Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju - Lover's Suicide Through Rakugo

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HerpicleOmnicron5: May 31, 2013; How did this smug dummkopf ever make general?

I kinda don't like that it's stuck too far in the past, I'm really hoping to return to the present-day characters. There's a bit of a pacing issue with these flashbacks.

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HerpicleOmnicron5: May 31, 2013; How did this smug dummkopf ever make general?

Kytrarewn posted:

I really hope that's true, and that it happens fairly quickly. There would be absolutely no way for me to enjoy this franchise without audio, so I'm not even going to try to read the manga.

So, in the end, is the reason that Yakumo didn't want Konatsu to Rakugo:
A. He was subconsciously trying to kill Rakugo as an artform, since he was so pissed
B. He was trying to protect the traditions of Rakugo as he had promised Sukeroku and thus forbid women from practicing it
C. Konatsu reminded him painfully of Sukeroku when she performed Rakugo
or
D. He was afraid that if women did Rakugo, they'd be better at playing the feminine roles than he was, and so he could no longer go to "the place he truly belonged" or however it was described
??

You missed the most obvious one, that Rakugo was a dying artform and to study it seriously would be a true waste of time for most people. The only reason he accepted Yotaro was because he basically had no future life to waste, and rakugo was all he could have, similar to Yakumo and Sukeroku, whereas Konatsu had/has her whole life ahead of her.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2016 20:31

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