![]() The scenes that set up this stark contrast between Marius and Liliane’s past and present are a fantastic opening that immediately got me invested in the characters and their world. In the case of The End of an Actress, protagonist Marius was originally awestruck by Queen Liliane when he first glimpsed her royal procession in his teens-but when he meets her again over a decade later, it’s because he’s a revolutionary taking her hostage and planning her eventual execution. ![]() (So if you’re on the fence about buying Actress, you can check out Mulberry Bush first and see what you think of that one!) Both are historical tragedies that depict the changing relationship between a poor man and a rich woman over time. One especially interesting thing about The End of an Actress is that it feels a bit like a spiritual successor to another one of ebi-hime’s previous works: Round the Mulberry Bush, which she released for free in 2016. This short, spoiler-free review will touch on some aspects that weren’t quite to my taste as well, but I would still recommend it to anyone who has enjoyed ebi-hime’s other works, or who’s interested in a bit of romance and violence in a fictionalized version of eighteenth-century France. I bought it at soon as it came out, like I always do for her VNs, and really enjoyed reading it. While ebi-hime’s writing spans a multitude of genres, she’s returned to historical inspiration with her latest release: The End of an Actress, partially based on the life and death of Marie Antoinette. A few months ago, I wrote about some of my favourite visual novels, and included ebi-hime’s Asphyxia, a unique take on the lives of some of the great Romantic poets that meant a lot to me when I read it five years ago.
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