Folktales from Japan — Season 1, Episode 102: Raita and the Demon / `O` Is Hard / The Burnt Statue

Episode synopsis

Asakichi and his wife save the thunder when it falls from heaven. A rough country girl who doesn't know how to be polite says "o" in front of everything because her mom tells her to. A young, hardworking girl is to be adopted by her master, but his jealous wife makes her quit while the master is away. Source: crunchyroll

About Folktales from Japan

Hometown Rebuilding: Folktales from Japan is a Japanese anime television series that adapts various traditional stories from Japan. The narration and all character voices are provided by veteran Japanese film actors Akira Emoto and Yoneko Matsukane. An English-subtitled version began "simulcast" availability on the streaming service Crunchyroll March 12, 2012.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom; The Man Who Bought Dreams; The Rat Sutra
• E2Little One Inch, The Rolling Rice Ball, The Cow's Marriage
• E3The Old Man and His Bump, The Transforming Hood, The Love Potion
• E4Strong Tarou, The Village of the Nightengales, Hirabayashi
• E5Urashima Tarou, The Monkey Buddha, Comparing Treasures
• E6Kintarou, The Two Squid, The Three Cry
• E7The Fish Wife, The Rich Pond Snail, The Lying Girl
• E8The Carpenter and Oniroku, The Bear and the Fox, The Priest and the Child Cross the River
• E9Shippeitaro, The Son Who Went to Heaven, Comparing Laziness
• E10Sannen-Netarou; The Last Lie; Happy, Splendid, Wonderful!
• E11The Wife Who Wouldn't Eat; The Snot-Nosed Boy; The Priest And The Boy Who Had To Pee!
• E12The Furuya Forest; The Traveler's Horse; A Crow in the Dark of Night