Chise Hatori was a child nobody wanted. Told by her own mother that she should never have been born and passed from one neglectful guardian to the next, the young girl has grown up feeling lost, hopeless, and emotionally numb. At age fifteen she sells herself into slavery, desperate for a home where somebody – anybody – actually wants her to be there, and is purchased by a mysterious being with a skull for a head. He whisks Chise off to his home in England and introduces her to a world of talking animals, dragons, and faeries, declaring that she is to become his apprentice in magic… and also his bride!
I do very much love the series. It’s a romance centered around Chise and Elias, a beauty and the beast pairing where they each find purpose in life through each other.
My one qualm is that the anime pours its budget into the first half of the season and the second half suffers a bit in presentation from it.
But…
Also, despite out awareness that Chise is with Elias, her relationship with Ruth is SO SO SOSO SOSO SO ship worthy. LOOK! AT! THIS!
I love them together. So much.
Oh yeah, and an unfortunate byproduct of Jesus’ time on earth is the villain, so. (Shrug)
