Snow White with the Red Hair Eps 16- 18 Review

<p>A story of a lovely girl and her kind prince who wish to make their kingdom a place where everyone may choose their own path is one that fits right in with old fairy tales&period; <em>Snow White with the Red Hair<&sol;em> is an anime that sits comfortably among the old stories of princes rescuing the lady and then ruling a happy realm&comma; except <em>Snow White<&sol;em> the anime offers so much more&period; The characters speak of their purpose in life knowing that they must fulfill their part in the world which evolves along with themselves&period; The most surprising aspect of this series that continues to please is the self-recognition that the characters are learning how to become their own person while taking on vital roles in their respective kingdoms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The plot thickens heavily as the next three episodes reveal how Shirayuki&&num;8217&semi;s life is getting even more complicated and dangerous as her friends are willing to risk their positions and lives for her&period; <em>Episode 16&colon; The Name of that Step is Change<&sol;em>&comma; shows how Prince Raji is trying his hardest to live up to Shirayuki&&num;8217&semi;s wish of him becoming a prince worthy of her home country of Tanbarun&period; Shirayuki encourages him by saying the next time she visits she hopes to hear the villagers say how proud they are of their prince&period; This one statement resonates with Raji as he begins to study state affairs&comma; something he refused to do before his visitor said she wanted to improve their relationship which is still undefined by both parties&period; Tanbarun&&num;8217&semi;s royal servants are whispering about her influence over their once sloth-like prince and the twins Rona and Eugena begin plotting ways to keep Shirayuki in the castle&period; Their whisperings are not just mere wishes&semi; the people and royal family now see how Shirayuki affects Raji and that she is able to influence him into becoming a true ruler&period; Raji&&num;8217&semi;s personality and work ethic change is one that I greatly appreciate in a fairy tale&period; He goes from the initial villain into a kinder and friendlier person that can help people instead of being a miserable enemy who gets defeated at the end of the conflict&period; The change in Raji does not come without a price for him&semi; he appears to start feeling more than friendship for Shirayuki which will only end in sorrow since Shirayuki and Zen are undoubtedly in love&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;96628" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-96628" style&equals;"width&colon; 1280px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-96628" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;12&sol;04100504&sol;Snow-white-with-red-hair-review-pic3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Snow White with the Red Hair&sol; FUNimation" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-96628" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Snow White with the Red Hair&sol; FUNimation<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>On the surface it seems that everyone is falling in love with the apple-red hair and yet this shows how much of an influence Shirayuki has on those she befriends&period; She is the type of person that encourages friends to become the best version of themselves and that ability is what makes her a strong character in this tale&period; Her own power does not lie in a sword or battle combat like Prince Zen&&num;8217&semi;s personal guard and friend Kiki&comma; but with her words and intelligence&period; The threat of kidnapping becomes a reality in the seventeenth episode&colon; <em>The Prologue of the Quietly Twisting Fate<&sol;em>&period; A new character comes into the light&semi; the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;pretty boy” Kazuki manages to kidnap the court herbalist despite Obi fighting his hardest&period; Obi&&num;8217&semi;s personality of quiet&comma; swift and rebellious streak adds some extra fun to the royal court&period; Sadly&comma; he too is beginning to fall for Shirayuki&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The wrath seen in Obi&&num;8217&semi;s eyes as he trails the kidnappers in the forest&comma; is animated so well the emotion hardly seems painted&period; With the pain and anguish of losing his friend to bandits&comma; Obi&&num;8217&semi;s emotions blend with his sense of responsibility as a guard of a member of the court&period; Ironically&comma; Shirayuki gets re-kidnapped along with Kazuki&comma; and this second kidnapping is the most exciting &lpar;in the dangerous sense&rpar; part of the story&period; This involves a group that terrorizes the seas to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;collect” beautiful people and sells them to high paying nobles&period; Now this is the antagonist that <em>Snow White&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;em> story craved&colon; a major threat to the characters and the story&&num;8217&semi;s kingdoms&period; <em>Snow White<&sol;em> has seen threats before&comma; but none that have been affecting Clarines as a country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;103353" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-103353" style&equals;"width&colon; 1334px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-103353" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;03201102&sol;snow-white-with-the-red-hair-review&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Snow White with the Red Hair &sol; FUNimation" width&equals;"1334" height&equals;"750" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-103353" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Snow White with the Red Hair &sol; FUNimation<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>These pirates are are well crafted to the point of resonating realistic portrayals&period; The Claw of the Sea as they call themselves are nasty and will do whatever it takes to get their gold and cause harm&period; The tale does not sugar coat the nasty expressions of meanness of these kidnappers who rule by fear despite the soft color palette&period; <em>Episode 18&colon; Many Different Resolves<&sol;em> further goes into how desperate Shirauki and Kazuki&&num;8217&semi;s situation is for themselves and their rescuers&period; The audience is getting closer and closer to learning where Shirayuki is really from and why she possesses the rarest hair color in the surrounding countries&period; After a full season and half&comma; it seems that her true past is not only hidden from viewers but Shirayuki as well&period; The constant questions that arise about who she is and why her hair is red is maddening from the viewer&&num;8217&semi;s position&period; It appears that the point of keeping the knowledge hidden is to push the idea that a person&&num;8217&semi;s own actions are what make them who they are and counts far greater than where they were born&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The lessons that <em>Snow White with the Red Hair<&sol;em> teaches of personal responsibility&comma; self-awareness&comma; loyalty and kindness outweigh the slight annoyance of not having full character backgrounds&period; This story seems to have been born from the era of old kingdoms and yet it is able to speak to audiences today&period; It helps us realize that we have choices that lead us to creating our own path&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can keep with <em>Snow White with the Red Hair<&sol;em> by watching the anime through <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;funimation&period;com&sol;videos&sol;episodes" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><strong>FUNimation<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;