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{{Short description|Japanese manga series and its adaptations}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
| image = ShowaRanbu1vol.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume
| ja_kanji = 昭和元禄落語心中
| ja_romaji = Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū
| genre = [[Historical fiction|Historical]],<ref name="TV-anime"/> [[Drama (film and television)|drama]]<ref name="Creamer-review"/> <!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = Haruko Kumota
| illustrator     = 
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher
 | NA = [[Kodansha USA]]
}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Josei manga|Josei]]}}
| imprint         = 
| magazine        = {{ill|Itan (magazine)|lt=Itan|ja|ITAN}}
| first           = 25 March 2010
| last            = 7 June 2016
| volumes         = 10
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| title           = Yotaro Hourou-hen
| director        = [[Shinichi Omata]]{{efn|1= Credited under the pseudonym Mamoru Hatakeyama.}}
| producer        = Yōichi Orihashi
| writer          = Jun Kumagai
| music           = Kana Shibue
| studio          = [[Studio Deen]]
| licensee        = 
| released        = 
| first           = 6 March 2015 
| last            = 7 August 2015
| runtime         = 
| episodes        = 2
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Shinichi Omata
| producer        = {{ubl|Akiko Yada|Yoshihiko Yamazaki|Hiroshi Kamei}}
| writer          = Jun Kumagai
| music           = Kana Shibue
| studio          = Studio Deen
| licensee        = [[Crunchyroll]]<ref name="Crunchyroll License Press Release">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2017-01-24/crunchyroll-announces-winter-2017-anime-lineup/.111421|title=Crunchyroll Announces Winter 2017 Anime Lineup|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=20 January 2017|access-date=9 March 2017|archive-date=3 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303051711/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2017-01-24/crunchyroll-announces-winter-2017-anime-lineup/.111421|url-status=live}}</ref>
| network         = [[Mainichi Broadcasting System|MBS]], [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]], [[Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting|CBC]], [[BS-TBS]]
| first           = 9 January 2016
| last            = 25 March 2017
| episodes        = 25
| episode_list    = List of Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = drama
| director        = {{ubl|[[Yuki Tanada]]|Makoto Kiyohiro|Tatsuo Kobayashi}}
| producer        = 
| writer          = Daisuke Habara
| music           = [[Takatsugu Muramatsu]]
| studio          = 
| licensee        = 
| network         = [[NHK]]
| network_en      = 
| first           = 12 October 2018
| last            = 14 December 2018
| episodes        = 10
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'''''|昭和元禄落語心中|Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū|"[[wikt:昭和元禄|Flourishing Shōwa]] – [[Rakugo]] [[Shinjū|Double Suicide]]"}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by Haruko Kumota. It was serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s ''{{ill|Itan (magazine)|lt=Itan|ja|ITAN}}'' magazine from 2010 to 2016 and collected in ten volumes.<ref name="OAD1"/> The manga was released in North America by [[Kodansha USA]]. The manga was adapted into two [[original video animation]]s by [[Studio Deen]] which were bundled with special editions of the seventh and eighth manga volumes on 6 March – 7 August 2015, respectively.<ref name="OAD1">{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-06/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-manga-gets-original-anime-dvd/.77349|title= Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Manga Gets Original Anime DVD|date= 6 August 2014|access-date= 16 November 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref name="TV-anime">{{cite web|title=Historical Manga Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Gets TV Anime, 2nd OAD|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-04/historical-manga-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-gets-tv-anime-2nd-oad/.81756|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=27 December 2015|archive-date=8 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108140326/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-04/historical-manga-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-gets-tv-anime-2nd-oad/.81756|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also adapted into an [[anime]] television series which aired between 9 January and 2 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-16/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-tv-anime-video-previews-opening-song/.96533|title=Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū TV Anime's Video Reveals January 8 Debut|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=27 December 2015|archive-date=25 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225184514/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-16/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-tv-anime-video-previews-opening-song/.96533|url-status=live}}</ref> A second season of the anime television series aired between 7 January 2017 and 25 March 2017.<ref name="S2AirDate"/> A live-action series adaptation aired on [[NHK]] between 12 October and 14 December 2018.<ref name="DramaSeriesAnc"/>

== Plot ==
A man is released from prison and becomes the apprentice of a famous [[rakugo]] performer, Yakumo Yurakutei. The story focuses on the backstories of the performers and their struggle to gain popularity, following Yakumo's apprenticeship and rise to fame and his friendship with fellow performer Sukeroku.

