Second is Sukeroku. His laziness in the second arc was annoyingly stupid. I don’t know if it’s just a pride that he didn’t want to take work aside rakugo. But for him to just let his daughter do all the work is nothing I can empathize with. Miyoki, I can somewhat understand considering the culture she was raised in. She was raised in the idea of being a perfect housewife. Honestly she didn’t know better.
Third is Konatsu. I don’t know if she’s just being tsundere, based on how she keeps threatening to kill Yakumo. But she still lives in his house, despite him constantly insulting her parents in front of her. And the ending? It was heavily implied, from her being very secretive about the father of her child, to the way Shinosuke behaves exactly like Yakumo, to Konatsu saying that she and Yakumo were like lovers. Shinosuke was their son. What is this, Usagi Drop 2.0?
On a positive note, I did like some of the rakugo themselves, like Jugemu, Shinigami and Nozarashi. I got to learn the basics of its history and evolution. But that’s really it. Most of the characters in this show are insufferable.
