Hanasekeru Seishounen

Written by RenjiWu09 on December 15, 2011 at 6:53 PM

Hanasakeru Seishounen is not the stereotypical shoujo with a heavily recycled heroine. Though it is romance oriented, it is very political and it is a story about growing up. The heroine of the story, Kajika Burnsworth, is a head strong girl who believes in the good in everyone and will not hesitate to take action if something is not morally right. Her father, Harry Burnsworth, challenges his daughter to a marriage game. Kajika must find out who the three suitors that her father chose and who she will choose to marry. However, this marriage game has an ulterior motive and strange ties to a distant kingdom known as Laginay.

Despite being only 14, Kajika is in fact a very mature girl though sometimes her childish behavior has her end up in bad situations. It is essentially a story of how Kajika matures into a young woman and how she learns to distinguish different forms of love. We also see other characters mature and change because of Kajika's influence. It is also a story involving politics because the kingdom of Laginay is experiencing turmoil with corruption among the chamberlains and a weak king that brings poverty and harm to his country. Kajika's appearance makes an important change with Laginay's politics and the marriage game unfolds.

This anime is a fun and exciting story. The characters are each unique and very real to the viewers. Viewers are also attracted to Kajika because her charisma often brings change to dangerous situations. The story has been well thought out with a reasonable chain of events playing out in sequence. There are friendships. There are rivalries. There are allies. There are enemies. I have to say that none of the episodes are wasting your time and the screenwriters did not drag out the story. I highly recommend this one even to people that don't typically like romance. There's really more to it.