#sumio

In the snow storm

Sumio: Th-thanks for the save Rokon, I owe you a big one... damn it's gotten cold on the mountain!

Rokon: -grin- Want to make up for it?

Sumio: Hu?

Rokon: T'will keep you warm too. -sardonicgrin-

Hamayū: Do you mind the smell? Sumio gets up to open the window. My mind works better when I drink.

Sumio: No. He smiles.

There is the scene where Sumio opened the window without prompting while Hamayū drank. It is fascinating until this day that the anime crew wanted to show that the future empress loves her alcohol.

Which of course makes me curious if Sumio is trying to be nice to the wife of his best friend and crown prince.

Because on Episode 19: A Well Run Dry, he is not particularly convinced of the sake.

Sumio, he’s small but terrible, Manga vs Anime

When Sumio made his first appearance at the gates of Shoyo Palace, I was startled. I thought to myself, “I've designed quite a crazy character.” Takumo Norita, character designer of “Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master”

Among them was a powerful big man, and the already small Sumio next to him seemed just a child. However, the servant moved frighteningly fast and unpredictably. Only blood splashed somewhere, and Sumio had already jumped over the opponents' heads, and now the scream was heard from the other side. He seemed to dance, easily dodging enemy swords. The master acted unexpectedly, like the swaying of leaves in the wind, and the enemies fell one by one, like magic. Finally realising that the enemy was not up to their teeth, with desperate screams, dragging the bodies of the losers, the bandits cleaned up like beaten dogs. Chisato Abe, “The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master”

Q. Was Nazukihiko’s return also meant to coincide with Sumio's graduation from the Keisouin Academy?

A: Yes, it did! (From the q&a with Chisato Abe)

Tomorrow 10 (Thursday) Rebroadcast starts✨