Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
** Shunkan, the monk whose estate serves as the home of a plot to take down the Taira clan, is exiled with two Taira co-conspirators on Kikaigashima. When the other two men are pardoned and brought back to the mainland, in order to appease the spirits threatening Taira no Kiyomori's daughter (and Shigemori's younger sister) Tokuko's pregnancy, Shunkan is left behind alone to flail uselessly in the ocean after the boat, tears flooding his eyes. [[spoiler: He starves himself to death.]]
to:
** Shunkan, the Enryakuji monk and temple administrator whose estate serves as the home seat of a plot to take down the Taira clan, is exiled with two Taira co-conspirators on Kikaigashima. When the other two men are pardoned and brought back to the mainland, in order to appease the spirits threatening Taira no Kiyomori's daughter (and Shigemori's younger sister) Tokuko's pregnancy, Shunkan is left behind alone to flail uselessly in the ocean after the boat, tears flooding his eyes. [[spoiler: He starves himself to death.]]
Added DiffLines:
* WarriorMonk: Fujiwara no Morotsune, from one of the three clans that historically supplied emperors for the throne of Japan, demands to bathe at an Enryaku-ji temple on his travels. When the monks deny him, Morotsune bids his soldiers raze the temple to the ground. An army of thousands of Enryaku-ji monks march on the imperial palace in protest, burning the court's estates after the emperor dismisses their legitimate grievances with force.
** T
** T
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,12 (click to see context) from:
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of lute struck with a long plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori--the kind heir to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future--invites her to live with his own children, in the hope that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, the viewer bears witness to the imperial clan's downfall from within and without as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
to:
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story tale around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of lute struck with a long plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori--the kind heir to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future--invites her to live with his own children, in the hope that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, the The viewer bears witness through Biwa's eyes to the imperial clan's downfall from within and without as she she, now much older and blind herself, relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
song.
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* TheAgeless: Sukemori [[LampshadeHanging points out that Biwa doesn't seem to age]].
to:
* TheAgeless: Sukemori and Tokuko [[LampshadeHanging points point out that Biwa doesn't seem to age]].
* BigEater: Biwa downs several bowls of rice upon the Taira clan taking her in. Shigemori's attendants wonder aloud where it's going.
Changed line(s) 26 (click to see context) from:
* NoNameGiven: Biwa's father is never named in the story; she herself mentions that he never called her by her name, so she does not know it. Biwa takes the name of her instrument as her own.
to:
* NoNameGiven: Biwa's father is never named in the story; she story. She herself mentions that he never called her by her name, so she does not know it. Biwa takes the name of her instrument as her own.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
''The Heike Story'' is an anime series based on ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike'' [[note]](平家物語, ''Heike Monogatari'')[[/note]], an epic suite of prose compiled in the 13th century detailing the rise and fall of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Heike}} Taira clan]] in the Genpei War during Japan's late Heian period. This adaptation works from Hideo Furukawa's modern Japanese translation. It was animated by Creator/ScienceSARU and directed by Naoko Yamada; Kensuke Ushio composed its score and the ED. Fuji TV first released it on their streaming service and Funimation's from 16 September to 25 November 2021. Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block later aired it from 13 January to 17 March, 2022.
