#I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons

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[maidoftheday]

Today's Maid of the Day: Maria from Kisaki Kyouiku kara Nigetai Watashi

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LETICIA DORMAN I want to escape from princess lessons ✦ 妃教育から逃げたい私 season 1 ✦ episode 1

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[ydotome]

He's so cute! I wish I could have him as my own! Matthias, what do you think you're doing? Brudder scary! Prince Clarke! He's just a child! What are you doing? No! I'd like to think my cheeks are fairly soft too, you know? Don't give Matthias all the attention. Save some affection for me, okay? - Kisaki Kyouiku kara Nigetai Watashi - Episode 6

[coccinelle-claire]

I need someone to draw fanart of these women hanging out together, swapping stories of their interests/hobbies and discussing the states of their respective kingdoms. (Literally every single woman here is in line to become a queen except one)

also they are members of the, "non-isekai protagonist" club, with the exception of Elise (reborn in mordern day Japan, then returned to her native world when she died *again* )

[animefeminist]

2025 Winter Anime Three-Episode Check-In

Happy new year of anime! The stars of this season are stories about girls and women facing down crushing expectations and refusing to let go.

The team split up the three-episode reviews between staff volunteers, with one person putting together a short(ish) review on each series. Like we do with our check-in podcasts, we started from the bottom of our Premiere Digest list and worked our way up.

If we didn’t watch a show for at least three episodes, we skipped it, and we’ve used nice bold headers to help you quickly jump to the shows you’re interested in. We’ve also excluded shows that are continuing on in basically the same vein as our premiere review to conserve space. Unless specifically noted, we will not be mentioning overt spoilers for anything beyond episode three.

We don’t have the time to keep up with everything, so please let us know about any gems we might be missing in the comments!

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Read it at Anime Feminist!

[ibelongtotheclassics]

Sharing some of my childhood + present anime & studio ghibli OTPs

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< PART 5 / on-going list >

[nijigasakilove]

Let’s go! An anime showing how oppressive the nobility was for women. Leticia grew up her whole life being groomed to be a princess and marry into the royal family, no one ever stopped to consider what she wanted though. Love that she refused to bow to social pressure and stayed true to who she is. Solid first episode, love Leticia as a lead already and the author clear has done research into historical accuracy. I’m hooked

The fact Leticia couldn’t eat, talk OR move the way she wanted to for damn near her whole life is ridiculous. Everyone thinks being a princess and marrying a prince is this fairytale ending and it’s actually hell on earth. Even in modern times look at Meghan and Harry. The social responsibility, pressure and expectation to conform to established traditions is horrible. ESPECIALLY if you were a woman in this day and time.

Challenge in this show is just going to be how they’ll keep it interesting. Never heard of the manga so no idea how it’s been received, but I liked the first ep.

[vivienne-faustina]

Concerning the anime adaptation of I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons:

In 2025, an anime adaptation of this web novel turned light novel turned manga is set to air, which will naturally result in the series reaching a wider audience. This story presents itself as a classic shoujo, a tale involving a determined crown prince earning the affections of a tomboyish daughter of a duke who has no interest in becoming royalty.

But the reality of the situation is... it's not.

I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons is, in actuality, far more akin to a psychological horror story, except the narrative is casting the female protagonist's predicament (being abducted and held captive by the male lead despite her many, many pleads and protests) in a decidedly comedic and romantic light.

My intention behind writing this post is not to tell anyone they shouldn't watch or read; however, the synopsis definitely misleads potential readers and viewers, and I believe those who expect a sweet love story from the synopsis should be informed of exactly what they're stepping into.

Let's begin with the official synopsis:

Duchess Leticia Dorman has been betrothed to Crown Prince Clarke since age seven. She was once a rambunctious and free-spirited child, but the strict education she’s receiving to make her a fit future princess has really put a cramp in her lifestyle. Her only hope is that the prince might someday take an interest in someone else—so when Clarke shows up to a royal ball with an unknown woman at his side, Lettie is overcome with delight, presuming her dream has come true and her engagement has been broken off! She wastes no time retreating to an easygoing countryside life, but her newfound peace is cut short when the prince shows up and claims she’s still his fiancée! Clarke is determined to win Lettie over and marry her, while Lettie is determined to resist his charms and escape! Who will emerge victorious in this heart-pounding battle of wills?

