2 Season
25 Episode
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju - Season 1 Episode 3
Flourishing Shōwa – Rakugo Double Suicide
After their first performance, Kikuhiko sharply feels the difference in skill between himself and Hatsutaro. Hatsutaro recommends he try erotic stories, but Kikuhiko is struggling so hard just to memorize the beginner stories, he can't even begin to consider anything else. The fact that he has to go to school in the mornings causes the gap between him and Hatsutaro, who can spend the day learning rakugo, to grow wider. Even so, he gradually comes to love rakugo more and more, and to develop something of a normal life. But the shadow of the war approaches, tearing rakugo, love, and friendship apart...
- Year: 2017
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Drama, Comedy
- Studio: MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS
- Keyword: training, friendship, rivalry, coming of age, bromance, based on manga, art, historical, rakugo, anime, josei, itan, working life, shōwa era (1926-89)
- Director:
- Cast: Tomokazu Seki, Koichi Yamadera, Akira Ishida, Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Yu Kobayashi