English Dub Review: Nina the Starry Bride “The Day of Departure”

Overview:

As Nina and Azure’s feelings for one another deepen, Nina becomes desperate to find a way to protect him from whoever is targeting him. She’s given the opportunity in a one-on-one meeting with the king.

Our Take:

Man oh man where do I start? On the one hand, I love where this is (seemingly) going but also hate where I think this might be going. Let me try to explain what I mean by that. Nina has grown a lot as a character and I love that she goes against Azure’s wishes to save his life because she has come to realize she loves him. He is of course in love with her and in a refreshing twist, they both come to terms with this a lot quicker than most romances. But Azure decides to be a bit selfish and keep Nina to himself but Nina needs to go to have an upper hand to keep Azure safe because as it turns out the king is a huge piece of shit.

What I’m not a fan of is that in a post-credits scene, we are introduced to Nina’s fiance. He seems like an interesting character and I don’t want to judge before we get to know him but something tells me we are going to get a love triangle between this guy and Azure. I’m not exactly surprised we are going in this direction but I am a bit disappointed. With how this show was handling the romance I thought we might get a refreshing shoujo story but now it seems like it’s heading in an all too familiar direction. I do hope to be pleasantly surprised if I’m wrong though.