to:
''The Heike Story'' is an anime series based on ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike'' [[note]](平家物語, ''Heike Monogatari'')[[/note]], an epic suite of prose compiled in the 13th century detailing the rise and fall of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Heike}} Taira clan]] clan (or Heike)]] in the Genpei War during Japan's late Heian period. This adaptation works from Hideo Furukawa's modern Japanese translation. It was animated by Creator/ScienceSARU and directed by Naoko Yamada; Kensuke Ushio composed its score and the ED. Fuji TV first released it on their streaming service and Funimation's from 16 September to 25 November 2021. Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block later aired it from 13 January to 17 March, 2022.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,12 (click to see context) from:
''The Heike Story'' is an anime series conceived from Hideo Furukawa's modern Japanese translation of ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike'' [[note]](平家物語, ''Heike Monogatari'')[[/note]], an epic suite of prose compiled in the 13th century detailing the rise and fall of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Heike}} Taira clan]] in the Genpei War during Japan's late Heian period. It was animated by Creator/ScienceSARU and directed by Naoko Yamada; Kensuke Ushio composed the score for the series. Fuji TV first released it on their streaming service and Funimation's from 16 September to 25 November 2021. Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block later aired it from 13 January to 17 March, 2022.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of lute struck with a long plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori--the kind heir to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future--invites her to live with his own children in the hope that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, the viewer bears witness to the imperial clan's downfall from within and without as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of lute struck with a long plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori--the kind heir to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future--invites her to live with his own children in the hope that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, the viewer bears witness to the imperial clan's downfall from within and without as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
to:
''The Heike Story'' is an anime series conceived from Hideo Furukawa's modern Japanese translation of based on ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike'' [[note]](平家物語, ''Heike Monogatari'')[[/note]], an epic suite of prose compiled in the 13th century detailing the rise and fall of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Heike}} Taira clan]] in the Genpei War during Japan's late Heian period. This adaptation works from Hideo Furukawa's modern Japanese translation. It was animated by Creator/ScienceSARU and directed by Naoko Yamada; Kensuke Ushio composed the its score for and the series.ED. Fuji TV first released it on their streaming service and Funimation's from 16 September to 25 November 2021. Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block later aired it from 13 January to 17 March, 2022.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of lute struck with a long plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori--the kind heir to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future--invites her to live with his ownchildren children, in the hope that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, the viewer bears witness to the imperial clan's downfall from within and without as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of lute struck with a long plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori--the kind heir to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future--invites her to live with his own
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale comprises 12 long chapters intended for nightly performance; the anime adaptation boils this down to 11 episodes. Left out is much of the original's focus on the Minamoto clan and the suffering shared by all involved in the Genpei War, a civil war that led to the rise of military dictatorship in Japan--the shogunate--and stripped the emperor of much of his political power.
to:
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale comprises 12 long chapters intended for nightly performance; the anime adaptation boils this down to 11 episodes. Left out is much most of the original's focus on the Minamoto clan and the suffering shared by all involved in the Genpei War, a civil war that led to the rise of military dictatorship in Japan--the shogunate--and stripped the emperor of much of his political power.
Changed line(s) 22 (click to see context) from:
** Shunkan, the monk whose estate serves as the home of a plot to take down the Taira clan, is exiled with two Taira co-conspirators on Kikaigashima. When the other two men are pardoned and brought back to the mainland, in order to appease the spirits threatening his daughter Tokuko's pregnancy, Shunkan is left behind alone to flail uselessly in the ocean after the boat, tears flooding his eyes. [[spoiler: He starves himself to death.]]
to:
** Shunkan, the monk whose estate serves as the home of a plot to take down the Taira clan, is exiled with two Taira co-conspirators on Kikaigashima. When the other two men are pardoned and brought back to the mainland, in order to appease the spirits threatening his Taira no Kiyomori's daughter (and Shigemori's younger sister) Tokuko's pregnancy, Shunkan is left behind alone to flail uselessly in the ocean after the boat, tears flooding his eyes. [[spoiler: He starves himself to death.]]
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Reigen takes Serizawa to task for leaving the train car repeatedly and ''not bringing him along''. The whole story would have been over much sooner had the older psychic been explicit about his ability to leave.
to:
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Reigen takes Serizawa to task for leaving the train car repeatedly and ''not bringing him along''. The whole story would have been over much sooner had the older psychic Serizawa been explicit about his ability to leave.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
[[folder: mp100 onsen OVA]]
to:
[[folder: mp100 [=mp100=] onsen OVA]]
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* FreezeFrameBonus: At his lowest point, Reigen [[spoiler: pens a will apologizing to his parents for disappointing them and bequeathing Spirits and Such to Mob]]. He kicks it away when Serizawa returns with the other psychics in tow.* HotSpringsEpisode: The Spirits and Such crew have been invited to solve the mystery of strange happenings driving away the Ibogami ''onsen'''s patrons in exchange for a night's stay, meals and travel there on the house. Hilarity ensues.
to:
* FreezeFrameBonus: At his lowest point, Reigen [[spoiler: pens a will apologizing to his parents for disappointing them and bequeathing Spirits and Such to Mob]]. He kicks it away when Serizawa returns with the other psychics in tow.tow.
* HotSpringsEpisode: The Spirits and Such crew have been invited to solve the mystery of strange happenings driving away the Ibogami ''onsen'''s patrons in exchange for a night's stay, meals and travel there on the house. Hilarity ensues.
* HotSpringsEpisode: The Spirits and Such crew have been invited to solve the mystery of strange happenings driving away the Ibogami ''onsen'''s patrons in exchange for a night's stay, meals and travel there on the house. Hilarity ensues.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[/folder]]
[[folder: mp100 onsen OVA]]
[Description WIP]
モブサイコ100 第一回霊とか相談所慰安旅行〜ココロ満たす癒やしの旅〜
''Mob Psycho 100: Dai-ikkai Rei toka Soudanjo Ianryokou ~Kokoro Mitasu Iyashi no Tabi~''
[-'''Original Air Date:'''-]\\
25 September 2019\\\
!!''Mob Psycho 100: The First Spirits and Such Company Trip'' provides examples of:
* BilingualBonus: 'Ibo' (疣) in Ibogami means 'wart'. The ''onsen'''s innkeeper has one in her nose that resembles the boulder at Ibogami's base.
* BlushStickers:
** The human characters all sport these when soaking in the ''onsen'' waters. Mob and Ritsu lose theirs at the shock of Teru joining them.
** Mob picks them up after sampling some baked apples.
* ButtMonkey: Reigen cannot leave the cursed train--not even by [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide jumping out of it]]]]. He assumes Serizawa is stuck there with him, [[spoiler: but eventually realizes the psychic can leave at his leisure (and actually enjoy the ''onsen'''s fine accomodations)]].
* CabinFever: Reigen goes a bit mad from being isolated on the train for what [[YearInsideHourOutside he perceives as well over a month]].
* CallBack: Reigen claps a hand on Serizawa's shoulder as he reminds the psychic of the importance of thinking for himself. The scene, in which Serizawa sits ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiza seiza]]'' and Reigen stoops to his level, directly recalls the one in which the phony psychic gives Mob the advice that changes his life forever.
** This scene also mirrors Serizawa's first meeting with Suzuki, when the latter offered his umbrella and promised to teach Serizawa how to use his powers. With Suzuki, Serizawa was still sitting while Suzuki remained standing; the background is dark except for the light cast under the umbrella, emphasizing the abusive power dynamic to come for the next three years. In contrast, Reigen makes sure to be on the same level with Serizawa; the background is sunnier, all to show that Serizawa has truly found the right place for him, just like Mob.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Reigen takes Serizawa to task for leaving the train car repeatedly and ''not bringing him along''. The whole story would have been over much sooner had the older psychic been explicit about his ability to leave.
* FreezeFrameBonus: At his lowest point, Reigen [[spoiler: pens a will apologizing to his parents for disappointing them and bequeathing Spirits and Such to Mob]]. He kicks it away when Serizawa returns with the other psychics in tow.* HotSpringsEpisode: The Spirits and Such crew have been invited to solve the mystery of strange happenings driving away the Ibogami ''onsen'''s patrons in exchange for a night's stay, meals and travel there on the house. Hilarity ensues.
* JustFollowingOrders: Serizawa, uncertain of proper comportment in a legitimate workplace, consults a book on business etiquette before the events of this episode. Why didn't he tell Reigen [[spoiler: that he could leave the cursed train car hellscape]]? His book said to 'follow boss's orders'.
** Judging from his sleeve notes from this book (among its most questionable advice: 'Make sure you don't wound [your boss's] pride'), it's also heavily implied that Serizawa fears courting verbal abuse for insubordination by speaking up. Reigen kindly reminds him that he is no longer anyone's slave or a [[{{Hikikomori}} shut-in]]: Serizawa's honest opinions and observations are not only welcome, but ''necessary''.
* ModestyTowel: For the top of Teru’s head, presumably still much shorter than the rest of his hair.
* MrFanservice: Played straight and parodied.
** A bathing, blushing Serizawa, shown from the chest up, marveling at the snowflakes falling from the heavens as he soaks outside.
** The camera lingers on Teru's defined chest muscles and biceps as he slips into the same hot spring Mob and Ritsu are sharing. A very embarrassed Mob blanches and averts his eyes at the sight.
