Im in love with anime but you will not probably
But firstly i like clear one thing rakugo is there not to create great rakugo anime
Its there as connection between nature and human
Basically this is about nature and human and art is there bond
Every character other than artist or performers are shown as how HUMANS are,
And our main characters bunko, mameda and may be buncho are shown as how NATURE is
This anime just tell how humans are and how nature is
And both are foolish and because both are very poor they are pity but both are full of potential to get wiser and mature
But both thinks they are right but both have very similar things in them which are slightly different than other but that difference make them hugely different from each other like :
humans are voilent harmful even for themselves not wise or mature to take right decisions and they dont even known because they are foolish and narcissistic / self centered
On the other hand Nature is innocent not wise or mature to take right decisions as a result anger is in there decisions
But still nature is way better than humans
Because humans are narcissistic / self centered but nature is not + action/decision based on voilence is higher destructive and harmful than aggression or anger
Both needs assistance.
Understanding and support for the person in need to ease their burden of being foolish
And here is where art comes with very important role ( i realised it later after 9th episode )
YOU can SKIP this -- From the beginning art form name rakugo has there for many reasons firstly time period where this anime is set and how whole thing is created and connected to each other
At that period of time rakugo was famous in mass public, and storys of rakugo have meaning in it (its just not only for entertainment) and because this is journey of getting wiser and mature thus story helps (easier even for kids) to understand complex themes topics leason step by step as if we were learning from someones real life mistake
So yeah rakugo is there for a reason
ART IS Love to make people better, Wisdom to make righteous decisions/actions, deep understanding to verify reality, eternal never gonna outdated, clarity to reduces doubts, stillness no panics, truth which we all need and want (who needs/wants lie?), exploration/enquiring of self and surrounding, acceptance to see equality, and not being limited (0 is not limited and infinity/eternal is also not limited means 0 to eternal is art, if it exists its art)
Art is shown as performers or artists
ART makes nature and humans better great wiser and mature not let them be pity foolish poor like before
So its about 3 things
HUMANS NATURE ART
So this is story about relation between nature and human, how bith of them are, what is there potential, how they get better
Nature is represented as our main characters : bunko and mameda and maybe buncho
Human : all the other characters other than performers and main character
Art is middle men to connect nature and humans (art have similarities from both) and ART REPRESENTS only higher form/potential of both: nature and humans. So being artist is means being better than nature and humans: all the performers, and rakugo art form itself (both are representation of art in anime)
Our main character mameda starts journey as tanuki as foolish, childish, innocent, lonely character and after meeting bunko journey to become artist start
Im using artist intentionally ( beings artist is higher than being anything because being artist means mature and wise person with lots of clarity, deep understanding, and love ect... which i have mention earlier in Starting of this review) because all learnings are not limited to rakugo like its not one men show, there is no point in you being interesting, artist cant be serious
And soo on
And in this journey of becoming artist. Its all about relationships between nature and humans and exploration about how humans and nature are.
All the time we get something related to humans aspects or nature aspect
Like: like nature loves humans, anger and humans are full of hatreds, hungry for appreciation, think them selfs invincible,
With comedy
Which worked in my case i guess because sometimes i laugh more and sometimes less so i think its on point atleast not forced comedy
CHARACTERISTICS:
*Nature is sacred, pure, real, angry, innocence and love ect..
*Humans are voilent, greed, materialistic, narcissistic, appreciation, arrogant, have addictions, foolish, hate, and love
*art is eternal, deep understanding, maturity, wisdom, clarity, stillness, acceptance, truth, and love ect..
SO THERE IS SOOOO MUCH IN THIS ANIME
BUT EVERYTHING IN THIS ANIME IS presentation of this 3 things
I love it i have given it 10
I like music characters story especially from 7th episode to till end
Learning are all great
Production did well job
Writer is amazing because something is always going on
I like to recommend but thus anime is more than entertainment so dont watch this anime for entertainment and dont give rating accordance to your fun
BTW YOU CAN Choose "-" IN RATING IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND ANIME or ITS CRITERIA
( i cant judge cute girls doing cute things type of anime with HORROR CRITERIA
I have to see how wholesome or good feel or something related to cute girls doing cute things goal which is started in beginning of series got justified or not )
Peace.