== Characters ==
=== Main characters ===
;{{Nihongo|Eighth Generation Yakumo Yurakutei|八代目 有楽亭 八雲|Hachidaime Yūrakutei Yakumo}} / {{Nihongo|Kikuhiko|菊比古}}
:{{anime voices|[[Akira Ishida]]}}
:Played by: [[Masaki Okada]]
:A rakugo storyteller known for his perfectionist style of rakugo. His birth name is never specified, although Sukeroku took to calling him "Bon". He was given the name "'''Kikuhiko'''" when he became a student of the Seventh Generation Yakumo. He was originally a dancer, but he ruined his leg in an accident and ended up being given to Yakumo. During his time as a student, he would struggle to find his own rakugo having placed too much emphasis on flawless execution, but he was able to find inspiration thanks to Sukeroku. He would go on to inherit the Yakumo name, but initially he refused, thinking that he was not worthy of it. Following the deaths of Sukeroku and Miyokichi, he inherited the name to fulfill Sukeroku's vision of keeping rakugo going in a time where tastes in entertainment change. He would later on become the head of the rakugo association.
;{{Nihongo|Second Generation Sukeroku Yurakutei|二代目 有楽亭 助六|Nidaime Yūrakutei Sukeroku}} / {{Nihongo|Hatsutaro|初太郎|Hatsutarō}}
:{{anime voices|[[Koichi Yamadera]]}}
:Played by: [[Ikusaburo Yamazaki]] 
:A rakugo storyteller known for his freestyle brand of rakugo. His actual birth name is never specified, but Kikuhiko used to call him by the diminutive {{Nihongo|"Shin"|信}}. He was given the name "'''Hatsutaro'''" when he became a student of the Seventh Generation Yakumo. Later on, he would change his name to "'''Sukeroku'''". Despite his talent for rakugo, Yakumo refused to pass on his name to him due to the rebellious nature of his rakugo. Following a heated argument, he was expelled from the school. He would move to the countryside to marry Miyokichi and start a family where he would spend his life drinking away in depression until Kikuhiko arrived to bring him back to doing rakugo again. He and Miyokichi died when they fell from a balcony in an inn where Sukeroku gave his last performance with Kikuhiko.
;{{Nihongo|Third Generation Sukeroku Yurakutei|三代目 有楽亭 助六|Sandaime Yūrakutei Sukeroku}} / {{Nihongo|Yotaro|与太郎|Yotarō}} / {{Nihongo|Kyoji|強次|Kyōji}} 
:{{anime voices|[[Tomokazu Seki]]}}
:Played by: [[Ryō Ryūsei]] 
:An aspiring storyteller who was recently released from prison. He was born "'''Kyoji'''" and was given the name "'''Yotaro'''" when he became a student. Having been a big admirer of Kikuhiko's rakugo he decides to become his student. His desire to inherit Sukeroku's name that leads to conflicts between him and Yakumo due to Yakumo not wanting his brand of rakugo to be corrupted. Ten years after being accepted by Yakumo, he is promoted to a shin'uchi and formally becomes the '''Third Generation Sukeroku Yurakutei'''.
