(CR) Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai (The Crow Does Not Choose the Lord)

[Stark700]

Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai (The Crow Does Not Choose the Lord) novels is getting an anime adaptation. Coming next year in April 2024.

Premise from ANN

The books center on the world of the yatagarasu (the Japanese name for a variant of mythical god-crows that appear in East Asian folk mythologies). The yatagarasu are able to shape shift between human and crow forms, and live in the world of Yamauchi, a parallel world created by the yatagarasu god Yamagami. Within Yamauchi, the yatagarasu live in a society evoking Heian-era Japan, and the parallel world remains connected to our human world.

Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai centers on a beautiful but eccentric yatagarasu boy named Yukiya, who is selected to become the imperial prince's retainer. The story unfolds as Yukiya and the prince become embroiled in court intrigue and conspiracies.

Source (official site)

https://www.nhk.jp/g/blog/gu-7cbb8zo/

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-april/.203736

[Stark700]

[Guardian Enzo]

Now I have to decide if Miyu Irino in a rare lead role is enough to get me to watch a LN fantasy.

[tokinokanatae]

They're novels, not light novels.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by tokinokanatae

They're novels, not light novels.

Well, that's a plus.

[Stark700]

Crunchyroll announced for streaming

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ofiles/.209523

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

There are a lot of characters, so I didn't fully understand it, but it was pretty interesting.
So you got two plots going on, one with the 4 girls fighting over who gets to marry some guy, and then another plot that involves crow humans
And this some guy the girls are trying to marry was originally the younger brother who was gonna lose, but as a deal with the crows, he turns into a crow and also takes the place of his older brother?
Probably? That's what I got. I don't remember their names. The older brother is Ani-nomiya, easy since Ani = Older Brother, but I can't remember his replacement's name

Dang, and to think I was about to watch Shinkarion over this
A show that has more than a couple of IQ is always nice

And, Kugimiya

[Thor's Hammer]

This show's first two episodes were my favourite of any new show this season.

[Guardian Enzo]

I had high expectations but they were definitely met. Apart from too much talky exposition in the first episode that was pretty great.

[serenade_beta]

Dang, this is good, but most anime these days have an IQ of 1 digit and its hard switching my brain into "care about the anime content and need to think a bit" mode

[Blaat]

This show does suffer from telling instead of showing but besides that the first two episodes were excellent, definitely best series of the season.

[scififan]

The viewers of Japanese historical drama or historical manga are not understand the court relationship. Otherwise, the story is rather confusing. The royal court or harem is more or less mirroring ancient Japan's politics. The local lords gained the power to rule Japan, by marrying their daughters to the ruling monarch. The family feuds of Japan's royal court might become civil wars. The princes or lords who lost power have to become monks or exiled far away from the court.

The world view of gold raven/crew is bit confusing. Reading Wikipedia article on mythology still doesn't answer much of the confusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-legged_crow

The characterization is easier to understand. The daughter of the eastern lord is a simpleton. It is more or less her limited contact with people outside her family. In contrast, two daughters of other houses are rather rude and ambitious. Then, the daughter of the fourth house is rather indifferent. She is there just to make up the number. Maybe they can play mahjong.

[Thor's Hammer]

I call BS on real Kinu causing drought and whatever other negative shit that was mentioned in this episode. It would not surprise me that Yatagarasu took on the title of Kinu after the first Kinu passed away to claim the authority of a divine being.

[BBOvenGuy]

Okay, I'm confused about who can transform and who can't in this world. At first I thought only the elite nobility could transform, but then there was that bit about "horses" being people who have entered into indentured servitude and had their transforming power bound. So then I thought maybe everyone could transform, but that would conflict with the rule that people aren't supposed to transform in front of the women. Can't the women transform too? Or is transforming a male-only thing?

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by BBOvenGuy

Okay, I'm confused about who can transform and who can't in this world. At first I thought only the elite nobility could transform, but then there was that bit about "horses" being people who have entered into indentured servitude and had their transforming power bound. So then I thought maybe everyone could transform, but that would conflict with the rule that people aren't supposed to transform in front of the women. Can't the women transform too? Or is transforming a male-only thing?

The guards at the Cherry Blossom Palace are women and they transformed, so no.That raises the question of why only Yukiya's transformation was such a scandal, of course. Perhaps in the moment of transformation there's a naked phase and "little Yukiya" made an appearance?

That aside, this ep was fantastic. For me this is the clear best show of the season, as good as Kuroshitsuji has been.