Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi

Sorry for the late review, but for the last two episodes, I should be able to publish the reviews in the evening of AEST on Thursdays at the latest. Anyway, thank you for the wait. Ep 10 is great except for some animation issues (and I found the reason why). Still, we are treated with some sibling conversations with Ranmaru and Ginji, so it’s a big treat that spiced up the episode. Most importantly, the oni is out of the bag, because here we learned about Ōdanna-sama’s decision to save Aoi’s life. It’s still not as clear as his own narration in Vol 9 Prologue , but it’s a good start for non-novel readers. We also have O-Ryō with her icy bites, so the episode wraps up nicely. For now, I will discuss my review chronologically while re-watching Ep 10 for the 3rd time.  The first scene on Kasuga’s recollection is sweet. I am  still annoyed that S2 Ep 1 focused too much on Kasuga instead of the orchard date between Ōdanna-sama and Aoi… because this anime is about Aoi and Ōdanna-sam...

Season Two Ep 10 stills are out, and they are gorgeous! Ranmaru fans will be pleased, as too Ginji fans, because Ginji is drawn closer to his S1 look this time! We also have our yuki-onna coming to the North and a new character (who might be an assassin by the look of it). Let's get started! (Edit 4 Dec'25: Scroll down to the end to see my brief comments on the episode...) First, I want to copy what I belatedly wrote in Ep 9 review here about Ranmaru and Ginji: I skim-read the intermission between Ranmaru and Ginji, where Ranmaru again talked to Ginji about Aoi (Ranmaru can be such a noisy brother, but that's how he shows that he cares for his little brother Ginji, I guess). Anyway, Ranmaru asked how were things with Aoi, did Ginji still care for the girl? Ranmaru also commented how Aoi never talked about Ōdanna-sama, hence the Komainu wondered if she actually liked the Master at all. Ginji responded by telling how disturbed Aoi was when she realised that Ōdanna-sama migh...

Again, sorry for the late review; I slept like a log last night after an intense week. However, the good news is, I love Ep 9! Since I didn’t read Vol 8 chapters related to this episode, I was in for many good surprises. Chief amongst them is of course the appearance of Ōdanna-sama’s oni form in Aoi’s dream (complete with the horns). It was but a mere few seconds, but Konishi Katsuyuki’s voice stopped me on my track and I froze, before I replayed that scene again! Such is the power of Konishi-san’s voice in portraying Ōdanna-sama! However, that’s not the only pleasing surprises in this episode, so let’s go through it sort of chronologically. This review is also quite short because I don’t have the knowledge of the novel to compare the episodes with. Ep 9 covers Vol 8 Ch 1-3, though the intermissions (or conversations) between Kiyo and Kasuga when Aoi was not around were only alluded to. First, Aoi et al’s winter clothes, of course, are very catchy! Although we only see Byakuya in the A...

The Kakuriyo anime team posted Season Two Ep 9 visuals  one day late this week, but that's okay (hey, people might be under the weather etc, right... I know, because I am late for my deliverables due to some mild cold as well). The visuals are very interesting, and since I haven't read most of Vol 8 novel, I'm going to find a lot of surprising things, which is exciting too! I do wonder if they're going to change the OP and ED songs because Tōyama Nao has five songs in her Kakuriyo S2 album, and we have heard three of them (Toryanse, "Recipe for Tears" and "A Spoonful of Light"). It would be nice to hear "Utagoe wo Mejirushini" (“The Goal of My Singing Voice”) as OP2 and "Souiukanji no kaime"...(“The Kind of Feeling I Get”) ED2. But first, let's go through the visuals.  First, we have Aoi in a very cool hooded coat and a cute newspaper-boy cap. I really thought it was a new character when I saw this still a few minutes ago. If ...