The World is Dancing Episode 4 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is Not Who Oniyasha Expected

The story and preview images for Episode 4 of the TV anime The World is Dancing (JP: ワールド イズ ダンシング) have been revealed. This episode will air on Thursday, July 23 at 10:00 PM (JST), and will later be available on various international streaming platforms.

Episode 4 Story

The day of the actual performance of the Imakumano Rokugatsukai has arrived. Oniyasha witnesses his father Kanami's Okina dance on a major stage for the first time. After the performance, Oniyasha and his group are granted an audience with the Shogun. However, Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, whom Oniyasha sees for the first time, turns out to be an unexpected individual to him.

Introduction

In 1374, during the turbulent age when the Northern and Southern Courts were locked in conflict, the Northern Court’s shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, was becoming an increasingly dominant force.

Born the son of Kan’ami, head of the Kanze troupe of sarugaku performers, Oniyasha drifts through his days with a hazy question lodged in his heart: Why do people dance? His spirit remains clouded, until the day he encounters a dance that is truly “good.”

Curious, sensitive, and strikingly beautiful, the boy meets people, laughs, cries, confronts his own weaknesses, and slowly begins to shape a new form of dance for a world steeped in impermanence.

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Source : The World Is Dancing Official