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| Awesome start. I'm already invested in the characters and the story too. I hope Akane-banashi does well and sticks around. Really looking forward to more. |
| Yes, the first chapter was very sweet, and I like the premise of the story. This is a good change of pace since the current shonen series are dropping bombshells of action and depression. |
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| The ending of the chapter had me completely hooked; let's see where this goes. |
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| I was excited when I saw the cover of this pop up because my mind went straight to Rakugo, and what do you know, it was a Rakugo series. I have no expectation that it could even begin to match Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu managed to accomplished, but that series did develop in me a fondness for Rakug so I'm glad to see it tackled again. And I don't think they did a bad job of displaying the art-form, I rather liked how the character's Shinta was imbueing was painted with those traditional Japanese painting thick outlines. If there's one problem with the first chapter, is it really only endeared me to Tohru, the fact that Akane is going to be the main characters feels like such a downgrade now. I did like her introduction, with her reciting what happened with the bully in Rakugo-form, that was a clever way to establish her love & gift for Rakugo, and her personality too. But otherwise, the chapter's focus was on Tohru's, we got a lot of good insight into his situation, motivations, and thought process that I kinda wish we were just following him. But really, if they can accomplish that for Tohru, there's no reason to expect they can't for Akane. To be honest, I'm an idiot and at first thought her father legit died that day until I realized she was just being dramatic with his Rakugo name, so my opinions were a lot more negative at first. Not sure I care this being a revenge story of sorts because an old fart had an old fart tantrum over Shibahama but I suppose this does need shonen hook to it. As a side note, Shibahama is easily my favourite Rakugo story, thanks in large part to Rakugo Shinjuu but even removing the context of that show, it's just a really well-written story. Granted, I've only seen the performance in Rakugo Shinjuu (and I guess this, but they barely tell anything, whereas Rakugo Shinjuu adapted the full tale) but I couldn't believe that one guy thought the best scene was describing the beach lol. Different strokes I suppose, I couldn't imagine anything I care less about in that story than the scenery of the beach. |
| That was the best first chapter for a Jump manga that I've read in a while, although it made me feel more for Shinta and his journey than Akane. I still like Akane trying to stand up for her dad though and am interested to see where her journey goes. It was endearing and the ending left me curious as to why with the expulsion and where the story goes from here. I really enjoyed this and felt refreshing reading a Jump manga focusing on rakugo out of all things. I can only hope the direction for the story is interesting and not just a revenge storyline that feels contrived and stale. But for first impressions, this did its job well. |
| Was excited when I saw a rakugo manga announced and this first chapter didn't disappoint. I am a little worried if it can last in Jump though. |
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| I didn't like it at all. Hope you guys like it. |
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| Really refreshing Jump Start this time, rakugo is very captivating and I hope this series does well and stands out Huge fan of Rakugo Shinjuu as well, very pleasant to see in Jump |
| 1 chapter and I am already invested in the characters. Seeing a lot of potential but also a lot of pitfalls that it could fall short. The real battle starts in the second chapter and I cant wait to see where it goes. |
| Yo, that was fucking great. This was only the first chapter, but it already inflicted me with p a i n. These kinds of stories are just my type of shit. I hope it keeps it up. |
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| A very good chapter. Excited for more. |
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| First comedy, now rakugo? Count me in. Great start, this is manga I will be following too. Dad didn't deserve it =_= his performance was spectacular. And expulsion, seriously? I wonder how everyone even tolerate this geezer. It doesn't matter how good he is if he acts like an ass towards EVERYONE. |
| That's an epic start |
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| I loved the art style and character designs! |
| "The best defence is a good offence" - Kiyoshi Fujino (Prison School EP 11) |
| Pretty unusual premise for a Jump manga. Have high hopes for this one. |
| It was ok for me. They could better established who is talking like it was done in Magu chan or go more abstract like in 6P or like thay did in page 21 so we would see those characters all the time because they need to replace main aspect of Rakugo which is sound into visual aspect. And that guy Issho, what an ashole... if this happened in "the West" he would be considered as a "Old Man Yells At Cloud" xD Also her father really died or just his career as Rakugo? because if he really died it would be hilarious. Now we need to see how/if story and rakugo will be able to carry this series. |
| Manga recommendation: - Spy x Family (Ch.99/? - biweekly) | Sakamoto Days (Ch.170/? - weekly) - MARRIAGETOXIN (Ch.90/? - weekly) - Make the Exorcist Fall in Love (Ch.67/? - biweekly) - You and I Are Polar Opposites (Ch.56/? - biweekly) Anime recommendation: - Deca-Dence (Finished) | Wave, Listen to Me! (Finished) - If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die (Finished) - Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (Finished) |
