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Sometimes, no matter how far you run, you can’t escape. Two months after returning to Taruri’s home, Xue also learned her lesson. You may recall that he chose to leave Kim U at the end of his term, and although the Crown Prince seemed ready to let him go, he may actually have just given the boy a break before swooping in and hiring him again. Considering how cunning he is, it’s likely that he just gave Yukiya some time off without informing him. It also shows how gentle and ruthless he can be: he wouldn’t let a retainer as good as Yukiya leave him, but he also knows better than to make it too obvious, especially since the boy recently went through the whole fiancée debacle , the first half of the season.
Our vacation is over too and I can’t say I’m sad about that. (Though we’ll get another one in a few weeks before we get a head start on the Olympics Yatagarasu) The story doesn’t waste any time and jumps right back, bringing us back to the giant bloodthirsty ape-like creature at the end of episode thirteen. It’s a horrific reintroduction to the series, with strong hints of child deaths, and the fact that this happens in the North is concerning – not just because that’s where Yukiya lives, but because Keanu is tracking a species Strange new drugs related to this drug. The drug, known as “sage,” appears at first glance to produce rabies-like symptoms, although crows are not susceptible to rabies. But in addition to foaming at the mouth and being aggressive, Yatagarasu also fell into crow form under the repeated influence of the sacred grass, turning into a crazy bird unable to control itself – they are the lowest form of humans and crows. Both lack intelligence.
The burning question, of course, is whether apes and sage-poisoned crows suffer from the same addiction. The apes’ insatiable appetite for human flesh (we haven’t seen them eat anyone in crow form) may be a corruption of some aspect of their carnivorous nature, while the crow’s aggression is altered by drugs. Both sage and salvia are members of the mint family, and so is catnip, which feels like it might be important. We all know that catnip can bring about temporary behavioral changes in cats, and that salvia can be used as a hallucinogen, so the name “sagecap” is unlikely to be a random choice. The drug dealer appears to be spread among the disenfranchised, and stories about him first emerged in a play area in Central; we see him selling to a sex worker who in this episode is desperate Hoping for another dose. But she also seemed to want to buy sage from a legitimate apothecary, which also suggests that it or parts of it might have real medicinal uses—or at least, she assumed they did, or that sage was a legitimate Drugs, not actual medicinal uses.
What does all this have to do with the two new characters we meet this week, Koume and Jihei? Mei may be a survivor of a family ravaged by apes, but she and Ji Ping could just as easily have been involved in the sage trade in some way. We’re hoping to find out more by the time episode 15 airs after the Olympics, which might give Sachiya enough time to realize that if he thinks he can get away with his “stupid second son” behavior, the only way he can The person who deceives is himself.
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Bahuang: Crows don’t choose their masters Currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
