Love Through a Prism is a slow-burn romance anime about art and loss

At first glance, Netflix’s new anime series Love Through a Prism looks like comfort viewing: a lush period romance bathed in warm light, gentle but confident performances, and sweeping vistas that feel almost indulgent. Like many prestige romances, it emphasizes restraint and yearning rather than grand declarations. Though the anime is set about a century later, Love Through a Prism is reminiscent of Bridgerton as a romance that investigates social classes and the English aristocracy.