The World Is Dancing
In 1374, amid the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Courts' long running conflict, a boy named Oniyasha is born into a family of sarugaku theater performers. He spends his days in a kind of quiet gloom, haunted by a simple but persistent question: Why do people dance? Then, one day, he witnesses a dance that he feels to be “good”—and everything begins to change. This is the story of the beautiful young boy who would one day shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.
Season 1
Oniyasha and Zojiro have decided to collaborate, but that doesn't mean everyone is happy about it. Meanwhile, Chiharu struggles with feelings of inadequacy.
Oniyasha and Zojiro take the stage for the final round, but the competition will end in a way no one predicted.
Years later, the leader of the Hiyoshi Troupe, Inuo, receives a message telling him to come to Sanjobomon.
Burdened by a changing body, Oniyasha returns to old friends and the village he once called home. Perhaps he can find the resolve to move forward there.
Oniyasha performs with Inuo on stage.