It’s the first series review of 2026 and it’s one Samu and Enzo had a similar introduction to with an excellent anime adaptation and decided to venture into the manga post-anime. A shoujo romance fantasy that takes unexpected turns the longer it goes on, but how much of it do we agree on?

Timecodes:

0:00 Introduction - our first experiences with Snow White with the Red Hair

9:44 Shirayuki and Zen’s relationship

13:31 Other significant side characters in the series: Obi, Ryu, Izana, Mitsuhide, Raji, Hisame, Garack

22:32 Spoiler discussion begins

22:38 Too many characters and too many side quests where the main cast is split up

25:37 Did Akizuki Sorata learn to like Shirayuki/Obi more than Shirayuki/Zen?

28:08 Is the anime the definitive version of the series?

29:23 Comparison to Hunter x Hunter with splitting up the cast and pairing them up

31:16 It’s actually a slice of life series

33:58 Later side-quest arcs: Lilias arc, Bergatt arc, Shinsu arc

37:45 Zen needing a narrative shift to allowed to be more proactive

39:49 Kiki and Hisame

43:43 Samu’s Recommendation: The Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyuuga (manga by Erika Ikeda)

47:11 Enzo’s Recommendation: The World is Still Beautiful by Dai Shina

52:33 Overview and final scores