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“Flourishing Shōwa – Rakugo Double Suicide”

201626m / epAnimation · Drama

First aired

January 9, 2016

8.0

TMDB Score

80% match · 65 votes

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Episode 10

Showa and Genroku Era Lovers' Suicide Through Rakugo · Mar 12, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 1

Jan 9, 2016 · 48m

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Episode 2

Jan 16, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 3

Jan 23, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 4

Jan 30, 2016 · 26m

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Feb 6, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 6

Feb 13, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 7

Feb 20, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 8

Feb 27, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 9

Mar 5, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 10

Mar 12, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 11

Mar 19, 2016 · 26m

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Episode 12

Mar 26, 2016 · 28m

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Episode 13

Apr 2, 2016 · 26m

For Kikuhiko, it's a time for goodbyes. To Sukeroku, with whom he shared the joys and frustrations of rakugo. To the woman who raised him as her own child. Men ask to be his apprentice, and he has so much media attention that he's sick of it... but the people most important to him keep leaving. To this struggling Kikuhiko, the Seventh Generation Yakumo tells the tale "Kowakare", as well as the story of his own sins. For it seems this is a cycle of karma from which they can never break free...

About the Series

AnimationDrama

Synopsis

When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's rendition of the story called "Shinigami," he is determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone's surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him "Yotaro." As Yotaro happily begins his new life, he meets others in Yakumo's life, including Yakumo's ward Konatsu. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father's tragic death. Konatsu loved her father's storytelling, and would love to become a performer in her own right—but that path is not available for women.

First aired: January 9, 2016
Last aired: March 25, 2017
Seasons: 2 seasons · 25 episodes
Status: Ended
Original language: Japanese
Networks: MBS, TBS, CBC