Like I said before the animation is nice, hand drawn anime of this era always had a nice look to it. The visual errors do stand out one in particular is the scene at the dinner table. The girl looks noticeably smaller her feet didn't even rach the ground. The plot is getting convoluted, though I figured the guy was working for the prince he said as much anyway it was the process of elimination. The guy seems to know about Kou's mother, or perhaps he's just leading him on, we will just have to see for ourselves.