The World is Dancing Episode 9 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Oniyasha and Zojiro Decide to Collaborate

The story and preview images for Episode 9 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, August 27 at 10:00 PM (JST), and will later be available on various international streaming platforms.

Episode 9 Story

Oniyasha and Zojiro have decided to cooperate with each other and create a work together. The featured play is set to be "Shiokumi," an unfinished work of Dengaku Shinza, but dissatisfaction continues to build among the Dengaku Shinza members who cannot support this collaboration. Meanwhile, Chiharu, a young girl from Dengaku Shinza who started learning to read and write under Oniyasha's influence, begins to feel a sense of emptiness as she struggles to improve.

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