Scrapped Princess

I used to be sceptical about watching Scrapped Princess, for I have this impression that it is probably about a whiny girl who has nothing better to do except getting herself tangled in love triangles and stupid situations that can be avoided even by a fool.

I was wrong the moment I watched the first episode. Well, yeah it is about this intensely whiny and spoilt girl, but more importantly it is about MAGIC. You see the protagonist, Pacifica Casoul is the Scrapped Princess, the one who will cast doom and poison to her world. It is later revealed that she is the only one who is able to resist the power and authority of the God Mauzel, who is also the One God in the Land. There are also other forces of Magic like the one possessed by Pacifica's foster sister Racquel, whose magic stems from the power of the God Browning, who lost the war against Mauzel and exists only as a magical entity.

It gets even more complicated from then on, where the audiences get introduced to Mauzel and her four angels known as Peacemakers. The central idea surrounding the anime is how justifiable is God in taking full control of the lives of Humans? Yes, this topic about free-agency had been dealt quite a lot of times; the message remains the same in the anime, but the presentation is refreshing and a pleasure to watch.

What I love most about the anime is the ending. It has one of the BEST endings in the entire anime world. It's not enigmatic like WOLF'S RAIN, too corny like HOUSHIN ENGI, too loaded like GASARAKI. It is a happy ending, and best thing of all, it attempts to answer all the questions it raises in the anime. The answering is not perfect, but it is a good and well-thought-through attempt.

I give this anime 9/10.