A lot has happened in Kemono no Souja Erin since I last mentioned this series. The final act of Erin's mother was to control a Touda and command it to carry Erin away to safety. The Touda carried Erin very far because when she is found by a bee keeper named Jone, it is on the other side of the country and Erin is just drifting on a log.
With Jone's help Erin is able deal with her grief and before long she is helping him with bee keeping. As a former teacher Jone recognises Erin's potential and he reluctantly decides to train her. The reason for his reluctance is only revealed much later. An encounter with a Beastlord, a powerful animal with great importance to the earliest history of the country, prepares Erin for the next change in her life. Erin is intrigued by the Beastlord because it has the ability to control Touda in exactly the same way that her mother did.
Four years pass and Erin, now fourteen, is happily working with Jone as a bee keeper but she has also become like a daughter to him. However Jone's past catches up with him and he must return to the city. But Jone knows that Erin, with her passion for nature, would not be happy in a city, so he offers her an opportunity to study at the beastarian academy where they also look after the retired Beastlords. Given her fascination with the creature, Erin naturally jumps at the chance to get close to them. Erin takes the entrance exam and her answers completely stun the head teacher, Esal, who is an old friend of Jone. Erin is about to start a new chapter of her life.
I'm truly enjoying this series. Everything about the story is so richly detailed, from the characters to the historical background, that it feels like I'm reading a novel instead of watching a TV series. This is story telling at its best.
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