SGRS doesn’t miss a beat in its return after a year, recapping its first season in a very clever and entertaining fashion: rakugo-style, with Yotarou as the storyteller. His enthusiastic description [...]
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You may be wondering why I’m doing this after only one episode. Perhaps maybe you think that I’m going to say its a terrible show from the get go and thus I’m writing this to warn you off. Well, that [...]
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This is review number three hundred and sixty one. This anime is part of the Winter 2016 lineup. The anime I’ll be reviewing is called Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, and it’s a weird title for sure. [...]
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So we reach the finale of the first season of Rakugo and against all odds we have a second season to look forward to. The last episode of this season capped off the end of Yakumo’s tale and returns to [...]
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Part 3 of my countdown of the Winter 2016 season.   2. Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu Of all the shows airing in the winter season, Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (Showa and Genroku Era Lover’s Suicide [...]
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The flow of time and its influence on everyday life has been a constant theme throughout Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu. As Yakumo narrated his life story, dealing with the complexities of his [...]
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「#13」 I was prepared to get all teary eyed at the prospect of saying goodbye to this wonderful series, but thankfully there is no need. This episode was more a new beginning than a [...]
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After a dominating emotional one-two punch of the last couple of episodes, the last episode of Shouwa Genraku Rakugo Shinjuu was bound to be quiet and uneventful by comparison. The first half or so is [...]
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Well Sukeroku was just five days away from retirement, not afraid of anything anymore, gonna tell Miyokichi he loves her after the battle, followed by a around the world trip on a boat called the live [...]
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As with all tragic stories, whether they are written by Euripides, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Marlowe, or a more modern story like Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, the main character’s actions are either [...]
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The day of the dual performance arrives, and the atmosphere is fizzing with anticipation. Sukeroku is noncommittal at first, even when Matsuda arrives, lonely after the passing of his wife. But [...]
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「#12」 This is storytelling at its finest. The post Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu – 12 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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This week’s episode continued exploring a number of similar themes from last week, as it looked at the importance of memory, and the power that the past can hold over an individual. It is also an [...]
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Even without the aforementioned grudge it looks like Yakumo and Konatsu get along like oil and water. She changes her tune fast once she finds out he is a Rakugo performers but their relationship [...]
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「#11」 You don't come across anime like Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu all that often - series that are remarkably consistent with their sublime storytelling, brilliant direction, and [...]
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What started out as a simple errand (retrieve Sukeroku and bring him back to Tokyo) becomes much, much more for Kikuhiko, due in no small part to Sukeroku’s daughter, Konatsu. The girl is pretty [...]
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Summer heat gives way to the breezes that blow through the furin wind chimes, exorcising the stagnant, humid air. Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu‘s eighth episode uses pillow shots of furin to both [...]
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The past exerts a tremendous force on the characters in Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, it pulls at them incessantly, reminding them of past slights, problems that they have desperately tried to [...]
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His master reveals that he knew Sokuroku’s mentor and that by using his blood ties to his father he managed to steal the title of Yakumo from Sokuroku’s which caused him to leave the art in disgust. [...]
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「#10」 This episode acted as the bridge between the past and the present, bringing all the tragedy that awaits with it. The post Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu – 10 appeared first on Random [...]
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