Aoi Bungaku Series — Season 1, Episode 7: Kokoro - Chapter 1

Episode synopsis

A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter. He invites his childhood friend, a monk, to come live with him, hoping to help him. When the monk falls in love with the widow's daughter, it drives a rift between them. The story is narrated from two points of view, the man's and the monk's.

About Aoi Bungaku Series

An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura
• E2No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost
• E3No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society
• E4No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World
• E5In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1
• E6In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2
• E8Kokoro - Chapter 2
• E9Run, Melos! - Chapter 1
• E10Run, Melos! - Chapter 2
• E11The Spider's Thread
• E12Hell Screen