Here's the link: https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=-8z4nTXOMhvlLBD0DRMOv86EZXLr1jLQ2Si6uRmG-6s

I'm still working on him, it's a little tricky to get him to be EXACTLY in character, but so far he's doing alright. Lmk your thoughts! I'm gonna take some time to work on him a bit more before I try making any other characters. I feel like the others should be a bit easier. I suppose Mytho is just the most challenging cuz he has no emotions but he still has motivations, and the app for some reason takes that as stuff he likes (for example, he subconsciously cares a lot for animals, but that doesn't mean he likes any particular animal, he doesn't care lmao but the app was like "he loves animals" and I'm like "no he doesn't") but anyway, I'm gonna continue working on him. Feel free to test him out and lmk ur thoughts/suggestions

So im on episode three and so far, i like this show. Its very fun and cute. Im intrested in the story and the dynamics between the characters, I find Duck's friends ragging funny. But what i genuinely cant stand is Fakir, he's been nothing but possesive and lowkey emotionally abuseive. Hes kinda triggering in all honesty. Does he gets better?? How do you rectify someone whod call their probibly trumatized and or disabled friend a rech, then get mad hes out with his girl and run off to look for him. Its so creepy its like he wants to own someone, i feel like hes gonna straight up put this man in a doggy cage bro

Duck is constantly getting naked for the sake of humor (getting embarrassed in front of boys, getting nude and hiding behind the water fountain thing in the open), and the small doll takes off her underwear from behind looking for her tail in one scene.

The villainess sports a dress with tons of cleavage, and there's tons of close-up camera shots on the girls chests when they're dancing for no reason at all. I also find it odd Duck's "cleavage" grows like 3 sizes when she's transformed compared to how normal girl form where she's flat like a doll.

Besides that some episodes have a lot more violence than I remembered, or dealing with suicide like when he jumps out the window and the crow sleeping with mytho (not shown but heavily implied when she's resting on his chest).

Not complaining about any of this mind you, but I thought this was going to be a kids show going in and it's a lot darker than I thought it would be.

I just finished the 13th episode and that was something... I will be honest and say that despite liking it very much, it has some Daring flaws, which can be fixed by better production value. Don't get me wrong, I like the direction. But it can be a bit too abrupt or inconsistent sometimes. In certain scenes, I'm expecting a flow of Heavy emotions, but the series glosses over it quickly. While in some cases, it can be a bit too over the top with the emotions without proper build up. But the series definitely has a lot of depth which I did not expect at all. It almost made me feel dumb.

Ahiru is a good protagonist conceptually, but she definitely could be improved just by making her internal conflicts more consistent with better evolution and progression. Her identity crisis could be explored from multiple angles. Mytho is also conceptually fantastic, by far the best character in this regard so far, but the exploration is again one dimensional. I look forward to seeing how he develops as he gains his emotions but he hasn't really changed much despite gaining the heart shards he has so far. He has a lot of potential which I think will be underutilized (I hope I'm wrong).

Fakir and Rue were the highlights. Rue was the best character from the start till the end. Her emotions are nuanced and her she feels like she's forcing herself to do what she does while also questioning her very existence. And all of that feels very natural somehow. Great character. Fakir was your typical mean villain in the start but he quickly grew as a character in the end. I expect he's not going to have much of a role now but he's done enough.

Otherwise, the setting and the meta-worldbuilding is great and it keeps you guessing as to what is actually happening or what is the truth. It's not that confusing either. Thinking about how the story of the prince and the crow parallels this story is also kind of fun (I have no clue). Artsyle is nice and voice acting is good (except ahiru). Thematic scale is also quite big for just 13 episodes. Good first half, excited for the second.

Overall rating: 7/10

As mentioned in the title, I have watched the first episode of Princess Tutu after I told you guys to convince me to give the show a go, and honestly, it was a pretty fine watch.

