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* BookEnds: Everyone who contributed to Hyakkimaru's journey all were present for the end of it, each in their own respective roles. [[spoiler:Nui, who gave birth to him, and Jikai, who became his ParentalSubstitute and taught him to survive, both die together. And Daigo, who began the series in the demon chamber, finally gets his just desserts in the very same room.]]
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* BookEnds: Everyone who contributed to Hyakkimaru's journey all were present for the end of it, each in their own respective roles. [[spoiler:Nui, who gave birth to him, and Jikai, who became his ParentalSubstitute and taught him to survive, both die together. And Daigo, who began the series in the demon chamber, finally gets his just desserts deserts in the very same room.]]
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* BookEnds: Everyone who contributed to Hyakkimaru's journey all were present for the end of it, each in their own respective roles. [[spoiler:Nui, who gave birth to him, and Jikai, who became his ParentalSubstitute and taught him to survive, both die together. And Daigo, who began the series in the demon chamber, finally gets his just desserts in the very same room.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Sukeroku, his family, and Tahomaru all survive the Story of Banmon. However, the latter merely [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation survives right up till the final battle]].]]
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** Dororo meets a dog that looks suspiciously Tezuka-like in episode 1, calling back to the dog he and Hyakkimaru traveled within the 1969 anime.
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* BookEnd: Invoked example by Tahomaru, [[spoiler:he intentionally brings Hyakkimaru to the family castle for their final fight to both take advantage of the fact that Hyakkimaru, who just got his arms back, is still adjusting to his new range and to kill him in the castle he was born in.]]
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* WhereItAllBegan: Invoked example by Tahomaru, [[spoiler:he intentionally brings Hyakkimaru to the family castle for their final fight to both take advantage of the fact that Hyakkimaru, who just got his arms back, is still adjusting to his new range and to kill him in the castle he was born in.]]
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* CrapsackWorld: Like the original manga, the series has a very unromantic, bleak interpretation of the Warring States Era. War ravages the land as samurai engage in petty power grabs, innocent people are caught in crossfire, starvation and disease are common, and demons roam the land manipulating and murdering everyone.
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** Nui's attempt to shoulder Hyakkimaru's burden [[spoiler:and failing at appeasing the demons. When Mutsu attempts to fulfill a pact with herself as the sacrifice, it is revealed by Asura that only after the completion of the original pact between Daigo and the demons can the still imprisoned Asura initiate a new one, and that no other person except Hyakkimaru can serve as said sacrifice..]]
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** Nui's attempt to shoulder Hyakkimaru's burden [[spoiler:and failing at appeasing the demons. When Mutsu attempts to fulfill a pact with herself as the sacrifice, it is revealed by Asura that only after the completion of the original pact between Daigo and the demons can the still imprisoned Asura initiate a new one, and that no other person except Hyakkimaru can serve as said sacrifice..sacrifice.]]
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** The second opening shows Tahomaru after Sabame and Shiranui, humans are that willingly working with demons. [[spoiler:In the final arc, Tahomaru acts as Asura's proxy for a chance to kill Hyakkimaru.]]
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** [[spoiler:The ending of the anime has Hyakkimaru leave Dororo behind just like in the original manga.]]
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:In the closing moments of the anime's final episode, the narrator states that the Warring States era is about to begin. Hyakkimaru, with his body fully restored, [[WalkTheEarth decides to roam Japan and forge his own destiny]], leaving Dororo to use her family's treasure to restore Daigo's kingdom. Just before the credits, we see a teenage Dororo running toward Hyakkimaru as he turns and smiles at her, implying that they encountered each other again in the near future.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Hyakkimaru defeats the possessed Tahomaru by breaking his morale instead of killing him. This causes Tahomaru to pull out the extra eyes the final demon gave him according to their pact. Hyakkimaru defeats the demon and regains his normal eyes causing him to see for the first time. Jubei and Nui guide Hyakkimaru to safety and watch over Tahomaru as the burning castle falls around them. The final demon's statue crumbles signifying the end of the contract with Daigo. A few days later, Hyakkimaru encounters a stubborn Daigo, who informs him that he'll try to make a new pact with the demons. Hyakkimaru spares his father's life and leaves him with a replica of the headless statue that Nui prayed to, now with a head attached to it, symbolising a new start. Hyakkimaru decides to venture out alone into Japan, leaving Dororo behind to retrieve her parent's fortune and rebuild Daigo's land. The very last shot of her running toward him, all grown up, indicates they'll meet again in the future.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Nui's attempt to shoulder Hyakkimaru's burden [[spoiler:and failing at appeasing the demons. When Mutsu attempts to fulfill a pact with herself as the sacrifice, it is revealed by Asura that only after the completion of the original pact between Daigo and the demons can the still imprisoned Asura initiate a new one, and that no other person except Hyakkimaru can serve as said sacrifice..]]
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** Nui's attempt to shoulder Hyakkimaru's burden [[spoiler:and failing at appeasing the demons. When Mutsu attempts to fulfill a pact with herself as the sacrifice, it is revealed by Asura that only after the completion of the original pact between Daigo and the demons can the still imprisoned Asura initiate a new one, and that no other person except Hyakkimaru can serve as said sacrifice..]]
** Sabame and Maimai-onba [[spoiler:meeting their end and their village destroying itself upon Maimai's death ends up reflecting the conclusion Nui comes to concerning the pact. Peace gotten by sacrifice will inevitably be lost if the ones who did it can't protect it.]]
** Nui's attempt to shoulder Hyakkimaru's burden [[spoiler:and failing at appeasing the demons. When Mutsu attempts to fulfill a pact with herself as the sacrifice, it is revealed by Asura that only after the completion of the original pact between Daigo and the demons can the still imprisoned Asura initiate a new one, and that no other person except Hyakkimaru can serve as said sacrifice..]]
** Sabame and Maimai-onba [[spoiler:meeting their end and their village destroying itself upon Maimai's death ends up reflecting the conclusion Nui comes to concerning the pact. Peace gotten by sacrifice will inevitably be lost if the ones who did it can't protect it.]]
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** While this is usually Subverted with [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the demons who made the pact]], a few are portrayed much more sympathetically like [[spoiler: the moth demon who is trying to feed her young, the shark demon trying avenge it’s brother, and the nine tails which chose to protect Daigo's land personally. Other non-pact demons range between pranksters, evil, and spiders who feed on men but ''doesn't'' try to kill them to survivd.]]
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** Sabame's own deal is similar to the one between Daigo and the demons, but Sabame does it to protect his land. He even believes the demons in his domain need to be under his protection, which leads him to marry Maimai-onba in the process.
** While this is usually Subverted with [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the demons who made the pact]], a few are portrayed much more sympathetically like[[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the moth demon who is trying to feed her young, the shark demon trying to avenge it’s his brother, and the nine tails which chose to protect Daigo's land personally. Other non-pact demons range between pranksters, evil, and spiders a spider who feed feeds on men but ''doesn't'' try to kill them to survivd.survive.]]
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** Heavily Downplayed with Daigo's deal with the demons. However horrendous it turned out, it has ultimately let his territory and people prosper, while Hyakkimaru's quest to regain his parts from the demons, however justified, will eventually send the land back into its ravaged, suffering state. Ultimately, though, this is simply Daigo's karma coming back to bite him - a man who gains power and prestige by secretly letting demons roam his land would lose it, sooner or later. The fact that many of the demons were terrorizing people outside of Daigo's kingdom also adds more justification for Hyakkimaru going after themthem. [[spoiler: By the story’s end more and more characters find themselves agreeing that Daigo’s deal caused just as many problems as it fixed.]]
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: Itachi, he is initially a friend of Dororo’s father but then betrays him. When he returns he is still a heel, but then becomes a face, then he goes back to being a heel, then he [[HeroicSacrifice dies a face]] to protect Dororo.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: Itachi, he is initially a friend of Dororo’s father but then betrays him. When he returns he is still a heel, but then becomes a face, then he goes back to being a heel, then he [[HeroicSacrifice dies a face]] to protect Dororo.]]
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** It’s easily overlooked considering he is otherwise still an apathetic and sexist egoist, but Daigo doesn't deliberately sacrifice his son for the deal; he merely says he'll give the demons anything, resulting in them targeting the newest addition to his family. His reasoning is also toned down, instead being an eleventh-hour method of bolstering power to stave off his land's decline.
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** Although we don't see much of Tahomaru in the original manga, he's shown ordering the execution of civilians and wants to kill Hyakkimaru just for annoying him. In the anime, the execution is omitted, Tahomaru is shown to care deeply for the wellbeing of his people, and [[spoiler:he only decides to kill Hyakkimaru after learning that doing so would ensure the continued survival and prosperity of his land.]]
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** Although we don't see much of Tahomaru in the original manga, he's shown ordering the execution of civilians and wants to kill Hyakkimaru just for annoying him. In the anime, the execution is omitted, Tahomaru is shown to care deeply for the wellbeing of his people, and [[spoiler:he only decides to kill Hyakkimaru after learning his father convinces him that doing so would ensure the continued survival and prosperity of his land.]]
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Rather than straight-up power, Daigo in this version sells his son to demons to bring stability to his fiefdom and keep the constant famine and warfare plaguing the rest of Japan from touching it. And every time Hyakkimaru slays one of the demons in question, [[NoOntologicalInertia a bit of that protection disappears]].
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Rather than straight-up power, Daigo in this version sells his son to demons to bring stability to his fiefdom and keep the constant famine and warfare plaguing the rest of Japan from touching it. And every it - or at least so he justifies it to himself (when he makes the deal he says it's simply because he can't suffer being the forgotten lord of a struggling region). Every time Hyakkimaru slays one of the demons in question, [[NoOntologicalInertia a bit of that protection disappears]].disappears]], which leads to later episodes being full of people saying Hyakkimaru deserves no life and should be dead for the sake of the region.
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* "WhamEpisode: Episode 22, has [[spoiler:Tahomaru revealed to have ''both'' of Hyakkimaru's eyes in addition to his remaining eye, while Hyogo and Mutsu each have one of Hyakkimaru's arms.]]
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* "WhamEpisode: WhamShot: Episode 22, has [[spoiler:Tahomaru revealed to have ''both'' of Hyakkimaru's eyes in addition to his remaining eye, while Hyogo and Mutsu each have one of Hyakkimaru's arms.]]
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* CentralTheme: The core of this anime is about which is more just and important: individual rights or societal wellbeing? It also takes the time to showcase the dire consequence of what happens when one is prioritized over the other.
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** The morality of the situation is expanded upon later as [[spoiler:Tahomaru and Hyakkimaru's battle escalate as Nui, Biwa, several townsfolk, and Dororo witness their battle. Nui realizes that if they couldn't earn the prosperity with hard work then, then losing it was natural, and Dororo notes that for all the smallfolks complaints about the Samurai, they're the only ones with the will to act and try to do something about the situation that might screw over or benefit the apathetic villagers. Biwa-Hoshi muses how humans are caught in a balance of extremes and can lose themselves if they fall down one path too far by becoming apathetic or power hungry, which is shown by the conflict of Tahomaru vs Hyakkimaru, while [[{{Irony}} Daigo who kickstarted it all heads off to protect the land from invaders with his own hands]].]]
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: While Daigo's deal was horrible, it's a fact that his land has prospered as a result of the deal which leads to a recurring question if it's right for Hyakkimaru to suffer for the good of Daigo's people. Various characters wonder what's the right thing to do with Dororo flip flapping the most. [[spoiler:By episode 23 Nui realizes the sacrifice isn't worth it because their happiness wasn't the result of their own hard work and thus if something should threaten it, they can't protect it.]]
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** Episode 19 is about Dororo and Hyakkimaru visiting a village where everyone speaks the opposite of what they think due to a prankster demon. It does have its serious moments, but scenes like Hyakkimaru accidentally agreeing to get married to the blacksmith's daughter and comedically clinging to a pillar while being dragged to the wedding, add some much-needed levity before the dark and bloody final act.
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* BattleAmongstTheFlames: [[spoiler:In Episode 23, Tahomaru battles Hyakkimaru in the family castle and it lights on fire as they fight.]]
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Dororo is an animated retelling of [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] [Manga/Dororo manga of the same name]]. It follows the basic premise of the original manga, but also takes some liberties in terms of narrative flow and the introduction of additional side characters. The anime is produced by Creator/MAPPA and [[Creator/MushiProductions Tezuka Productions]], and started airing in January 2019, with a total of 24 episodes.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Rather than 48 demons, Hyakkimaru only has to fight 12.
* AdaptationExpansion: We see a lot more of Jukai's backstory.
* AdaptationInspiration: While the premise, setting, and characters are the same, the events, details, tone, and visual presentation are very different.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Hyakkimaru, while not bad-looking to begin with, is a {{Bishonen}}. Tahomaru is one as well when compared to his original manga counterpart.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Biwa-hoshi and Tahomaru are introduced right off the bat in the first episode.
* AdaptationalMundanity: All the demons and ghouls remain, but the anime chooses to excise the manga's [[AnachronismStew comedic anachronisms]] and some of Hyakkimaru's more [[SchizoTech out-there sci-fi abilities]], choosing instead play out as a more grounded [[HistoricalFantasy Historical]] LowFantasy.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Daigo doesn't deliberately sacrifice his son for the deal; he merely says he'll give the demons anything, resulting in them targeting the newest addition to his family. His reasoning is also toned down, instead being an eleventh-hour method of bolstering power to stave off his land's decline.
** Dororo himself's lightened up a bit, even staying with Hyakkimaru out of curiosity rather than trying to take his sword. Also, he is far more level-headed and worldly than his original manga-self with most of BrattyHalfPint tendencies removed.
** Although we don't see much of Tahomaru in the original manga, he's shown ordering the execution of civilians and wants to kill Hyakkimaru just for annoying him. In the anime, the execution is omitted, Tahomaru is shown to care deeply for the wellbeing of his people, and [[spoiler:he only decides to kill Hyakkimaru after learning that doing so would ensure the continued survival and prosperity of his land.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: In this version, [[spoiler:the soldiers have no qualms killing Mio and her kids]], where they at least had the decency to question their boss's orders in the manga before carrying out the duty.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Episode 9 features what appears to be a Catholic nun offering her prayers to the Buddha rather than the Christian God. This isn't a failure in research, however. When Christianity was first introduced to Japan, [[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2002/03/31/general/in-the-beginning-was-confusion/#.XIsiWcBKiUk Jesuits mistakenly assumed that many Buddhist terms were direct equivalents of Christian ones]] and used them as such. One of these terms was ''hotoke'', which is the term the nun in the anime uses for "Buddha" (or for God, rather).
* ArtShiftedSequel: This anime doesn't particularly follow Tezuka's style, instead using a more realistic look courtesy of ''Manga/LetterBee'''s Hiroyuki Asada.
* BlatantLies: Everyone in Daigo's land thinks he defeated the demons instead of making a deal with them.
* BloodierAndGorier[=/=]DarkerAndEdgier: The bleak tone, graphic violence and visual style of the 2019 anime is comparable to works such as the ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' OVA ''Tsuiokuhen''. [[note]]Fittingly enough, the director of the 2019 anime is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiro_Furuhashi Kazuhiro Furuhashi]], who had directed the Ruroken OVA ''Tsuiokuhen''.[[/note]] Despite some calm moments between the carnage and character designs closely resembling Tezuka's, this is one of the darkest adaptations of any of his manga.
* BreatherEpisode: After [[spoiler:Mio's death and Hyakkimaru's RoaringRampageOfRevenge]], we're treated to an episode about a human and a monster falling in love, where no one dies and Hyakkimaru laughs his first laugh.
* BringMeMyBrownPants: The samurai who survived Hyakkimaru's RoaringRampageOfRevenge soils himself when the two see each other again.
* BrokenPedestal: Jukai once had a young boy named Kaname as his apprentice but after he found out about Jukai's involvement in the war, he no longer looked up to the doctor as he used to and threw away the prosthetic Jukai gave.
* CooldownHug: [[spoiler: Dororo does this to Hyakkimaru in Episode 6 after Hyakkimaru slaughters the soldiers who killed Mio. And again in Episode 12, when they cross paths with the lone survivor.]]
* DiscardAndDraw: The demon that Hyakkimaru fights in episode 5 does this. [[spoiler:Hyakkimaru was able to get his voice back but the demon was able to get Hyakkimaru's right foot. In episode 6 after Hyakkimaru kills the demon for good, he also gets his foot back.]]
* EvolvingCredits: The second half's ending sequence is presumably in Hyakkimaru's perspective, with the last image, a taller and slightly older looking Dororo, blurry but distinguishable. As of Episode 19, that final still image is completely visible.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Nui's attempt to shoulder Hyakkimaru's burden [[spoiler:and failing at appeasing the demons. When Mutsu attempts to fulfill a pact with herself as the sacrifice, it is revealed by Asura that only after the completion of the original pact between Daigo and the demons can the still imprisoned Asura initiate a new one, and that no other person except Hyakkimaru can serve as said sacrifice..]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: One of the midwives present at Hyakkimaru's birth utterly snapped at the sight of the "demon child" to the point where she, in the present day, gained a reputation as the local madwoman singing nightmarish lullabies to a bloodied rock wrapped up akin of a baby.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: Often played straight, but also played with on occasion.
** While it can be argued that Hibukuro and his men were fighting for the freedom of the common man by killing samurai, their actions were no different than that of the other side. Hibukuro created more enemies in the process, including a vengeful samurai who recognized him, eventually causing his own death through karma.
** Downplayed with Daigo's deal with the demons. However horrendous it turned out, it has ultimately let his territory and people prosper, while Hyakkimaru's quest to regain his parts from the demons, however justified, will eventually send the land back into its ravaged, suffering state. Ultimately, though, this is simply Daigo's karma coming back to bite him - a man who gains power and prestige by secretly letting demons roam his land would lose it, sooner or later. The fact that many of the demons were terrorizing people outside of Daigo's kingdom also adds more justification for Hyakkimaru going after them
** Despite the terrible things happening to Hyakkimaru, both his mother and brother believe he did not deserve such a fate, however, both agree he must shoulder the burden because [[TheNeedsOfTheMany the people need the prosperity to live]]. In the case of his mother [[spoiler:she attempts to shoulder the burden and offer part of her life so he doesn't bear it alone, while Tahomaru has decided he must kill Hyakkimaru before the people's suffering gets worse, and truly has the peoples interest at heart]]. Dororo likewise felt conflicted when the boy they befriended was only able to reunite with his mother due to the demons protecting Daigo's land, and without them both would likely have met a worse fate.
