17
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Awoo@hexbear.net to c/anime@hexbear.net

I decided to watch episode 1 of this on a whim the other day. Here is what I think of it.

The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King bears an ideology that is so nakedly reactionary that it feels like a sermon written by tradcaths. Beneath a bunch of typically generic fantasy slop of swords, monsters, and poorly written political intrigue lies a relentless message: being an independent woman is wrong, ambitious women will become unhappy, and a strong woman will ultimately fail and be conquered for her own good. That sounded like AI but I promise I'm just a shit writer.

The episode begins with the strong warrior princess in chains and captivity before a cliche flashback to how she got here.

Immediately losing a battle with her entire army vs "barbarians" (the neighbouring territory). Upon losing the leader determines she is hot and therefore he will take her as his wife.

She is treated nicely by this "barbarian" in captivity for the rest of the episode, but is ultimately set to become his wife. We're also treated to several flashbacks of her time at a dinner party at the kingdom where dozens of people both men and women alike told her she should just know her place as a woman and shouldn't risk her life fighting.

The episode is clearly a setup to her falling for the barbarian and learning "her place" over time. That essentially everyone around her was correct all along but they were mean about it.

1/10, strongest right wing ideology I've ever seen in an episode 1, the clear message being "girl boss bad" and "must learn her place at hands of a real man". Beats Shield Hero for me.

Hate this shit. I will not watch anything else to determine where it goes but I'm basically certain that she will slowly fall for this big manly barbarian and learn her place as a woman.

EDIT: Oh yeah this shit is on Crunchyroll too so millions of kids are probably being filled with this shit.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

That's exactly what right wing conservatism presents trad women as though. Finding their place as an actual happy wholesome woman in at home.

watching the first few episodes though it isn't "finding her place in the home" it's "finding her place in a society that respects her strength and views her not just as a person but actually really super cool because of it"

like all the warriors she thinks want to kill her for revenge are actually just "No we're good, we think you're really cool actually. could we fight some time in a platonic sort of way??"

like yeah i guess her being a guest of this prince/noble/whatever (only watched a couple episodes) affects how people treat her but also not really

this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
17 points (94.7% liked)

Anime & Donghua

11495 readers
1 users here now

Welcome to c/anime on Hexbear!

A leftist general anime and donghua community for discussion and memes.


Simple rules

High quality threads you should definitely visit

Gigathread: Good Anime Talks, Presentations, Conventions, Panels, etc


Piracy is good and you should do more of it. Try https://everythingmoe.com/ for streaming, and https://nyaa.si/ for torrents. Piracy is the only means of digital protest that audiences have to fight poor worker treatment.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS