Saiunkoku Monogatari – 69

So apparently Saiunkoku Monogatari went, just like myself, on a two-week hiatus, so I didn’t miss anything of this series. Today, the next episode arrived, and I must say that this series is getting better and better. And seriously: Seiga is a bastard!! First he guides Shuurei, dressed up as Juusanhime into a horse carriage to spend the night, only to pull a Sakujun on her. If it wasn’t for Ran, who happened to be passing by, things would have turned out even nastier. And then later we see him making shady deals with the ones who actually PLAN to assassinate Juusanhime! And really, he TOO tries to mess with Shuurei’s hair. Ryuuki, meanwhile also seems to have paid a visit to the mansion of the Ran-family. Probably to get acquaintanced with Juusanhime, but I think that he also secretly hoped to see Shuurei somewhere, which happens near the end of the episode. Juusanhime also mentions her loved one to him for the first time, and I liked how both of them realize that they’re in the same boat: that they’ll never be able to live happily with their loved one. Speaking of Juusanhime’s loved one: I think I know who he is: the prisoner who refused to go out of his cell in the previous episode. While I still don’t know the details, it does make sense how such a criminal like him can never really be fit to marry someone of such a high status as Juusanhime.]]>