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Is Mushikaburi-hime good to watch with a friend?

Easy to drop in. Mushikaburi-hime (Princess of the Bibliophile) is a TV series from Fall 2022 by Madhouse Inc.: 12 episodes, about 4.6 hours in total, finished, 7/10 across the listing sites.

light-novel adaptationcomedycoming of agedramafantasyiyashikei (healing)historicaljosei

Watching it together: easy to drop in. Slice-of-life: you can start tonight without a plan, and a missed episode does not ruin it. about 4.6 hours for the run, 6 evenings at two a night. Rule: episodic, slice-of-life, or comedy/action ≤ 26 episodes → easy to drop in.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type
TV series
Episodes
12
Episode length
23 min
Total time
about 4.6 hours — a weekend
First aired
Fall 2022
Status
Finished
Studio
Madhouse Inc.
Score
7/10 across the listing sites
Tags
light-novel adaptation, comedy, coming of age, drama, fantasy, iyashikei (healing), historical, josei, politics, romance, shoujo

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: Bibliophile Princess.

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Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Mushikaburi-hime?
About 4.6 hours for all 12 episodes at 23 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 6 evenings.
How many episodes does Mushikaburi-hime have?
12 episodes of 23 min.
Is Mushikaburi-hime finished?
Yes, Mushikaburi-hime is finished (12 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Mushikaburi-hime good for a group?
Yes. Mushikaburi-hime is tagged comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
Where is Mushikaburi-hime listed?
Mushikaburi-hime is on AniList (id 144533) and MyAnimeList (id 50923); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

Queue Up is a free tool: enter two AniList usernames and it ranks the anime you both want to watch, rolls one for tonight, runs a bracket to settle it and finds new anime that fit both of you. List data from AniList; title data: anime-offline-database (ODbL), dataset of 2026-07-04; page updated 2026-07-04. Not affiliated with AniList or MyAnimeList. Queue Up is a Somebody Decide program. How it works · Legal & privacy · All lists