YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master

تبدأ مراسم الارتقاء التي سيختار خلالها أمير بلاد ياماوتشي زوجة له وتُرسل المنازل الأربعة مرشحاتها للمنافسة على مكان بجانب الغراب الذهبي المستقبلي.

بعد تعرّضه للضرب، يتسبب يوكيا بضجّة في قصر المنزل الشمالي لكنه لم يتوقع نتائج فعلته هذه. يستمر غياب الأمير عن قصر زهرة الكرز تاركًا المرشّحات بين محتارة ومدبّرة.

يبدأ يوكيا عمله بقصر الأمير لكنه يكتشف أن الأعمال شاقة أكثر مما تخيّل. يستمر انتظار السيدات بقصر زهرة الكرز بينما يبدأ الكائدون تحركاتهم ضد الأمير.

تُقيم مساعدة الكينو مجلسًا إمبراطوريًا بطلب من الإمبراطورة لحرمان الأمير من ولاية العهد. يصل الخبر إلى مسامع الأمير فينطلق إلى القصر برفقة يوكيا. فهل يصل بالوقت المناسب للتدخل؟

يترك الأمير يوكيا كضمانة في قبضة المراهنين بالوادي فيُصادف اجتماعًا مريبًا يكتشف خلاله أمورًا عن ناتسوكا وعصبته بينما تُجهّز السيدات لمراسم تاناباتا.

يذهب أتسوفوسا في زيارة مفاجئة إلى قصر الأمير بينما يحل يوم مراسم تاناباتا على قصر زهرة الكرز فتتجهز السيدات لرؤية الأمير أخيرًا لكن انتظارهن لا يخلو من نزاع.

The Prince unexpectedly calls in at the Southern House's palace and finds his brother there. Meanwhile, Lady Shiratama puts a proposal to Lady Hamayu about an alliance of sorts between the Northern House and the Southern House.

Samomo's death rocks Cherry Blossom Palace. Suspicions and accusations fly, even before a midnight intruder adds fuel to the fire. And while the bodies pile up, the Prince makes a journey incognito.

In the wake of a bloody disturbance, Shiratama's breakdown exposes Hamayu's past. How will the other ladies receive their rival's story? And do any of them truly have a say in the events unfolding around them?

A wounded Atsufusa calls for the Prince, offering vital intelligence. But what could be worth risking another ambush to hear? When the Prince ignores Sumio's adivce, Yukiya's wits become his only lifeline.

Yukiya is shocked to discover that the Prince always knew about his noble heritage. As recriminations fly, Rokon takes the boy to meet a man who tests his understanding of loyalty and what it means to serve.

At long last, the Prince arrives in Cherry Blossom Palace. Announcing that the time has come to choose his consort, he calls on the ladies one by one. But is his goal as simple as he claims?

The Prince confronts Asebi with her correspondence and unravels the last mysteries of Cherry Blossom Palace. But did she act with malice, or merely naivety? And with no other would-be consorts left, does it even matter?

Yukiya savors lazy days with his family in Taruhi until a maddened raven interrupts the harvest. A strange new drug is depriving yatagarasu of their senses, and the power to take human form.

Yukiya and the Prince find a remote farming village devastated by vicious monkeys. A lone girl survives the attack, but is she the innocent victim she seems? Yukiya suspects an even darker side to this unprecedented disaster.

Wisteria Arrows

Yukiya agrees to accompany Natsuka to the underworld. The negotiation threatens to fall apart when Sakuō appears and offers Yukiya a chance to learn more about the monkeys. However, to do so, he must take a great risk.

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The missing water merchant is found at last—as a mutilated corpse bearing a written confession. The Prince rushes to investigate the dry well at the root of his strange story, but Yukiya isn't ready to clear Koume of suspicion just yet.

Koume confronts her mother and learns the truth about the monkeys' yatagarasu collaborators. Yukiya and the Prince race to the scene, but can they undo the damage done by Yukiya's rash judgment?