YMMV / The Beast Player

aka: Kemono No Souja Erin

• Complete Monster: Duke Damiya, in the anime, is the scheming nephew of the High Queen Harimiyah of Shin-Ou, and seeks to take the throne for himself. To this end, Damiya has Harimiyah assassinated, making his niece Seimiya the new queen, and frames her beloved Shunan for the incident, which makes the already tense situation between the nations Shin-Ou and Tai-Kou reach its breaking point as open war begins. Slowly isolating Seimiya from those who could help her, Damiya manipulates her into agreeing to marry him for political power. Blackmailing heroine Erin into helping him weaponize a beast called the Ouju by threatening a school of children, Damiya begins having obstacles assassinated, only to poison his loyal assassin once the task is done. Seimiya reveals that Erin has provided her with proof of Damiya's treachery and orders his arrest, preparing to offer terms of peace with the Taiko's people. Unfortunately, Damiya has already given the order for his private forces to take the Touda and massacre the incoming Tai-ko forces, thus kick-starting a full scale war between the kingdoms, during which he plans to use Erin to train him a massive and ravenous army of Ouju to dominate both kingdoms at their weakest.
• No Yay: There is a relationship between Damiya and Seimiya. First of all, he is her first cousin once removed. Secondly, he is a creepy Smug Snake, who killed her grandmother.