Le Chevalier D'Eon

Floating down the Seine River is a coffin bearing the word 'Psalms' written in blood, carrying the body of Lia de Beaumont — spy for King Louis XV and sister of newly knighted French nobleman D'Eon de Beaumont. That's how this show opens, and it only gets stranger from there. D'Eon joins the king's secret police to find out who killed her, and the investigation pulls him deeper into a web of political conspiracy and genuine supernatural darkness lurking beneath the glittering surface of 18th-century Paris. His companions — a young royal page, a weathered colleague of his sister, and his old fencing master — each bring their own weight to the story, making this feel less like a solo revenge mission and more like a slow-burn ensemble mystery. The historical setting is treated seriously, which makes the supernatural elements hit harder when they creep in. If you liked the ornate decadence and political intrigue of Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, this scratches a similar itch. Fans of The Rose of Versailles who want something darker and stranger will find a lot to appreciate here. Production I.G. gives everything a moody, period-appropriate atmosphere — think candlelit corridors and court politics gone very, very wrong. It's a quiet 24-episode series that rewards patience, not one that grabs you by the collar, but the mystery genuinely builds into something worth following.