Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju banner artwork

Format: MANGA
Chapters: 32
Volumes: 10
Status: Finished
Published from: Mar 25, 2010
Until: Jun 7, 2016
Source: Original
Average score: 82%
Mean score: 85%
Popularity: 5,602
Favorites: 205
Genres: Drama
Romaji: Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
English: Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Native: 昭和元禄落語心中
Synonyms: Le Rakugo, À la Vie, À la Mort Rakugo: historias de vida y muerte

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Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

★ 8.2 5,602 members

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.

(Source: Kodansha USA)

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.