No, it's not an isekai, despite its ridiculously long title.
Summary:
If you want something romantic with Gintoki from Gintama, then this is your stop.
The title of the show is pretty self-explanatory, just as it happens with the shows based on light novels.
A noble girl has been betrayed by her family and meets a person who makes it his life goal to fix her broken soul.
There's nothing naughty, aside from a diabet-inducing amount of fluff and cuteness.
It's a perfect show for tired souls.
Okay, look, we're biased. Some of us who binged Gintama really want to see some romantic action from Gintoki. And if he takes the shape of a sarcastic guy with black-and-white hair then we're still gonna devour it happily. And we're not alone in that.
Here's a thing with Tomokazu Sugita, one of the prominent Japanese voice actors: he's been portraying Gintoki for 20 years and soon will be coming back as his alter-ego, Ginpachi-sensei, in an upcoming Gintama spin-off, and the majority of his roles don't really require him to strain that far away from the ridiculously curly Gintama protagonist in terms of voice acting. Or so it seems.
We're learning to love ridiculously long light novel titles
Sugita is one of the reasons to watch I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness (Konyaku Haki sareta Reijou wo Hirotta Ore ga, Ikenai Koto wo Oshiekomu). The title of the light novel that this show is based on is even longer: it adds the "I'll Spoil Her with Delicacies and Style to Make Her the Happiest Woman in the World!" part, which explains the plot perfectly.
It's the story of a girl who has been living in a golden cage, but then became unwanted and thrown away in the most soul-wrenching way possible. Charlotte Evans, voiced by Saori Hayami (Yor Forger in Spy x Family), was betrayed, abused, and hated, and as she wanders away from the family that deemed her worthless, she stumbles upon Allen Crawford, a misanthropic wizard who leads a hermit-like life, albeit pretty lush. Charlotte's story is extremely unfair, and Allen believes that it's his responsibility now to help her recover from what she endured. And he'll be helping her to do so by spoiling her rotten and teaching her to love herself.
Be naughty by being yourself!
The naughtiness in the title is deceiving; the only thing that can battle the overwhelming wholesomeness of this show this season is My New Boss Is Goofy (Atarashii Joushi Wa Do-Tennen). Being naughty, in Charlotte's book, means being able to stand up for herself, being allowed to have her own thoughts and wants and desires, having some agency, after all, which seems very novel for such a socially awkward character like her. Sure, there's a little mischief in the things Allen teaches Charlotte to enjoy — he's named Dark Lord for a reason — but nothing of the ecchi nature.
The show is extremely light-hearted and focuses more on the comedy aspect of romcom than romance, but the way the love blooms little by little in the daily interactions between Charlotte and Allen, how Charlotte slowly opens up and gains confidence under his guidance, is still ridiculously cute. And the ensemble cast, as it usually happens in romcoms, is more aware of that than the characters themselves.
There's nothing extremely innovative: just a nice pick-me-up story that may heal the hearts wounded by the daily routine of adult life. Feels like something some of us definitely need.
No, it's not an isekai, despite its ridiculously long title.
Summary:
If you want something romantic with Gintoki from Gintama, then this is your stop.
The title of the show is pretty self-explanatory, just as it happens with the shows based on light novels.
A noble girl has been betrayed by her family and meets a person who makes it his life goal to fix her broken soul.
There's nothing naughty, aside from a diabet-inducing amount of fluff and cuteness.
It's a perfect show for tired souls.
Okay, look, we're biased. Some of us who binged Gintama really want to see some romantic action from Gintoki. And if he takes the shape of a sarcastic guy with black-and-white hair then we're still gonna devour it happily. And we're not alone in that.
Here's a thing with Tomokazu Sugita, one of the prominent Japanese voice actors: he's been portraying Gintoki for 20 years and soon will be coming back as his alter-ego, Ginpachi-sensei, in an upcoming Gintama spin-off, and the majority of his roles don't really require him to strain that far away from the ridiculously curly Gintama protagonist in terms of voice acting. Or so it seems.
We're learning to love ridiculously long light novel titles
Sugita is one of the reasons to watch I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness (Konyaku Haki sareta Reijou wo Hirotta Ore ga, Ikenai Koto wo Oshiekomu). The title of the light novel that this show is based on is even longer: it adds the "I'll Spoil Her with Delicacies and Style to Make Her the Happiest Woman in the World!" part, which explains the plot perfectly.
It's the story of a girl who has been living in a golden cage, but then became unwanted and thrown away in the most soul-wrenching way possible. Charlotte Evans, voiced by Saori Hayami (Yor Forger in Spy x Family), was betrayed, abused, and hated, and as she wanders away from the family that deemed her worthless, she stumbles upon Allen Crawford, a misanthropic wizard who leads a hermit-like life, albeit pretty lush. Charlotte's story is extremely unfair, and Allen believes that it's his responsibility now to help her recover from what she endured. And he'll be helping her to do so by spoiling her rotten and teaching her to love herself.
Be naughty by being yourself!
The naughtiness in the title is deceiving; the only thing that can battle the overwhelming wholesomeness of this show this season is My New Boss Is Goofy (Atarashii Joushi Wa Do-Tennen). Being naughty, in Charlotte's book, means being able to stand up for herself, being allowed to have her own thoughts and wants and desires, having some agency, after all, which seems very novel for such a socially awkward character like her. Sure, there's a little mischief in the things Allen teaches Charlotte to enjoy — he's named Dark Lord for a reason — but nothing of the ecchi nature.
The show is extremely light-hearted and focuses more on the comedy aspect of romcom than romance, but the way the love blooms little by little in the daily interactions between Charlotte and Allen, how Charlotte slowly opens up and gains confidence under his guidance, is still ridiculously cute. And the ensemble cast, as it usually happens in romcoms, is more aware of that than the characters themselves.
There's nothing extremely innovative: just a nice pick-me-up story that may heal the hearts wounded by the daily routine of adult life. Feels like something some of us definitely need.
