Leticia is a young girl who spends her days laughing with her pet dog, John, and enjoying the beautiful outdoors with all the carelessness a young child should have. All that changes though when her parents receive a notice that she is to take princess lessons at the royal castle and become a mature young woman who will one day be a crowned princess. Her parents are overjoyed, but how can Leticia celebrate when she finds out that neither her dog nor her parents will be joining her? To make matters worse, when she arrives she is thrown into a room with a harsh woman who cares for neither her tears nor her many blunders and mistakes. Day after day, Leticia endures these lessons as she is engaged to Prince Clarke and must be a proper princess by his side. Yet when they attend a ball, Prince Clarke arrives with another woman on his arm?! Could this be a turning point for Leticia and her chance at freedom?
Before I tell you my thoughts on this first episode, I have to be honest that the manga of this story was my least favorite read of 2024 and I started watching this anime with very strong feelings. However, maybe it was a good thing I had such a strong bias because this first episode was decent? While the manga starts with the reader seeing Prince Clarke break their engagement, in the anime the title really comes into play as the story unfolds and we see Leticia really become lifeless the longer she takes princess lessons. I think it was the strongest part of this first episode and honestly, I wish the manga would have started in this same way. However, one thing I sympathized with equally in the two versions is the immense joy Leticia shows in finally being free from her engagement! Her joy is extremely tangible in how happy she is to be just as free as she was as a child! Hopefully, that means she can see her pet dog John from all those years ago because he was so incredibly cute! I deeply missed him when she left home! Ha! When it comes to the animation quality, it was okay. I watched this episode for the story and didn’t feel too put off by the lack of high-quality animation, except for one thing: Prince Clarke. He is not attractively drawn in the anime at all, which is a shame because I know I won’t watch further because at least in the manga, his handsome face helps with some of the unpleasant actions he later takes. In the anime, I have zero doubt that I will not be able to overlook anything from him and this leaves me feeling already annoyed. So overall, this first episode is better than I thought it would be, but not enough to make me want to give this story a second chance in anime form. I would say, though, that if you still want to try this story, read the manga with its stunning art instead because it is definitely superior, even if I still don’t like the story any better.
I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons is streaming on Crunchyroll.
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Haha! Sounds like you wanna escape from I Want to Escape… how appropriate!