If you’ve yet to watch the epic drama about traditional storytelling that is Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, get yourself on over to Crunchyroll and do so. If you’ve yet to watch the sequel, Descending Stories, feel free to listen up until the spoilers section (or past if you don’t care about such things).
In our final episode of our first season of Oldtaku no Radio, we return to a show about which we could not stop praising in our first episode. We find the sequel/second season a little more divisive, which means there’s even more to talk about. But don’t worry, we keep things concise and focus on analysis instead of plot this time around. We look into the imagery, characters, plot devices, storytelling implementation, chronology, and more to hammer out why this anime is so effective. Listen, enjoy, and let us know what you think!
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Runtime: 1 hr, 16 min

Show Notes
Opening Song: “Through the Glass” by Kaz Mirblouk
00:00 – Introduction
01:20 – Summary
02:35 – Reconnecting with characters
04:15 – Word choice: tonal shifts and chronology
09:55 – Exploring the main thematic conflict
16:25 – Playing around with how storytelling is used to tell a story
22:00 – Character attachments
28:15 – Dramatic use of imagery in rakugo sets
32:55 – Here there be spoilers…
63:22 – Twitter questions
71:00 – Thank yous and more thank yous!
Ending Song: “Money 1973” by NO FUTURE
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Ink also writes for Otaku USA Magazine and The Fandom Post.
Jared also writes for The Electrum Edition and Wave Motion Cannon.

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