What an enchanting tangle of plot Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is. It jogs my memory of Moribito And Akatsuki no Yona in that the fantasy is there, however about 95% of the story is pushed by courtroom politics and human feelings. None of those sequence may exist with out the magical parts, however these parts are simply the catalyst. Good issues occur when anime makes use of novels as a supply – not at all times, however a remarkably excessive share of the time.
So it appears I used to be fallacious in my assumption that the raven killed by the Wisteria Guard was Kazumi (and was that injured raven that Sumio discovered within the remaining scene another person?). Shiratama definitely thinks so, though that may very well be a protection mechanism to try to protect the remainder of her sanity. The truth that she’s solely fourteen (I had mistakenly remembered it was Asebi) goes some technique to explaining Shirtatama’s unhinged habits, however would not justify it. She is in approach over her head right here and might be not temperamentally suited to this train within the first place.
I proceed to search out Hamayuu essentially the most fascinating of the candidates, and her reveal of the backstory definitely would not change that. The key Shiratama (truly Kazumi) dug up about her is that she was the daughter of prison mother and father – they killed Izayoi, who occurs to be Wakamiya and Fujinami’s mom. Why? That query shouldn’t be answered. However Tooru (her uncle) beheaded them each that very same day, and Hamayuu was sentenced to ‘dislocation’ – that’s, her third leg needed to be eliminated in order that she can be caught within the type of a beast. However she was spared, lived as a mountain grave, and ultimately begged Tooru to revive her standing. He did so in alternate for a process he needed to carry out.
There are loads of questions connected to this, and Hamayuu’s story – in relation to the opposite three princesses – would not fairly add up. She admits that extra has been revealed than has been revealed and says her actual job was to kill Wakamiya, then flees the Cherry Blossom Palace with recommendation to the others to suppose for – and about – themselves. Why waste all this if you did not have to? One thing is not proper (as Yukiya will rightly suspect). Is she the actual murderer, and if not, does she help the try in any respect? And who despatched Wakamiya the letter warning him that there was a assassin within the palace?
What could be very clear right here is that for essentially the most half, the individuals on this ritual (the sport, because the Empress calls it) have been primarily fodder. Wakamiya was not seen as a profitable horse by most homes, and they didn’t wish to play their finest card in a match to be tied to him. Tooru can be the Empress’s brother (if we knew that, I forgot) and it is clear that the South is taking part in an extended recreation right here in an try to exert whole dominance over Yamauchi. No matter Hamayuu in the end plans to do, I do not suppose she helps the siblings on this.
The place does this in the end depart this mock competitors? Shiratama is uncovered as a blackmailer and unstable, however her home nonetheless desires to win. The South was eradicated with Hamayuu’s flight, however they by no means wished to win within the first place. Asebi from the East most likely nonetheless desires to win, however we all know she wasn’t their first selection and Wakamiya went to her sister – who was – below the pretext of being a servant. And Masuho no Susuki and her western house stay one thing of a cipher, about whom we’re advised little or no.
Wakamiya has clearly chosen to take away himself from the Heart as this chaos has unfolded, however circumstances now appear to dictate his return. He cherishes Yukiya as a vital software in his arsenal, and it is clear that this has now grow to be private for Yukiya: the loyalty he feels is actual. I am additionally very curious to know why Wakamiya entered into an alliance with Kazumi – what may he presumably get out of it? Is it merely a matter of Kazumi performing as a spy and feeding the prince details about what’s taking place within the palace, or does Wakamiya have a deeper motive? Since we all know that Kazumi was performing as a spy for the North and that he loves Shiratama, there is no approach Wakamiya will be positive of his final loyalty.
