The Ten Duel Commandments
(This review contains
spoilers!)
I definitely think that Chise is the
best example of character growth we’ve seen from Princess Principal thus far. While we’ve certainly gotten to know
the other four far better than we did at the show’s beginning, Chise’s had a
pretty big and strong arc throughout, growing from the Japanese outsider to a
full-fledged member of the team.
This episode is centered squarely on
Chise, with the rest of the girls only making small appearances here and there.
I think it’s set sometime recently after she was picked up and joined the team,
but I can’t be sure. The out-of-order episodes are honestly the only real major
gripe I have with this show, as sometimes it can be kind of confusing to
pinpoint which episode takes place when. It’s also weird to have the last
episode end with the girls hot on the Duke’s tail and then all of a sudden
changing gears to a schoolyard rumble.
Overall there wasn’t much going on
this week. It was more or less Chise learning about Western customs through
getting in a duel with some random jocks. There were quite a few funny moments,
like Princess destroying the school’s popular girl with a well-placed burn (not
literally), but overall I feel this episode needed a bit more of the spy stuff
added in. Towards the end Ange even says that they used the duel as a
distraction to get the mission done. Why couldn’t we have seen some of that? It
would’ve been awesome to see them do their spy work inside the school!
Despite this, this episode is still
fun and enjoyable, albeit not one of the better ones. Chise is a great character
to follow, and her character growth is great. It is kind of a shame we’ve left
the plot so suddenly though, and ultimately this episode lacks the impact the
laundromat episode or the Dorothy’s father episode had.
FINAL SCORE
7/10
Good
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