But it's even better! My main problem with the first season was how theatrical that scene felt. And it turns out it WAS theatrical. I WAS supposed to feel it wasn't realistic. I had to raise the score of S1 retrospectively.
I always felt that the climax of the first season felt a little too poetic and whimsical, especially compared to the blunt nature of the rest of the show.... so when this reveal occurred, it blew my mind! Definitely one of the best twists in anime history!
No, that's actually not the reason, at least not for me, I didnt even know what Josei meant until i just looked it up... I think a lot of people are just not impressed by the setting. Im not gonna lie, Rakugo sounds like one of the most boring things ever to me. I know there's more to it than just Rakugo, which is why im definitely giving it a chance sooner or later, but its a key element of the series, which was a big turnoff for me.
Can you blame them though? I mean sure, lately they made some pretty popular shows (rakugo, konosuba). But before that? Fate/SN was bad, and after that (2006) nothing truly memorable came up, for 10 years! Sure, higurashi is great, one of my favourite anime tbh, but even then look at that crappy animation. I know its from 2006, but there are so many other shows out there that came out in 2006 that look far better. I can't blame anyone for being sceptical when they see Studio Deen. Although I never avoided this Studio completely, its definitely never been a good selling point for an anime for me if I saw their name. But yeah, I'm looking out for them now, I hope they can keep that quality.
I keep on promoting this anime as much as possible! It's a masterpiece! Of course it's not for everyone but still it's the series that left a very big impression on me! How I wish others see how beautiful it is as much as we do.
Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood is a true Masterpiece Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu isn't! why? to be a true masterpiece you have to be both "artistic" and "well love" Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu isn't that famous
Interesting that all the First Season felt like a "Rakugo" story than a straighfoward and conventional story. It's almost like the first season follow more the Kikuhiko's emotions than the "What could really happend". Rakugo Shinjuu is by far one of the best anime of this decade, a clear example that the anime is far from being bad as some people claim.
OH SHIT, that makes even more sense if you consider the 2nd season with the focus on Yota because his rakugou is REMOVING HIMSELF from the story, thus being able to tell a piece of rakugou for what it truly is, without any emotions getting in the way, or simply put: the truth
The problem this show has it's clearly intended for ADULTS. Most anime fans, regardless of their physical ages are not adults. So this show flies right past them. Rakugo is easily one of the greatest stories I've seen told in any medium in the past decade. But its not for everyone. Younger men and women, will find it dull or boring. And older men and women who are insecure in their tastes and unable to understand why others have different tastes from them will deride it (incorrectly) as pretentious; while herd followers will be uncomfortable watching anything "no one else" has seen. Shout out to UTS for another great video, thanks for taking a look at SGRS.
Not most Animefans, just the mayority of Watchers. The big 3 are Action, Komedy and Romantic. Not even I recoment this show, just because how specific it if.
Ha! You are right. But also...not. I am definetely not an adult, not by any metric. But I am an opera fan, and thus like storytelling in any form. Good storytelling has worth for me. I love it. So Rakugo was the most profound, fascinating and also genuinely funny work of art for me. Even the description (which someone here called "the most boring thing ever") was enticing, and it really didn't describe one tenth of the greatness of this show. I actually like that the Rakugo performances are mostly not cut short, and I just love the brilliant way every story in there is told. But the viewer must be soneone who can be excited by such things, who has in his life been posessed at least once by that special kind of longing and euphoria that you get after a brilliant performance. Only then can this anime be understood as a whole. Sadly in this time and place these things are not appreciated anymore. Or am I wrong?
I got into this show as I love theatre and as it had great reviews. I was not disappointed. It’s probably my favourite anime. It definitely has my favourite anime soundtrack.
SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 7: Another thing I want to add is that Kiku intially attempts to jump after miyokichi himself, but sukeroku then holds him back before he then jumps after her. Not sure if Kiku noticed it in that moment or not but Kiku being Kiku, I can't imagine him not noticing it.
To people concerned about spoilers: there's a note 20 seconds into the video warning you about them, but I added giant arrows pointing to it since it was a tad small. Now you can't miss it. I've also changed the title and thumbnail of the video to something less spoilery (albeit, much more clickbaity). Hopefully, that clears things up.
When this show came out I was just starting high school. Now I just finished watching it as I'm just starting college and honestly I'm so glad I waited. Back then I knew it was a great show that I needed to watch but I don't think I would have appreciated it as much as I did now.
