The expression “by no means a boring second” might have been invented for a lot of Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai. I’ve type of resigned myself to the truth that it is over after subsequent week. I’ve expertise with the last word instance of that ache, Seirei no Moribito (a sequence with which Yatagarasu – and little or no else – has a lot in widespread). It took over a decade for all the sequence to lastly be translated (principally by a fan) and so far as I do know there isn’t a translation of the novels happening right here in any respect. The manga is being translated – for now – but it surely lags miles behind the novels.
It’s anime or bust if you wish to know the place this story goes. And nothing else scratches that itch – anime on this class solely comes round as soon as each few years if we’re fortunate. The Koume storyline looks like the tip of the sequence (although if she and Yukiya are a factor, that has much more going for it in and of itself). That leaves the bigger concern of Wakamiya and his ascension – not to mention his reign – up for debate. In fact, in these sorts of tales, every thing is linked – “threads” within the truest sense of the phrase.
Koumei and Jihei’s story has been stuffed with lies and deceit from the beginning. However not all lies are created equal, and that’s actually the crux of this episode. It was certainly Jihei we noticed hanging lifeless on the finish of the final episode. Koume confirms this, and by way of her shock and grief, she’s at the least honest. There was a letter with the physique, a letter that was clearly meant for Nazukihiko and his internal circle to learn. As Rokon says, Tobi and the Underground have been taking part in it—having Jihei flushed out so they may take him out themselves. The letter is definitely good theater—however you watched (don’t inform Natsuka) that it’s not rather more than that.
The Story Jihei (voiced by Setsuji Satoh, so sensible in Dororo – one other unicorn on this class) spins is definitely fascinating. The nicely actually ran dry, leaving him unable to assist his spouse and daughter. The previous left and the latter went to work, leaving Jihei to gamble and do nothing, till at some point he obtained fortunate and used his winnings to purchase one other nicely. This one additionally turned out to be dry, however not empty. After pouring an providing of sake into the nicely to beg the gods to show the faucets again on, Jihei hears a voice (Nakao Ryuusei) thank him for the drink. And a bag of bones flies out of the nicely, together with directions to take it to a health care provider.
I’ve little question that there’s some fact to Jihei’s tall story, written as a result of he knew for certain that he would most likely be killed. The incident with the pit and the bones most likely occurred precisely as he describes it, and to some extent the sequence of occasions he recounts might be correct. However it’s clear that Jihei intends to painting himself as the only real perpetrator of what occurred – he’s already almost lifeless. He’s defending somebody – Nazukihiko can see that clearly, however Yukiya has let this all grow to be too private and it has blinded him. The $64,000 query is, who’s Jihei defending?
If Jihei did certainly dose the sake in order that his daughter would sleep via the slaughter in Sadou, then that lends credence to the concept of her innocence. For the second, Wakamiya decides to go to the spring in query to attempt to lure out the monkey that seduced Jihei. And it really works, type of. The monkey says that he’s been there for the reason that Yatagarasu might solely croak. And that Yamauchi is doomed due to “disagreeable truths” that the Yatgarasu have ignored (so, international warming?). Wakamiya loses his cool for the primary time and jumps into the spring to attempt to seize the silverback, however fails within the try and so far as this spring is anxious, it’s clear that the sport is over.
At this level it is Yukiya’s flip to lose his cool (I favored the prince’s response when he claimed he was calm – “Did you ever settle down and stated that?”) when he finds out that Koume has been provided a everlasting hiding place by his Hahaha. Once more, that is all too private for him, and Yukiya remains to be so, so younger. Greater than something, he appears pushed by an virtually maniacal devotion to his folks, and definitely a deep love for his stepmother. And he remembers the 2 birthmarks beneath Koume’s proper eye – birthmarks that an eyewitness described as the lady promoting sage.
Koume withheld data, that is for certain. However did she know what her father was actually doing? Defending her was definitely a part of Jihei’s motive for mendacity – but it surely appears he was additionally defending his estranged spouse, who he apparently introduced again to behave as his confederate in order to not instantly implicate Koume. In fact he did ultimately, and the lies might go so deep that Koume was complicit in every thing. I nonetheless do not assume so – possibly suspicious however I do not assume she knew the main points.
When Yukiya confronted her and successfully accused her of being the sage cap supplier – and shared the proof – Koume went after her mom (sure, birthmarks may be hereditary in some circumstances), Hatsune (Satou Rina completes this week’s triumvirate of main seiyuu introductions). Her choice to reject Azusa’s provide of asylum additional means that Koume is essentially harmless, however what she plans to do after confronting her mom—and whether or not she really wished Yukiya to pursue her, as he suspected—stays to be decided. In fact, one episode is not almost sufficient to wrap this all up—however this adaptation is so superlative that I anticipate it to ship as satisfying a conclusion as potential beneath the circumstances.
