Among the many anime works broadcast this year, the work "Mushikaburi Hime" is attracting attention as a rare work for women. The work was originally posted on "Let's Become a Novelist" and has been published as a book. It is a work that is well-known for its delicate writing style and warm worldview that only a woman can have. For this reason, it has received immense popularity from female fans who are familiar with reading, and has been made into an anime. In this article, I would like to analyze the appeal of this work, which is somewhat different from recent anime works, from various angles. In the recent anime industry where anime works for men are rampant, it is very interesting to see how this work, which is neither a work for men nor a work about reincarnation in another world, will be portrayed! ! This is an introduction for male and female anime fans who are tired of the recent similar anime works!
"This is what I want women to do!!" It is full of everything! !
The distinctive feature of this work is that it is filled with settings and story progressions that make you think, "This is how I want women to do it!" In today's anime industry, where most works are aimed at men, it is rare enough that this work is developed with female fans in mind, and I would say that it is definitely worth watching for female anime fans.
An elegant life in the royal palace
For example, this work depicts an elegant life in the royal palace that any woman would dream of. It may be naive to want to live in a beautiful royal palace, relaxing and reading books while being surrounded by handsome men of noble status, but it is a worldview that any woman can enjoy, isn't it?
A passionate approach from the crown prince
If it were a work aimed at men, it would be said that "it's opportunistic because the beautiful women around him like him even for no particular reason," but I'm sure there are many women who would also like to enjoy a situation in which various beautiful young men make passionate approaches to him. In particular, all of the beautiful young men who appear in this work are characters of noble birth who have a bloodline that allows them to participate in politics. It seems that there are very few female fans who don't like this situation.
The object of admiration for all women
The protagonist Eliana in this work is the fiance of the crown prince Christopher, who is the object of admiration for all women. The fact that they are united, the object of admiration for all the women living in the royal palace, is romantic and has captured the hearts of many female fans, right?
A work that is interesting even for men
As you can see, this work was written with women in mind to enjoy it as much as possible. However, on the other hand, I don't think that men can't enjoy it just because it's a work for women. From here on, I would like to analyze and introduce the appeal of this work from a male perspective.
Enjoy a female perspective
One of the elements that male fans can enjoy in this work is that they can enjoy a female perspective. Since most regular anime works are depicted from a male perspective, there are not many works that allow you to feel a female perspective or sensibility. However, if it is a work for women that is designed for women from the beginning, you can enjoy a female perspective and thoughts.
Because we are men, we can understand the suffering of the male characters
There are also many male characters among the characters in this work. The work is written from the perspective of the main character, Eliana, and there are many depictions in which the male characters' thoughts are not understood when watching it. However, as men, we can understand their thoughts, so this work allows us to notice the inner troubles of the male characters and points that female fans do not notice.
You might be able to empathize with it! ?
This is a work for women, so it's not something that men can't understand at all. Rather, it's a work that allows us to notice perspectives that regular female fans don't notice. From the main character Eliana, we can see a unique female perspective that we don't usually get, and from the male characters in this work, we can sympathize with the worries of the heart that only men can understand.
Men can enjoy works for women too! !
The same can be said not only for this work but also for other works aimed at women. Just because you are a man doesn't mean you can't enjoy works aimed at women, and just as women have been enjoying works aimed at men in recent years, men can also enjoy works aimed at women. It can be said that the most important thing to understand a work is to look at it from both a perspective that only women can understand and a perspective that only men can understand.
A work that pursues the royal road to the fullest
This work can be said to bring out the best in the appeal of works aimed at women. It can be said to be a work that pursues the original appeal of works aimed at women, so the work itself has no quirks and can be enjoyed by any fan. This is a work that I would definitely recommend to female fans who usually only watch works aimed at men.
Works for women have declined in recent years
Works for women have many appealing themes, but in recent years, they have been somewhat on the decline in terms of the anime industry. This is a great shame, as it is a genre with many attractive works, but the reality of the anime industry in recent years is that works for men are overwhelmingly more popular than works for women.
Can we create another golden age of works for women?
In such a situation, can we build a golden age of works for women again? Can we approach the golden age of works for women again, when even men naturally enjoyed works for women in the 1970s? Everything depends on that.
Why have works for women gone down the drain?
Now, before I go into the appeal of this work, I would like to explain why works aimed at women have fallen out of favor in the first place. By gaining a deeper understanding of the current situation in which works aimed at women are placed, the position of this work as an anime work will become clear.
Women have started to enjoy works aimed at men
One reason for the decline of works aimed at women is that women have started to enjoy works aimed at men. Conversely, it can also be said that works aimed at men have been successful in attracting women. One reason is that women have started to enjoy works aimed at men as a result of various efforts, such as adding female-oriented settings and adding tastes that women like, so that even works aimed at men can be enjoyed by women.
Changes in the tastes of female fans
In addition, merchandise development for works has become an important role in anime works in recent years, and one reason for this is that this merchandise development is very compatible with women. Women often collect large amounts of goods for characters they want to support, and the presence of female fans has become indispensable in the anime industry, which requires a huge budget. Therefore, even works aimed at men can no longer ignore women.
Female fans are indispensable! !
Female fans are indispensable in the Japanese anime industry. Therefore, even works aimed at men make an effort to attract female fans, so there is a lot of competition for works aimed at women. It is ironic that because they are such an important presence in the industry, there are fewer works that target women as their main audience.
A new option: novel submission sites
Amidst this lack of popularity of works for women, a new medium suddenly appeared: "novel submission sites." With the emergence of "novel submission sites," where even amateurs can freely submit their works, the environment surrounding works for women changed dramatically.
A variety of works for women are now available! !
Works of many genres have appeared on "novel posting sites" that do not require an initial investment, and many works aimed at women have also appeared. Some of these works have gained enthusiastic support from female fans, and they have quickly become popular as novel works.
Gradually gaining male fans
As the popularity of the work increased, male fans gradually returned. It went from being a work that was only enjoyed by women to gaining a larger number of male fans than women, and gradually developed into a hugely popular work.
Animated works are also appearing one after another! !
With this expansion of the support base, works aimed at women have been decided to be animated one after another. In addition to this work, the reason why people have started watching anime works aimed at women little by little in recent years is the existence of "novel posting sites."
Maybe there will be even more from now on! ?
Although it is still not as popular as it should be, the number of works aimed at women is gradually increasing. I think that there will be more attractive works aimed at women, including this one, in the future, so please pay attention to works aimed at women.
Summary
In this article, we analyzed and introduced the appeal of this work, Mushikaburi Hime, from various perspectives. It is a work that can be enjoyed by both women and men, so if you are interested after reading this article, please try watching the anime.