I'm so happy I see anyone do a Shouwa video, it deserves so much praise! Season 2 especially just seems to somehow get progressively get better for me, with episode 7 in particular being absolutely incredible. I really enjoyed this video, nice work!
Thank god u did this video this was one of my favorite scenes this and last year. Also I'm glad someone also figured out the Rakugo's shinjuu with kiku. This was basically my thoughts but with more detail. Thank you
I really liked how you dissected the scenes in Rakugo Shinjuu through this video. I agree that this twist begs us to look back on what happened in S1 and man, I can't bear the F E E L S
Man I just like the fact that the people who watch shouwa are all great people. You did the show it justice man thank you so much ❤. This is my favourite anime so when I see someone talk about the way I saw it it gives so much pleasure and satisfaction. Really great work my friend
Dude YES, loved that episode and what it did to the story and all the characters! I completely believed Yakumo's first telling of the story and almost forgot Konatsu's tiny flashback in the first ep. Such a good show!!
Fantastic video, i'm glad to see this shocking revelation get a breakdown so quickly as it definitely deserves it. This show very well might go down as one of the most under watched yet brilliant works of any medium
this show is on its way to being a masterpiece. i didnt think it would get better but the this episode completely left me speechless and heartbroken. thanks for the video. shouwa genroku deserves the love it gets and so much more recognition
Your analytical works are always fun to watch, even if I don't always watch what you review. This was a great look into the series and I'll make sure to check it out. Thanks for your awesome videos!
Thanks for unpacking this scene and showing things I never would have thought about. It really increases my appreciation for the show. Also, I loved the first OP but the second one's even better, the visuals are chilling.
Speaking of the opening changes, it happens in the first season as well. The part where Miyokichi goes underwater, her face turns white and her hair changes to a purple/blue. On episode 10 and 12 her skin becomes pale and her hair remains black.
Loved this show since it came out! here's a bonus fact in the story. Yakumo hid the truth from Konatsu cause she might feel guilt but as they grew older he started to actively make her hate him more because he began to realize that Konatsu was starting to have a crush on him. it's a bonus chapter to the final volume of the manga. (you also get to see Yakumo poke ghost sukeroku's nose in an attempt to make him speak hahahah)
Thank you soo much for the elaborate description of the series im glad i caught up with it just in time while its airing showa genroku is definitely a sleeper anime which deserves more praise with its deep context narrative ,storytelling,characters and more
I've been looking for an anime which had themes of *SPOILER!?* Double suicide. Unfortunately I spoiled it for myself with the description :D but the last anime that had a flavour of double suicide I've seen was "Welcome To The N.H.K" been craving for more such moments! Thanks for bringing light on the anime for me :)
Loved this video! Please do more rakugo videos! Not often are videos about the show made so its always awesome to see someone analyze an episode, let alone do it was well as you have.
oof I need to re-watch this, I gave my friends a half-assed recommendation bc they don't really like slower paced anime but I really love the twist at the end and how detailed the show was
A very under rated anime. It is one of those rare anime that will definitely leave something on your kokoro~ damn those feels~ truly it is a masterpiece!
I think it is just fitting for the creators, both the manga and anime, to master and be intricate in executing the story because the story is about story telling and its story tellers. And they executed it flawlessly.
Shit, I'm only at episode 5 of season 2 because I've been traveling around Japan instead of watching anime, but videos about Rakugo Shinjuu always make me happy so I can't wait to watch it when I'm caught up. As an aside, I went to see a real series of rakugo performances (with a few other types of performances strewn throughout) in Asakusa the other day and I'd definitely recommend it to anybody that enjoys this show. My Japanese listening ability is pretty decent so I managed to follow along decently, but even if you can't understand the spoken stories it's worth it to just look at how the rakugoka move, many of whom were even more engaging and animated despite their seated position than anything you see in the show. There was even a real-life Joshiraku: 春風亭 ぴっかり who was absolutely fantastic.
Finally caught up with the show - holy shit Fantastic video, too. You managed to hit on pretty much everything that's been haunting my thoughts since I watched the episode a few hours ago, and more.
SPOILER ALERT, later in the series it reveals that the red eyes of sukeroku it's because he is a shinigami trying to take yakumo's life using the imagen of sukeroku. When you said about the red eyes, with that little detail everything starts to make sense. Great video
I also noticed that shit was gonna happen when Shin's eyes appeared red in the opening that chapter, but the thing I would go far and say those are Shinigami's chapters (5 and 9), but didn't notice that the change in the disk where Miyokichi appeared was when Yota learns the truth, that's good attention to detail, great video, hope that you make another for the end of the series and mostly what are your conclusion to who is the father of Shin?.