** Parodied, as we're treated to [[FanDisservice the sight of Teru's hairy buttocks]] in the previous scene.
* SanitySlippage: Reigen goes through hell in this episode: [[TrappedInAnotherWorld trapped in the train car]], he can no longer keep up his normal façade of breezy competence for Serizawa as he runs out of food and options ([[StepfordSmiler though none of this stops him from trying]]). At the absolute end of his rope, [[spoiler: he writes a will leaving Spirits and Such to Mob and [[DrivenToSuicide attempts to end his torment by jumping out of the train]]]].
* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Reigen etches the Japanese equivalent of tally marks (正, the five-stroke ''kanji'' for 'correct' or 'right') on one of the train's bulkheads to mark how long he's been stuck there.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld:
** PlayedForHorror: The ''isekai'' in this story is a train with no exits, running on a perpetual track through a forsaken landscape dotted with gnarled, dead trees and a dark mountain looming on the horizon. Reigen nearly starves and is unable to escape despite all his best efforts. [[YearInsideHourOutside Time seems to move much slower]] here...
** Parodied and subverted: The OVA story is [[AffectionateParody a gentle ribbing]] of many ''isekai'' [[LightNovels light novel]]/anime tropes.
*** The OVA's excessively long appellation, 'The First Spirits and Such Company Trip - A Journey that Mends the Heart and Heals the Soul' is a jab at overlong ''isekai'' titles.
*** While Reigen fills the role of the standard ''isekai'' anime protagonist [[note]]though he is far less of a loser[[/note]], he is ''completely helpless'' in this world he's been sucked into, which is usually not the case. He's also fortunate enough to be traveling with four psychics (one of whom is the most powerful in the world) and one 'high-level evil spirit'... all of whom can easily cross between this cursed place and the Ibogami ''onsen'' to get him the hell out of there. [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot If only Serizawa had spoken up sooner...]]
* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation: No matter which direction Reigen walks through the train, he invariably ends up in ''the same place''.
* UnsoundEffect: Mob, abashed, says nothing but 'パクパク' (''paku paku'') for some time after Teru [[TheTease asks him outright if there is anyone he fancies]]. パクパク is a Japanese [[https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2018/09/mimetic-words.html mimetic word]] meant to evoke the kind of mortification that might make someone gasp like an oxygen-starved fish.
----
[[folder: mp100 onsen OVA]]
[Description WIP]
モブサイコ100 第一回霊とか相談所慰安旅行〜ココロ満たす癒やしの旅〜
''Mob Psycho 100: Dai-ikkai Rei toka Soudanjo Ianryokou ~Kokoro Mitasu Iyashi no Tabi~''
[-'''Original Air Date:'''-]\\
25 September 2019\\\
!!''Mob Psycho 100: The First Spirits and Such Company Trip'' provides examples of:
* BilingualBonus: 'Ibo' (疣) in Ibogami means 'wart'. The ''onsen'''s innkeeper has one in her nose that resembles the boulder at Ibogami's base.
* BlushStickers:
** The human characters all sport these when soaking in the ''onsen'' waters. Mob and Ritsu lose theirs at the shock of Teru joining them.
** Mob picks them up after sampling some baked apples.
* ButtMonkey: Reigen cannot leave the cursed train--not even by [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide jumping out of it]]]]. He assumes Serizawa is stuck there with him, [[spoiler: but eventually realizes the psychic can leave at his leisure (and actually enjoy the ''onsen'''s fine accomodations)]].
* CabinFever: Reigen goes a bit mad from being isolated on the train for what [[YearInsideHourOutside he perceives as well over a month]].
* CallBack: Reigen claps a hand on Serizawa's shoulder as he reminds the psychic of the importance of thinking for himself. The scene, in which Serizawa sits ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiza seiza]]'' and Reigen stoops to his level, directly recalls the one in which the phony psychic gives Mob the advice that changes his life forever.
** This scene also mirrors Serizawa's first meeting with Suzuki, when the latter offered his umbrella and promised to teach Serizawa how to use his powers. With Suzuki, Serizawa was still sitting while Suzuki remained standing; the background is dark except for the light cast under the umbrella, emphasizing the abusive power dynamic to come for the next three years. In contrast, Reigen makes sure to be on the same level with Serizawa; the background is sunnier, all to show that Serizawa has truly found the right place for him, just like Mob.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Reigen takes Serizawa to task for leaving the train car repeatedly and ''not bringing him along''. The whole story would have been over much sooner had the older psychic been explicit about his ability to leave.