For the record, I never really view animes with cute girls as one of the main focuses, because they usually skim down this slide where they becomes cringe and unbearable to watch, but I haven't felt that from Princess Tutu. In the span of 23 minutes, not once have I cringed, and that is a HUGE plus. The humor was decent - got a few chuckles out of me - the girls so far do not rub me the wrong way, and my favorite part: NO SEXUALIZATION! Finally an anime where cute girls are not sexualized! (There's also Gunslinger Girl who falls in this same category, it's very beautiful).

For a 2003 show, the animation actually looks really good. The most interesting and impressive about the visuals so far is how the animators made a story that takes place in a sunken-in-mist world brim with life without the use of rainbows and clear blue skies, I like that a lot.

But my favorite part about PT is the music. Both the opening and ending are just so splendid sounding. Listening to them feels like getting a back massage after an entire day of labour - it makes you feel like your muscles are relaxing and chest is losing tension.

As for complaints, there aren't really any complaints, but there is one: Why is the prince so dumb? Why did he have to jump out the window for a baby bird? To make Tutu look good? His brother is portrayed as this insufferable, possessive sibling, but I actually like him way more, as he is right about Moto or whatever his name is. Also, he feels like the male version of Rei Ayanami, and in the dub, he even sounds like her (yeah, I watch dub, but trust me, it's not bad).

So yeah, this is my messy review/opinion of Princess Tutu episode 1. A pleasant watch to say the least, and I am interested to see how the show progresses, as clearly there is a deeper story that is on the verge of blooming, and it's not just cute girls doing cute things.

My rating for this episode is a solid 6/10. Before you all take out your pitchforks and torches, 6 for me is the same as an 8 for some of you, and this is the first episode mind you, so the score has a lot of room to bounce up or down. Thank you and see you again when I'm done!

I'm not sure if any of you has heard of the Dream SMP But I wanna do the plot of Princess Tutu with the Dream SMP cast. Instead of Dancing, it would be fencing or something (No Romance Here!). Duck is now Tommy (if he fails to return... Phil's heart before the 16th, he will die). Techno is Fakir, Phil as Mytho, Drosselmeyer is Dream, (Chat is with dream or are the crows,) Bad is Teacher, Rue is (I wanna blow everything up) Wilbur, Autor as Qackity, Edel is loopy-ish Karl, Uzura is Forgetful Karl and so on. Phil still kills Wilbur in the end. Idk wtf i'm doing but if I do it, will someone read that or should I leave it to dust in my notepad.

I have heard of Princess Tutu a year ago or so, and I had it on my watchlist since it seems pretty cute from what I've seen, however, there is not much about it that drives me to view the show, so, I would love you guys to convince me to give the show a go.

It seriously looks like the Raven taking over

Where is the AU where Fakir is Prince Tutu and Duck is Drosselmeyer's descendant

I saw this figure online and thought it looked great, but I can’t seem to find it anywhere else.

I don’t know how big the item is, but the price looks a little too good to be true. Is this an official product? Is the site safe to order from?

Edit: e2406 is indeed a bootleg site… disappointing.

(I labeled this NSFW in case this topic is uncomfortable for some people)

Hi, everybody! I’m someone who started watching Princess Tutu a while ago. I love fairytales, the art style is really cute, and I heard a lot of good things about it. Although I spoiled the ending for myself (darn it), I still wanted to watch it all the way through.

(First of all, I want to make a disclaimer: I’m not trying to being annoying and guilt trip people or trash the show something. First of all, despite some misgivings as described below, I really DO like the Dow a lot! The problem is most likely with me reading way too much into things here. But I feel I need to get this off my chest so someone can tell me that I am indeed horribly wrong in some of my assumptions. 😅)

However, unfortunately, I have had a lot of encounters with weird...sexual overtones in other anime and manga before (which would make me stop reading/watching), so I’m pretty cautious with anime nowadays. Mainly, I’m a bit worried with the way the show tends to show the Prince naked and kinda uncomfortably vulnerable in his emotionless state (okay, I get that he’s a idealized, beautiful, mysterious, “incorruptible purity” prince character seen a lot in fairytales. Yet many scenes where he is shown kidna bothered me and seemed a bit...sexualized. Fakir physically pushing him around, the Candle Girl very intimately hugging him with her whole body, Rue being really possessive of him) as well as Rue having very sexy clothing (I don’t mind this too much; what bothers me is that she’s, like, a kid???)...and that weird ballet-teacher cat saying he wants to get married to one of his students (why do so many anime’s that are seemingly targeted towards kids seem to insert at least one character with weird pedo tendencies and show it as “comical”. Ojamajo Doremi, I’m talking to you). >_>

