Kuragehime

Kuragehime - Jellyfish Princess, if you will- Is primarily about the life of a woman, who when she was young, wanted to grow into a beautiful princess. Now she's an adult and she is super awkward and lives in a self-proclaimed nunnery Amamizu (sp) with several other sincerely awkward women. She has a hobby in jellyfish and she sees a jellyfish about to die due to an error by a petshop and when she tries to warn the guy, and he pushes her out of the store. A tall elegant woman enters and helps her (basically they buy the Jellyfish and a tank) and Clara (the Jellyfish) joins the nunnery.

The story starts essentially when the beautiful woman is revealed to be a man who just likes being dressed like a woman. He likes women, but likes dressing like a girl. Essentially, long story short, man breaks girl out of shell and helps her sort of turn her life around by showing her that even if she doesn't see it now, even she and all the women of the nunnery, can still be princesses.

I originally didn't have an interest in this. I only started watching it out of a kindness to the season and was giving all the shows a chance by watching at least the first episode. This surprised me in a way I can barely fathom. Though I am gay, I don't find particular 'interest' in shows or themes about homosexuality, gender bending, or anything of the variety. Though there are several exceptions made, for the most part I avoid the shows because they rarely have true substance. Remember I said exceptions (Hourou Musko and Maria+Holic) do happen and this is one, although to be fair... no one is homosexual, and there's only cross-dressing (heavy, heavy amounts).

Having been dragged into the show, I can say that the show greatly touched me. Something about realizing your inner potential if you just try and turning your passions into a career.


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She finds a career as a fashion designer, using Jellyfish as a design choice and 'seeing' the dress to jellyfish standards using her now good friend (cross-dressing boy) as a model for her clothes.


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It's good to know that sometimes things we hold dear to ourselves can truly bring us joy later in life. That's a pretty good moral don't you think?