![]() ![]() “If I can be a girl again and stay by Mytho’s side then, someday, I might be able to put a smile back on his face, and if that’s the one thing I can do then I could wish for nothing more.” Yet despite being confused over everything going on in the story, the one unwavering feeling she holds is her devotion to Mytho. This leads to moments where she’s sometimes self-effacing and doubts her abilities to help others in any meaningful way. As someone hiding her identity, not only as Princess Tutu, but as a duck enchanted to be a human girl, she questions how the prince could fall in love with her when she doesn’t even know herself. As a clumsy dancer she can’t compare to her graceful prima donna counterpart. Many of the common traits in magical girl protagonists are serious detriments to Ahiru. For good or ill, her naivety and reckless heart is what draws her to becoming Princess Tutu, despite not knowing the troubles she will later face for it. But despite her awkwardness, Ahiru’s well-meaning intentions are obviously the most striking part of her personality. In fact, at the ballet academy, Ahiru is constantly in danger of being dropped into the probationary class. She is determinedly cheerful, easily flustered, and a spaz. In human form, Ahiru retains a lot of duck-like qualities in her speech and flighty nature. This gift comes with a weighty consequence as well, if she ever tries to confess her love to the prince she is destined to share Tutu’s fate in the original story-to vanish in a speck of light. However, if she quacks or gets seriously hurt she will revert to a duck until she splashes water on herself, and without the pendant she can’t become Princess Tutu or girl at all. Her true form is a small, yellow duckling and she is only able to turn into a girl with the help of a magical pendant the old storyteller, Drosselmyer, bestows upon her in exchange for taking up the role of Princess Tutu. Love that drove a prince to break apart his heart for the sake of protecting others, and love that inspired a duck to become a princess destined to restore the heart to the prince, even if it meant she could never be with him.Īhiru (Japanese for ‘duck’) is the main character of Princess Tutu, an anime about ballet, fairytales, and some serious identity crises. Although more complex than the fairytale that first weaves the story, it remains about love that endures and overcomes all tragedy presented to it. This is the way we are introduced to Princess Tutu. She wanted nothing more than to bring a smile to the prince’s face… Once upon a time, a girl named Duck, or rather, a duck who wanted to become a girl, fell in love with a prince who had lost his heart. Also, apologies for being a couple days late. Quotes are a mixture of dub/subtitled/fansubbed and there are a half dozen images from the anime within. Spoilers: Throughout the entire series, split in half for season one and season two. Music: "God Says Nothing Back" -the Wallflowers Title: Love Says Nothing Back ![]()
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