Princess Principal Episode 7 Review

From darkness comes light

(This review contains spoilers!)

          After last week’s ultra-brutal and serious episode, it seems only fitting that Princess Principal would return with easily the most light hearted episode we’ve seen from them to date. This episode, much like the rest of the series, was a complete joy to watch from start to finish, but the unique setting allowed for it to have a much more comfortable feel as opposed to the more spy-oriented episodes.

          A mission to track down a serial killer leads the girls to posing as workers at a laundry mill full of colourful characters. While they attempt to track the villain by finding his coat, they quickly become fast friends with the rest of the girls, and things quickly turn into a fun “save the orphanage” style story with Chise as the leader.

          Even for such a usually cheerful and fun series like this, this episode was very light. Barely any spy stuff was present until the very end when the murderer is revealed, and more of the time is spent building the relationship between the spy team and the laundry girls. I especially enjoyed Ange’s hilarious cover personality and really wish we got to see a bit more of it.

          Seeing the extents the team went through for the sake of the mill was also very nice, and really contributed to the “feel-good” nature of the episode. By this point I like all five members of the main cast to an extent (including Beatrice, who I wrote off as a flow-breaking character a few weeks back), and this episode definitely did a great job at making them seem even more likable.

          My one gripe with the episode is that ultimately it isn’t the most groundbreaking or memorable. Yes, it was cute and fun while I watched it, but I’m not sure I’ll remember it as significantly as, say, Episode 5’s train chase. While it’s not a bad episode by any means (far from it), I would’ve liked a bigger reason to see it again should I ever rewatch the series.

          Despite this episode being essentially a raindrop in Princess Principal’s lake, it’s a very sweet episode that’s well worth seeing. The characters are all delightful and the setting is very heartwarming, bringing to mind classic orphanage stories for kids. It’s just an all-around fantastic episode.

FINAL SCORE

9/10

Amazing