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Folktales from Japan: Season 2

27 episodes Premiered Apr 7, 2013 Updated Sep 27, 2026

Previously on Folktales from Japan

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Folktales from Japan Season 1.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (25): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S2·E1 Mytharc

Mother's Crystal; The Rolling Rice Ball; The Golden Arches

Apr 7, 2013

S2·E2 Core

Bat; The Old Man and His Bump; Lunch Works

Apr 14, 2013

S2·E3 Core

Snake and Fox Repay a Debt; The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom; The Pheasant and the Crow

Apr 21, 2013

S2·E4 Core

Tears Overflow; Strong Tarou; The Skylark and the Water of Youth

Apr 28, 2013

S2·E5 Core

Mother and Daughter Slay a Demon; Kintarou; The Farting Girl

May 5, 2013

S2·E6 Core

The Radish Samurai; The Furuya Forest; The Golden Horse Poop

May 12, 2013

S2·E7 Core

When the Moon's Ring Disappears; The Rat Sutra; A Punch as a Reward

May 19, 2013

S2·E8 Core

The Mermaid's Feast; The Fox and the Bear; The Beginning of Man

May 26, 2013

S2·E9 Core

The Red Thread; The Cow`s Marriage; Beyond the Mirror

Jun 2, 2013

S2·E10 Core

The Carp Wife; The Snot-Nosed Boy; The Giant Beanstalk

Jun 9, 2013

S2·E11 Core

The Monkey Repays a Debt; Little One Inch; The Gourd Boy

Jun 16, 2013

S2·E12 Core

The Female Fox; Hirabayashi; The Wild Warrior and the Ox Cart

Jun 23, 2013

S2·E13 Core

The Dragonfly Rich Man; The Fish Wife; Ikkyuu-san's Funny Story

Jun 30, 2013

S2·E14 Core

Monkey Masamune; The Days Pass So Fast; The Woodcutter & the Mountain Grannie

Jul 7, 2013

S2·E15 Core

Minister Yuriwaka; The Fire Man; The Priest and the Boy and the Poisonous Mochi

Jul 14, 2013

S2·E16 Core

The Talking Fish; Urashima Tarou; The Demon's Handprint

Jul 21, 2013

S2·E17 Core

The Swallow with the Broken Leg; Left Behind; The Legend of the Nine-Headed Dragon

Jul 28, 2013

S2·E18 Core

Filial Devotion in Dreams; Rat Sumo; A Story of Stolen Melons

Aug 4, 2013

S2·E19 Core

The Tree in the Pot; Princess Kaguya; The Monk and the Fox

Aug 11, 2013

S2·E20 Core

Earless Houichi; Niou and Dokkoi; Badger Disaster

Aug 18, 2013

S2·E21 Core

A Story of Futons; Chakurikakifu; The Dancing Bones

Aug 25, 2013

S2·E22 Core

Dandarabochi and the Giant Sandals; The Painted Wife; The Fox in the Bag

Sep 1, 2013

S2·E23 Core

The Puppet Master; The God of the Bathroom; The Whale and the Sea Cucumber

Sep 8, 2013

S2·E24 Core

Unspeaking Okiku; Ubasute Mountain; The Sumo Wrestler's Little Sister

Sep 15, 2013

S2·E25 Core

Monkey Crab; The Straw Headman; Head Lake

Sep 22, 2013

S2·E26 Core

Episode 78

Sep 29, 2013

S2·E52 Mytharc

The Ear Statue; The Kappa and the Handwashing Basin; The Little Chestnut

Mar 30, 2014

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