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With solely two episodes left, the solutions are coming thick and quick. And but it does not really feel like Yatagarasu rushes towards its conclusion; as a substitute, it is extra like a bit of a jigsaw puzzle lastly fell into place, and now the remainder of the image is straightforward to see. It is not completely out of nowhere, both, as a result of looking back we are able to see that each one the clues have been there, carelessly dropped in the course of different, extra instantly vital, plot factors. Crucial after all is the truth that our world, the trendy human world, exists simply exterior Yamauchi’s borders. Our clue there was the scene of the kin’u restoring the border – Yukiya noticed what he thought have been 1000’s of ghostly blue fires, however in actuality they have been most likely the electrical lights of a human metropolis. With no reference level for the view of a metropolis at evening, his thoughts turned them into one thing he was accustomed to it. The sage was additionally a touch: whereas sage belongs to the plant household that produces catnip and different crops which have a psychoactive element, the phrase “sage” also can imply “clever particular person,” and this week’s revelation that the drug comes not from leaves however from powdered human bones could possibly be learn as an ironic reference to people (who name themselves essentially the most clever animals) and the best way the powder robs yatagarasu of their cause and human kind.
It is quite a bit for Yukiya to absorb, and I would not blame him if he have been indignant at his lord for retaining the entire “human kingdom” factor underneath wraps. However even when it most likely wasn’t protected info accessible solely to the best echelons of presidency, it is sensible that it was saved secret. The yatagarasu are absolutely conscious of the superior know-how the people have, as we see when Yukiya flips via a e book with ink drawings of vehicles and planes, and since they haven’t any intention of constructing contact, they select as a substitute to maintain renewing the barrier, so letting the people know what lurks simply past their borders is simply an invite to panic. It is unhealthy sufficient that some unscrupulous individuals are promoting medicine constituted of human bone; most reactions usually tend to be numbed concern, if not outright panic. There’s additionally a touch that there is was interplay between the 2 realms in some unspecified time in the future within the distant previous; the wording of the Kin’u’s assertion that Yatagarasu base their kinds on people means that the 2 teams had data of one another. (The flip facet of that is that that is most likely the origin of the Tengu legends.) If that was the case, then one thing clearly went unsuitable, resulting in Yamauchi’s isolation from the surface world.
No barrier is really impenetrable. We do not know for positive why this one cracked, however somebody clearly discovered a breach lengthy earlier than the barrier we noticed was repaired. This allowed the apes to get via, with the prevailing idea being that this occurred someplace within the Underground beneath Central. The twin end result was the manufacturing of sage and the predation of yatagarasu by the apes – with Koume’s father, one of many unscrupulous yatagarasu, working with the apes to search out new prey for them. He does get handled this week, however the larger query is whether or not or not Koume knew what he was doing. Based mostly on the primary scene we had of them collectively within the inn, I am inclined to assume so. Even when she did not know exactly what her father was planning, she clearly knew it was no good. Her survival additionally reveals some complicity, though we are able to additionally see it as her father eliminating her in order that she wouldn’t know precisely what he was doing.
Both manner, she’s nonetheless not completely reliable, and the way she reacts to her father’s loss of life subsequent week will likely be telling. Plainly some yatagarasu fashions have extra than simply their appearances on folks, and the way that performs out—and whether or not the barrier can maintain—might finally decide Yamauchi’s destiny.
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