Anime Watch: Princess Princess

Today I have just started watching an older anime series titled Princess Princess. The moment I started watching, it got me hooked as the plot is very interesting and the characters are very funny.

The story revolves around a beautiful boy, Toru Kouno, who has just transferred to an all-boys school. He thought it would be a good school for himself but there's an interesting side to the school's culture.

There's a tradition whereby extremely pretty boys are selected to become a Princess in their first year. The reason being that this would make the dull school life much more livelier and since the first year boys have yet to mature, they would be able to wear those frilly girly costumes. Only first year boys will be considered for the Princess role.

When Toru entered the school, there were already two Princesses around. The blonde guy, a.k.a. the Western Princess, is Yuujiro Shihoudani. The bright pink haired guy, a.k.a. the Eastern Princess, is Mikoto Yutaka. They are so named due to their respective dorm rooms' locations.

Toru becomes Yuujiro's roommate and is soon selected to become a Princess after he joined the school. Being a Princess has many benefits which include getting 30 meal coupons every month, free schoolbooks, free school clothes, free school shoes, etc. You name it and it is most likely to be free.

However being a Princess also means another different thing. They will have to work in order to get their benefits. Work can range from cheering for all the school's clubs whenever they have competitions, dressing up for functions or even participate in a photograhpy session which charges students for each photo they buy. Some of these money also become the Princess' pocket money.

Out of the three, only Mikoto is strongly against being a Princess. However once you have been selected, you can't turn it down. Otherwise you will lose credit points for your studies.

Being a Princess means taking up quite a lot of time so whenever they are engaged in Princess activities, they are always excused and their absence won't show up in their attendance records.

So far I am watching up to episode 4 so there might be more twists in the plot later on. I am certainly looking forward to the rest of the episodes as it's such a hilarious anime and the boys are really beautifully drawn as well. Plus when they are dressed up as girls, they really look like girls. ^o^

Below are some pictures which I found from using Google and they are not my copyrights either. Click on the pictures to get a better resolution.

From left to right: Mikoto, Toru and Yuujiro

From left: Yuujiro, Toru and Mikoto, dressing up as girls

For now, it is revealed that Mikoto has a secret girlfriend and he doesn't want his girlfriend to know of his Princess job. When the summer vacation arrived, he was the only Princess to go home, presumably to meet his girlfriend.

There are many funny scenes in the anime and if I have the time, I might try to post them up for sharing too. =D

I'm glad to have come across this anime. See ya!