* KarmicThief: The bandits led by Hibukuro in episode 9 are a rare anime example of the noble thief archetype since they attack and kill samurai, whom they believe are the reasons for the suffering of their countrymen. Things get complicated when [[spoiler:[[NumberTwo right-hand man]] Itachi]] betrays Hibukuro and his wife Ojiya by joining forces with the samurai, justifying his actions by explaining that he'd rather be on the winning side and that Hibukuro should embrace the new era of the samurai. He even gives a younger Dororo some advice to leave behind their old ways and become a better person.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The series this time around reveals [[spoiler:Dororo being female]] a bit earlier than it normally would, as a nun casually tells Hyakkimaru the fact in episode 9 rather than Hyakkimaru finding out himself.
* MythologyGag:
** The opening recreates some of the cut scenes from the manga and the original anime adaptation, complete with Tezuka-styled ArtShift.
** Dororo meets a dog that looks suspiciously Tezuka-like in episode 1, calling back to the dog he and Hyakkimaru traveled within the 1969 anime.
** While the rest of the characters are drawn rather realistically, their feet are usually done in a very simple fashion, with only the big toe looking separate from the rest. This is how Tezuka himself drew feet, most of the time.
* OffModel: Episode 15 has built a reputation for its awful quality. If the off-putting art direction of the episode seemed familiar, you'd be right in believing it was directed by Osamu Kobayashi (who also directed episodes 5, 6 and 12, and the first ending, which all had fewer overall animation issues). He's infamous to this day for directing episode 4 of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' and it ''shows''. The highlight of the episode is Hyakkimaru following Sabame up a hill in the woods and it seems [[https://i.redd.it/ddtnr49tj4u21.gif like he's teleporting while running]]. In a more general sense, the episodes switching between Tezuka Pro and MAPPA can invoke this as well.
* OhCrap: Daigo gives off a horrified facial expression when one of his spies reports that his first child was cast off into the river and a 'man with prosthetic limbs' was spotted in the land.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Rather than straight-up power, Daigo in this version sells his son to demons to bring stability to his fiefdom and keep the constant famine and warfare plaguing the rest of Japan from touching it. And every time Hyakkimaru slays one of the demons in question, [[NoOntologicalInertia a bit of that protection disappears]].
* RealityEnsues:
** Hyakkimaru's missing body parts really show in this adaptation. Not only is he now [[TheSpeechless incapable of speech]], his prosthetics give him an eerie doll-like appearance that he's not able to shake until he got his face back. Without psychic powers that the original had, he is more or less incapable of communicating properly with other people and even those who travel with him like Dororo and Biwa-Hoshi have trouble understanding him. Even after obtaining the body parts required for communication, he still struggles to get the point across due to his inexperience with them.
** And when he finally ''does'' get his hearing and voice back, [[spoiler:he still can't speak, as he hadn't gone through language acquisition as a child]].
** Getting human parts does make Hyakkimaru more susceptible to human follies, i.e. [[spoiler:his very fleshy foot can be taken off just as easily as he got it.]]
** Also, taking back human parts he never had before means he has to take time to get used to them, which leaves him incredibly vulnerable. [[spoiler:For example, after getting back ears and sense of hearing, he has to wrap cloth around his ears for some time in order to block out all sort of sounds he is not familiar with, which ended up affecting his performance in battle against the demon bird and requiring Biwa-Hoshi to lend a helping hand.]]
** In episode 12, Tahomaru makes an impassioned speech to Hyakkimaru about protecting his home and charges into battle against him, then gets [[CurbStompBattle quickly beaten down and has his face scarred]] as despite his training, Tahomaru was very sheltered and has little real combat experience while Hyakkimaru has been fighting and killing demons since childhood. Even in future fights between to two Tahomaru only gets the upper hand when he has others backing him up.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:The last demon in the deal was supposed to take Hyakkimaru's head, which would have killed him. Nui believes that the goddess she prays to gave up her own head to save Hyakkimaru's head, which allowed him to survive.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Sukeroku, his family, and Tahomaru all survive the Story of Banmon.]]
