This is a REALLY CUTE AND SWEET magical girl series!! It’s pretty retro, with loads of bodacious 90’s outfits you’ll get to see on the characters in their casual clothes, and tons of classic anime tropes (like her step-sister’s GREAT ojousama laugh).

The storyline is SOOOOO sweet – you will get so invested in Himeno and her triumphs as a magical girl, while she struggles at home with her new, rich family. Being surrounded by the handsome dudes who offer her their powers, the Leafe Knights, offers some happy salvation (…when it isn’t adding more drama).

A cool detail unique to this magical girl is that her costume and powers are different depending on which knight she connects with!! They are all REALLY cool!!

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Episode 1 – Winds of Destiny

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Episode 2 – Let Me Hear Your Heart Flutter

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Episode 3 – The Way of Becoming Pretear

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Episode 4 – Promise Made Under the Sunlight

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Episode 5 – Smile of Darkness

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Episode 6 – Secret of Rouge

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Episode 7 – Can’t Protect Anyone Anymore

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Episode 8 – Moment of Awakening

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Episode 9 – Unreaching Melody

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Episode 10 – The Furthest Reaches of One’s Emotions

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Episode 11 – Eyes of Glass

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Episode 12 – Warmth, Once More

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Episode 13 – The Legend of White Snow

This show… is so… GOOOOOOOD!!!! I really think there was no predicting just how emotional and investing this was going to turn out to be.

Figure skating is a beautiful sport to observe (I did ballet as a kid and love seeing ballet show up in this anime, too!), and there is a diverse cast in this show that we get to see performing a variety of routines!! And the friendships and blossoming love between the characters are so, so precious~

Good, GOOD stuff all around! Hope you enjoy it! nn

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Episode 1 – Easy as Pirozhki!! The Grand Prix Final of Tears

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Episode 2 – Two Yuris?! Drama at Yu-topia

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Episode 3 – I Am Eros, and Eros Is Me?! Face-Off! Hot Springs on Ice

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Episode 4 – Like Yourself… And Complete the Free Program!!

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Episode 5 – Face Beet-Red!! It’s the First Competition! The Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship

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Episode 6 – China’s On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!! The Cup of China Short Program

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Episode 7 – China’s On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!! The Cup of China Free Skate

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Episode 8 – Yuri vs. Yuri The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Short Program

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Episode 9 – Yuri vs. Yuri The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Free Skate

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Episode 10 – Gotta Supercharge It!! Pre-Grand Prix Final Special!

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Episode 11 – Gotta Super-Supercharge It!! Grand Prix Final Short Program

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Episode 12 – Gotta Super-Super-Supercharge It!!! Grand Prix Final Free Skate

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Oushitsu Kyoushi Heine (sometimes also spelled ‘Haine’) has been one of my FAAAAAVORITE anime in recent seasons!! It is SOOOO heartwarmingly sweet and makes you feel sooooooo good, of the warm-and-squishy comfort variety.

And the setting!! WOW!! It takes place in a fantasy version of an Austrian royal palace, and the anime isn’t shy about showing off beautiful royal halls and architecture – and the beautiful princes that live within them. Seriously, this show is SO beautiful! (And, LOL, don’t giggle at their hometown being named ‘Weiner’ – its name is based on ‘Vienna,’ LOL).

Also catch the live-action ending dance at the end of episode 7! Those are the stage actors for the live stage version of the show – they are the same actors who play the voices of the characters in the anime!

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Episode 1 – The Royal Tutor Arrives

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Episode 2 – The Prince Interviews

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Episode 3 – You Don’t Need to Accept Me

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Episode 4 – The Princes Go to Town

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Episode 5 – Assailed By the Greatest of Trials

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Episode 6 – At Cafe Mitter Meyer

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Episode 7 – The Whereabouts of a Dream

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Episode 8 – A Timid Heart

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Episode 9 – The Price of the Past

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Episode 10 – The Professor I Don’t Know

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Episode 11 – The Pair’s Promise

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Episode 12 – The Last Lesson

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Read about this anime written up in my List of Idol Boy Anime~!!

Magic-Kyun! Renaissance is an otome series which follows the growth of the heroine as she masters her ability to create magic through art (her affinity is flower arranging).

The cast of handsome dudes each specialize in their own art, such as painting, singing, culinary design… there are seriously SO MANY, and I appreciate so much to see so many art media commemorated~ And in the fantasy rules of this magic school setting, art is what manifests magic in the world!

HOW COOL IS THAT!!!

Anyway, enjoy these sweet-natured stories~ As an added bonus, each episode also includes a beautiful insert song! The cast of voice actors is excellent so it’s really exciting hearing them sing!

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Episode 1 – Brilliantly Blooming Renaissance

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Episode 2 – Only You Can See

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Episode 3 – Inspiration in an Album

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Episode 4 – Dancing on the Moonlight

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Episode 5 – I Just Can’t Ignore You, Senpai

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Episode 6 – Blown by a Mischievous Wind

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Episode 7 – Shining Like the Sun

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Episode 8 – The Light Out of Reach

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Episode 9 – The Festival of Miracles and Magic

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Episode 10 – A Heart-Pounding Summer Holiday

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Episode 11 – You Are the Prince of Destiny

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Episode 12 – The Sleeping Princess of the Frozen Forest

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Episode 13 – Magic-Kyun for You!

For more idol boy anime to watch, check my list of faves!!

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Read about this anime written up in my List of Idol Boy Anime~!!

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Episode 1 – Turning Dreams into Music

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Episode 2 – KIZUNA

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Episode 3 – Mighty Aura

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Episode 4 – JUSTICE IMPULSE

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Episode 5 – Visible Elf

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Episode 6 – Lovely Eyes

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Episode 7 – Grown Empathy

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Episode 8 – Lasting Oneness

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Episode 9 – NEXT DOOR

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Episode 10 – We believe you

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Episode 11 – The Future, Dreams, Thank You – And!

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Episode 12 – Three shining stars

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Episode 13 – WE ARE STARISH!

For more idol boy anime to watch, check my list of faves!!

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