She got pregnant as a revenge and that's where her suffering started she no longer wanted that marriage so she left her husband and daughter but from what I recall she would send them money, she didn't like her husband performing rakugo because it reminds her of Kiko she loved his rakugo because he is a quite person but on the stage he talks alot but the whole thing made Sukeroku lazy and maybe (depressed?) sleeping all day and leaving everything to his young daughter. All this is so understandable to me yet people called her the B word missing all the realness in the anime I love them so much
Oh that was the twist? I kinda had a feeling the entire time that he was protecting his God child from something, and even though the confirmation was heartbreaking, seeing it wasn't shocking, just sad.
Fucking amazing keep throwing out shit like this! Also im just making a comparison i find your style to be very similar to a youtuber named nerdwriter1.
Do you think they'd play the same twist again? If I recall, this whole story being told from Yotarou's perspective. If that's the case and that story was a lie, doesn't that mean we are left with little to be sure on?
I come from the future 😂 SPOILER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The kid is confirmed to be Yashiro’s. The kid sees his “grandpa” in a dream and hugs him asking if this feeling of him being his biological father is true(due to the emotional connection) but Yashiro never confirms it. But because they’re both looking like 20 years old, you can see clearly they’re father and son
I would want to hate on you because of the spoilers... but it did erase one of the few gripes I had with the first season. Episode 11 was horrible in my eyes.
I almost stopped watching this show because the characters felt super unrealistic by the end of the first season. This spoiler is exactly the motivation I needed to keep my enthusiasm going for the rest of it's runtime
What does it pretend to be? And your own particular amusement is no argument though your opinion which is fine but no ground for discussion. So do you mind to explain why this show pretend to be something that it is not? If not, good day to you, sir/madam/*. Be well with your opinion but I oppose.
"Pretentious" as in an undeserved sense of self-importance. The story isn't interesting (until season 2 turns everything upside down). The characters aren't interesting. (No character development - just that reversal in season 2.) And Rokugo doesn't translate to animation well. Maybe a Japanese audience could look past those elements because of the historical significance of the topic and maybe this story would work as a novel, where it could be fleshed out in a lot more detail, but right now it's just the hipster anime of the month.
But it's even better!
My main problem with the first season was how theatrical that scene felt. And it turns out it WAS theatrical. I WAS supposed to feel it wasn't realistic. I had to raise the score of S1 retrospectively.
I always felt that the climax of the first season felt a little too poetic and whimsical, especially compared to the blunt nature of the rest of the show.... so when this reveal occurred, it blew my mind! Definitely one of the best twists in anime history!
It's frustrating how the sole reasons people wont give this show a chance is because it has the tag josei and is done by studio deen.
Lately their shows have been a lot better especially as of last year, starting with rakugo and konosuba.
No, that's actually not the reason, at least not for me, I didnt even know what Josei meant until i just looked it up... I think a lot of people are just not impressed by the setting. Im not gonna lie, Rakugo sounds like one of the most boring things ever to me. I know there's more to it than just Rakugo, which is why im definitely giving it a chance sooner or later, but its a key element of the series, which was a big turnoff for me.
I see this complaint more so from people who have at least tried watching the show and i understand its personal taste.
you know what? i hate a people that keeps underestimated this studio (DEEN) after Fate/SN incident.
Can you blame them though? I mean sure, lately they made some pretty popular shows (rakugo, konosuba). But before that? Fate/SN was bad, and after that (2006) nothing truly memorable came up, for 10 years! Sure, higurashi is great, one of my favourite anime tbh, but even then look at that crappy animation. I know its from 2006, but there are so many other shows out there that came out in 2006 that look far better. I can't blame anyone for being sceptical when they see Studio Deen. Although I never avoided this Studio completely, its definitely never been a good selling point for an anime for me if I saw their name. But yeah, I'm looking out for them now, I hope they can keep that quality.
Im back after 3 years, and people still havent watched this show! Aaah so frustrating, its a damn masterpiece!
I keep on promoting this anime as much as possible! It's a masterpiece! Of course it's not for everyone but still it's the series that left a very big impression on me! How I wish others see how beautiful it is as much as we do.
one of the best series of all time for real
This show is a fucking masterpiece
Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood is a true Masterpiece
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu isn't!
why?
to be a true masterpiece you have to be both "artistic" and "well love"
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu isn't that famous
the series is well loved but with very limited audience.
