#hamayu

I wanted to share this one for some time, but I didn't want to spoil the anime-onlies while tagging. But now I can finally share it with everyone!

I hope all Wakamiya x Hamayu shippers have a good day!

Just started episode 3 of Yatagarasu and I wonder, is Hamayu a kin'u as well? She looks like the princes' sister.. or mother? She told Asebi she's not into the crown prince, to consider her just a spectator. And her lady-in-waiting told her to remember her role. To do what, kill the crown prince? Protect him? Reveal sth? I'm intrigued already 😊

Also, who is poisoning the crown prince's well water? I assume the empress, (his mother in law), but it seems many people don't care for him

Yatagarasu comic!! Loved the series ❤️

Translation:

I have no complaints about Hamayu being chosen in the end because she’s cool and I like her, but not gonna lie, it caught me off guard when her history with Wakamiya was revealed and when Wakamiya suddenly acted so familiarly with her. I did not connect her at all to the ragged kid who was with Wakamiya in Asebi’s flashback, so the whole Wakamiya-Hamayu pairing feels sudden to me.

we've finally reached the end of books 1 and 2, and boy did the directors not disappoint! we're also past the point where manga/anime only folks (myself included) know what's going to happen, and im super excited to see where next week's episode is going to take us.

that MUSIC during the reveal of asebi's hidden actions contrasted with her "innocent" expression/mannerisms with the cherry blossoms billowing elegantly around her made me all the more creeped out and uncomfortable. she really manipulated princess fujinami, takimoto, and her attendant ukogi so flawlessly that they're all tripping over their shoes to defend her not even realizing until it's too late how they've been played. ive always loved mystery as a genre, so i was pleasantly surprised to get my dose of that here with wakamiya playing the brutally honest but fair detective. he's so clever...

but also, they cut out masuho-no-susuki's conversation with hamayu where the former pledges her allegience to the latter and vows to become her lady in waiting?? whyyyyy i loved that scene in the manga and i always felt like they were forshadowing that servant/master relationship with how their positions in the posters mirrored yukiya/wakamiya's:

i mean, just look at how hamayu's in the foreground with her head tilted to face the same exact direction as wakamiya's and masuho-no-susuki being the only one of the four women/girls looking to her left just like yukiya.

i don't know if masuho-no-susuki will come back as a recurring character but i genuinely hope she does (i'd love to see more masuho-no-susuki/hamayu interactions)