* SuddenlyVoiced: Hyakkimaru lacks a voice until the end of episode 5. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it is not a pleasant scene. Hyakkimaru is writhing and screaming in pain because the demon he fought bit off his real foot.]]
* SuicidalSadisticChoice: [[spoiler: The samurai Tanosuke]] refused his lord's order to kill a man, and was told to either kill him or suicide.
* ThirdEye: In episode 22, there's a creepy sequence where [[spoiler:Tahomaru acquires Hyakkimaru's eyes alongside his own remaining one. The eye takes up the place of the additional scar that Hyakkimaru gave him in the previous episode.]]
* WarIsHell: When it comes to the horrors of war, the 2019 anime has an advantage over the manga and 1969 anime with its gorier violence and [[GreyAndGreyMorality more realistic motivations]] for its characters. This is more evident when the manga [[MoodWhiplash constantly shifts between slapstick comedy and bloody violence]], all rendered in Tezuka's [[ArtStyleDissonance trademark cartoon art style]].
* "WhamEpisode: Episode 22, has [[spoiler:Tahomaru revealed to have ''both'' of Hyakkimaru's eyes in addition to his remaining eye, while Hyogo and Mutsu each have one of Hyakkimaru's arms.]]
* WholeEpisodeFlashback:
** Episode 3 is devoted to showing the audience how Hyakkimaru got his prosthetics and his childhood development, along with explaining Jukai's involvement in his life.
** Episode 9 tells us about Dororo's parents and how they died.
* WholePlotReference: The anime adds an overarching MythArc heavily based on the short story ''"Literature/TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas"'', with Hyakkimaru taking place of the forsaken child.
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Dororo is an animated retelling of [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] [Manga/Dororo manga of the same name]]. It follows the basic premise of the original manga, but also takes some liberties in terms of narrative flow and the introduction of additional side characters. The anime is produced by Creator/MAPPA and [[Creator/MushiProductions Tezuka Productions]], and started airing in January 2019, with a total of 24 episodes.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Rather than 48 demons, Hyakkimaru only has to fight 12.
* AdaptationExpansion: We see a lot more of Jukai's backstory.
* AdaptationInspiration: While the premise, setting, and characters are the same, the events, details, tone, and visual presentation are very different.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Hyakkimaru, while not bad-looking to begin with, is a {{Bishonen}}. Tahomaru is one as well when compared to his original manga counterpart.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Biwa-hoshi and Tahomaru are introduced right off the bat in the first episode.
* AdaptationalMundanity: All the demons and ghouls remain, but the anime chooses to excise the manga's [[AnachronismStew comedic anachronisms]] and some of Hyakkimaru's more [[SchizoTech out-there sci-fi abilities]], choosing instead play out as a more grounded [[HistoricalFantasy Historical]] LowFantasy.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Daigo doesn't deliberately sacrifice his son for the deal; he merely says he'll give the demons anything, resulting in them targeting the newest addition to his family. His reasoning is also toned down, instead being an eleventh-hour method of bolstering power to stave off his land's decline.
** Dororo himself's lightened up a bit, even staying with Hyakkimaru out of curiosity rather than trying to take his sword. Also, he is far more level-headed and worldly than his original manga-self with most of BrattyHalfPint tendencies removed.
** Although we don't see much of Tahomaru in the original manga, he's shown ordering the execution of civilians and wants to kill Hyakkimaru just for annoying him. In the anime, the execution is omitted, Tahomaru is shown to care deeply for the wellbeing of his people, and [[spoiler:he only decides to kill Hyakkimaru after learning that doing so would ensure the continued survival and prosperity of his land.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: In this version, [[spoiler:the soldiers have no qualms killing Mio and her kids]], where they at least had the decency to question their boss's orders in the manga before carrying out the duty.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Episode 9 features what appears to be a Catholic nun offering her prayers to the Buddha rather than the Christian God. This isn't a failure in research, however. When Christianity was first introduced to Japan, [[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2002/03/31/general/in-the-beginning-was-confusion/#.XIsiWcBKiUk Jesuits mistakenly assumed that many Buddhist terms were direct equivalents of Christian ones]] and used them as such. One of these terms was ''hotoke'', which is the term the nun in the anime uses for "Buddha" (or for God, rather).
* ArtShiftedSequel: This anime doesn't particularly follow Tezuka's style, instead using a more realistic look courtesy of ''Manga/LetterBee'''s Hiroyuki Asada.
* BlatantLies: Everyone in Daigo's land thinks he defeated the demons instead of making a deal with them.
