Akane-banashi Vol. 1 — Manga Raw / Buy Official

As a child, Akane was spellbound by her father's almost magical rakugo storytelling. But when Shinta, her father, is inexplicably failed at his shin'uchi promotion exam, he abandons the stage for good. Carrying his unspoken regret, seventeen-year-old Akane resolves to climb onto the storyteller's cushion herself, aiming for rakugo's highest rank of shin'uchi. Driven by her feelings toward Issho, the man who crushed her father, this debut volume opens a fresh heroine's journey into Japan's traditional comic art.