I wouldn’t mind this too much—I’m used to fairytales being kinda poetic like this, such as classical art can be—but I felt a bit I comfortable since the whole main cast seem to be pretty young to me. Aren’t they, like, 12..??? I really hate saying this, but it just feels a bit...pedophilic 😓

I really really REALLY want to like this show—like I said, I’m the biggest fan of fairytales—but I can’t watch it without being bothered by these weird vibes.

So, please: am I reading too much into this?? Does the show, as it continues showing the a prince regaining his memories, dial back showing him naked and stuff? Are the main characters a bit older than 12? And do they show less of that darn cat character as they go on?

I want to make a correction/apology from earlier as I was wrong in regards to the news of the anime’s rebroadcast.

At the time I was doing my usual morning round up of news regards Series Anniversaries and checked the Princess Tutu account 「Kinkangakuen」 to see if any news arrived, and unfortunately in my excited, half awake state I thought the account said the anime was rebroadcasting when it was stating that the series was broadcast a month near this date and encouraging new fans to watch via streaming platform

I almost left it up under the assumption that eventually the broadcast would happen within the next month as Anniversaries do and since the series did come out on August 16th, but that would both be dishonest and a disservice to myself and to you all and again I’m deeply sorry for this.

In the future I’ll try not to make that same mistake again and make sure definitely to get conclusive answers and wait for a definitive answer from the Twitter account and creators

I still ship rue x mytho but I feel like rue x autor really had some potential. I love Rue x Mytho cuz I love the fairy tale vibes they have, I love how despite their conflicts, they still got their happily ever after, especially considering how deeply rue loves mytho. But I have also felt that their relationship is a bit flawed.

The most obvious flaw in their relationship is their age gap. It's hard to look past this since Mytho canonically knew Rue when she was a child while he was a teen (even as a kid it was weird to me how she kissed him on the lips back then. I don't judge her for it cuz she was a kid, and I guess it makes sense why Mytho wouldn't judge cuz 1. He was injured so he prolly wasn't even paying attention, and 2. He had no emotions, so he couldn't have possibly had any ulterior motives. But idk, it still rubbed me the wrong way. I feel like even if he has no personal boundaries, he should still know right from wrong and at least be a bit protective of baby rue. But I'm just gonna assume he didn't know any better for my own sake of mind).

Most people complain that Rue was very toxic throughout her relationship with Mytho but I feel like I can excuse this because she never wanted to hurt him, she only wanted to prevent him from seeking out Tutu, not JUST because of her own jealousy, but because she knew that if the story moved forward, Mytho would be forced to face the Raven again and would most likely die. She was protecting him. Sure she may not have had her memories of being Kraehe for a while, but she still knew Mytho was the emotionless prince and wanted to keep him that way for his own sake because she didn't have the power to protect him herself and ofc she wouldn't trust Tutu to protect him because in The Prince and The Raven, Tutu only exists for a few sentences before vanishing. None of her actions were malicious. They were wrong, but they can be easily forgiven because they were well intended (plus she makes up for her actions in the end when she began to trust Tutu).

MY main issue with their relationship (besides the age gap) is that it seemed as though Mytho viewed Rue as a rebound. Since he couldn't get with Tutu, he then turned to Rue. Obviously this isn't entirely true, and we see that Mytho DOES care for Rue, he always has, he's always shown it. But he's always been more deeply infatuated with Tutu. The few times we see him willingly affectionate towards Rue (without her or the Raven controlling him) are completely overshadowed by the abundance of times he is affectionate with Tutu. If we had gotten more intimate moments with them, I probably wouldn't even be thinking of shipping her with anyone else!

