Offering
marriage to the hitman they sent to liquidate you seems like the worst survival
strategy in the world, unless your desperation knows no bounds. The animated
adaptation of Firefly Wedding (Hotaru no Yomeiri) released a new
promotional video to confirm that its long-awaited premiere will hit screens on
October 9, offering a glimpse into this peculiar period romance tinged
with obsession and danger.
The video
trailer served to show the first chords of the opening theme titled
"Period", performed by the singer iri, who debuts for the
first time in the animation industry with this musical piece. The
singer-songwriter commented that she was deeply moved by the determination of
the protagonist to stand firm in the face of an overwhelming reality, while the
author of the manga, Oreko Tachibana, assured that the song manages to
convey an unbreakable will that makes the emotions of the characters come to
life. For its part, the group TOOBOE will be in charge of the closing
theme with the song "Yumegokochi".
As for the
main voice cast, actress Lynn will play the young Satoko Kirigaya, while
Koki Uchiyama will play the dangerous assassin Shinpei Goto. They are
joined by Kent Ito in the role of Kotaro Ogawa and Kenjiro Tsuda
as Mitsueda. The animation production is carried out by the production house
David Production under the general direction of Takahiro Kamei, with
Yukiko Aikei in charge of the character designs, Yuko Kakihara in
the supervision and writing of the scripts, and the NOGRID group in the
composition of the soundtrack.
About
Firefly Wedding
Written and
illustrated by Oreko Tachibana, the original manga began publication on
Shogakukan's Manga ONE app in January 2023. The story takes us back to
the Meiji era to introduce Satoko, a beautiful daughter of nobles who
apparently has everything, but who suffers from a serious illness that gives
her very little time to live. When her plans to get an advantageous marriage
for her family are threatened by Shinpei, a mysterious hitman sent to kill her,
the young woman makes a desperate decision to save herself: to propose marriage
to her own aggressor. However, she did not count on this dangerous guy taking the
promise of "until death do us part" in the most literal and intense
way possible.
