Proposing
to your own executioner is a survival tactic that is as desperate as it is
effective. It has been officially announced that the anime adaptation of
the Firefly Wedding manga will begin airing on Japanese
television during the month of October on Fuji TV.
The update
was accompanied by the release of a first promotional trailer and a second
visual image. This video preview allows us to appreciate the project in motion
for the first time, while the production committee presented the technical team
in charge of the animation and revealed the voice talents that will play the
lethal protagonist couple.
Firefly
Wedding Details
The
animation production takes place in the prestigious facilities of the
David Production studio. The general direction of the project falls
to Takahiro Kamei. For her part, Yuko Kakihara assumes
responsibility for the composition of the series and the writing of the
scripts. The character designs are adapted to animation by Yukiko Aikei,
while the soundtrack is composed by NOGRID.
About
the work
The plot
follows Satoko Kirigaya, a young woman belonging to a noble family
who suffers from an incurable disease, leaving her little time to live. His family
hopes that he will marry soon to ensure the honor of his lineage. However, his
fate takes a drastic turn when a skilled assassin named Shinpei Goto is
sent to end his life. Cornered and in a last attempt to survive, Satoko
proposes marriage instead of accepting death.
To his
surprise, the killer accepts the offer, but adopts the notion of marriage in a
twistedly literal way, including a promise to stay together "until death
do us part." What begins as a cold survival tactic quickly mutates into a
complex and emotional relationship. The original work, written and illustrated
by mangaka Oreko Tachibana, began serialization in the Manga
ONE application of the Shogakukan publishing house in
January 2023, publishing its eleventh compilation volume on February 19.
