TV series

Hitsuji no Uta

2003–2004 · 1 season

A somber, claustrophobic descent into inherited affliction, watching two siblings struggle against a hunger they cannot name or escape.

Overview: Kazuna’s family has a history of suffering from a disease that creates an uncontrollable vampire-like thirst for blood. Knowing none of this, Kazuna was sent to live with the Eda couple as a child. As the sickness begins to show signs of being present within himself, he comes into contact with his older sister, Chizuna, who has been suffering from it since early childhood. Knowing that the sickness incurs a heavy weight upon those that suffer from it, Chizuna tries to ease her brother’s burden, to help him learn to control his urges, but…
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, isolation, identity, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
identity
obsession
death
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild