Tarkus marked SEKAI NO OWARI’s first dome and stadium tour, presented as a large-scale theatrical narrative interwoven with live music and storytelling. The production depicted a once-peaceful kingdom where a storm destroyed the home of a man named Tarkus and took the life of his daughter. As no aid came from the castle, grief turned into rage, and together with others who had lost their families, Tarkus led a revolution that ended with the king’s execution.
Originally conceived by vocalist Fukase as a picture book, Tarkus explored “two perspectives that cannot be clearly divided into right or wrong.” The story refused simple moral framing, portraying both the suffering of the people and the remorse of the king. It asked what justice and guilt mean when seen from opposing sides of the same tragedy.
In the latter half of the show, a giant balloon whale named Sally appeared and glided above the audience, retelling the story from the king’s viewpoint. Fukase described the project as a message to “cherish imagination,” encouraging audiences to think beyond binary notions of good and evil and to empathize with the unseen emotions behind every story.