John von Shepard False
TheMyndfire False
really?
Interesting that all the First Season felt like a "Rakugo" story than a straighfoward and conventional story. It's almost like the first season follow more the Kikuhiko's emotions than the "What could really happend". Rakugo Shinjuu is by far one of the best anime of this decade, a clear example that the anime is far from being bad as some people claim.
OH SHIT, that makes even more sense if you consider the 2nd season with the focus on Yota because his rakugou is REMOVING HIMSELF from the story, thus being able to tell a piece of rakugou for what it truly is, without any emotions getting in the way, or simply put: the truth
The problem this show has it's clearly intended for ADULTS. Most anime fans, regardless of their physical ages are not adults. So this show flies right past them. Rakugo is easily one of the greatest stories I've seen told in any medium in the past decade. But its not for everyone. Younger men and women, will find it dull or boring. And older men and women who are insecure in their tastes and unable to understand why others have different tastes from them will deride it (incorrectly) as pretentious; while herd followers will be uncomfortable watching anything "no one else" has seen.
Shout out to UTS for another great video, thanks for taking a look at SGRS.
Not most Animefans, just the mayority of Watchers. The big 3 are Action, Komedy and Romantic.
Not even I recoment this show, just because how specific it if.
Ha! You are right. But also...not. I am definetely not an adult, not by any metric. But I am an opera fan, and thus like storytelling in any form. Good storytelling has worth for me. I love it. So Rakugo was the most profound, fascinating and also genuinely funny work of art for me. Even the description (which someone here called "the most boring thing ever") was enticing, and it really didn't describe one tenth of the greatness of this show.
I actually like that the Rakugo performances are mostly not cut short, and I just love the brilliant way every story in there is told. But the viewer must be soneone who can be excited by such things, who has in his life been posessed at least once by that special kind of longing and euphoria that you get after a brilliant performance. Only then can this anime be understood as a whole.
Sadly in this time and place these things are not appreciated anymore. Or am I wrong?
I'm not half as pretentious as all that, and I loved it. Definitely comes in a close second behind one punch man.
I got into this show as I love theatre and as it had great reviews. I was not disappointed. It’s probably my favourite anime. It definitely has my favourite anime soundtrack.
I watched it because I find the showa era fascinating
SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 7: Another thing I want to add is that Kiku intially attempts to jump after miyokichi himself, but sukeroku then holds him back before he then jumps after her. Not sure if Kiku noticed it in that moment or not but Kiku being Kiku, I can't imagine him not noticing it.
To people concerned about spoilers: there's a note 20 seconds into the video warning you about them, but I added giant arrows pointing to it since it was a tad small. Now you can't miss it. I've also changed the title and thumbnail of the video to something less spoilery (albeit, much more clickbaity). Hopefully, that clears things up.
i still missed it good thing i don't care about spoilers.
in the future just say "spoilerwarning" :P
You get a giant round of applause.
It is undeniably the most 'complete' anime I've ever watched.
When this show came out I was just starting high school. Now I just finished watching it as I'm just starting college and honestly I'm so glad I waited. Back then I knew it was a great show that I needed to watch but I don't think I would have appreciated it as much as I did now.
I'm so happy I see anyone do a Shouwa video, it deserves so much praise! Season 2 especially just seems to somehow get progressively get better for me, with episode 7 in particular being absolutely incredible. I really enjoyed this video, nice work!
Thank god u did this video this was one of my favorite scenes this and last year. Also I'm glad someone also figured out the Rakugo's shinjuu with kiku. This was basically my thoughts but with more detail. Thank you
I really liked how you dissected the scenes in Rakugo Shinjuu through this video.
I agree that this twist begs us to look back on what happened in S1 and man, I can't bear the F E E L S
Man I just like the fact that the people who watch shouwa are all great people. You did the show it justice man thank you so much ❤. This is my favourite anime so when I see someone talk about the way I saw it it gives so much pleasure and satisfaction. Really great work my friend
this is one of my favorite videos on youtube, I think I have watched it more than five times at this point, well done
I just rewatched it and was about to leave the exact same comment just to find my old comment lmao
Dude YES, loved that episode and what it did to the story and all the characters! I completely believed Yakumo's first telling of the story and almost forgot Konatsu's tiny flashback in the first ep. Such a good show!!
god i have re-re watch this again! its such a great piece of art!
