The Heike Story
Heike Monogatari
The Taira clan—also called the Heike—basically runs Japan. When a young girl with the unusual ability to see the future makes the mistake of disrespecting them, her father dies for it. Not long after, Taira no Shigemori, the clan leader's eldest son, meets this same girl, who now goes by Biwa. She drops a bomb on him: the Heike's downfall is coming. Shocked by the cruelty Biwa suffered at the clan's hands, Shigemori decides to protect her instead of letting her be executed. The thing is, Shigemori can see spirits of the dead himself—which makes him both desperate and determined to save his clan from the fate Biwa's foreseen. As military tensions rise and the Heike scheme for power with war looming, Shigemori grapples with his grim knowledge of the future. Biwa, meanwhile, keeps her visions mostly to herself and tries to figure out how to live a normal life—one filled with both good and bad moments—during one of the most transformative periods in Japanese history.
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The Heike Story
Heike Monogatari
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2022
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The Taira clan—also called the Heike—basically runs Japan. When a young girl with the unusual ability to see the future makes the mistake of disrespecting them, her father dies for it. Not long after, Taira no Shigemori, the clan leader's eldest son, meets this same girl, who now goes by Biwa. She drops a bomb on him: the Heike's downfall is coming. Shocked by the cruelty Biwa suffered at the clan's hands, Shigemori decides to protect her instead of letting her be executed. The thing is, Shigemori can see spirits of the dead himself—which makes him both desperate and determined to save his clan from the fate Biwa's foreseen. As military tensions rise and the Heike scheme for power with war looming, Shigemori grapples with his grim knowledge of the future. Biwa, meanwhile, keeps her visions mostly to herself and tries to figure out how to live a normal life—one filled with both good and bad moments—during one of the most transformative periods in Japanese history.
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The Heike Story
Heike Monogatari
The Taira clan—also called the Heike—basically runs Japan. When a young girl with the unusual ability to see the future makes the mistake of disrespecting them, her father dies for it. Not long after, Taira no Shigemori, the clan leader's eldest son, meets this same girl, who now goes by Biwa. She drops a bomb on him: the Heike's downfall is coming. Shocked by the cruelty Biwa suffered at the clan's hands, Shigemori decides to protect her instead of letting her be executed. The thing is, Shigemori can see spirits of the dead himself—which makes him both desperate and determined to save his clan from the fate Biwa's foreseen. As military tensions rise and the Heike scheme for power with war looming, Shigemori grapples with his grim knowledge of the future. Biwa, meanwhile, keeps her visions mostly to herself and tries to figure out how to live a normal life—one filled with both good and bad moments—during one of the most transformative periods in Japanese history.
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The Heike Story
Heike Monogatari
平家物語