Majestic Prince Episode 16
What They Say:
Izuru is finally released from the hospital and the first thing he wants to do is throw a real welcoming party for Ange! After that, he’s lined up for a private meeting with Teoria over dinner… Is that a date?
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
Majestic Prince has spent its time in a few different areas as of late, with a lot of it focused on character and team building a bit due to the introduction of Ange. That’s lead to some fun overall since Ange gets pretty whacked when out in combat situations and that provides for some really good intensity, but there’s also been the gender uncertainty aspect that has come into play as well. With the start of this episode, a good bit of time is spent at a party being thrown to essentially welcome Ange to the team, coming after he’s been there a bit of course, and it’s amusing to see how some of the Team Rabbits characters are pretty blunt about asking him about why he is the way he is with the combat personality. Of course, it’s just sloughed off to the side rather than actually explored.
While this provides for some good if simple fun in the first half, especially with Izuru having made a full recovery and involved in the festivities, the second half spends some time looking at the larger picture. This brings us to the command level of the fight against the Wulgaru and it also shows that politics, naturally, plays a big role in it as there’s all sorts of jockeying going on amongst the players, technology being employed and a look at who would claim what when it comes to the resources of outer space when (not if) humanity is victorious over the Wulgaru. It’s the kind of thing most people wouldn’t really think about much when it comes to fighting the war itself, but there are always those – rightly and wrongly – that think along those lines and look for avenues of profit and gain.
While this dominates a lot of it, and a push by a couple of the Team Rabbits men to take on the more advanced craft that are becoming available, it also brings us to some decent action sequences. It’s far less than some of the other episodes we’ve seen, which isn’t a surprise, and between the mix of styles of ships it’s one of the more interesting parts of the episode simply because it provides something tangible to grab onto rather than just seemingly fluffy character material. Still, it is interesting when we get Asagi and Izuru together with the Wulgaru woman who has been assisting humanity and they spend some time together, though it really is just simple fluffy good relations material itself. But it at least changes up the dynamic just a little bit.
In Summary:
Majestic Prince continues to just simply disappoint. While there are some decent bits throughout the episodes and a good, if brief, action sequence, it’s another one of those episodes where you watch it and just wonder what the point of it all is. Bridging episodes are certainly normal, but there’s usually a bit more “there” there to tit, which is pretty lacking here overall. Some of the character bits are fun, but I still don’t particularly care for the cast as a whole – Ange really feels like the most well defined one at this point – and the larger storyline is just by the numbers without enough solid background and feeling to it for it to really take hold. Which is unfortunate, since it comes across as a show that should be doing so much more and so much better.
Grade: C
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDS-R70XBR2 70″ LCoS 1080P HDTV, Dell 10.1 Netbook via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.