Shuurei n Ryuuki, yep I agree.. they’re the best couple considering both series.

any chance for Seiran? coz.. he’s been with her for quite sometime taking care of her ever since she was around 2/3 years.

I also noticed (though it wasn’t that obvious but I think it happened a couple of times) that Shuurei is sort of ignoring Seiran a bit, after Sa Sakujun’s case and Seiran’s ‘confession’ to her.. or maybe it’s my imagination..! lol

@Amanda: you're most welcome!

Thank you again for all your hard work. You descriptions are excellent!

LOL @ “Sakujun, bless his dirty little heart” and the mental image of a deranged Ryuuki pushing Shuurei to the ground for some serious smoochies.

Well, I figure if you’re the emperor you’re bound to end up with the girl no matter what happens, so no worries on that account. If you look at the main competitors there is no one else who has shown himself to be Shuurei’s equal. Exclude Seiran since he clearly has the older brother thing going on.

I also am curious about this Eigetsu body sharing arrangement. And what is that Hyou clan person up to when he’s not actively stalking Shuurei. And why has Shuurei not shown evidence of a Hyou-like talent yet — assuming her secret magical ability does not involve unconsciously persuading masses of bishounen to fall madly in love with her. (The other Hyou women we’ve seen were massively powerful -.-;;; ) Additionally, I want to know why Kouyuu doesn’t trust women. What happened to make him shy or dislike them except for Shuurei? With the action now moving to Sa Province we will not find the answers to most of these any time soon.

No images well, at least weŽll be able to have it subbed.

Thanks for a great resume and for the link.

and, nice insight you got there about Ryuuki x Shuurei… haven’t thought about it that way because I was hoping for some ‘out-of-reach’ kind of moment where Shuurei will go ‘doki-doki’, which is still too early…

Ryuuki’s playing hard to get seems to have good effects indeed And to think that Shuurei was even shocked that Ryuuki will tell her “I hate you”, which was yet another thing she never expected of him… sigh~ I certainly hope she’ll be able to think of Ryuuki in the course of the events in Sa Province, unlike what happened with her encounter with Sakujun ><

it will indeed take a long time for this bud to bloom, especially with Shuurei closing her heart (and mind) to ‘romance’ at this point in time…

I forgot to mention in my thoughts that I’m also wondering about Riou… he’s pretty MIA in the episodes shown, and it doesn’t look like he’ll appear in the next few episodes (yet). It can’t help but make me wonder… “When will Riou strike back?” o_O and especially how Shuurei will ‘fight’ him

Personally, I think the Ryuuki/Shuurei relationship did move forward in this episode. In almost every other encounter they’ve had, Shuurei is forcefully rejecting him. In this one, however, when Ryuuki is the one with his back turned to her, Shuurei comes to him, takes his hand and doesn’t pull away when he kisses her hand. She’s never done anything like that before. Playing hard to get just might work!

Maybe I’m just wishful thinking, but I think Shuurei’s respect for Ryuuki went up a notch in this episode. Whether she admits it or not, Shuurei already measures other men in comparison to Ryuuki. Even Sakujun, bless his dirty little heart, was just a tarnished version of Ryuuki. Sigh. Waiting for a flower bud to bloom takes patience, so I guess there’s nothing else to do but join Ryuuki in the garden and wait. It’s just a matter of time.

and about what Ryuuki said… hehehe… I’m sure that’s what he really meant! (Imagine all this time, you’ve been DYING to see Shuurei… and touch her…! that’s why he restrained himself sooo much XD)

@bootoye: yeah… Ryuuki x Shuurei FTW! :p Seeing Kouyuu and Reishin in these hilarious moments are such a fun watch as well But I guess we won’t be seeing much of these hilarious scenes in the coming episodes… it’s going to be quite serious ><