History Anime / FenaPiratePrincess

* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Fena is basically a take of this as TheChosenOne by Eden, who tells her that she has the right to either let the world decay into destruction or allow everyone but Yukimaru survive to repopulate the world from a Noah's Ark ship.]]

** [[spoiler:The Rumble Rose pirates are a quirky crew of named individuals, and have an important antagonsitic role in the story, having aided Abel in attacking Fena's ship in her youth and being the main forces pursuing her in his stead. At the same time, however, they're merely human beings, and not protected by any kind of supernatural luck or such. When Abel blasts their ship with the Wellington Cannon, despite the possibility being open that the named crew could have survived the blast and returned for revenge on Abel, they're effectively removed from the story by that point onwards. Even when the epilogue reveals that at least three crew members ''did'' survive, O'Malley herself isn't amongst them. Just because you're a named character with an established backstory and personality of your own won't protect you from being [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath unceremoniously killed]], especially not with the sheer firepower Abel used against them.]]

** In the penultimate episode, [[spoiler:Abel gets his arm sliced off in a duel with Yukimaru, and rather than consider it merely an inconvenience, he bleeds out and dies because of it, though he is able to last for several minutes before expiring due to his [[{{Determinator}} iron willpower]] and could very well have killed both Yukimaru and Fena before getting distracted by Helena's spirit. Similarly, Abel is able to impale Yukimaru in the torso, and whilst the wound isn't immediately fatal, it's very dehabilitating and Fena interferes in the fight to stop Yukimaru moving anymore, pointing out that if he fights back whilst injured like that, he could tear the wound open further and bleed to death himself.]]

* WhamLine: "I am the observer of your story."
[[spoiler:"I love you, Fena"]]

The series premiered on August 15, 2021, with its sub version being streamed on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}, while its English dub airs on Creator/AdultSwim's Creator/{{Toonami}} block. The series began airing in Japan on October 10, 2021.

*** [[spoiler: The Rumble Rose Pirates are a quirky crew of named individuals, and have an important antagonsitic role in the story, having aided Abel in attacking Fena's ship in her youth and being the main forces pursuing her in his stead, but at the same time they're merely human beings, and not protected by any kind of supernatural luck or such. When Abel blasts their ship with the Wellington cannon, despite the possibility being open that the named crew could have survived the blast and returned for revenge on Abel, they're effectively removed from the story by that point onwards. Even when the epilogue revealed that at least 3 crew members ''did'' survive, O'Malley herself isn't amongst them. Just because you're a named character with an established backstory and personality of your own won't protect you from being [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath unceremoniously killed]], especially not with the sheer firepower Abel used against them]].

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The main crew of the Rumble Rose in Episode 7. On the one hand, we only see the corpses of unnamed background members, while O'Malley and the named crew go unseen. On the other hand, it was a [[NoKillLikeOverkill massive, all-encompassing explosion]], and O'Malley herself is seen to be consumed by the flames à la Lord Cutler Beckett in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', with her EyepatchOfPower being blown off by the explosion, hinting that even if they survived, it wouldn't be without cost. By the end of the first season, it's revealed that at least 3 of the Rumble Rose pirates managed to survive the blast, but the rest are unseen, including O'Malley, hinting that they really were just killed like that]].

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The main crew of the Rumble Rose in Episode 7. On the one hand, we only see the corpses of unnamed background members, while O'Malley and the named crew go unseen. On the other hand, it was a [[NoKillLikeOverkill massive, all-encompassing explosion]], and O'Malley herself is seen to be consumed by the flames à la Lord Cutler Beckett in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', with her EyepatchOfPower being blown off by the explosion, hinting that even if they survived, it wouldn't be without cost]].

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The glass block was commissioned by Joan of Arc... five years after her supposed death.

* PublicDomainArtifact: Yukimaru and the Goblin Knights seem to be on a journey to find the Kusanagi of the Japanese Imperial Regalia.

