Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 2

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 2 has built a real following on and among viewers who do not usually seek out animation. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. An 8/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Tomokazu Seki's voice work is a big part of what makes it distinctive. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 2 is worth clearing space for. Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 2 has the visual identity that makes it immediately recognisable, and the writing to back it up. Season 2 of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju includes 12 episodes. It aired from January 2017 to March 2017. This season stars Tomokazu Seki, Koichi Yamadera and Akira Ishida. Tomokazu Seki and Koichi Yamadera lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2017. The visual gags in Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 2 reward close attention without ever depending on it. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Genuinely enjoyable for a wide range of viewers, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 2 treats animation as a delivery mechanism, not a limitation. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. The writing operates at a level the format's reputation does not fully prepare you for. Adult animation that actually works for adults.

🎬 Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 2 — Episode Guide

Episode 1

2017-01-07

After ten years' apprenticeship to the eight generation Yakumo, Yotarou has finally achieved the rank of shin'uchi and taken on the name "Sukeroku," after his master's fellow student and Konatsu's father. Things appear to be smooth sailing at first, but complications soon arise. Between rakugo's fad...

Episode 2

2017-01-14

A magazine has exposed Yotarou's past as a former convict and member of the yakuza, plunging the rakugo world into scandal and sullying Yotarou's name. Although he continues performing as if nothing has happened, his growing desperation is coming out in his performance. He loses TV appearances, and ...

Episode 3

2017-01-21

Consumed by concerns over not finding his own rakugo, as well as harboring doubts about the relationship between Konatsu and a local gang boss, Yotarou lets off steam by performing the rant from "Daiku Shirabe." Higuchi joins him, idly wondering why the carpenter goes off on the rant. Yotarou confes...

Episode 4

2017-01-28

As far as Shinnosuke is concerned, Yotarou is his beloved father, and now that he's become a popular storyteller, Yotarou is even appearing on TV shows. After he performs "Jugemu" on a children's program, all the kids begin reciting it. Meanwhile, he's also getting steady work at the theater, while ...

Episode 5

2017-02-04

Hearing Yakumo's "Inokori" blasts the doubt from Yotarou's mind, and spurs his sudden rise to fame. Now, he himself is to perform that story in two months' time at a family show with Yakumo. Yakumo claims that he sees none of Yotarou himself in his rakugo, and that the character of Saheiji will be t...

Episode 6

2017-02-11

While performing "Hangon-ko," Yakumo passed out and dreamed of being in a hall of candles, being strangled by the Second Generation Sukeroku. Yotarou's voice brings him back to consciousness, but he won't be getting back on stage. Yotarou was about to get on the ambulance taking Yakumo away, when he...

Episode 7

2017-02-18

A week after his collapse on stage, Yakumo finally awakens. But the light inside him has faded, and when he speaks next, he declares that he won't do rakugo anymore. He also quits as president of the Rakugo Association, and gives Matsuda more free time. Why would Yakumo, whose life is bound to rakug...

Episode 8

2017-02-25

Mangetsu has returned to Kyoto-style rakugo, and Yotarou is taking on apprentices. Triggered by Yakumo's desire to quit, everyone is trying to find ways to preserve rakugo and Yakumo's own style of it. Higuchi has also been collecting documents about Yakumo to preserve his journey, but Yakumo himsel...

Episode 9

2017-03-04

As eras change, one thing remains rock solid. To Yotaro, that's Yakumo. After being inspired by the "Shinigami" he heard from him in prison, he decided he'd follow him anywhere. Those straightforward words lead Yakumo to talk about rakugo and his own death. Yotaro insists that if he wants to die in ...

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Episode 10

2017-03-11

The Uchikutei caught fire after the performance, and Yakumo, who was alone there, was badly burned. Though he has managed to survive, his comeback will be more difficult now. And that isn't the only disaster: Tokyo's last remaining rakugo theater has burned down. A dark cloud hangs over rakugo's fut...

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Episode 11

2017-03-18

Yakumo was listening to Yotaro's rakugo on the porch with Konatsu when he suddenly found himself lost on a scaffolding of candles. There, he met the Second Generation Sukeroku once more, who told him that he had arrived at the Sanzu River. Sukeroku then guides him on a journey through the land of th...

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Episode 12

2017-03-25

Fifteen years have passed since that fateful day. Yotaro and Konatsu's children are growing up: Shinnosuke is a futatsume, and Koyuki has entered high school. Those who made their lives from rakugo, those who gave their lives to rakugo… aspects of their checkered pasts carry on to the next generatio...

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