Akagami No Shirayukihime: Episode 2

    In this episode, Zen invites Shirayuki to his castle.  It starts off with Shirayuki making breakfast for her new neighbor in Clarines. In return the ady gives her freshly made bread. Shirayuki tells the woman that she is going to look for a job. When she goes to a local herb business she finds out that they don't need workers, but the castle is having a contest for the next assistant herbalist.

(C) To Owner

    When Shirayuki goes to the castle later, Zen surprises her. He jumps off the top of the gate. They have a cute conversation, which makes the guards turn completely red. When he asks her what she is doing there she responds that she was going to tell him when she is leaving town. He decides he will accompany her to the port (mostly to get out of doing deskwork).



    On their way to the port Shirayuki's red hair gets pointed out multiple times, making Zen a bit uncomfortable that Shirayuki doesn't care a bit. When she gets on the boat to go to the forest Zen overhears two men talking about her hair, he does NOT like it. Shirayuki promises him she will be home before dark and sails off, happily.

(C) To Owner

  After his encounter with the men (seen in the previous picture), Zen starts to worry. He should, too, because not long after Shirayuki arrives a man kidnaps her! The man tells her he is going to "present" her to some rich people. He also makes the suggestion of keeping her until her hair grew out. Then, he locks her in a cell. She ends up staying awake all night sawing the ropes off her wrists.



     The next morning, Zen goes to Shirayuki's home. To his surprise her finds out she has not turned up. This makes him worry....A LOT! He rides off on his brown horse to the port, and he goes to find his "friend". Shirayui's kidnapper gives her food, but in the process she attacks him and locks him in.....or so she thought. She tried every door on the first floor, but all of them were locked. The man comes from the second floor. She tries to make him numb with lantern gas. It ends up failing, and he catches up to her as soon as she escapes the mansion. As soon as the man tries to hit Shirayuki with a stick of fire, Zen comes and save her.




      Zen throws his sword making the fire fly out of the other guy's hand. What happens next? They FIGHT! Zen ends up winning, and makes the man (his name is told later: Mihaya) tell his story. Zen is relieved to find out that Shirayuki is okay. The next morning, Shirayuki gets so frustrated that Zen is barely talking to her that he yells at him. As soon as he saw her stubborn face, he was happy. He pretty much confesses his feelings for her, but she doesn't get it.