The World is Still Beautiful is currently streaming in Australia on Crunchyroll, and in the US on Crunchyroll, and it delivers exactly the kind of comedy that earns a loyal following. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 52 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Rena Maeda sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Crunchyroll.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, The World is Still Beautiful earns its spot. The World is Still Beautiful gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Nike, the fourth princess of the Principality of Rain and one who holds the power to call forth the rain, travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius for her country, despite her own reluctance. She soon discovers that the King, who conquered the world in only three years after his ascendance to the throne, is still a child!! Furthermore, for trivial reasons, he has demanded that Nike call forth the rain…!? The chemistry Rena Maeda and Haruka Kudou bring to it does a lot of the heavy lifting. It was aired in 2014. The World is Still Beautiful earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, The World is Still Beautiful respects your intelligence. Date A Live is the obvious comparison, but The World is Still Beautiful earns its own place alongside it. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Rena Maeda's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

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