Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

Haruko Kumota · Kodansha Comics · Manga

The Grimoire stocks 10 of 10 volumes of the Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju manga by Haruko Kumota, available new. The series is complete.

This multi-generational epic dives deep into rakugo, a rich form of Japanese storytelling theater. Small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale “The God of Death,” which the master Yurakutei Yakumo performed for Yotaro during his time in prison. After his release, he goes to Yakumo’s theater and pleads to be made his apprentice. Yakumo reluctantly accepts, but Yotaro quickly finds the world of rakugo is complex and grapples with a growing bond with Yakumo’s ward, Konatsu. Meanwhile, the two young people bring reminders of Yakumo’s own inescapable past.

Stocking 10 of 10 volumes