Akira, off-model, squats against a blue-and-yellow background
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Yatagarasu’s focus on the women themselves grants them a little narrative autonomy even if the system itself reduces them to political pawns being gracefully moved around a precarious board.
There are plenty of stories that sound sketchy but come out on top thanks to thoughtful execution. But I’m not sure from this first episode whether it has the chops to sell its romance convincingly.