I thought I'd be subtle....
The clip is from Ouran High School Host Club, and while this page is meant to be about Saiukoku Monogatari, if the quote fits...
It's perhaps a signature thing about Saiukoku Monogatari: all of the men are gorgeous. If they aren't now, they used to be (as shown in flash-backs) or they really need to shave (Ensei, this means you). Generally, our heroine Hong Shurei, the hard-working, penny-pinching daughter of a noble family (I'm not kidding), is surrounded by hot men: her family retainer Si Seiran, her cousin Li Koyuu, and General Ran Shuuei, who tags along.
Her hot guy quota increases throughout the 39 episodes of season one, but it stays pretty constant in the 39 episodes of season two (mostly because she never meets Shuei's brothers).
Aside from that, the story is about an industrious young woman who wants to do her part to change the world she lives in --even if that part is temporarily becoming consort to the lazy emperor who's tastes reputedly do not run to the fairer sex. So Hong Shurei (Kou Shurei, in some translations) goes into the Imperial Harem and incites the young emperor to take an interest in his nation.
There are some subtle intricacies to to plot, a few things that the audience learns while Shurei remains oblivious, and a lot of politics, but the story retains a lot of heart.
Even though I did sorta make fun of it earlier, it is still one of my very favorite stories!
It's perhaps a signature thing about Saiukoku Monogatari: all of the men are gorgeous. If they aren't now, they used to be (as shown in flash-backs) or they really need to shave (Ensei, this means you). Generally, our heroine Hong Shurei, the hard-working, penny-pinching daughter of a noble family (I'm not kidding), is surrounded by hot men: her family retainer Si Seiran, her cousin Li Koyuu, and General Ran Shuuei, who tags along.
Her hot guy quota increases throughout the 39 episodes of season one, but it stays pretty constant in the 39 episodes of season two (mostly because she never meets Shuei's brothers).
Aside from that, the story is about an industrious young woman who wants to do her part to change the world she lives in --even if that part is temporarily becoming consort to the lazy emperor who's tastes reputedly do not run to the fairer sex. So Hong Shurei (Kou Shurei, in some translations) goes into the Imperial Harem and incites the young emperor to take an interest in his nation.
There are some subtle intricacies to to plot, a few things that the audience learns while Shurei remains oblivious, and a lot of politics, but the story retains a lot of heart.
Even though I did sorta make fun of it earlier, it is still one of my very favorite stories!
- Utterly Hopeless//Utterly Helpless
(Li Kōyū/Ran Shūei)
Perhaps it is poetic justice that the man who cares for him winds up in his care. Yet, it is more than his unexpected responsibility as Shūei's friend that distresses one Li Kōyū, the man who always has something on his mind... - The Fly on the Tiger's Head
(Kōyū and Shure)
Kōyū addresses Kou Kuro's wish that he marry Shurei by discussing it with her.