Nobody talks about this one. A political conspiracy thriller disguised as a shapeshifter fantasy, where the real weapon isn't magic but the ability to read a room full of people who are all lying to your face. By episode three you stop caring that the Yatagarasu are three-legged ravens and start caring about which noble family just poisoned which ally, and the show never looks back. It demands you pay attention the way The Apothecary Diaries does, but it builds something colder, more brutal, a world where your bloodline determines your value and your brain determines whether you survive long enough to use it.

Yukiya lives in Yamauchi, a land of Yatagarasu, three-legged ravens who can take human form. The realm is split into four regions, each governed by a noble house, and Yukiya is the unambitious second son of a regional lord in the North. His younger brother outshines him in study, and he is poor with a sword. So everyone is surprised when he is chosen to serve Crown Prince Nazukihiko at court, a prince who is less than happy to have him. Meanwhile, women of the court vie to marry the prince, and his selection over his older brother has split the family. Ahead lie intrigue, betrayal, murder, a mysterious drug and an invasion from an unexpected foe. Action, drama and supernatural fantasy come together in this adaptation of Abe Chisato's novels.