Fans are talking about Akane-banashi #10 — here's what they had to say.
Watching Akane totally steal the show with a solo Jugemu performance makes me wish I could witness a masterclass like that live, though getting cliffhung right before the dad's expulsion backstory is pure agony.
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Akane-banashi ep 10 was an absolute god-tier masterpiece, I'm literally dead lol. The pacing of Akane's rakugo was way too intense, I was sitting seiza with my zabuton rattling the whole time. Also the pressure from her rivals is so heavy I can barely breathe. Can we please get 3-hour episodes for this?? Waiting till next week is literal torture???
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Bruh... I literally have no idea what's going on lmao wtfｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ
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NGL with names that long back then, you'd probably struggle hard with modern system character limits or official paperwork
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So basically, Akane's rakugo conjures up distinct characters right behind her, whereas Karashi and Hikaru have zero individuality and no characters even pop up at all... I guess that's the difference between actually grasping the true meaning of the performance or not, huh.
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Tbh I feel like you honestly can't enjoy rakugo to the absolute max if the audience's imagination is lacking. Even if you perform for people with no imagination, can they actually picture the situation and get what's happening...
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Anna Nagase is insane for this. Doing the whole Jugemu story completely solo and pulling off every single character by herself...
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That's actually nuts... Doing Jugemu and pouring the actual soul of the routine into voicing every single character all by herself, Anna Nagase is built different fr.
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Actually cried during Jugemu ngl 😭
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All the characters sound totally different, but knowing they're all coming from the exact same person is wild lol.
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Jugemu Chosuke is alive! Doing the whole thing solo with such great tempo, there was some pain and struggle in there but she crushed it till the end! 😊💕✨️
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Issei-shisho is still furious lmao. Well duh, an amateur contest got basically hijacked by a pro-level rakugo performance that totally ruined the whole event.
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Akane won precisely because it turned into a full-on sketch / one-person play rather than standard rakugo, which is why she actually got rated as a proper rakugo artist.
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Honestly feels like when high school Hideki Matsui got intentionally walked 5 times straight, and the opposing coach later commented that "there was a single pro mixed in with us."
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Nooooooo wayyyyyy! You're really gonna end it right here-!! (Such a classic old-school anime cliffhanger!)
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Are you kidding me... The reason why her old man got expelled is getting pushed to next week?! I need to know rn smh~
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Getting super hooked on Akane-banashi. Was so hyped for today's Jugemu and it was amazing!! Wait, the episode's ending right there?! Uwaaa, this is gonna be such an agonizing week waiting for the next one〜!
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This is just... gonna make me cry... 😭 Thought Jugemu was gonna drown and never come back... total misdirection! And Issei's menacing grin... what is that even supposed to mean?
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Man, what a god-tier episode... Issho Arakawa's critique of Akane, and his brutally honest assessment of Karashi and Hikaru... Congrats to Akane on the win! And now heading straight into a showdown with Issho, the arch-nemesis who drove her old man to his ruin...!
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That evaluation is basically acknowledging she's already at a pro level: "You know this isn't a place for someone like you to show up, right?" She already won the moment she forced him to say that 👍 Also like I keep saying, this whole Karashi Cup arc is insanely good (shaking rn)
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Ep 10 thoughts ④: It made me think "Whoa, I think I just witnessed something genuinely legendary..." Before I knew it I was watching with zero blinks and holding my breath... Akane-banashi... turning a manga said to be impossible to adapt into an anime with this level of polish is nuts...!! Makes me wanna go see a live rakugo performance myself 😊