| Nice start and definitely not your average Jump stuff. The title made it clear that this would be about Akane, even tho this chapter made me almost forget it with Shinta's performance. I hope she won't have to carry this series entirely on her own. |
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| i thought that was good but I didn't expect this good of a reception here lol. nonetheless I'm interested. Looking forward for this to stick around. also wtf he died bruh Akane better live up to her father. |
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| Good start, I am intrigued. |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| Damn. That was a really good first chapter. Will see how the story follows. |
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Nieznajomy43 said: Also her father really died or just his career as Rakugo? because if he really died it would be hilarious. When it's said 'Shinto Arakawa died' it's about his 'rakugoka self', so he died as a rakugoka, meaning he won't be doing it anymore. Now he's just Tohru, the father. |
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| She looks like Rikka |
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| This was a nice start, the end part of the chapter was quite shocking. The characters seem interesting and likeable. Also I really like the character designs and artwork. |
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| Well i won't pretend i got the gist of what exactly Rakugo is from this first chapter itself, but still looking at someone working that hard and even then becoming a laughing stock for others is something I'd never agree with. Indeed a good start, should've started a tad early I guess. |
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| I honestly did not expect to be so interested in Rakugo. This was an incredible and well written first chapter. Perfectly set up Shinta's character from the start, build his personality and gave him some depth. All for him to get expelled in the end but that's where the real story comes from. Akane is going to follow her father's path and probably get some kind of revenge on the school. The art is really well done, especially when they show the story that's been told by the performers. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Wow...expelled?! And Akane is going to follow in her father's footsteps and become a rakugoka. Excited to see how her story unfolds. |
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| After hearing about this manga for quite some time, I started reading the first chapter when I got bored while traveling long distances. It begins with a guy performing a story, most of the seats in the audience are empty, and the owner of the place shows an expression of dissatisfaction with his performance on the first page. We later see her criticizing him and telling a mob character that he wasn't always this bad. It was unclear to me what he was doing or why it was good or bad. As obvious as this is not a good start for me, I looked for something interesting to continue reading, but only found a classic shonen story about a child avenging her father. Since I didn't know what Rakugo was, I just read another manga during my travels instead. After some time I heard that this manga was doing well in sales and got good reviews on MAL, but I still did not go back. I've had this manga on hold for a few months, and one of my friends has recommended it to me now, saying it is very good. However, I wasn't convinced since he suggested that I watch Domestic Kanojo last time, saying that it is one of the best animes out there. I watched it, and I haven't regretted doing something more than that. The only good thing that came from the anime was the opening. As time went on, I decided to return to the manga and read it from the beginning again, but before that, I thought I should reacher Rakugo a little bit to better understand the terms. I read some articles and watched Kyotaro Tanagiya's performance of a story about a grim reaper who gave a man the power to heal people by chasing off reapers. Since I started reading from the first chapter, I read slowly. One thing I learned during the last 8 months is that every single speech bubble in a manga serves a purpose, so I cannot skip it. It wasn't until the second time that I noticed the mother, so never skim through manga. In addition to the good art style and the mangakas' attention to detail, I also like the character designs in this manga, and I also like the hairstyles and clothes, they look authentic and cool. Overall this was a good start, I can see why people might like this, the story of a Rakugoka in the shounen jump is something new, and this manga has a chance in revolutionizing the shonen genre from the battle manga we see every day and pave the way for new refreshing ideas. |
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| Rakugo huh? I've seen this here and there in different anime but I guess this is the first time hearing the term. The story is pretty interesting. Let's see how Akane's story unfolds. |
| she's a girl on a mission, she's mad, she's gonna do right by her daddy |
| bought the first volume about a month ago at italian convention Cartoomics, including a nice little bonus (a cardboard of the main character performing). Glad that even in this country it is becoming popular, i wasn't even aware of the existence of rakugo before Joshiraku (a series i adored but it's also into a very different context) and here it seems treated seriously and with a sort of spokon-esque vibe that can easily work flawlessly. Poor father, he deserves to be vindicated and her promising interesting daughter has the best kind of attitude to succeed. Is it too soon to fantasize for a anime adaptation? |
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| I thought this was interesting but I'd be way more into it if it got an anime. |
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