Fantastic video, i'm glad to see this shocking revelation get a breakdown so quickly as it definitely deserves it. This show very well might go down as one of the most under watched yet brilliant works of any medium
this show is on its way to being a masterpiece. i didnt think it would get better but the this episode completely left me speechless and heartbroken. thanks for the video. shouwa genroku deserves the love it gets and so much more recognition
Your analytical works are always fun to watch, even if I don't always watch what you review. This was a great look into the series and I'll make sure to check it out. Thanks for your awesome videos!
Thanks for unpacking this scene and showing things I never would have thought about. It really increases my appreciation for the show.
Also, I loved the first OP but the second one's even better, the visuals are chilling.
Speaking of the opening changes, it happens in the first season as well. The part where Miyokichi goes underwater, her face turns white and her hair changes to a purple/blue. On episode 10 and 12 her skin becomes pale and her hair remains black.
Loved this show since it came out! here's a bonus fact in the story. Yakumo hid the truth from Konatsu cause she might feel guilt but as they grew older he started to actively make her hate him more because he began to realize that Konatsu was starting to have a crush on him. it's a bonus chapter to the final volume of the manga. (you also get to see Yakumo poke ghost sukeroku's nose in an attempt to make him speak hahahah)
Thank you soo much for the elaborate description of the series im glad i caught up with it just in time while its airing showa genroku is definitely a sleeper anime which deserves more praise with its deep context narrative ,storytelling,characters and more
This series is majestic. it needs more fans.
I've been looking for an anime which had themes of
*SPOILER!?*
Double suicide. Unfortunately I spoiled it for myself with the description :D but the last anime that had a flavour of double suicide I've seen was "Welcome To The N.H.K" been craving for more such moments! Thanks for bringing light on the anime for me :)
You made the research very through and through. Its make me fall in love more toward the show. Great job!
Loved this video! Please do more rakugo videos! Not often are videos about the show made so its always awesome to see someone analyze an episode, let alone do it was well as you have.
I screeched when sukeroku with red eyes came on screen
Great work on the video. Really enjoyed the style (and also props on the use of the Op at the end).
Thank you for making a video about this masterpiece!
One of few anime that really touched my heart. I can say Shouwa Genroku is a masterpiece, I can't really explain why, but it's just feels so whole
Thank you UTS, you're the best!!
This was great! You should do more episode reviews.
oof I need to re-watch this, I gave my friends a half-assed recommendation bc they don't really like slower paced anime but I really love the twist at the end and how detailed the show was
Excellent break down. What an incredible scene/twist.
truly a masterpiece
A very under rated anime. It is one of those rare anime that will definitely leave something on your kokoro~ damn those feels~ truly it is a masterpiece!
I think it is just fitting for the creators, both the manga and anime, to master and be intricate in executing the story because the story is about story telling and its story tellers. And they executed it flawlessly.
Shit, I'm only at episode 5 of season 2 because I've been traveling around Japan instead of watching anime, but videos about Rakugo Shinjuu always make me happy so I can't wait to watch it when I'm caught up.
As an aside, I went to see a real series of rakugo performances (with a few other types of performances strewn throughout) in Asakusa the other day and I'd definitely recommend it to anybody that enjoys this show. My Japanese listening ability is pretty decent so I managed to follow along decently, but even if you can't understand the spoken stories it's worth it to just look at how the rakugoka move, many of whom were even more engaging and animated despite their seated position than anything you see in the show.
There was even a real-life Joshiraku: 春風亭 ぴっかり who was absolutely fantastic.
Finally caught up with the show - holy shit
Fantastic video, too. You managed to hit on pretty much everything that's been haunting my thoughts since I watched the episode a few hours ago, and more.
just finished the episode and still in shock
These last few episodes have been a fucking roller coaster.
The true quality anime of the decade :)
Love'd the style of your video
you make the best videos!!!
Just watched this episode and I got chills.
SPOILER ALERT, later in the series it reveals that the red eyes of sukeroku it's because he is a shinigami trying to take yakumo's life using the imagen of sukeroku. When you said about the red eyes, with that little detail everything starts to make sense. Great video
I also noticed that shit was gonna happen when Shin's eyes appeared red in the opening that chapter, but the thing I would go far and say those are Shinigami's chapters (5 and 9), but didn't notice that the change in the disk where Miyokichi appeared was when Yota learns the truth, that's good attention to detail, great video, hope that you make another for the end of the series and mostly what are your conclusion to who is the father of Shin?.
