Connected anime and manga · 2010

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

昭和元禄落語心中

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Drama

Score: 8.2 / 10
Chapters: 32
Volumes: 10
Members: 5,679
Status: Finished

Airing: 25 Mar 2010 → 7 Jun 2016

Drama

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Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju is a manga from 2010. It is complete. The catalogue records 32 chapters and 10 volumes. This Kaidomi hub connects 3 releases, 3 credited creators and 15 characters.

Full synopsis

This multi-generational epic dives deep into rakugo, a rich form of Japanese storytelling theater. Small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale "The God of Death," which the master Yurakutei Yakumo performed for Yotaro during his time in prison. After his release, he goes to Yakumo's theater and pleads to be made his apprentice. Yakumo reluctantly accepts, but Yotaro quickly finds the world of rakugo is complex and grapples with a growing bond with Yakumo's ward, Konatsu. Meanwhile, the two young people bring reminders of Yakumo’s own inescapable past. Note: Won the 38th Kodansha Manga Awards for Best General Manga and the New Creator Prize of the 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.

Catalogue score — Kaidomi never shows its own rating until the fans build it. In its genre, only 145 of 1,904 scored titles rank higher — the top 8%.

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