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The World Is Dancing

  • Drama
  • FINISHED
  • ONA
  • 71
  • 2026
  • 13 EP

Born into a life of acting and dance with a traveling theater troupe in 14th-century Japan, 12-year old Oniyasha has one problem—he doesn't know what the point of any of it is. "Why must I step with the left foot here instead of the right? Why is one performance good and another, bad? Why do people dance at all?" It all seems perfectly arbitrary, until a chance encounter in a run-down shack sets him down a path to revolutionizing the art form and influencing much of Japanese culture to come. A fictionalized account of the early life of Zeami Motokiyo (Oniyasha), the founder of modern Noh theater—the world's oldest surviving theater art—this coming-of-age artist's journey vividly brings to life a man far ahead of his time during one of Japan's most culturally and socially vibrant eras.

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  1. 01

    Why Do People Dance?

  2. 02

    You Have a Body

  3. 03

    You Have Your Own Sense of "Good"

  4. 04

    Differing Scales of Progress

  5. 05

    A Budding Throb

  6. 06

    Connection

  7. 07

    In Between

  8. 08

    To the Other Side of the Bridge

  9. 09

    Concealed Feelings

  10. 10

    A World Overflowing

  11. 11

    The Moon Before It's Full

  12. 12

    Reclaiming Intentions

  13. 13

    Episode 13

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