My final critique is the nature of Rues love for Mytho. In short she loves him because she's been traumatically conditioned to love him. She's been convinced from a young age that she is disgusting, ugly, and unlovable, and that the only person who could possibly love her in spite of her repulsiveness is the prince because he is pure hearted and loves everyone. She was convinced that only he could love her, and if she fails at winning him as her prince, she'll be alone forever because no one else could possibly love her. It really does bring into question if she would still have loved him if this weren't her experience. We don't really see Rue overcome these insecurities of hers throughout the show, so it's hard to say if she truly loves him or if he is simply an ideology for her.

BUT THEN THERE'S AUTOR!!!

we don't see him and Rue interact much, but their interactions are so good!!!! I would've loved to see more of them. They're very different from each other and yet somehow they work. Their dynamic is very hit or miss, so I love it but I'm sure others would hate it and that's fine. But he is genuinely attracted to her even when she becomes Kraehe, he quickly falls for her (I'm sure this is the influence of the Raven somehow, or maybe the influence of the story itself, but im sure he would've still been interested in her if circumstances were different). And she knew she very well could've taken advantage of him for the sake of Mytho and her father, but she didn't. Sure she had her own reasons, but this was the beginning of her development as a character. I think this is where she started to shift away from her role as a villain.

I really like the chemistry these two had together even if it was just for a short time. And if they ever had a relationship going on, I think their dynamics would work well and it would be better because there's no large age gap, and the two would genuinely like each other for who they are and not because they feel like they have to.

Ofc I'm biased tho and I like a LOT of ships from the show. I personally hc majority of the cast as bisexual/pansexual, so it's very easy for me to see the chemistry between most character interactions. But lmk what you guys think!!!

Does anyone know where can I find fakiru doujinshis (if they even exists)? Cuz I’m just a simp for fakiru and I just wanna read one where they have a happy ending 😭

TL:DR: Drosselmeyer actually created Ahiru and she was his first protagonist, he goes crazy and everything goes wrong.

Ye, we could go the easy route and say "she's just a duck, she was born from an egg, grew up, went her own way yadda yadda" but that's boring so I want to give it a bit of spice. This could also serve as a "Drosselmeyer backstory" as well.

To me, Ahiru really doesn't seem like a normal duck, correct me if I'm wrong here, I'm no duck specialist but I'd think a duck that still has yellow plumage is supposed to be with their mother and not ready to leave the flock and be independent, right? Otherwise the odds of it perishing would increase significantly. Plus, ducks are specially known for their imprinting behavior so I think she looked a bit too calm for being all alone in that lake without her "mother figure". Yeah, I'm fully aware that this is fiction and doesn't need to follow the laws of nature and maybe that's the point given that this is a world controlled by stories and all but let's keep going.

My "headcanon story" is that Ahiru could've been a creation of Drosselmeyer, perhaps his first "protagonist", as such she served as his companion and friend since childhood and actually saw his growth as a person and a writer, however "with great powers come great responsibilities", and perhaps Drosselmeyer didn't know how to fully control his powers which might've doomed some people, and perhaps some really important people to him, which little by little started to make him go crazy, people would start fearing him, and he would end up all alone, except for Ahiru who would've stayed all that time by his side cuz she knew deep down he was a good individual. But things would start to get worse and worse, once it was clear that he couldn't get better from this, in probably what might've been his last moment of sanity, he put Ahiru back into her story and sealed her memories so that she wouldn't be put in danger. This would've been the breaking point for him, with no one left who cared for him, with no hope left, he no longer cared about who died or doomed with his power, in fact, he started to enjoy seeing people suffering because he could say "heh, at least I'm not as pathetic and miserable as this person". As we all know he would get his hands cut off in the end and eventually die. Then, with all of Drosselmeyer's stories being awoken, so would Ahiru's story but with no memories of what had previously occurred. It's fun to think that once again the story is repeating itself, perhaps this was what the story was all about to begin with, a man that could write stories that would become reality and a duck that was his muse and companion, but one could hope this time it could have a happy ending.