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Descending Stories: Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
12 episodes · premiered Jan 7, 2017
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Jan 7, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Jan 14, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Jan 21, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Jan 28, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Feb 4, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Feb 11, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Feb 18, 2017 · 27m 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…
- Episode 8: Episode 8 Feb 25, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Mar 4, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Mar 11, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 11: Episode 11 Mar 18, 2017 · 26m 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…
- Episode 12: Episode 12 Mar 25, 2017 · 26m 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…