History Manga / ShouwaGenrokuRakugoShinjuu

* Yandere: Miyokichi's attraction towards Kiku borders on yandere.

* UnrequitedLove: Miyokichi to Kiku.

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Sukeroku and Kiku's dynamic at first. Kiku is technically perfect, not stumbling at all on very tricky wordplay and tongue-twisters, but very stiff and emotionless. Sukeroku's has a lot more emotion and can play a crowd better, but is a bit more fast-and-loose and does much simpler Rakugo

** After [spoiler:Sukeroku died]], she was raised by Yakumo and Matsuda.

* ChasteHero: Kikuhiko, just look at how he acts with Miyokichi and the ladies at the restaurant.

* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]] - Konatsu, for a little while anyway.

* MeaningfulName: The "raku" in Yurakutei can mean "comfort" (which he gives by letting Konatsu and Yotaro stay at his place) or "ease" (which is what he does rakugo with).

* HomoeroticSubtext: Plenty of it between Kikuhiko and Sukeroku.

* HomoeroticSubtext: Plenty of it between Kikuhiko and Sekuroku.

See also {{Manga/Joshiraku}}, another, more modern series centered around the art of Rakugo.

* StageName: Kyoji, by circumstances detailed under MeaningfulRename, gets the stage name Yurakutei Yotaro. By similar circumstances, "Yurakutei Yakumo" is one but it's also the successor to the Yakumo name's real name. The 8th Yakumo was originally Kikuhiko (and his name before that is unknown), Sukeroku's was Shin.

* DecoyProtagonist: Kyoji in the anime, as the story revolves around Kiku's flashbacks.

* AllJustADream: In one of the rakugo stories.

* {{Flashback}}

* {{Foreshadowing}}

* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Yotaro, until his real name is revealed to be Kyoji.

''Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu'' (''Showa and Genroku Era Lovers' Suicide Through Rakugo'') is a {{Josei}} manga by Haruko Kumota, which in turn has two [=OVAs=] (known as ''Yotaro Hourou-hen'', or the ''Yotaro Wandering Part'') and a Winter2016Anime adaption. The anime started airing on January 8th 2016, and StudioDEEN did the animation (or "animation production", in the case of the anime). The anime's official website is [[http://rakugo-shinju-anime.jp/index.html#slide1 here]].

''Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu'' is on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju Crunchyroll]] for the curious [[note]]in the United States, Canada, Central and South America (including the Caribbean), United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia[[/note]]. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-08/crunchyroll-to-stream-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime/.97375 The manga has a few accolades]]. The manga and [=OVAs=] are in NoExportForYou status (although episode 1 of the anime tells mostly the same story as the [=OVAs=], and the manga is only available in both its native Japan and Taiwan).

* LegacyCharacter: "Yurakutei" is a surname passed down from rakugo master to pupil.

* StageName: Kyoji, by circumstances detailed under MeaningfulRename, gets the stage name Yurakutei Yotaro. By similar circumstances, "Yurakutei Yakumo" might also be one.

It's Showa Genroku Japan (somewhere in the 60s or 70s), and an ex-con, whose name we later learn is Kyoji, wants to learn the art of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakugo rakugo]] from Yurakutei Yakumo, a master that did a special performance of a rakugo story called "Shinigami" in prison one day. While Yakumo is more than willing to keep Kyoji in his house alongside the rebellious Konatsu, it turns out Kyoji (or Yotaro - rakugo for "fool") sucks at rakugo. Luckily, Konatsu is the daughter of dead rakugoka Sukeroku but unluckily for her, she cannot pursue the path of rakugo herself.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The show's name can lack the extra u in "Showa" and "Shinjuu" sometimes, and the name Kyoji has a long sound that is sometimes omitted when typing.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The show's name can lack the u in "Showa" and "Shinjuu" sometimes, and both the names Kyoji and Yotaro have long sounds that are sometimes omitted when typing.

''Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu'' (''Showa and Genroku Era Lovers' Suicide Through Rakugo'') is a {{Josei}} manga by Haruko Kumota, which in turn has two OVAs and a Winter2016Anime adaption. The anime started airing on January 8th 2016, and StudioDEEN did the animation (or "animation production", in the case of the anime).

It's Showa Genroku Japan (somewhere in the 60s or 70s), and an ex-con, whose name we later learn is Kyoji, wants to learn the art of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakugo rakugo]] from Yurakutei Yakumo, a master that did a special performance called "Shinigami" in prison one day. While Yakumo is more than willing to keep Kyoji in his house alongside the rebellious Konatsu, it turns out Kyoji (or Yotaro - rakugo for "fool") sucks at rakugo. Luckily, Konatsu is the daughter of dead rakugoka Sukeroku.

''Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu'' is on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju Crunchyroll]] for the curious [[note]]in the United States, Canada, Central and South America (including the Caribbean), United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia[[/note]]. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-08/crunchyroll-to-stream-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime/.97375 The manga has a few accolades, too.]]

Tropes found in ''Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu'':
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Yotaro's boss and previously Yotaro himself. The boss even sits in the rakugo theatre sunken into his chair, the way a gangster would be expected to sit, and tries to recruit Kyoji back with the promise of getting this trope's lifestyle back. Kyoji's "Dekigokoro" proved him wrong.

* MeaningfulRename: Kyoji -> Yotaro. Kyoji didn't reveal his previous name at first, but with the way Kyoji acts, Yotaro suits him better.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The show's name can lack the u in "Showa" and "Shinjuu" sometimes, and both the names Kyoji and Yotaro have long sounds that are sometimes omitted when typing.

''Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu'' (''Showa and Genroku Era Lovers' Suicide Through Rakugo'') is a manga by Haruko Kumota, which in turn has a Winter2016Anime adaption. The anime started airing on January 8th 2016.

* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Yotaro's boss and previously Yotaro himself. The boss even sits in the rakugo theatre sunken into his chair, the way a gangster would be expected to sit.
* TheKlutz: Yotaro, before performing for his boss.

* {{Psychopomp}}: The tale "Shinigami" involves the rakugoka playing one.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The show's name can lack the u in "Showa" sometimes, and both the names Kyoji and Yotaro have long sounds that are sometimes omitted when typing.