We’re continuing with the Weekly Shonen Jump series, this time to Samu’s favourite currently running in the magazine: Akane-banashi, the rakugo drama that’s been an unexpected hit since it’s debut.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction - continuing with Weekly Shonen Jump with Samu’s favourite
2:42 A success story during an era of performing arts series in Weekly Shonen Jump
5:29 Enzo’s impression: more like a sports series, rakugo, comparison to PPPPPP
9:50 Neither sport or battle series but embraces elements of both, similar to Food Wars!
10:44 The prologue first chapter and Shinta’s character
13:58 The Great Akane debate - an insert Mary Sue or a compelling main character?
22:50 The significance of a female main character for this story
27:19 Comparisons to Chihaya in Chihayafuru
30:00 The transportive rakugo world, battle shonen tropes and ‘nin’ battle system
32:33 Issho Arakawa - demystifying the villain as we understand him more
33:43 Could an anime adaptation surpass the manga?
38:33 Spoiler discussion begins
38:48 Akane and her father’s development so far
43:38 Anticipating the anime adaptation of Akane and Issho’s confrontation
44:58 Samu’s Recommendation: Act Age by Tatsuya Matsuki, Shiro Usazaki
49:04 Enzo’s Recommendation: Kabukibu by Eda Yuuri
51:18 Overview and final scores
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