;{{Nihongo|Miyokichi|みよ吉}} / {{Nihongo|Yurie|ユリエ}}
:{{anime voices|[[Megumi Hayashibara]]}}
:Played by: [[Aya Ōmasa]]
:A young woman who worked as a Geisha who first appeared as the Seventh Generation Yakumo's mistress whom he met in Manchuria. She became attracted to Kikuhiko due to his aloof personality and the two developed an on-again-off-again relationship. Eventually Kikuhiko rejected her and out of spite she began a relationship with Sukeroku which resulted in her becoming pregnant with their daughter, Konatsu. Sukeroku and Miyokichi eventually left for the countryside after Sukeroku's expulsion. However, she did not care for Sukeroku or Konatsu and instead turned to prostitution to earn money. After Kikuhiko appeared and rejected her advances again, she attempted suicide, but Sukeroku convinced her to stop. However, she slipped from a balcony and in his attempt to save her, both Miyokichi and Sukeroku fell to their deaths. Her true given name was "'''Yurie'''".
;{{Nihongo|Konatsu|小夏}}
:{{anime voices|[[Yu Kobayashi]]}}
:Played by: [[Riko Narumi]] 
:Sukeroku's and Miyokichi's daughter. She learned her father's style of rakugo to entertain customers at a soba shop in the countryside. Following the death of her parents, Kikuhiko became her legal guardian. She holds a great deal of resentment for Kikuhiko as she initially believed he was responsible for her father's death, and more recently because he represents the 'old-fashioned' traditional rakugo that does not allow women to participate. She later gave birth to a child named Shinnosuke whose biological father's identity is not revealed. Later in the series, it was revealed that she had witnessed the death of Sukeroku and Miyokichi but had lost her memories of the incident.

=== Supporting characters ===
;{{Nihongo|Eisuke Higuchi|樋口 栄助|Higuchi Eisuke}}
:{{anime voices|[[Toshihiko Seki]]}}
:A popular writer who is interested in helping Yotaro in writing new rakugo. In his youth, he had admired Miyokichi and had a crush on her. This eventually extended to his obsession with Yakumo, whose apprentice he tried to become.
;{{Nihongo|Matsuda|松田}}
:{{anime voices|[[Shigeru Ushiyama]]}}
: Matsuda is Yakumo's retainer and driver. He has been employed by the Yakumos since the Seventh Generation.
;{{Nihongo|Fourth Generation Mangetsu Tsuburaya|四代目 円屋 萬月|Yondaime Tsuburaya Mangetsu}}
:{{anime voices|[[Koji Yusa]]}}
:Yotaro's fellow storyteller from Kyoto. He had stopped performing rakugo for some time after his father's death.
;{{Nihongo|Seventh Generation Yakumo Yurakutei|七代目 有楽亭 八雲|Nanadaime Yūrakutei Yakumo}}
:{{anime voices|[[Hiroshi Yanaka]]}}
:A famous storyteller and Kikuhiko's and Sukeroku's teacher.
;{{Nihongo|Amaken|アマケン}}
:{{anime voices|[[Kappei Yamaguchi]]}}
: Rakugo critic and fan of Yakumo. His father Amano was a literary critic. Amaken is disliked by Yakumo.
;{{Nihongo|Ani-san|アニさん}}
:{{anime voices|Shou Sudou}}
;{{Nihongo|Bansai Tsuburaya|円屋 萬歳|Tsuburaya Bansai}}
:{{anime voices|[[Chafurin]]}}
;{{Nihongo|Shinnosuke|信之助}}
:{{anime voices|[[Mikako Komatsu]]}} (child) / [[Yūki Ono]]
:Konatsu's son who greatly admires Yakumo's rakugo. Yotaro believes his father to be the boss of the gang that he once belonged to. His parentage is never confirmed.
;{{Nihongo|Koyuki|小雪}}
:{{anime voices|[[Ayaka Asai]]}}
:Konatsu and Yotaro's daughter.

