Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai Episode 20 Discussion

Koume going to see her estranged mother Hatsune, who forced her father Jihei to do the act of transporting Sagecap and leaving the pretense of the human-eating monkey, which eventually caught the Underground's attention, she has been making him the scapegoat all this while, while abandoning him with another man so that she can wipe her hands off his slate. But with Koume's birth, all that her mother hoped for was slain to the ground, and the split second that Yukiya and Wakamiya came to save her from her trauma, that trauma has never really been gone from her heart. To add to the matter, her man transforming into a yatagarasu from Sagecap to calm him down, and Wakamiya getting stabbed in the process from Koume's mother with Sumio and the others coming one step too late, things took a really dark turn.

Sumio taking a blow from Hamayu, as Natsuka hears Hatsune's plea about the human-eating monkey in the shrine who offered them Sagecap, their loyalty proves more adamant than the yatagarasu who left her alone. And the illusion that Yukiya had, it came true that Wakamiya could not kill yatagarasu as the true Kin'u, which Hamayu is already certain that he has feelings of a heart.

Going back to the barrier that protects Yamauchi from the real world whose ghost fire are modern-day human cities, Wakamiya does his usual barrier retention to shield the past from the present, and when there comes a time where he could not do it anymore, Yukiya taking on the job on his behalf, entrusting the hardship that comes thereafter with joining the Yamauchi Guard.

What a series, but a massively underrated one that has not been given the attention it deserves. Simply great.

@KANLen09 but wait, it wasn't Jihei who turned into a Yatagarasu in this episode, since he was found dead in a previous episode, right? That guy who turned into a Yatagarasu was Koume's mother's new man wasn't he?

Pretty weak as detective series. Prince knew almost everything and could do everything solo. Yukiya is useless. No sakuga, no good fights, no good drama or good romance or good twists. I predicted every single twist. So it couldn't surprise me at all. Lore is pretty shallow. I thought there is a whole world with different folklore monsters/animals but sadly no. I had many hopes for this in the beggining, but Yatagarasu lost it. 6/10 probably

Pretty weak as detective series. Prince knew almost everything and could do everything solo. Yukiya is useless. No sakuga, no good fights, no good drama or good romance or good twists. I predicted every single twist. So it couldn't surprise me at all. Lore is pretty shallow. I thought there is a whole world with different folklore monsters/animals but sadly no. I had many hopes for this in the beggining, but Yatagarasu lost it. 6/10 probably

My black horse of the season, I need more. 10/10

Also, even if there is no "romance" tag I totally see Yikiya and Koume as romance interest, just that Yukiya is awkward teenager and he needs to grow up a little more. Even if they are not an end game as a pair.
Also, Hamayuu's devotion to Wakamiya is ;w;

@ExcelDog You predicted every twist? No shot

@Nanami There was obviously a romance towards Yukia from Koume's side, and in the novel Azusa had noticed it and told Yukia about it, when Koume did not stay in Taruhi and then left for Shimobara in search of her mum. But Yukia has no feelings towards the girl and doesn't understand her. So, in the end Koume went away, because she has no hope to get together with Yukia. Maybe, because she knows he has to make a career, and she is a daughter of criminals, although she's not at fault herself...

No! Nope. Uh-uh. I refuse to let it go. This needs like 80 more episodes. There's more crime to investigate and more back room deals to uncover. Don't leave me.

Easily, my favorite title for the last 2 seasons.

Who’s Ichiryuu again? Yukiya hit him in episode 1 right? He’s gonna join the royal bodyguard squad academy or something? Who read the novel? can you spoil it how the ending gonna be? Why Koume did the evil grin?
9/10 I'm gonna miss this show 😭 just execute that freaking woman 😤 Yukiya finally decided to be with kin'u without any pressure from his family 😌🥰

@KisMaczka well, that was a little cute. Like, Yukiya was "How do I even talk to a girl my age" and "No girls, just my Taruhi homeland thoughts". Thus I said "he needs to grow up a little more", because they obviously wasn't on the same page. But seeing how our boy is doing growing up I'm looking forward to their relationship!

Also, someone mentioned that last scene with Koume was "suspicious". I got it like the girl chose to distance herself, seeing all the heavy atmosphere and whole mess. And let the boy go his own way-- for now. And have her own new start.

@Balince
i correct myself. i predicted all twists or some twists were shit. For example the twist that Prince's brother is good is shit because it closes all conspiracy arc by itself. I wanted some Game of thrones moves. But it went into flop.
I predicted the twist with Asebi from the 2 episode. She was so flat and boring, that i thought she deffinetly hides her true nature.

@ExcelDog the thing with Natsuki (the brother) is actually a really cool thing as the objective of the thing was to seek out anyone who'd plan on murdering Wakamiya - anyone pledging allegiance to Natsuki were those who hated Wakimiya as a prince and wanted to deal with him, faking the existence of a rebellious group under Natsuki's name was genius to seek out these people, and Natsuki who was on his brother's side could identify those people more easily and protect his brother

@sailorshirayuki You're falling for a bait. Just sayin

@18927 what do you mean?

@sailorshirayuki I take his opinion as bait, because saying that the lore is shallow, the twists are no good, and Yukiya is weak (as if that's a con lmao) makes me believe he is joking

@dragynfaerie yup..agree..gonna miss this show😭 historical setting anime with great plot are 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Hopefully there’s season 2🙏🏻 We need to see Yukiya’s growth as the kin’u bodyguard…we need more background about his biological noble mother & his complex about being the heir of Taruhi

@bbkikie Exactly!!! I also want to see how the Kin'u develops and if they have to deal with the human world.

Did you watch Koukyuu no Karasu? I think I may have a historical supernatural anime marathon and re-watch them together. I would like a 3rd, but I can't think of one.