* FreezeFrameBonus: At his lowest point, Reigen [[spoiler: pens a will apologizing to his parents for disappointing them and bequeathing Spirits and Such to Mob]]. He kicks it away when Serizawa returns with the other psychics in tow.* HotSpringsEpisode: The Spirits and Such crew have been invited to solve the mystery of strange happenings driving away the Ibogami ''onsen'''s patrons in exchange for a night's stay, meals and travel there on the house. Hilarity ensues.
* JustFollowingOrders: Serizawa, uncertain of proper comportment in a legitimate workplace, consults a book on business etiquette before the events of this episode. Why didn't he tell Reigen [[spoiler: that he could leave the cursed train car hellscape]]? His book said to 'follow boss's orders'.
** Judging from his sleeve notes from this book (among its most questionable advice: 'Make sure you don't wound [your boss's] pride'), it's also heavily implied that Serizawa fears courting verbal abuse for insubordination by speaking up. Reigen kindly reminds him that he is no longer anyone's slave or a [[{{Hikikomori}} shut-in]]: Serizawa's honest opinions and observations are not only welcome, but ''necessary''.
* ModestyTowel: For the top of Teru’s head, presumably still much shorter than the rest of his hair.
* MrFanservice: Played straight and parodied.
** A bathing, blushing Serizawa, shown from the chest up, marveling at the snowflakes falling from the heavens as he soaks outside.
** The camera lingers on Teru's defined chest muscles and biceps as he slips into the same hot spring Mob and Ritsu are sharing. A very embarrassed Mob blanches and averts his eyes at the sight.
** Parodied, as we're treated to [[FanDisservice the sight of Teru's hairy buttocks]] in the previous scene.
* SanitySlippage: Reigen goes through hell in this episode: [[TrappedInAnotherWorld trapped in the train car]], he can no longer keep up his normal façade of breezy competence for Serizawa as he runs out of food and options ([[StepfordSmiler though none of this stops him from trying]]). At the absolute end of his rope, [[spoiler: he writes a will leaving Spirits and Such to Mob and [[DrivenToSuicide attempts to end his torment by jumping out of the train]]]].
* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Reigen etches the Japanese equivalent of tally marks (正, the five-stroke ''kanji'' for 'correct' or 'right') on one of the train's bulkheads to mark how long he's been stuck there.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld:
** PlayedForHorror: The ''isekai'' in this story is a train with no exits, running on a perpetual track through a forsaken landscape dotted with gnarled, dead trees and a dark mountain looming on the horizon. Reigen nearly starves and is unable to escape despite all his best efforts. [[YearInsideHourOutside Time seems to move much slower]] here...
** Parodied and subverted: The OVA story is [[AffectionateParody a gentle ribbing]] of many ''isekai'' [[LightNovels light novel]]/anime tropes.
*** The OVA's excessively long appellation, 'The First Spirits and Such Company Trip - A Journey that Mends the Heart and Heals the Soul' is a jab at overlong ''isekai'' titles.
*** While Reigen fills the role of the standard ''isekai'' anime protagonist [[note]]though he is far less of a loser[[/note]], he is ''completely helpless'' in this world he's been sucked into, which is usually not the case. He's also fortunate enough to be traveling with four psychics (one of whom is the most powerful in the world) and one 'high-level evil spirit'... all of whom can easily cross between this cursed place and the Ibogami ''onsen'' to get him the hell out of there. [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot If only Serizawa had spoken up sooner...]]
* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation: No matter which direction Reigen walks through the train, he invariably ends up in ''the same place''.
* UnsoundEffect: Mob, abashed, says nothing but 'パクパク' (''paku paku'') for some time after Teru [[TheTease asks him outright if there is anyone he fancies]]. パクパク is a Japanese [[https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2018/09/mimetic-words.html mimetic word]] meant to evoke the kind of mortification that might make someone gasp like an oxygen-starved fish.
