Science SARU is set to release new TV series;YUREI DECO. The story is inspired by Mark Twain’sThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and set in a bright futuristic environment.YUREI DECOis stacked with an experienced production team and innovative animation team, and it truly has everything it needs to be one for the ages.
There are so many mysterious details surroundingYUREI DECOthat spurmore and more questionsabout what the series might contain. The show launched its official website on March 2022, and on it is everything from merchandise to deep cuts aboutYUREI DECOlore. The show is oozing with potential and rewards fans who do their own detective work.
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YUREI DECOis centered around a group called the Yurei Detective Club, whose members are trying to solve the mystery of the Zero Phenomenon. Starting at the beginning, Tom Sawyer Island is the island where the events of the show take place, and where residents are required to wear virtual and augmentedreality headsets that transport theminto the world of Deco. Deco is a version of the world that shows people only what they want to see.
Love, a form of currency, is awarded to residents that perform acts deemed good by their peers (think likes on Instagram), and the more love a person gets the more special treatment society gives them. The Zero Phenomenon happens when people wanderthrough a dead zone. It causes the person to lose all of their love and their connection with Deco. Whether the Yurei Detective Club can solve the mystery of the Zero Phenomenon, and how the Zero Phenomenon is related to other mysteries on Tom Sawyer Island will both drive the plot.
Mark Twain’sThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finnis a book following the events ofThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In the books, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are the town troublemakers, with Tom being the leader and Huck being a member of the “robber’s gang.” At the beginning ofThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huckleaves town to escapebeing beaten by his abusive father, and teams up with a runaway slave named Jim in order to do so. The book deals with topics of abuse, race, and slavery. It is still unclearhow the series willincorporate Huckleberry Finn’s plot and its more difficult subjects into its narrative.
It would be dishonest forYUREI DECOto only reference the works of Mark Twain on a surface level when it claims to have a direct connection to his works. There are very few anime that confront issues of racism directly, butYUREI DECOshould tackle those issues if it is really based onThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The writers ofYUREI DECOhave the skills to tackle dense issues fearlessly, and hopefully, it will elevate the story of Huckleberry Finn with grace. However,if the writers avoidor ignore the issues that madeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finnsuch a compelling story then the series would lose a lot of its credibility.
YUREI DECOhas not even been released yet, so as of writing this article there is little information to judge the show’s quality. It is exciting to see cultural cross pollination between Japan and the United States. Now the old works of Mark Twain could reach a whole new audience. Huckleberry Finn is a story with greatpotential for the enhancementof modern storytelling, and the release ofYUREI DECOthis fourth of July weekend is sure to be an exciting event.
