**why is a literal shadow with two eyes and a mouth making me so emotional.**


this anime makes you fall for e v e r y character because they're just so easily lovable, and keeps you ON EDGE. thinking. who's gonna DIE, AAAAAAH

there's many times where i'm left both feeling angry for a character but also sad, and it all just so balances out so well, it's hard to explain, but it was very well executed

a step mom Queen, who doesn't hate the prince and only loves her own child (of the same blood) AND is such an amazing and lovable character? **i love her**

also! Ousama King's artstyle feels very similar to Studio Ghibli for me, and this is how i imagine an anime would look like if it was made by the studio

& op 2 is simply too beautiful and so, so well made, from the camera movement, that gives it that realistic & cinematic feel as if you're watching an actual movie, to the shot selections, loved it. so much.
the way they showed both Bojji and Kage's backgrounds briefly in the second opening, *_AAAAAAAAH_*

not to mention ending 1 by Yama is a masterpiece,

this anime was full of wholesome moments, as well as sad ones too; since start to finish, i've loved it with all my heart

A deaf and dumb prince wants to become the best king there is after his father, the strongest (muscle-wise) being on earth, perishes. That much is interesting.

He makes some unlikely friends along the way and the dark past of those close to him is unraveled. Also quite titillating.
The problem, however, is it makes no sense. People who hate each other actually love each other, people who want to kill each other suddenly save each other, people who swear allegiance betray those they swear allegiance to and are forgiven within the same scene, ...

It's just one of those storylines you can't keep track of and would need to rewatch with a notebook to understand. Humans aren't simple, that's fine, but not everybody's a toddler, always making emotional decisions and getting away with it.

It's intriguing, but I lost the plot and my will to finish the series.