downfall and destruction happen not just quickly, but way too quickly — especially for such a powerful being, who at a certain point nearly had all the kingdom wrapped around his finger.
And not only does the anime send Set off way too hastily, it also, to add insult to injury, fails to properly explain the motivation of the character, making it seem like everything that Set has done was simply about power while in reality things were much more complicated than that. The finale could have turned out to be much more satisfying if it had done Set justice putting a much stronger emphasis on his inner conflict — the desire to feel loved, the weight of his birthright et cetera.
In the end, we would probably say that the anime was a faithful adaptation of the original manga but it did end up coming short in a couple of crucial aspects and it, unfortunately, does sour the taste of the whole thing.
