I was confused enough by what was going on in this song that I did a bit of research. Digging through the comments on the original yt video I found some explanations for the setting and the story: "The song title "Shinagawa Shinjuu" refers to the Shinagawa Love Suicides, a series of well-known Rakugo comic stories. Rakugo is a form of one-person comedy story telling, and at around the 6 minute mark in the video, guitarist Wajima is seen doing a Rakugo routine. These guys certainly love their literature references, and this is one of their best songs" "If anyone is wondering why a love suicide story could be a comedy (see my comment below) the actual story is about a prostitute called O-Some, who gets into financial trouble, and decides to end it all. However, suicide for financial reasons is frowned upon, whereas lovers suicides are seen as more honourable. So she picks a dim-witted customer called Kinzo, who works in a bookshop, and persuades him to join her in a pact to jump in the river and drown together.. However, Kinzo, not being very bright, makes a mess of the preparations, which leads to some of the humour. Then when the time comes, he changes his mind, so she shoves him into the river. Before she can follow him, however, a wealthy old customer passes by, takes pity on her, and she goes off with him, leaving poor old Kinzo sat in dirty, muddy water that was too shallow to drown in anyway."
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I was confused enough by what was going on in this song that I did a bit of research.
Digging through the comments on the original yt video I found some explanations for the setting and the story:
"The song title "Shinagawa Shinjuu" refers to the Shinagawa Love Suicides, a series of well-known Rakugo comic stories. Rakugo is a form of one-person comedy story telling, and at around the 6 minute mark in the video, guitarist Wajima is seen doing a Rakugo routine. These guys certainly love their literature references, and this is one of their best songs"
"If anyone is wondering why a love suicide story could be a comedy (see my comment below) the actual story is about a prostitute called O-Some, who gets into financial trouble, and decides to end it all. However, suicide for financial reasons is frowned upon, whereas lovers suicides are seen as more honourable. So she picks a dim-witted customer called Kinzo, who works in a bookshop, and persuades him to join her in a pact to jump in the river and drown together.. However, Kinzo, not being very bright, makes a mess of the preparations, which leads to some of the humour. Then when the time comes, he changes his mind, so she shoves him into the river. Before she can follow him, however, a wealthy old customer passes by, takes pity on her, and she goes off with him, leaving poor old Kinzo sat in dirty, muddy water that was too shallow to drown in anyway."
Realy love this band and this song.
I had forgotten how good this group is.
ya hehe