The premise sounds relatively innocent enough, no? I was under the impression the prince's persistence would involve him gently wooing Lettie in an environment she felt more comfortable in. But this is not at all what occurs.

Here are the important details:

The princess training Lettie endured is tragic. At age seven she was taken away from her parents and friends, and for ten years and ten hours a day, she was subjected to emotional and even physical abuse from her instructors. Lettie herself states she almost gave up on life itself, but everyone behaves as though she's being overly dramatic about the experience.

The prince claims to have loved her ever since they met as children and that the other woman at the ball was someone he brought to make her jealous, which backfired spectacularly. But he quite literally kidnaps Lettie from her countryside getaway with the assistance of her brother. He drags her kicking and screaming towards the carriage and then separates Lettie from her maid, claiming the two are "too close".

Lettie makes several blatant attempts to escape the castle he's imprisoned her in, and her desperation is portrayed in a purely comedic manner with the other characters becoming exasperated with her, telling her to give up and taking pity on the prince for falling in love with such an ungrateful young woman.

Absolutely no one at all ever considers Lettie's feelings in the matter. She is deemed by not only the cast but the narrative itself as unreasonably stubborn for not abandoning her desire for freedom and accepting the prince's affections, so she can produce heirs like a good little princess.

Lettie's brother is, pardon my language, a total bastard. He wants his sister to marry the crown prince, by any means necessary*, so he can ingratiate himself to the royal family. In any other story or one less warped, he would be depicted as the villain, but the narrative presents him as a lovably conniving older brother who wants best for her.

*By any means necessary involves Lettie's brother attempting to coerce the prince into assaulting her. And the only reason this doesn't occur is because, while forcing kisses and other forms of intimacy onto his unwilling bride to be is something he considers fine, apparently this is where he draws the line. And his refusal to not do so is depicted as a deeply romantic gesture rather than literally the barest form of human decency.

And none of the above would be any issue whatsoever were it not for the narrative itself making light of these events. This story would have been a spectacular tragedy or psychological horror were it presented as such, but it's not.

This is not the author pulling a Puella Magi Madoka Magica on the readers and viewers by leading you to believe it's a purely cutesy shoujo and surprising you with elements of horror. I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons insists there is no horror present rather than simply lying in wait.

Once again, none of this is to dissuade anyone from reading or watching this series, but rather to inform. I would hate for someone to stumble into this story and have an adverse reaction to the gratuitous amounts of noncon content when they were led to expect a sweet shoujo romance instead.

My Personal Opinion:

I've stumbled across some doozies before, but... this definitely has to be by far the worst "romance" I've ever read. I wish Lettie could have managed to run away successfully, perhaps eloping with a cute farm boy, or even enjoying a happy single life in the country. If the anime receives any attention, I hope fanfic authors will do what they do best and give the girl a better ending.

Preferably one where the prince is forcibly wed off to someone else regardless of how much he protests and her brother dies a dreadfully embarrassing death.

[tetrix-anime]

Kisaki Kyouiku kara Nigetai Watashi (I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons) - Episode 2 Preview. Premiere: 12 January 2025

[rizumuj]

The face of a Liberated Leticia Dorman!

[your-yvonna]

am i the only one who's upset that all the people in Leticia life want her to be sad and unhappy? Anyone with eyes could tell she was depressed but they all wanna make her be thay forever? It's just real messed up to me

[romancemedia]

I do not like that "I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons" has gotten an anime. From what I've learned it's a toxic love story about a girl's freedom taken away, her feelings ignored and the prince is just... disgusting. This is one manga that should NOT have gotten an anime. It's a waste. Not to mention the animation style is seriously cringey.

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[ydotome]

And this little angel is the second prince of Astral, Prince Matthias. He's Prince Clarke's younger brother. Ah! Lettie! - Kisaki Kyouiku kara Nigetai Watashi - Episode 6