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* SayMyName: First Biwa, then Shigemori's sons [[spoiler: upon discovering his death]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,14 (click to see context) from:
''The Heike Story'' is an anime series conceived from Hideo Furukawa's modern Japanese translation of ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike'' [[note]](平家物語, ''Heike Monogatari'')[[/note]], an epic suite of prose compiled in the 13th century detailing the rise and fall of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Heike}} Taira clan]] in the Genpei War during Japan's late Heian period. It was animated by Creator/ScienceSARU and directed by Naoko Yamada; Kensuke Ushio composed the score for the series. Fuji TV first released it on their streaming service and Funimation's from 16 September to 25 November 2021. Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block later aired the series from 13 January to 17 March, 2022.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of fretless lute struck with a comb-like plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori--the kind heir to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future--invites her to live with his own children in the hope that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, the viewer bears witness to the imperial clan's downfall from within and without as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
The original tale was documented and kept alive by ''biwa hōshi'' [[note]](琵琶法師, lit. ''biwa'' priests)[[/note]] like Biwa and her unnamed father, whose names, like the authors of many other great historical epics, have been lost to time. It is still performed today set to ''biwa'' music.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of fretless lute struck with a comb-like plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori--the kind heir to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future--invites her to live with his own children in the hope that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, the viewer bears witness to the imperial clan's downfall from within and without as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
The original tale was documented and kept alive by ''biwa hōshi'' [[note]](琵琶法師, lit. ''biwa'' priests)[[/note]] like Biwa and her unnamed father, whose names, like the authors of many other great historical epics, have been lost to time. It is still performed today set to ''biwa'' music.
to:
''The Heike Story'' is an anime series conceived from Hideo Furukawa's modern Japanese translation of ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike'' [[note]](平家物語, ''Heike Monogatari'')[[/note]], an epic suite of prose compiled in the 13th century detailing the rise and fall of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Heike}} Taira clan]] in the Genpei War during Japan's late Heian period. It was animated by Creator/ScienceSARU and directed by Naoko Yamada; Kensuke Ushio composed the score for the series. Fuji TV first released it on their streaming service and Funimation's from 16 September to 25 November 2021. Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block later aired the series it from 13 January to 17 March, 2022.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind offretless lute struck with a comb-like long plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori--the kind heir to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future--invites her to live with his own children in the hope that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, the viewer bears witness to the imperial clan's downfall from within and without as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
The original tale was documented and kept alive by ''biwa hōshi'' [[note]](琵琶法師, lit. ''biwa'' priests)[[/note]] like Biwa and her unnamed father, whose names, like the authors of many other great historical epics, have been lost to time. It is still performed today as a chant set to ''biwa'' music.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of
The original tale was documented and kept alive by ''biwa hōshi'' [[note]](琵琶法師, lit. ''biwa'' priests)[[/note]] like Biwa and her unnamed father, whose names, like the authors of many other great historical epics, have been lost to time. It is still performed today as a chant set to ''biwa'' music.
Changed line(s) 17,18 (click to see context) from:
* AudienceSurrogate: Biwa herself, in the interests of humanizing the members of the Taira clan with whom she interacts.
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale comprises 12 long chapters intended for nightly performance; the anime adaptation boils this down to 11 episodes. Left out is much of the original's focus on the Minamoto clan and the suffering shared by all involved in the Genpei War, a civil war that led to the rise of the shogunate and stripped the emperor of much of his political power.
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale comprises 12 long chapters intended for nightly performance; the anime adaptation boils this down to 11 episodes. Left out is much of the original's focus on the Minamoto clan and the suffering shared by all involved in the Genpei War, a civil war that led to the rise of the shogunate and stripped the emperor of much of his political power.
to:
* AnswerToPrayers: Shigemori makes a pilgrimage to Kumano and prays for [[spoiler: a swift end to his life if the Taira clan is to fall. Upon returning, he sickens and dies within weeks.]]
* AudienceSurrogate: Biwa herself, in the interests of humanizing the members of the Taira clan with whom sheinteracts.
interacts. Many of the Taira confide in her, in the process providing the audience with exposition.
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale comprises 12 long chapters intended for nightly performance; the anime adaptation boils this down to 11 episodes. Left out is much of the original's focus on the Minamoto clan and the suffering shared by all involved in the Genpei War, a civil war that led to the rise ofthe shogunate and military dictatorship in Japan--the shogunate--and stripped the emperor of much of his political power.power.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Shigemori loses hope in his ability to reign in his father Kiyomori's worst excesses and prays for [[spoiler: a quick death]]. He gets his wish.
