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YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
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YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master – Episode 1
Yatagarasu’s focus on the women themselves grants them a little narrative autonomy even if the system itself reduces them to political pawns.
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Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 04
This is all, in a word, great. It's the clear best episode of the series despite the first three being excellent.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 05
There's literally no studio I would trust more with any work of this genre that I cared about.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 06
Another five minute episode of Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai in the books. Or so it felt like, anyway.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 11
The series Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai calls to mind - Seirei no Moribito, Akatsuki no Yona - reflect the elite company it keeps.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 12
Wakamiya may just be entering magnificent bastard territory. Read more
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 03
Looking at the whole picture, Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is probably the best series of the season to this point.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 10
Well, aren't I the blind squirrel who found the acorn.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 13
There isn't an Olympic slalom course that has the twists and turns Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai has.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 09
I continue to find Hamayuu the most interesting of the candidates, and her backstory reveal certainly does nothing to change that.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 19
The phrase "never a dull moment" could have been invented for Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 16
When an anime comes along that captures the best of what fantasy is, it's utterly uplifting.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 17
One could say that Nige Jouzu and Karasu this week were a good demonstration of the different routes shounen and seinen take to greatness.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 07
Not to come over all X-Files, but with very few exceptions "trust no one" seems to be the order of the day.
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Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 08
This is literal palace intrigue in every sense of the word.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 14
The return of Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is certainly a lot like welcoming back an old friend.
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