NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA- — Season 1, Episode 1: No Amount of Shooing Can Keep Earthly Vices at Bay

Episode synopsis

Taishakuten and Bonten are here to deliver the Earth from evil! But evil takes time to show up, and these two deities need a crash course on the conveniences of modern life.

About NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA-

The pain that everyone cannot escape when living: the living, old, sick, and death. The way to save it is through Buddhist enlightenment. At the end of a war, a prince who obtained the Buddhist enlightenment became the Shaka Nyorai and saved the world. Long time has passed since that, currently the latter age of decadence. Mara, the worry that once tried to destroy Shaka's enlightenment, has made a contract with the devil in order to seek revenge against Shaka. He begins to control people with worries. Meanwhile, a team centering around Shaka, called the Thirteen Buddhas, and the two benevolent deities who protect the dharma, Taishakuten and Bonten, have stood up to fight against Mara to protect people from worries. A battle between Mara and the Buddhist gods that involves people begins now!

More episodes from Season 1

• E2No Treasure Is Worth More than Friendship
• E3Behold the Flower that Blooms in the Shadow of the Obvious
• E4You Can’t Fulfill Wishes Without Both Feet on the Ground
• E5One Lie Leads to a Hundred Lies
• E6If You Are to Forgive Sin Behold the Face of the Sinner
• E7You Cannot Return to the Past But You Can Carry on With the Future
• E8Out of Sight is Different From Gone
• E9Set the Unenlightened Night Aglow With Smiles
• E10The Fruit Of Doubt Bears No Seed
• E11There Can Be No Enlightenment Without Vice
• E12Be at Peace with Vice-Prone Souls