** Shunkan, the monk whose estate serves as the home of a plot to take down the Taira clan, is exiled with two Taira co-conspirators on Kikaigashima. When the other two men are pardoned and brought back to the mainland, in order to appease the spirits threatening his daughter Tokuko's pregnancy, Shunkan is left behind alone to flail uselessly in the ocean after the boat, tears flooding his eyes. [[spoiler: He starves himself to death.]]
* HitodamaLight: Biwa and Koremori observe a blue flame flaring up and departing Shigemori's body as he concludes his prayer at the shrine in Kumano. [[spoiler: It is his life force leaving him.]]
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics: Biwa alone refuses to address anyone with honorifics, a practice called ''yobisute'' that can be quite disrespectful. It's both a sign of her extreme intimacy with the Taira clan and her not truly being part of the nobility.
* AudienceSurrogate: Biwa herself, in the interests of humanizing the members of the Taira clan with whom she
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale comprises 12 long chapters intended for nightly performance; the anime adaptation boils this down to 11 episodes. Left out is much of the original's focus on the Minamoto clan and the suffering shared by all involved in the Genpei War, a civil war that led to the rise of
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Shigemori loses hope in his ability to reign in his father Kiyomori's worst excesses and prays for [[spoiler: a quick death]]. He gets his wish.
** Shunkan, the monk whose estate serves as the home of a plot to take down the Taira clan, is exiled with two Taira co-conspirators on Kikaigashima. When the other two men are pardoned and brought back to the mainland, in order to appease the spirits threatening his daughter Tokuko's pregnancy, Shunkan is left behind alone to flail uselessly in the ocean after the boat, tears flooding his eyes. [[spoiler: He starves himself to death.]]
* HitodamaLight: Biwa and Koremori observe a blue flame flaring up and departing Shigemori's body as he concludes his prayer at the shrine in Kumano. [[spoiler: It is his life force leaving him.]]
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics: Biwa alone refuses to address anyone with honorifics, a practice called ''yobisute'' that can be quite disrespectful. It's both a sign of her extreme intimacy with the Taira clan and her not truly being part of the nobility.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,12 (click to see context) from:
''The Heike Story'' is an anime series conceived from Hideo Furukawa's modern Japanese translation of ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike'', an epic suite of poems compiled in the 13th century detailing the rise and fall of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Heike}} Taira clan]] in the Genpei War during Japan's late Heian period. It was animated by Creator/ScienceSARU and directed by Naoko Yamada; Fuji TV first released it on their streaming service and Funimation's from 16 September to 25 November 2021. Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block later aired the series from 13 January to 17 March, 2022.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully -- the biwa. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis, and after her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori, the kind heir of the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future, invites her to live with his own children in the hopes that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, we witness the imperial clan's downfall both directly and indirectly as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully -- the biwa. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis, and after her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori, the kind heir of the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future, invites her to live with his own children in the hopes that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, we witness the imperial clan's downfall both directly and indirectly as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
to:
''The Heike Story'' is an anime series conceived from Hideo Furukawa's modern Japanese translation of ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike'', ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike'' [[note]](平家物語, ''Heike Monogatari'')[[/note]], an epic suite of poems prose compiled in the 13th century detailing the rise and fall of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Heike}} Taira clan]] in the Genpei War during Japan's late Heian period. It was animated by Creator/ScienceSARU and directed by Naoko Yamada; Kensuke Ushio composed the score for the series. Fuji TV first released it on their streaming service and Funimation's from 16 September to 25 November 2021. Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block later aired the series from 13 January to 17 March, 2022.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays somasterfully -- the biwa. masterfully--the ''biwa'', a kind of fretless lute struck with a comb-like plectrum. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis, and after basis. After her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori, the Shigemori--the kind heir of to the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future, invites future--invites her to live with his own children in the hopes hope that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, we the viewer bears witness to the imperial clan's downfall both directly from within and indirectly without as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
woman.
The original tale was documented and kept alive by ''biwa hōshi'' [[note]](琵琶法師, lit. ''biwa'' priests)[[/note]] like Biwa and her unnamed father, whose names, like the authors of many other great historical epics, have been lost to time. It is still performed today set to ''biwa'' music.
