Raven of the Inner Palace

vairy Nov 20, 2022

9

The story does not limit itself to a simple detective/mystery genre. The writer took care to give us, the viewers, a look into the interpersonal relationships and backgrounds of the stories characters, and the inner workings of palace life. Everything has a beautiful flow to it that slowly reveals a lovingly written story. It's my personal hope that this story receives the recognition is deserves. Edited: For a small correction.

Curiousmadra Dec 24, 2022

7.8

**SPOILERS DO NOT LOOK IF NEVER SEEN ANIME YET** I can honestly say as the op theme song suggests, it’s quite a mysterious show with Chinese and Japanese elements that keeps you interested in the story, especially showing Shouxue’ background becoming a raven consort, her relationship with the emperor and anyone who steps through her door who pretty much asks her to heal their troubles. A lotta stuff happens in the middle of the story but just bare in mind, that the story is slow paced so I wouldn’t advise this anime for people who prefer action happening from the very beginning. As well the animation can be dull to some, I admit it isn’t spectacular really but what I admire about its art is the fact whenever the characters tell stories, it shows very old timey Japanese art that is just so gorgeous. I want to add that when Shouxue burns one of her pink flowers, the visuals for that are stunning as well. Now let’s talk about the ending, I thought it was a bit abrupt with her suddenly flying into the sky and showing a snippet of her & the emperor conversing as if something were to happen then it just stopped at that. I’m also confused that Michael Jackson-alike creepy owl dude appearing out of nowhere even though he’s supposed to be dead like wtf man?!?! Ugh I really hate this kind of cliffhanger ending in an anime like that, please make a season 2 like I’m begging Bandai Namco Pictures here lol! I liked both opening and Ed like they both sounded different but they sounded really gorgeous and just in tune with the story of this anime. Characters were pretty nice, Xing Xing was pretty cute bouncing all over the place with his fat golden body. I wanna hug him he’s just adorable 🥰 Btw I do ship Shouxue x emperor lads 🥰

animeplanet0 Nov 16, 2022

8

Beautiful show with an enjoyable story. This is one of the top three anime I look forward to watching this winter season.