Historical trivia
The new credits reveal that Crow is going by the name Kurou Hougan. (“Kurou” is what I’ve been transliterating as “Crow”, but Hougan is new.)
As the Japanese fans immediately recognized, these are both names or epithets associated with Minamoto Yoshitsune, a historical warrior hero. So I assume this isn’t the name his parents gave him, but one he chose for himself. From his story about the Bridge Guy, we know Crow is a hero worshipper.
Yoshitsune is a popular hero, and legend describes him as both a great fighter and a great lover. (And also short!). But although he was a great tactical fighter, he was no match in strategy or in politics for his older brother, who became the first Shogun. Probably Yoshitsune is most famous for going out in a blaze of self-destruction.
It’s misleading to read too much into a name, of course. But I wouldn’t be surprised if all of Crow’s early brilliant success leads up to some great tragic error.
(P.S. I first read about Yoshitsune in Ivan Morris’ The Nobility of Failure. Prof. Morris is a fascinating writer. Be sure to check out the footnotes, there’s some great stuff in there.
(But re-reading his introduction to ~Failure, which describes tragic figures whose sheer sincerity of purpose means they’re unable to make mundane compromises and leads to their defeat by established authorities -- that part reminds me of a different character.)