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Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 6 Episode 6 Kikuhiko is feeling better about himself after the success of the play, with the audience hanging on his every word and gesture. Sukeroku tells him that he had a similar experience during the war, and that ever since then, he decided that he would doContinue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 6”

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 7 Episode 7 After finding his own rakugo, Kikuhiko has become quite popular. Even when he’s out with Miyokichi, rakugo is all he can think about. Meanwhile, Sukeroku is buoyed into arrogance by his own popularity. He takes on stories beyond his station, he picks fights with theContinue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 7”

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 8 Episode 8 Kikuhiko’s tour with the 7th Generation Yakumo was a huge success. His master is satisfied with Kikuhiko’s growth, and plans to promote him to shin’uchi soon. The problem is Sukeroku, whose behavior is forcing Yakumo to bend over backwards to get him promoted. Meanwhile, SukerokuContinue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 8”

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 1 Episode 1 “I’ve got nothing, so I’m going there.” Former small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale “Shinigami” that the great artist Yurakutei Yakumo performed to him in prison. After his release, he goes right to Yakumo’s theater, and pleads to be made his apprentice.Continue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 1”

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 2 Episode 2 Yakumo begins the story of the promise he made with Sukeroku. When he was young, he was taken in by the 7th generation Yakumo and named Kikuhiko. He met the young boy Sukeroku, a strange child who insisted on taking over the Yakumo name, withContinue reading “Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 1 Episode 2”