* BloodierAndGorier[=/=]DarkerAndEdgier: The bleak tone, graphic violence and visual style of the 2019 anime is comparable to works such as the ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' OVA ''Tsuiokuhen''. [[note]]Fittingly enough, the director of the 2019 anime is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiro_Furuhashi Kazuhiro Furuhashi]], who had directed the Ruroken OVA ''Tsuiokuhen''.[[/note]] Despite some calm moments between the carnage and character designs closely resembling Tezuka's, this is one of the darkest adaptations of any of his manga.
* BreatherEpisode: After [[spoiler:Mio's death and Hyakkimaru's RoaringRampageOfRevenge]], we're treated to an episode about a human and a monster falling in love, where no one dies and Hyakkimaru laughs his first laugh.
* BringMeMyBrownPants: The samurai who survived Hyakkimaru's RoaringRampageOfRevenge soils himself when the two see each other again.
* BrokenPedestal: Jukai once had a young boy named Kaname as his apprentice but after he found out about Jukai's involvement in the war, he no longer looked up to the doctor as he used to and threw away the prosthetic Jukai gave.
* CooldownHug: [[spoiler: Dororo does this to Hyakkimaru in Episode 6 after Hyakkimaru slaughters the soldiers who killed Mio. And again in Episode 12, when they cross paths with the lone survivor.]]
* DiscardAndDraw: The demon that Hyakkimaru fights in episode 5 does this. [[spoiler:Hyakkimaru was able to get his voice back but the demon was able to get Hyakkimaru's right foot. In episode 6 after Hyakkimaru kills the demon for good, he also gets his foot back.]]
* EvolvingCredits: The second half's ending sequence is presumably in Hyakkimaru's perspective, with the last image, a taller and slightly older looking Dororo, blurry but distinguishable. As of Episode 19, that final still image is completely visible.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Nui's attempt to shoulder Hyakkimaru's burden [[spoiler:and failing at appeasing the demons. When Mutsu attempts to fulfill a pact with herself as the sacrifice, it is revealed by Asura that only after the completion of the original pact between Daigo and the demons can the still imprisoned Asura initiate a new one, and that no other person except Hyakkimaru can serve as said sacrifice..]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: One of the midwives present at Hyakkimaru's birth utterly snapped at the sight of the "demon child" to the point where she, in the present day, gained a reputation as the local madwoman singing nightmarish lullabies to a bloodied rock wrapped up akin of a baby.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: Often played straight, but also played with on occasion.
** While it can be argued that Hibukuro and his men were fighting for the freedom of the common man by killing samurai, their actions were no different than that of the other side. Hibukuro created more enemies in the process, including a vengeful samurai who recognized him, eventually causing his own death through karma.
** Downplayed with Daigo's deal with the demons. However horrendous it turned out, it has ultimately let his territory and people prosper, while Hyakkimaru's quest to regain his parts from the demons, however justified, will eventually send the land back into its ravaged, suffering state. Ultimately, though, this is simply Daigo's karma coming back to bite him - a man who gains power and prestige by secretly letting demons roam his land would lose it, sooner or later. The fact that many of the demons were terrorizing people outside of Daigo's kingdom also adds more justification for Hyakkimaru going after them
** Despite the terrible things happening to Hyakkimaru, both his mother and brother believe he did not deserve such a fate, however, both agree he must shoulder the burden because [[TheNeedsOfTheMany the people need the prosperity to live]]. In the case of his mother [[spoiler:she attempts to shoulder the burden and offer part of her life so he doesn't bear it alone, while Tahomaru has decided he must kill Hyakkimaru before the people's suffering gets worse, and truly has the peoples interest at heart]]. Dororo likewise felt conflicted when the boy they befriended was only able to reunite with his mother due to the demons protecting Daigo's land, and without them both would likely have met a worse fate.
* KarmicThief: The bandits led by Hibukuro in episode 9 are a rare anime example of the noble thief archetype since they attack and kill samurai, whom they believe are the reasons for the suffering of their countrymen. Things get complicated when [[spoiler:[[NumberTwo right-hand man]] Itachi]] betrays Hibukuro and his wife Ojiya by joining forces with the samurai, justifying his actions by explaining that he'd rather be on the winning side and that Hibukuro should embrace the new era of the samurai. He even gives a younger Dororo some advice to leave behind their old ways and become a better person.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The series this time around reveals [[spoiler:Dororo being female]] a bit earlier than it normally would, as a nun casually tells Hyakkimaru the fact in episode 9 rather than Hyakkimaru finding out himself.
* MythologyGag:
** The opening recreates some of the cut scenes from the manga and the original anime adaptation, complete with Tezuka-styled ArtShift.
** Dororo meets a dog that looks suspiciously Tezuka-like in episode 1, calling back to the dog he and Hyakkimaru traveled within the 1969 anime.
** While the rest of the characters are drawn rather realistically, their feet are usually done in a very simple fashion, with only the big toe looking separate from the rest. This is how Tezuka himself drew feet, most of the time.
* OffModel: Episode 15 has built a reputation for its awful quality. If the off-putting art direction of the episode seemed familiar, you'd be right in believing it was directed by Osamu Kobayashi (who also directed episodes 5, 6 and 12, and the first ending, which all had fewer overall animation issues). He's infamous to this day for directing episode 4 of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' and it ''shows''. The highlight of the episode is Hyakkimaru following Sabame up a hill in the woods and it seems [[https://i.redd.it/ddtnr49tj4u21.gif like he's teleporting while running]]. In a more general sense, the episodes switching between Tezuka Pro and MAPPA can invoke this as well.
* OhCrap: Daigo gives off a horrified facial expression when one of his spies reports that his first child was cast off into the river and a 'man with prosthetic limbs' was spotted in the land.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Rather than straight-up power, Daigo in this version sells his son to demons to bring stability to his fiefdom and keep the constant famine and warfare plaguing the rest of Japan from touching it. And every time Hyakkimaru slays one of the demons in question, [[NoOntologicalInertia a bit of that protection disappears]].
* RealityEnsues:
** Hyakkimaru's missing body parts really show in this adaptation. Not only is he now [[TheSpeechless incapable of speech]], his prosthetics give him an eerie doll-like appearance that he's not able to shake until he got his face back. Without psychic powers that the original had, he is more or less incapable of communicating properly with other people and even those who travel with him like Dororo and Biwa-Hoshi have trouble understanding him. Even after obtaining the body parts required for communication, he still struggles to get the point across due to his inexperience with them.
** And when he finally ''does'' get his hearing and voice back, [[spoiler:he still can't speak, as he hadn't gone through language acquisition as a child]].
** Getting human parts does make Hyakkimaru more susceptible to human follies, i.e. [[spoiler:his very fleshy foot can be taken off just as easily as he got it.]]
** Also, taking back human parts he never had before means he has to take time to get used to them, which leaves him incredibly vulnerable. [[spoiler:For example, after getting back ears and sense of hearing, he has to wrap cloth around his ears for some time in order to block out all sort of sounds he is not familiar with, which ended up affecting his performance in battle against the demon bird and requiring Biwa-Hoshi to lend a helping hand.]]
** In episode 12, Tahomaru makes an impassioned speech to Hyakkimaru about protecting his home and charges into battle against him, then gets [[CurbStompBattle quickly beaten down and has his face scarred]] as despite his training, Tahomaru was very sheltered and has little real combat experience while Hyakkimaru has been fighting and killing demons since childhood. Even in future fights between to two Tahomaru only gets the upper hand when he has others backing him up.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:The last demon in the deal was supposed to take Hyakkimaru's head, which would have killed him. Nui believes that the goddess she prays to gave up her own head to save Hyakkimaru's head, which allowed him to survive.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Sukeroku, his family, and Tahomaru all survive the Story of Banmon.]]
* SuddenlyVoiced: Hyakkimaru lacks a voice until the end of episode 5. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it is not a pleasant scene. Hyakkimaru is writhing and screaming in pain because the demon he fought bit off his real foot.]]
* SuicidalSadisticChoice: [[spoiler: The samurai Tanosuke]] refused his lord's order to kill a man, and was told to either kill him or suicide.
* ThirdEye: In episode 22, there's a creepy sequence where [[spoiler:Tahomaru acquires Hyakkimaru's eyes alongside his own remaining one. The eye takes up the place of the additional scar that Hyakkimaru gave him in the previous episode.]]
* WarIsHell: When it comes to the horrors of war, the 2019 anime has an advantage over the manga and 1969 anime with its gorier violence and [[GreyAndGreyMorality more realistic motivations]] for its characters. This is more evident when the manga [[MoodWhiplash constantly shifts between slapstick comedy and bloody violence]], all rendered in Tezuka's [[ArtStyleDissonance trademark cartoon art style]].
* "WhamEpisode: Episode 22, has [[spoiler:Tahomaru revealed to have ''both'' of Hyakkimaru's eyes in addition to his remaining eye, while Hyogo and Mutsu each have one of Hyakkimaru's arms.]]
* WholeEpisodeFlashback:
** Episode 3 is devoted to showing the audience how Hyakkimaru got his prosthetics and his childhood development, along with explaining Jukai's involvement in his life.
** Episode 9 tells us about Dororo's parents and how they died.
* WholePlotReference: The anime adds an overarching MythArc heavily based on the short story ''"Literature/TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas"'', with Hyakkimaru taking place of the forsaken child.
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