The Heike Story — Season 1, Episode 1: If You Don't Belong to the Heike, You Won't Be a Person
Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 23 min • 1 season, 11 episodes • ★ 7.5/10
Episode synopsis
The Taira clan, also known as the Heike, has reached unprecedented power and influence in Japan. Through strange and terrible circumstances, a biwa-playing girl finds herself enmeshed in the story of their political strife.
About The Heike Story
A young orphan named Biwa is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan—also known as the Heike—after their leader witnesses her extraordinary psychic abilities. Unfortunately, what she predicts is a future of bloodshed, violence, and civil war. Inspired by the 12th-century epic tale Heike Monogatari.