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so
The original tale was documented and kept alive by ''biwa hōshi'' [[note]](琵琶法師, lit. ''biwa'' priests)[[/note]] like Biwa and her unnamed father, whose names, like the authors of many other great historical epics, have been lost to time. It is still performed today set to ''biwa'' music.
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale comprises
to:
* TheAgeless: Sukemori [[LampshadeHanging points out that Biwa doesn't seem to age]].
* AudienceSurrogate: Biwa herself, in the interests of humanizing the members of the Taira clan with whom she interacts.
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale comprises 12 long chapters intended for nightly performance; the anime adaptation boils this down to 11 episodes. Left out is much of the original's focus on the Minamoto clan and the suffering shared by all involved in the Genpei War, a civil war that led to the rise of the shogunate and stripped the emperor of much of his political power.
* AudienceSurrogate: Biwa herself, in the interests of humanizing the members of the Taira clan with whom she interacts.
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale comprises 12 long chapters intended for nightly performance; the anime adaptation boils this down to 11 episodes. Left out is much of the original's focus on the Minamoto clan and the suffering shared by all involved in the Genpei War, a civil war that led to the rise of the shogunate and stripped the emperor of much of his political power.
* NoNameGiven: Biwa's father is never named in the story; she herself mentions that he never called her by her name, so she does not know it. Biwa takes the name of her instrument as her own.
Changed line(s) 17,18 (click to see context) from:
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Biwa's father dressed her in boy's clothes for protection during their travels. She comes to prefer them after his death, even when other characters wonder why aloud.
to:
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Biwa's father dressed her in boy's clothes for protection during their travels. She comes to prefer them after his death, even when other characters wonder why aloud.
out loud. No one ever presses the issue further, allowing her to live as she wishes.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,6 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:350:]]
''The Heike Story''
[Description WIP]
''The Heike Story''
[Description WIP]
to:
(find out what namespace to place this in. i would say Anime/ as it's different enough from the original tale
!The Heike Story
[[quoteright:999:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bm2u0mdmxmjmtmtqzzs00yta0lwe5ytqtowu4zmewmzhjowy0xkeyxkfqcgdeqxvynjc3mjqznti_v1_fmjpg_ux1000.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:999:some caption text]]
''The Heike
[Description WIP]
Unlike its source material, ''The Heike Story'' centers the story around a very young traveling minstrel known only by the name of the instrument she plays so masterfully -- the biwa. Frightening premonitions of war and bloodshed haunt the girl on a regular basis, and after her blind minstrel father dies at the hands of Taira thugs, Taira no Shigemori, the kind heir of the Taira clan who shares her ability to see the future, invites her to live with his own children in the hopes that her abilities can prevent the crushing end he foresees. Through Biwa's eyes, we witness the imperial clan's downfall both directly and indirectly as she relates the tale in song, now a much older woman.
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale
to:
* CompressedAdaptation: The original taletale comprises
* MagicalEye: One of Biwa's eyes is a bright Caribbean blue; she covers up her brown eye to peek into other characters' futures. Shigemori shares this trait, though his future-seeing eye is a muted dark blue.
* SharedUnusualTrait: Both Biwa and Taira no Shigemori have heterochromia iridum, and both are psychics who can predict the future, [[MagicalEye covering up the normal-colored eye for a clearer view thereof]]. The real-life Shigemori was not known to possess heterochromia.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Biwa's father dressed her in boy's clothes for protection during their travels. She comes to prefer them after his death, even when other characters wonder why aloud.
[[/folder]]
* MagicalEye: One of Biwa's eyes is a bright Caribbean blue; she covers up her brown eye to peek into other characters' futures. Shigemori shares this trait, though his future-seeing eye is a muted dark blue.
* SharedUnusualTrait: Both Biwa and Taira no Shigemori have heterochromia iridum, and both are psychics who can predict the future, [[MagicalEye covering up the normal-colored eye for a clearer view thereof]]. The real-life Shigemori was not known to possess heterochromia.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Biwa's father dressed her in boy's clothes for protection during their travels. She comes to prefer them after his death, even when other characters wonder why aloud.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:]]
''The Heike Story''
[Description WIP]
!!''The Heike Story'' provides examples of:
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale
''The Heike Story''
[Description WIP]
!!''The Heike Story'' provides examples of:
* CompressedAdaptation: The original tale
