Review Jellyfish Princess

Yeah I have the best man boobs in town

Tsukimi was an awkward lady who loved jellyfish more than anything. Even though she could confront beautiful people (She and the other women of the dorm refer to them as the stylish) she ends up entangled with a cross-dressing guy named Kuranosuke.

I am not the secret love child of Jigen and Goemon!

Jellyfish princess is an eleven episode shojo anime. It is an interesting show in that is one of the few that deal with female geeks and not in a fetishistic sense. However I found this to be a double edged sword as on one hand it is an interesting hook but on the other hand the other members of the dorm are one note human jokes who eat up too time causing pacing problems in the rest of the show.

Despite the title on the cover there is oddly no Yaoi in that sketchbook.

The rest of the show is a love triangle between Tsukimi, Kuranosuke and his brother, as well as a couple of episodes later in the show that deal with Tsukimi embarking on a possible new calling. I found Kuranosuke to be the most interesting and unique character in the show, especially if you have seen some of the less savory male leads in shoujo media. However none of this is well developed in enough in the running time of the show and given the show's age a proper ending will probably never be animated.

Overall I found Jellyfish princes to be a nice concept that was unfortunately cluttered with unnecessary material and poor pacing.

Rating the bronze  Hideyoshi (Baka to Test) for a series made decent by cross-dressing.