* MaskOfSanity: Abel keeps the air of being a no-nonsense and even gentlemanly lord for much of the show, even as the more questionable elements of his fixation on Fena begin to show. [[spoiler:Then the penultimate episode, which partially [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness takes place through his perspective]] shows just how off his rocker he's been ever since he saw Helena get burned at the stake.]]

* EmpathicEnvironment: Eden is this. [[spoiler: When Fena and Yukimaru enter the sky is blue with white clouds. When Abel enters the sky turns red and with dark clouds.]]

* ProtagonistCentredMorality: [[spoiler: From Abel's perspective, he's TheHero of the story trying to reunite with his lost love Helena after she was wrongfully stolen away rom him by the manipulations of Franz Houtman, and thus every action he takes is justified in allowing him to reunite with his one true love. From Fena and the other's perspective, he's an insane madman obsessed with having Fena for his own reasons and is willing to kill anybody who gets between them, no matter the cost or [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill firepower]] he has to utilise to achieve that goal, and Fena herself is scared of his intense focus upon her]].

* SanityHasAdvantages: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Abel's deteriorating mental state as he approaches Fena and Yukimaru within Eden means that he ends up announcing himself before them, rather than retaining the element of surprise like he did last time to put a bullet in Yukimaru's back when his guard is down, and allowing the deadly swordsman to have a fair chance at beating him in a duel. This in part seems to be because he believes himself to be TheHero of the story and is convinced that he will triumph over 'Franz Houtman' (whom he's [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness perceiving Yukimaru as]]) simply because he's 'in the right' after Franz 'stole' Helena away from him. However, the same lack of sanity means he's [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction completely non-plussed]] after Yukimaru slices his arm off in their duel, instead of going into shock, allowing him to retaliate in the same instant and impale Yukimaru through the chest, giving him a near life-threatening wound in return]].

* ProtagonistCentredMorality: [[spoiler: From Abel's perspective, he's TheHero of the story trying to reunite with his lost love Helena after she was wrongfully stolen away rom him by the manipulations of Franz houseman, and thus every action he takes is justified in allowing him to reunite with his one true love. From Fena and the other's perspective, he's an insane madman obsessed with having Fena for his own reasons and is willing to kill anybody who gets between them, no matter the cost or [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill firepower]] he has to utilise to achieve that goal, and Fena herself is scared of his intense focus upon her]].

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Despite Yukimaru slicing his arm off, Abel disregards the injury and uses the same instant to stab him through the chest, inflicting a nasty wound that threatens to kill Yukimaru from blood loss if he continues fighting. A flashback that he then relives upon recognising Yukimaru shows that he did the same thing to kill Franz Houtman personally during the attack in Fena's childhood. As for the 'extreme prejudice' part, Abel holds immense hatred towards Franz, blaming him for taking Helena away from him, and has been hallucinating Yukimaru in Franz's place throughout their duel, so that part's not in question]].

The series premiered on August 15, 2021, with its sub version being streamed on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}, while its English dub airs on Creator/AdultSwim's Creator/{{Toonami}} block. The series started in Japan on October 10th, 2021.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: [[spoiler: In the penultimate episode, Abel's final confrontation with Yukimaru and Fena is framed this way, with him hallucinating Fena as Helena and Yukimaru as Franz Houtman, and his vision being tinged in red. it's implied that this is at least partially something that [[AmbiguouslyHuman Cody/The Observer]] has a hand in, given how the weather turns stormy and blood-red lighting starts striking as Abel approaches, and his [[MindControlEyes eyes]] are [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red]] throughout the entire confrontation, with the weather clearing up as Abel starts to snap put of his delirium and see Fena and Yukimaru as they really are]].

* UndyingLoyalty: The rest of the Samurai Seven quickly fall into this regarding Fena, but Yukimaru takes it UpToEleven, telling Fena in Episode 8 that he will always be by her side, supporting whatever decision she makes regarding Eden, sealing it with a kiss to her hand. Given he was down on one knee when making said speech, he essentially gave Fena a marriage proposal in all but name. [[spoiler: Notably, the elders of Goblin Island were afraid this exact thing would happen and ordered Shitan to kill Fena, if necessary, once they got the coordinates to Eden, with Kei being deliberately kept back as a fallback option]].