Phantastic Story.
2:19 those red eyed creeped me out
She got pregnant as a revenge and that's where her suffering started she no longer wanted that marriage so she left her husband and daughter but from what I recall she would send them money, she didn't like her husband performing rakugo because it reminds her of Kiko she loved his rakugo because he is a quite person but on the stage he talks alot but the whole thing made Sukeroku lazy and maybe (depressed?) sleeping all day and leaving everything to his young daughter. All this is so understandable to me yet people called her the B word missing all the realness in the anime
I love them so much
Great video, I had to slow it down to .75 though🙈
Oh that was the twist? I kinda had a feeling the entire time that he was protecting his God child from something, and even though the confirmation was heartbreaking, seeing it wasn't shocking, just sad.
Guess I will have to wait to watch this video until I start the second season
it was a great twist that got spoilt because I watched your video dammit😂 should have caught up before I watched
If only this was the only twist...
Yakumo is not the father
This man had G9 in English language and English literature for sure.
I really like the twist and the fact that the death scene in S1 was a lie. This was the only scene in S1 that just felt weird.
What a beautiful anime
I LOVE IT
Ugh this anime is so damn good
you know that a really cool way to end the series though would be to cut to a real life rakugo telling the story
Fucking amazing keep throwing out shit like this!
Also im just making a comparison i find your style to be very similar to a youtuber named nerdwriter1.
WHAT. NO. I THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY SPOILERS FOR SEASON ONE NOOOOOO I'M NOT CAUGHT UP WITH SEASON TWO NOOOO WHAT HAVE I DONE WHY OH WHY NOOOO
Was there any indication that this had spoilers besides the description? If I had known I would've avoided it:(
0:21
The title itself is kind of a spoiler. lol.
I hate to be that guy, but not big enough... An audio warning would have been nice...
Under The Scope Reviews I'd say that spoiler notice is easy to miss, given that I didn't notice it when I first watched this video.
I get your concerns, so I made a few changes/additions. See my comment above.
Do you think they'd play the same twist again? If I recall, this whole story being told from Yotarou's perspective. If that's the case and that story was a lie, doesn't that mean we are left with little to be sure on?
Personally, I like season 2 more than season 1. That's not an insult to season 1 but compliment to season 2
I remember when Matsuda revealed the truth of what happened I was just sobbing and had to stop watching because i was sobbing so much
Random, but I'm curious. Have you seen Wolf's Rain?
Who's still here in 2024? I wish I could hug Kiku...
That was great but the last major twist in the last episode wasn’t
does he talk about the new season in the vid?
wanna avoid any kindov spoilers
Yes, absolutely hold off on watching until you've seen through season 2 episode 7.
Who is shinuske Father its definetly not yakuza boss
no man i hate that yakuza guy I hope he is not the father
rakugo👌
Was this a review?
Shouldn't have watched this before starting season 2
Do you think Shinnosuke is Yakumo´s child??
Probably not. But they left it ambiguous enough to support both sides.
If he is then it’s ruined the series for me
I come from the future 😂
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The kid is confirmed to be Yashiro’s. The kid sees his “grandpa” in a dream and hugs him asking if this feeling of him being his biological father is true(due to the emotional connection) but Yashiro never confirms it. But because they’re both looking like 20 years old, you can see clearly they’re father and son
I would want to hate on you because of the spoilers... but it did erase one of the few gripes I had with the first season.
Episode 11 was horrible in my eyes.
I almost stopped watching this show because the characters felt super unrealistic by the end of the first season. This spoiler is exactly the motivation I needed to keep my enthusiasm going for the rest of it's runtime
OMG spoiler altert
dude thanks for spoiling season 2
And it's still pretentious and boring.
Cool.
Incredible. Bringing about a new age in internet commentary - IGN
And I'm British
What does it pretend to be? And your own particular amusement is no argument though your opinion which is fine but no ground for discussion.
So do you mind to explain why this show pretend to be something that it is not? If not, good day to you, sir/madam/*. Be well with your opinion but I oppose.
"Pretentious" as in an undeserved sense of self-importance. The story isn't interesting (until season 2 turns everything upside down). The characters aren't interesting. (No character development - just that reversal in season 2.) And Rokugo doesn't translate to animation well. Maybe a Japanese audience could look past those elements because of the historical significance of the topic and maybe this story would work as a novel, where it could be fleshed out in a lot more detail, but right now it's just the hipster anime of the month.