Showagenrokurakugoshinjuu Wikia
Showagenrokurakugoshinjuu Wikia

The Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu manga started serialization in 2010 in Kodansha's Itan magazine. It was by Haruko Kumota[1] and lasted 10 volumes.[2] The manga's magazine run ended on June 7th 2016 while the 10th manga volume was out the same summer.[3]

Kodansha USA licensed the series in December 2016, with the first volume coming out in May 2017 under the name Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu ("Descending Stories" being a translation of the word "rakugo"). The Rakugo Association (落語協会 Rakugo Kyoukai) supervised the localisation.[4]

List of volumes[]

  1. Volume 1
  2. Volume 2
  3. Volume 3
  4. Volume 4
  5. Volume 5
  6. Volume 6
  7. Volume 7
  8. Volume 8
  9. Volume 9
  10. Volume 10

List of accolades[]

  • 5th Manga Taisho (nominated, came 4th)[5]
  • 17th Osamu Tezuka Prize (nominated)[6]
  • 2012 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga (female readers category, came 2nd)[7]
  • 2013 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga (female readers category, came 14th)[8]
  • 2013 Comic Natalie Grand Prize (7th)[9]
  • 17th Japan Arts Festival Awards (Excellence Award)[10]
  • 38th Kodansha Manga Award (winner of Best General Manga)[11]

Volume covers[]

Trivia[]

  • The entire series took Kumota 6 and a half years to complete.[12]

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