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: [[spoiler: In the penultimate episode, Abel's final confrontation with Yukimaru and Fena is framed this way, with him hallucinating Fena as Helena and Yukimaru as Franz Houtman, and his vision being tinged in red. it's implied that this is at least partially something that [[AmbiguouslyHuman Cody/The Observer]] has a hand in, given how the weather turns stormy and blood-red lighting starts striking as Abel approaches, and his [[MindControlEyes eyes]] are [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red throughout the entire confrontation]].

* NoNonsenseNemesis: Abel does ''not'' screw around when it comes to combat, maintaining focus on efficiency combined with maximum possible force wherever possible to utterly obliterate all opposition to his goals. [[spoiler:In Episode 7, when the Rumble Rose decide to attack his ship for breaking their deal over Fena-- and [[WomanScorned breaking O'Malley's heart]] as well-- he orders that the Wellington Cannon be used to retaliate on them, a BFG designed to be used to blast down ''fortified locations'', combined with an explosive round to boot. The shell basically tears O'Malley's ship in half just from the initial shot, and the resulting explosion once the shell detonates reduces the entire vessel to kindling. When Yukumaru storms the ship and prepares to cut down as many soldiers as he has to to save Fena, Abel remains quiet and unnoticed and shoots him twice InTheBack when he's distracted by the soldiers in front of him, coldly ordering him to be finished off afterwards without a hint of emotion on his face. It's noticeable that both encounters had the offending parties standing [[CrazyJealousGuy between him and Fena]], as well as also threatened to indirectly harm her in the crossfire, which is hinted to [[TranquilFury motivate]] his excessive yet pragmatic use of force in taking them down]].

** In the penultimate episode, [[spoiler:Abel gets his arm sliced off in a duel with Yukimaru, and rather than consider it merely an inconvenience, he bleeds out and dies because of it.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: O'Malley has no morals in hurting children and gets joy from inflicting harm on them. [[spoiler:When Cody refuses to let her see Fena, O'Malley ''kicks him through the door''.]]

* PiratesVersusNinjas: In Episode 3, the Samurai Seven is beset by a group of female pirates in town. The pirates become regular antagonists.

The series premiered on August 15, 2021, with its sub version being streamed on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}, while its English dub airs on Creator/AdultSwim's Creator/{{Toonami}} block.

* EyepatchOfPower: O'Malley wears one over her right eye. [[spoiler: In episode 7, it's blasted off her face in slow motion as her ship is being blown out from beneath her feet by Abel's artillery, showing that the eye beneath isn't apparently damaged, but merely kept closed. This implies that, [[AluminiumChristmasTrees sure to real-life pirates who wore patches]], O'Malley isn't wearing it to cover up a disfiguring injury, but to protect her night vision in one eye for when the lighting gets poor]].

* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: The Goblin Knights are based on the legendary Seven Samurai. However instead of defending a whole village they’re defending just one person; Fena.

** [[spoiler: Ironically, Sanada and the others on Goblin Island believe Fena to be this, believing her to be descended from "a line of witches who bend men to their charms" as is capable of intentionally subverting the Seven against them. This perception is brought about by Sanada witnessing another man who was similarly driven to madness by [[SinsOfTheFather her mother]] and honestly believes Fena is capable of doing the same, ordering Shitan to kill her if she begins turning the seven against him, and planning to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness remove her from the search for Eden]] once she'd led them to a physical clue they could use to find it without her]].

* SinsOfTheFather: [[spoiler:Gender-inverted. Shitan is incredibly mistrustful of Fena due to her mother Helena's reputation as a which who had the ability to drive men mad with her charms, which isn't helped by Fena easily gaining the UndyingLoyalty of everyone she interacts with. Tragically, Helena wasn't even an actual witch even though she was [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake like one]]. It was just a rumor that spread after she was impregnated by Abel's father.]]