8.0/1029 votes#1 - A Lady Out of Place
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2024
The yatagarasu race is led by the kin'u, also known as the Golden Raven. When his son, the future kin'u, is ready to take a bride, noblewomen from the Four Houses are sent to the Cherry Blossom Palace to compete for the honor of his hand in marriage.
Director: Yoshiaki Kyougoku
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
8.3/1028 votes#2 - The Blockhead Second Son
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2024
A clash with other young noblemen plucks 13-year-old Yukiya out of the backwater village of Taruhi and into royal service. The Northern House wants an agent in the Prince's household, but is the "blockhead" Yukiya up to the task?
Director: Naoki Kotani
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
8.2/1028 votes#3 - A True Golden Raven
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2024
The Prince immediately buries Yukiya under a mountain of chores. Can the "blockhead" keep up with a workload that crushed all his predecessors? And why does the Prince seem so intent on avoiding his potential brides?
Director: N/A
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
8.8/1031 votes#4 - An Imperial Council
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2024
The lords of the land meet to reconsider the succession. The Prince crashes the council, but his brash approach may do more harm than good. How does Yukiya fit into his plan, if he even has one?
Director: N/A
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
8.8/1027 votes#5 - A Purge
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2024
The Prince loses a fortune at dice and leaves Yukiya as collateral. While working as a drudge in the criminal underworld, the boy witnesses a deadly meeting. Meanwhile, the ladies of the Cherry Blossom Palace prepare for Tanabata.
Director: N/A
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
8.6/1027 votes#6 - A Tanabata Invitation
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/2024
The ladies of Cherry Blossom Palace eagerly expect the prince for Tanabata, a celebration too important to miss. The Princess calls on Asebi to perform, giving her a chance to prove herself—or add to her string of public embarrassments.
Director: N/A
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
8.9/1021 votes#7 - Falling
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/2024
The Prince unexpectedly calls in at the Southern House's palace and finds his brother there. Meanwhile, Lady Shiratama puts a proposal to Lady Hamayu about an alliance of sorts between the Northern House and the Southern House.
Director: Toshiyuki Kato
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
8.6/1020 votes#8 - The Intruder
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/25/2024
Samomo's death rocks Cherry Blossom Palace. Suspicions and accusations fly, even before a midnight intruder adds fuel to the fire. And while the bodies pile up, the Prince makes a journey incognito.
Director: Yoriyasu Kogawa
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
8.7/1020 votes#9 - Lady Raven
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2024
In the wake of a bloody disturbance, Shiratama's breakdown exposes Hamayu's past. How will the other ladies receive their rival's story? And do any of them truly have a say in the events unfolding around them?
Director: Kaoru Suzuki
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
9.1/1021 votes#10 - Assassinating the Prince
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2024
A wounded Atsufusa calls for the Prince, offering vital intelligence. But what could be worth risking another ambush to hear? When the Prince ignores Sumio's advice, Yukiya's wits become his only lifeline.
Director: Shigenori Kageyama
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
8.9/1019 votes#11 - The Loyal Retainer
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/2024
Yukiya is shocked to discover that the Prince always knew about his noble heritage. As recriminations fly, Rokon takes the boy to meet a man who tests his understanding of loyalty and what it means to serve.
Director: N/A
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
9.4/1024 votes#12 - To Choose a Consort
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/22/2024
At long last, the Prince arrives in Cherry Blossom Palace. Announcing that the time has come to choose his consort, he calls on the ladies one by one. But is his goal as simple as he claims?
Director: Kaoru Suzuki
Writer: Yukiko Yamamuro
9.3/1023 votes#13 - Ravens Shouldn't Wear Kimono
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/29/2024
The Prince confronts Asebi with her correspondence and unravels the last mysteries of Cherry Blossom Palace. But did she act with malice, or merely naivety? And with no other would-be consorts left, does it even matter?
Director: Naoki Kotani
Writer: N/A
9.0/1022 votes#14 - The Taboo Elixir
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/20/2024
Yukiya savors lazy days with his family in Taruhi until a maddened raven interrupts the harvest. A strange new drug is depriving yatagarasu of their senses, and the power to take human form.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1012 votes#15 - The Girl Who Lived
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/17/2024
Yukiya and the Prince find a remote farming village devastated by vicious monkeys. A lone girl survives the attack, but is she the innocent victim she seems? Yukiya suspects an even darker side to this unprecedented disaster.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/1014 votes#16 - Wisteria Arrows
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/24/2024
Yukiya flies Koume to her home in the Center, but finds a group of toughs waiting to grab her. What does their mysterious leader know, and does the Prince dare to cross him in the midst of a crisis?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1014 votes#17 - King of the Underground
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/31/2024
Yukiya agrees to accompany Natsuka to the underworld. The negotiation threatens to fall apart when Sakuō appears and offers Yukiya a chance to learn more about the monkeys. However, to do so, he must take a great risk.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.2/1014 votes#18 - The World Outside
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/7/2024
Yukiya must find the way out of the tunnels with Wakamiya, which turns out to be more difficult than expected. However, he finally learns the truth about Yamauchi - and the world beyond its borders.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/1016 votes#19 - A Well Run Dry
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/14/2024
The missing water merchant is found at last—as a mutilated corpse bearing a written confession. The Prince rushes to investigate the dry well at the root of his strange story, but Yukiya isn't ready to clear Koume of suspicion just yet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1013 votes#20 - The Golden Raven
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/21/2024
Koume confronts her mother and learns the truth about the monkeys' yatagarasu collaborators. Yukiya and the Prince race to the scene, but can they undo the damage done by Yukiya's rash judgment?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master Season 1
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Welcome to Yamauchi, a world inhabited by the Yatagarasu, a race of three-legged ravens who shapeshift into humans. The land is divided into four regions—North,...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"A Lady Out of Place" is the best rated episode of "YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by Yoshiaki Kyougoku and written by Yukiko Yamamuro, it aired on 4/6/2024. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Blockhead Second Son".