Forum - View topicEP. REVIEW: YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
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Andrew Cunningham
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The Japanese term for sagecap isn't the herb but the wise man/wizard type. (And cap as in mushroom caps, I think.)
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ab2143
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I just knew the baby would start crying lol
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SinisterOracle
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I honestly have no clue as to why this show came back after a three week break only to take another three week break due to the Olympics. Seemed like there could’ve been a better way to handle this. I’ll have forgotten what happened again.
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SaneSavantElla
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Huh, I wonder if all the breaks had something to do with it only having 20 episodes instead of the usual 24-26. I've seen comments that either way, two cours is not enough to cover the entire story, but I still hope they did not cut any corners to fit the episode count.
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Glordit
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NHK being the "national broadcaster" basically means that major events will always take preference. I recall Ao no Orchestra being on an almost moth long delay because of Koshien. |
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ab2143
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yeah, after Asebi, I can't bring myself to trust Koume yet
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poisondusk
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Koume isn’t looking particularly villainous, especially after the latest episode, but she’s certainly hiding things and she’s smart. I’m looking forward to seeing what they do with her character.
Also enjoying that they’re digging into the world more. The messy stopping and starting hurt the show’s momentum somewhat, but the actual episodes are keeping things interesting and hopefully it can run interrupted to the end now, and regain the tension it had towards the end of the previous arc. |
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Gina Szanboti
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We saw Yukiya running from something (what, we still don't know yet) with Yukichi on his back in the opening of the series. It's where he first met the kin'u, who told him they might meet again, but to forget, for now, and it seemed to be in the same place as in this episode. Though if so, why didn't he mend the rift then (or at least come back after returning them to their nest)? So maybe not the same place, exactly. At any rate, I don't think he and Yukichi had crossed the boundary, since they were running toward it when they took a tumble down the cliff. In the last arc, we learned that they can't transform properly if they're wearing clothes that don't have loose enough sleeves to accommodate their wings. So what I want to know is how do they deal with that third leg?  I can't help but wonder every time I see Yukia land in the OP. 
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SinisterOracle
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I can’t believe there are only three episodes left this season. It feels like there’s so much left unanswered. I hope we’ll see a second season before long.
What are the chances these books will ever get licensed for an English translation? |
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Andrew Cunningham
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Even knowing that namahage are often depicted as monkeys (or at least the one in Ushio and Tora was) it was still hard to shake the B-movie vibe from my mind reading the novel. It's been really interesting how the anime has managed to make them genuinely scary while not entirely losing that shlocky impact.
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Azure Chrysanthemum
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Shoutout to Koume for losing the parent lottery in one of the most spectacular fashions possible.
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Mami-kouga
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Honestly I always believed in Koume. Partly because I didn't think Yatagarasu was so weak as to repeat the twist of its first arc, mostly because even with her shadiness the scene where she breaks down over her shit life and having to suffer the consequences of her dad's shenanigans with Yukiya going "Wow selfish much" just felt a bit too primed for Yukiya to be in the wrong
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SinisterOracle
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I’m not sure what to think about the final episode. I’m glad Koume’s egg donor was caught. Shame Koume had to endure that for as long as she did. Now she’s an orphan but hopefully Yukiya won’t dissent to her being adopted by his parents now.
Nazukihiko bleeding out and being unconscious over being stabbed by a thin hairpin was rather overdramatized. Would something like that really cause so much blood loss? He wasn’t even stabbed someplace vital. Yukiya pledges undying loyalty to Nazukihiko, who for some reason turns his right arm into his wing and points it at Yukiya. To “knight” him like a monarch would? To threaten him? To stab him or beat him with? I guess we’ll never know since it seems this is the end. What does the future hold for the yatagarasu and Yamauchi? I imagine the novels cover this as it’d be a waste not to tell the tale in its entirety. I wish we would get another season (or two if necessary) to tell the remaining story. |
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Princess_Irene
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I interpreted it as him symbolically sheltering Yukiya under his wing, which would relate back to Hatsune accusing the royals of never having lifted a feather to help her. Yukiya will be okay because he has support; Hatsune wasn't because she didn't. |
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SinisterOracle
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That makes perfect sense! Amazing how it didn’t cross my mind! Thank goodness I’m pretty 
Thank you for your insight! I appreciate it! |
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