18th Century, France. Lia de Beaumont, loyal servant of Versailles and its King, Louis XV, is found dead in the river Seine. Floating inside a coffin, on which the word "Psalms" was written, her body had been poisoned by mercury, thus preserving decay. According to the Church, the soul that belonged to a corpse incapable of being consumed by the soil will forever wander in the human realm, unable to go to Heaven. This greatly affects D'Eon de Beaumont, Lia's brother and one of the king's spies. He vows to discover by whom - and why - she was murdered. But he never expected that the one who conducting the revenge would be Lia, now possessing D'Eon's body! And what will the knight do when this quest might risk France itself? History is retold in this supernatural tale of vengeance, loyalty and betrayal.
Copied from my Mal account: https://myanimelist.net/profile/siddhass26 (Warning Minor Spoilers Ahead) Le chevalier d'eon isn't the most appealing or over-the-top battle royale type alternate history anime. It's a realistic depiction of the behaviour of the so called masters, for whom their loyal ones; though valued, were just a toy. We get to see one of the most accurate of human behaviour plausible to the viewers. The anime delves deep into topics like loyalty, betrayal and honor, and how somepeope were bound to them, no matter what happens- even if the masters had ill motives towards them, even if they knew it was bad- but they stil wouldn'tl break the knot of loyalty and alleigance to maintain their honor as a knight. This anime delves into the life of the hideous people for whom loyalty would've been just as bad as death. No one is good nor bad, you simply can't trust anyone in this age. Again in the characters aren't developed or fleshed out that well, but they somehow represent their historical counterparts pretty well, like Robespierre is rebellious; D'eon and Lia are loyal no matter what. And even though the character development isn't best, the show does great job at hiding the real motives of its main characters (and their emotions) and springs them out are out really well towards the end when majority of the show's revelations are made. The plot of this story is major thing of this series on paper, but as i said prior the real deal of this series is exploring things related to human behaviour and historical problems so the plot is there to carry the story to its revelation. The murder-mystery saga ends at episode 13, the real deal starts after that. The Magic in this story isn't necessary since removing it wouldn't have affected the plot a lot, but it was pretty well explained, except for a certain things. This anime is a slow burner, and not for everyone. Quite a lot of episodes are elongated and later the climax is sorta rushed, but again its accurate to how it would've happened historically. In a blink of an eye. The anime's historical accuracy is laughable at times, but its characters are as expected well portrayed, so now problem there from my side. Animation, and Visuals are great, but the animation gets really sloppy at times, and it isn't moe or other "cute shit" in anyway. The backgrounds are low-key gorgeous to look at, and I feel like I'm in France so props for that. Music and Soundtrack is great as well, and I love the OP its beautifully written and describes the emotions of our main character. The only bad thing is that even though the show is accuarate, realistic and simply well made, it isn't the memorable like other shounen-type shows, so the strength's of this show are it's weaknesses. All in all it was a great show, which gave great insights on how royalty and power would really work in the olden days, with a gripping supporting plot added to it. It was a great show, with just few squabbles along the way. So I'll give this show a 90 out of 100