Victoria of Many Faces S1 – Review

This series follows Chloe Sellers under the first name Victoria as she ends up being betrayed by the organization she worked for her whole life. She eventually finds an abandoned girl, Nonna, and for Victoria, she aims to take care of Nonna. Definitely a strength of this anime is their dynamic, the mother-daughter relationship these two share. Though how Victoria guides Nonna is really sweet.

Another notable character in this series is Jeffrey. He starts out as someone who can verify that it is fine for Victoria to take in Nonna. Still, over time we have seen him become closer to these two. As this show has a slow-burn slice of life, it makes you wonder how the paths of these 3 will continue to push forward. Much like Victoria, Jeffrey has his own stuff from the past to deal with. Clearly the show sets itself on how these 3 will move forward with their lives.

This story moves at a slow pace for the most part. The key is seeing how Victoria lives her life, not that she is away from the organization she used to belong to. This anime is very much catered to those that enjoy slower slice-of-life stories. One of the big selling points for this anime is the characterization of both Victoria and Jeff. They really feel like adults figuring out how they can move forward with their lives.

Studio Deen is animating this, and there are mixed things about it. The early episodes had very nice direction and some solid animation. You can see that starting from episode 4 onwards you can tell they were running out of budget. Still a nice OST really helped a good amount of things. You can tell they were aware of their limitations by making sure this is only 9 episodes.

If you are a fan of both slice of Life and romance stories, you will very likely like this show. It is more a breath of fresh air than anything else considering the age of the cast and how they act. With that being said if you really don’t care for those types of stories your mileage will vary and this might not be something you might like.