The World is Dancing Episode 3 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Oniyasha Freezes Under Pressure Before the Grand Stage

The story and preview images for Episode 3 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 16 at 10:00 PM (JST), and will later be available on various international streaming platforms.

Episode 3 Story

The Kanze-za troupe is scheduled to perform a dance at the Imakumano Rokugatsu-e festival. It is a once-in-a-lifetime grand stage that even the Shogun will come to watch. While it is decided that Oniyasha will also stand on this very stage, he finds himself unable to move his body as he wants due to an immense pressure he has never experienced before. Junigoro, an apprentice kotsuzumi player, does not look upon this situation favorably.

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