Akane-banashi
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Sep 14, 2026
ZachHOST
Uh, and Roboco-
ConanPANELIST
Well, there's Akane Banashi from Akane-banashi
Sam LeachPANELIST
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Sam LeachPANELIST
Akane
Tristan GallantHOST
Banashi...
Tristan GallantHOST
Akane Banashi is pretty good at introducing people to Rakugo as a concept and making it palatable.
Geoff ThewHOST
Yeah, you won't get some of the wordplay, but it's just...
Geoff ThewHOST
It's a really good shonen, right? And that makes it accessible.
Joey BizingerHOST
Okay, so the last category is called I want to talk about this one, so it's basically just a show that we personally want to talk about.
Joey BizingerHOST
Um, I wanna talk about Akane-banashi.
Garnt ManeetaphoHOST
You're goated.
Joey BizingerHOST
This show, bro, I, I recently watched the anime and I'm currently reading the manga right now.
Joey BizingerHOST
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Connor ColquhounHOST
So it's like-
Joey BizingerHOST
But yeah, Akane-banashi, I mean, look, like I, I know of rakugo.
Joey BizingerHOST
I've never watched rakugo.
RobertHOST
But yeah, definitely some stuff I want to check out.
RobertHOST
I want to catch back up on Akane Banashi again.
RobertHOST
Someone Hurts is almost a chapter 50.
RobertHOST
Ruri Dragon is a chapter 51.
SamuHOST
Because I feel like I have to say it because it came to mind as I was reading the series.
SamuHOST
The word Mary Sue often gets used and is thrown around and you've used it to describe certain other characters, Akane.
SamuHOST
To me...
SamuHOST
Accurately.
SamuHOST
Well, if Akane is a Mary Sue, then I'm afraid to say Amir is a Mary Sue.
SamuHOST
Now, pause.
SamuHOST
I will say, I think a Mary Sue in of itself is not a bad character.
Guardian EnzoHOST
So I would be, you know, you want to be careful with that.
AndrewHOST
Because while humanity has enjoyed storytelling since prehistoric times, to be a storyteller is also to triumph over that most common fear.
AndrewHOST
Enter Akane Banashi, a story about the performing arts, about Rakugo, set in the modern-day Japan, about an old-fashioned art form in itself.
AndrewHOST
I previewed this one all the way back in spring of 2026, so let's get right into the review.
AndrewHOST
Akane is the daughter of a Rakugouka.
9 MINS LATER
AndrewHOST
So I think it was really, really good.
AndrewHOST
So yeah, good stuff there.
AndrewHOST
In conclusion, Akane Banashi, fun fact by the way, Akane Banashi translates to like Akane Talks or Akane Story Time or Akane Story, the Banashi.
AndrewHOST
The original character for that would be pronounced Hanashi, but it becomes Banashi when you have a word preceding it.
JoeHOST
I wanted to, and I almost did, but I didn't.
JoeHOST
Akane-banashi.
PrestonHOST
Mm-hmm.
JoeHOST
Bro, I've, I've, I've...
DJ Ranma SHOST
Well, let's start with television and so forth.
DJ Ranma SHOST
I finished Akane Banashi, which I thought was really good.
DJ Ranma SHOST
For those of you who don't know, it's a story about a girl who wants to be a Rakugo performer to avenge the loss of her father, and then...
DJ Ranma SHOST
She finds out the truth, and she continues to push forward about it.
Geoff ThewHOST
I got the Elusive Samurai.
Geoff ThewHOST
And I have Akane Banashi.
Yazy ThewGUEST
You're all safe.
Yazy ThewGUEST
I put Roboco.