24 minSeason 2 • Episode 13
LatestThe conclusion of the national tournament heralds the end of summer. As Minato reflects on kyudo, he and his friends help Masaki prepare for the Star Festival at Yata Shrine.
After target panic drives him from archery in middle school, Minato decides to return to the sport when his friends join the high school kyudo club.
Direction
Takuya Yamamura's debut — every arrow release is cinematic poetry.
Sound
The tsurune sound will haunt your dreams (positively).
Cinematography
Kyoto Animation flexing so hard it should be illegal.
Yuto Uemura
Minato Narumiya (voice)
Kensho Ono
Shu Fujiwara (voice)
Shogo Yano
Nanao Kisaragi (voice)
Kaito Ishikawa
Kaito Onogi (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Eisuke Nikaido (voice)
Takayuki Kondo
Koshiro Fuwa (voice)
Yuya Hirose
Toma Higuchi (voice)
Yuuichirou Umehara
Reiji Aragaki (voice)
Yohei Azakami
Kenyu Otaguro (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The studio sent staff to actual kyudo competitions and consulted with All Nippon Kyudo Federation — the form accuracy is obsessive.
Kyudo's philosophical concept of 'mushin' (no-mind) mirrors Minato's arc — the show treats archery as spiritual practice, not just sport.
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