Romancing Beast Husbands, Starting at 200 Pounds Episode 1

Episode 1 · 67 episodes · Aria, Fenrir, Milo

Episode 1 recap

A reader gets pulled into a glowing book while soaking in her bathtub. She wakes up inside an alien palace as Princess Aria, a heavy royal who beat ten previous husbands to death. Her sister Bella shoves her, and Queen Grace presents four hostile beastmen as marriage candidates. The Heartthrob Sprite assigns Aria a life-or-death mission. Aria shocks the room by declaring she wants all four men.

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Episode 1 scene by scene

00:00: Pulled Into the Novel
A young woman reads the novel Star Beast Husbands in her bathtub while imagining beastmen. The pages suddenly begin to glow bright light. A glowing vortex forms above the water and pulls her straight into the fictional realm.
00:32: Trapped as Princess Aria
She wakes up inside an interstellar floating palace. Looking into a mirror, she discovers she has taken over the body of Princess Aria. The two-hundred-pound royal carries an infamous reputation for beating ten beast husbands to death.
01:18: Bella's Sudden Push
Aria tries to run away down the palace hall and trips. Princess Bella acts polite for a brief second before insulting Aria's weight. Bella shoves her onto the floor and reminds her about choosing their husbands today.
01:49: The Hostile Candidates
Queen Grace enters the throne room and presents four powerful beastmen, including Fenrir, Milo, and Felix. Aria looks at the potential partners. The four beastmen glare back at Aria with absolute contempt, hatred, and deep hostility.
02:37: The System's Demands
The Heartthrob Sprite appears to Aria with the Heartflutter System. It orders her to make all four men fall in love or die in both worlds. When Queen Grace asks Aria for her pick, Aria makes a bold demand.

Key lines from episode 1

“You disgusting fat pig! Today is the day we choose our beast husbands.”
Bella · Bella speaks to Aria in the palace hall after shoving her to the floor.

“Even if I'm exiled to the farthest reaches of space, I'll never be the eleventh beastman to die by your hand!”
Fenrir · Fenrir snaps at Aria in the throne room when presented as a marriage candidate.

“As long as all four beast husbands fall for you 100%, I can restore your rightful beauty!”
Heartthrob Sprite · The sprite explains the survival mission conditions to Aria inside the imperial throne room.

“Aria, which one of these four beast husbands do you want to choose?”
Queen Grace · Queen Grace asks Aria to select a partner from the four gathered beastmen.

“All four of them! I! Want! Them! All!”
Aria · Aria shouts her selection to Queen Grace and the four shocked beastmen.

How episode 1 ends

Aria stands before Queen Grace and points directly at the four hostile beastmen. Instead of picking a single candidate, she loudly declares that she wants to take all four of them as husbands. How will Queen Grace, Princess Bella, and the furious beastmen react to Aria's sudden, outrageous demand in the next episode?