Fans are talking about Akane-banashi #3 — here's what they had to say.
Dropping the MC into an izakaya gig to learn basic customer service and "reading the room" is such a solid reality check for a shonen protagonist.
Fans are talking about Akane-banashi #3 — here's what they had to say.
Dropping the MC into an izakaya gig to learn basic customer service and "reading the room" is such a solid reality check for a shonen protagonist.
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couldn't wait any longer so i legit binged the manga to prep for the anime lol
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got totally hooked so guess i gotta watch it 😁 kuwata's op song is so sick ✨
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freakin' a, isssei looks like a final boss in a shooter every damn time (i mean he literally is tho!)
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rakugoka's mental simulations are hilarious lmao
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honestly kinda love how adapting one jump chapter per episode gives it this unique pacing (depends on the series tho)
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no jobs before graduation and clearing it with the parents first. such a ridiculously responsible master for a shonen manga...!
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lmaooo seeing her panic just a second ago makes this way too funny ✨️✨️
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wait, masayuki isn't even mad about akane's rakugo
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she knows stopping her is useless cause it's literally in their blood
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"i couldn't protect a single disciple, i'm not even fit to take one in." damn he said it straight...
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akane's dad quit rakugo, but he didn't end up hating it, and he didn't hold a grudge against master shiguma either
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wait, are there really only three ranks? aren't there like three more invisible ones between futatsume and shinuchi?
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oh wait, they're all futatsume.
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" "no thanks." " "what if the first disciple I finally got quits because of me...?" 😨"
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ah, a weirdo in the exact opposite direction of the other senior apprentices
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students gotta study first. getting yelled at over basic facts is sending me www
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actually explaining why chores are necessary, what a chad
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choreeeeeeees lmaooooo
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damn, that guy's strict on a whole different level
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akane tends to jump the gun and totally misses what people are actually saying
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the manga is great at nailing these little details, and seeing them adapted into the anime without feeling preachy is super nice
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you always got kids who can recite rakugo from memory, but this whole "reading the room" vibe is where they usually trip up
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akane's perspective is fun, but since she's still young, she's got a ton of experience she's gotta learn the hard way
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oof, she got a reaction, but it's lukewarm. honestly, absolute silence would've hurt less
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true tho, doesn't matter if you can throw 150km/h if you can't even toss a strike lol
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feels kinda like doing crazy combos against a dummy in training mode in a fighting game doesn't mean shit in an actual 1v1 match.....
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reminds me of when i went to asakusa engei hall and a shinuchi was talking about some obscure old singer and i was just like "who?"
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getting a specific task and some weird-ass training method, feels like a real shonen manga now
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props to him for instantly hooking her up with miku-chan once he realized what she was actually missing
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gotta actually look at the people in front of you before trying your hardest
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bro, if someone ran up to you with that much intensity you'd totally freak out too lol
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kyoji is watching akane so closely tbh. her energy is totally one-sided tho. izakaya umi, miku-chan... akane's a hard worker, but she def runs on assumptions sometimes. getting a crash course in supply and demand i see
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i mean, no matter how hard you feel like you tried, the customers literally couldn't care less...
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akane caught on so fast though, props to her
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feels like she's gonna learn a ton of crucial stuff from all this...
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the manager literally learned how to be considerate from a rakugoka
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"turning your failures into a laughing matter is the best part of rakugo" hitting the nail right on the head with the core theme when i read this in the mag was just peak!
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big sis is spitting pure facts
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ordering yakitori purely through gestures is unreal lmao
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textbook "reading the room"...!!
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glad she finally figured out where the sweet spot is
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"maybe you should just go see for yourself." and cliffhanger, seriously?!
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anna nagase was born to voice akane tbh. well, she nails pretty damn near everything tho.
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really makes you realize how crazy important it is to have good people around you
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akane isn't some OP rakugo master right out the gate. this is shonen jump, she's gotta grind and level up. that's what makes it so hype
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so this ed track is the exact same one where they were talking about how the storytelling randomly matched the lyrics just earlier today
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right now it's just rakugocafé, studio fo, and suewrotei, but i wonder if they'll show renejaytei once akane hits futatsume. already stoked for it
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catching up with the manga makes all her stressing about "reading the room" back then feel so nostalgic
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akane joins shiguma's school and tries performing under kyoji's wing, but the older crowd just isn't feeling it. doing rakugo for a vietnamese guy at an izakaya was wild tho! 😆✨ now she's taking her act around town! can't wait for next week's ep 4! 😃🎶
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that 80s city pop art style in the ed is gorgeous, giving me major eiji suzuki, hiroshi nagai, and seizo watase vibes
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first time watching the akane-banashi anime and man, rakugo actually seems pretty sick. only other manga about it i've read is shouwa genroku rakugo shinjuu. is akane a total genius or just a hard worker, or like, a mix of both?
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is it just me or does the end of the ed show something looking like a chestnut bun that totally screams doraemon? am i reading way too into it or is director watanabe just being playful?