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I totally didn't watch 19 episodes of this last night? Romeo X Juliet is heartbreaking. Sure, the show follows the story of Romeo and Juliet, but only to a point. It goes as follows: Disclaimer: there are really no spoilers in this anime because everybody knows the story of Romeo and Juliet, let's be real. The anime opens with Lord (Prince) Montague slaying all the members of the Capulet house in order to become the overlord of Neo Verona. A young Juliet and chambermaid Cordelia are saved by Conrad, one of the surviving Capulet royal guards. In order to protect Juliet's identity, she is forced to dress as a boy and take the name "Odin". Skip forward 14 years. There is a Robin Hood-like presence in Neo Verona, a mysterious figure called "The Red Whirlwind", who fights for the citizens of Neo Verona. This figure happens to be badass Juliet, and she is loved by the people. There is some sort of ball that brings Romeo and Juliet together, they fall in love, and the good stuff. Juliet finds out who she really is-- the daughter of Capulet-- on her sixteenth birthday, and is more-or-less forced to start an uprising of Capulet along with her guardians (Conrad, Antonio (LOVE HIM), Curio and Francisco) and Juliet as the leader. When that uprising failed, Romeo meets Juliet again and they run away together to a village, get married, and live happily two days together until hearing that Montague is after Juliet and his soldiers are burning towns down in order to find her. Juliet turns herself in as well as Romeo and Juliet is captured and placed in jail. Romeo is banished to a mine and Juliet is saved by Curio and Francisco and taken to Mantua where it's safe. Romeo, at the mine, at first was hated by the miners, and then after a few episodes they move to a village and start their lives there. Juliet goes to Romeo after learning where he is and they share a really cute reunion. After a few more episodes, Juliet and crew are ready to start the Capulet uprising again, but instead of being Juliet, our brave heroine will take on her character of The Red Whirlwind and fearlessly capture the city of Neo Verona. Together with Romeo and Tybalt (hottie boy) they hunt down Montague, but Mercutio (I love him too) is the one who kills Montague. Neo Verona is now supposedly run by Juliet, but Juliet is informed that she must sacrifice her life to the tree Escalus, the entity keeping Neo Verona up in the sky and thriving in order to keep the city alive. By the time Romeo is confronted by Tybalt to find her girl and is running towards her, Juliet threatens Romeo with her sword, saying that it was for the good of the city and she won't hesitate to kill him. They duel, end up making out for a bit, and then Juliet is taken by the tree. She is dying in the tree and when Romeo finally gets to her after fighting the tree spirit, Ophelia, Juliet wakes up, only to find Romeo impaled by a tree branch. While Romeo is still alive, they cry and say last words to each other and sob more, and Juliet kills herself to be with Romeo forever. They are both part of Escalus now, and Neo Verona fell from the clouds into the water, creating an island city. lol. that was really long. RxJ was really great, it had a great story to it, and it was REALLY cute sometimes. The anime was made in 2007 so the animation quality wasn't perfect but the characters were sooooo cute (looking at you Benvolio), and the scenery was pretty. The best part about this anime was a character named William. Now, it is clearly obvious that William is William Shakespeare, but the best thing about William is that he hasn't written Romeo and Juliet yet, and he took the inspiration FROM THE CHARACTERS IN THE ANIME and I think that was a really cool touch. My favorite character is William. He is perfecto. Romeo X Juliet gets eight tragic deaths out of ten
Maddi-Sama321 · Sun Jan 15, 2017 @ 04:13am · 0 Comments |
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