Comments on: Saiunkoku Monogatari II Episode 31 – “身から出たさび”

By: TEX

TEX — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:36:02 +0000

^ here you go scroll down a little bit

By: hinagiku

hinagiku — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:18:27 +0000

is there a summary 32 of this?

By: vee

vee — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:38:02 +0000

Hey, can i ask where can i watch the streams of RAW episodes starting episode 31? THANKS… I really miss watching Saiunkoku Monogatari.. PLease please..

By: Impz

Impz — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:08:53 +0000

@Kaeboo: ya, it’s really frustrating when you know that there must be a certain meaning in something happening, but when they all start suddenly like a pack of firecrackers raising hell, it only confuses me quite a hell lot. I really want to know the link of the Hyou clan to this case. My speculation is that Hyou clan is also observing the situation to see if Ryuuki is good enough to be king. The additional incentive to get Shuurei back into the Hyou clan should be a reason for them to be involved, since I doubt they will let anyone kill Shuurei by any chance.

The others, I am not sure.

By: Liesel

Liesel — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:23:47 +0000

konnichicwa! i wonder has someone already read volume 13 of the novel? and a summary would be good as well…

By: KaeBoo

KaeBoo — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:17:04 +0000

X_X

Seriously though… this episode seemed to have opened a lot of things and gets everything in a “hyped up but don’t know where to go next” feel.

“maturity arc”… perhaps one may indeed call this next episodes as such… but it is still a long way to go.

By the way, charmian, thanks. If you guys want to read the scene in the novel, you can go to her blog. her name has a link so just click and you’ll be taken there.

By: Impz

Impz — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:21:31 +0000

I am feeling extremely down today, and i guess it’s a good time to do some comments to lighten up my spirits of sorts. I have put my entry under a spoiler as replying to everyone is very long ^^;;;

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@Psgels: Yep, the mastermind behind the shadows is often used but i can feel that the mastermind behind this event must be an extremely powerful person to be able to threaten the military officer here, Mou.

@L-chan: EVIL! Novel spoilers are for evil people \o/. Ya, i believe that ryuuki will be tested severely since he is being looked down upon for a while.

@Azn: Yep, that is my reason for thinking it’s shusui, and the fact that there’s no other character in the anime that fits that criteria. Saiunkoku Monogatari does not usually have the tendency to put anyone without introducing them before hand in some way.

@SEAmaiden: She will be just a bit jealous if he did, but she will definitely wish them well. I actually think that ryuuki is really having a tough time due to the fact that he is not only facing trouble from his enemies, but also his supposed “allies”. As much as I must admit that I like Reishin, the special Ran and Kou clan seems to undermine even Ryuuki’s power.

It lets me wonder sometimse whether Ryuuki is just a puppet master. I guess this test is for Ran clan to see if he is strong enough, or that he’s suitable just as a puppet master in which the two clans will wait for a new ruler. Seiran, anyone?

@clari: It is just horrendous because i refuse to read the novels, but this is really an episode that took tremendous patience.

@Heather: Well, it’s not really huge amount of jealousy, a little bit. Still, I guess that is cute for the fact that Ryuuki’s thought that Shuurei is truly jealous is smashed open.

@Kou_shuurei: Yep, it generally does not seem to require the viewer to know anything about the novels. The storytelling this time is a bit confusing, hence my complain at the start of my impressions. Oh, I see, so Shu is the guy. Arr, That’s rather romantic!

@Kaeboo: puts ban on kaeboo. X_X

@Bootoye: Your comment is nearly a big nail to the answer in my opinin. I think the test is clearly a huge check by one of the strongest allies. They always say that your strongest allies can also be your worst foes. Can’t be too true.

By: bamboowitch

bamboowitch — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:30:10 +0000

Whaaa¬ finally SaiMon episode! *cries* but it sounds so confusing… i think i’ll wait till next week so i can watch both episodes together to pick up the plot- thanks for the review Impz! And thanks for the spoilers assorted peeps who have the novel *evil glare* XD

By: Liesel

Liesel — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:36:49 +0000

hello l-chan and charmian… where’s the site for the novel summaries? i’ve been looking all over for it… if it wouldn’t be too much trouble

By: SEAMaiden

SEAMaiden — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:23:57 +0000

@Peggy January 6th, 2008 2:26 pm

Yes, you’ll see Ryuuren again playing a bigger role later on. This time it becomes clearer than ever why his awful flute meant a lot to his identity.

And yes, Shuuei X Shisui will cross paths again but it’s a tiny bit tragic. Wait to see what I meant later. So, be prepared…

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:26:07 +0000

I wonder if ryuuren will show up sometime again and will shuuei save shushi since i think thats how she can break off the spell on her?

By: L-chan

L-chan — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:08:05 +0000

@ kou shuurei:

Impz asked for no spoilers, you know.

By: mangaka-chan

mangaka-chan — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:38:24 +0000

…the spoiler tags didn’t work o_0 Er, sorry if I spoiled anyone there. ^^;;

By: mangaka-chan

mangaka-chan — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:37:39 +0000

I think the reason Shusui is doing this (as I remember from the novel summaries) is that she’s coming under the Hyou clan’s powers. This has been happening ever since Riou Jr. activacted the spell that had been cast on her (that’s sort of how the Chinese subs explained it), and is why she’s in pain, because she’s trying to (unsuccessfully) fight off their influence over her.

By: bootoye

bootoye — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:06:08 +0000

Thanks for the summary and screenshots.

I agree with you that this ep is confusing and I agree with the comment earlier which says it seems that the animators assume people have already read the novels.

I think from the reaction Shusui has had to Riou she is being influenced by his clan and I guess you can say the intro and earlier episodes this season all point towards lots of influence from the Hyou clan. I gather that there is some matter taking place between the Hyou and the Ran and everyone else is getting involved.

Its nice to see that Ryuuki still has Kouyuu on his side. The offer to drink together was a nice touch.

There is some history between Jyuusan-hime, Shun (not his real name) and Shuuei. Seiran should also know what is going on. I wouldn’t want to spoil that bit for you.

It also seems that a lot of the officials know what’s happening but they can only target/arrest certain individuals.

Ryuuki is being tested as well because everyone knows he is /was a reluctant emperor and it seems he has alienated a lot of higher ups AND he seems to be losing the support of those closest (Shuuei).
I think the nobles who wanted their daughters to become royal concubines were always unhappy with him BUT when they found out that he seems to actually like women and was not really gay that pissed off some of them and so slighted families are holding grudges against him. (this is my speculation)