The second book follows Yukiya and the Crown Prince, while the first book follows only the events in the Sakura Palace. They're very different stories because of the difference in perspectives. Also, having also watched the anime, I wouldn't say that the first book is the main plot. The anime is trying to cover both perspectives at the same time to give a more full picture of the events. As an example, reading only the first book wouldn't tell you why Yukiya is the Prince's aid and how he got there. He's very much a background character of the book since it focuses on the consort candidates and their competition. However, in the second book we can see who he is and what he's experiencing. It gives us another point of view of the power struggle between the yatagarasu and the four families. Why do you think the second book is purposeless?
Like you said its just giving us different pov. IMO I like the anime more as it seems more complete. So my question is, is the 2nd book a remake of the 1st book? Because the core of the story is the same just with different pov. If so, how about the other books? Is it going to be the same story but with different pov also?
The second book is not a remake of the first. They're not the exact same story either. It's the events that occur outside of the Sakura Palace from Yukiya's POV. The events overlap, but what Yukiya experiences is different from from those in the Sakura Palace experiences and vice versa. A remake would follow the same exact events. I know the 3rd and 4th volumes have to do with Yukiya going forward. The 5th and 6th volumes are books that cover the same time period from different perspectives
For me even if the pov is different there's still for example the death of Kazumi. Why would they repeat the same story with different pov for 4 books. We would know it by then. The books just add a few details, with the same conclusion in the end. I much prefer a new story like 3rd & 4th book. Can you imagine creating books for every character in a story. That would be tedious
Wow. You didn't read what I wrote at all. Like I said before, Kazumi's death is touched on twice because this is the same time period from POV. Just because they're two different POV doesn't mean they don't see the same events at times. Kazumi's death was important to the narrative on both sides. Thus, the perspective from both sides is given. As I also said before, the 3rd and 4th books cover Yukiya going forward. As in pass the events in book 1 and 2. I never said that they're the same events from a different perspective.
The 5th and 6th cover the same time period from different perspectives, but don't follow the same plot as books 1 and 2. There are no 4 perspectives of the same events.
I was referring to the '5 & 6 books that cover the same time period from different perspectives'. Which I assume 'time period' is the same events in book 1 and 2. Hence there are 4 books. Well let's just agree to disagree and enjoy the story wherever direction it takes ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
Hey, could you share the link where I can read these?
I am up to date with the anime and skimmed through the 1st book manga adaptation. Except for a few differences the main plot seems to follow the 1st book. So what's the purpose of this 2nd book?