== Media ==
=== Manga ===
The manga series written and illustrated by Haruko Kumota began its serialization in the ''{{ill|Itan (magazine)|lt=Itan|ja|ITAN}}'' magazine published by [[Kodansha]] from 25 March 2010 to 7 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ITAN特集|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/itan|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=16 July 2024|language=ja|date=25 March 2010|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716010536/https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/itan|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-06/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-manga-ends-on-june-7/.100732|title=Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Manga Ends on June 7|date=6 April 2016|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=18 November 2016|archive-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031012925/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-06/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-manga-ends-on-june-7/.100732|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga has been compiled in ten {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, with the first volume being published on 7 July 2011,<ref name="RS1"/> and the tenth and final volume being published on 7 September 2016.<ref name="RS10"/> [[Kodansha USA]] licensed the manga for release in North America in December 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-09/kodansha-usa-licenses-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-manga/.109716|title=Kodansha USA Licenses Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Manga|date=10 December 2016|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114033925/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-09/kodansha-usa-licenses-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-manga/.109716|url-status=live}}</ref> with the first volume published on 23 May 2017<ref name="DS1"/> and the last on 31 December 2018.

==== Volumes ====
{{Graphic novel list/header
| Language       = Japanese
| SecondLanguage = English
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber    = 1
| OriginalRelDate = 7 July 2011<ref name="RS1">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063805147|script-title=ja:昭和元禄落語心中（１）|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=25 February 2017|language=ja|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127170756/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063805147|url-status=live}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-380514-7
| LicensedRelDate = 23 May 2017<ref name="DS1">{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555947|title=Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 1|publisher=[[Penguin Random House]]|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716010535/http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555947/descending-stories-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-1-by-haruko-kumota/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-1-63236-469-2
| ChapterList =
{{nihongo4|"Yotaro's Odyssey"|与太郎放浪篇|Yotarō Hōrō Hen}}
* {{nihongo4|"I"|其の一|Sono Ichi}}
* {{nihongo4|"II"|其の二|Sono Ni}}
* {{nihongo4|"III"|其の三|Sono San}}
* {{nihongo4|"IV"|其の四|Sono Yon}}
| Summary=
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber    = 2
| OriginalRelDate = 6 January 2012<ref name="RS2">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063805543|script-title=ja:昭和元禄落語心中（２）|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=25 February 2017|language=ja|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127140026/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063805543|url-status=live}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-380554-3
| LicensedRelDate = 18 July 2017<ref name="DS2">{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555949|title=Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 2|publisher=Penguin Random House|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716010547/http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555949/descending-stories-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-2-by-haruko-kumota/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-1-63236-470-8
| ChapterList =
{{nihongo4|"Yotaro's Odyssey"|与太郎放浪篇|Yotarō Hōrō Hen}}
* {{nihongo4|"V"|其の五|Sono Go}}
{{nihongo4|"Yakumo and Sukeroku"|八雲と助六篇|Yakumo to Sukeroku Hen}}
* {{nihongo4|"I"|其の一|Sono Ichi}}
* {{nihongo4|"II"|其の二|Sono Ni}}
| Summary=
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber    = 3
| OriginalRelDate = 5 October 2012<ref name="RS3">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063805925|script-title=ja:昭和元禄落語心中（３）|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=25 February 2017|language=ja|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127140042/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063805925|url-status=live}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-380592-5
| LicensedRelDate = 19 September 2017<ref name="DS3">{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555950|title=Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 3|publisher=Penguin Random House|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716010545/http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555950/descending-stories-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-3-by-haruko-kumota/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-1-63236-471-5
| ChapterList =
{{nihongo4|"Yakumo and Sukeroku"|八雲と助六篇|Yakumo to Sukeroku Hen}}
* {{nihongo4|"III"|其の三|Sono San}}
* {{nihongo4|"IV"|其の四|Sono Yon}}
* {{nihongo4|"V"|其の五|Sono Go}}
| Summary=
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber    = 4
| OriginalRelDate = 7 June 2013<ref name="RS4">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063806311|script-title=ja:昭和元禄落語心中（４）|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=25 February 2017|language=ja|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716010541/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000046511|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
5 June 2013<ref name="RS4SE">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063584400|script-title=ja:昭和元禄落語心中（４）特装版|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=25 February 2017|language=ja}}</ref> (special edition)
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-380631-1|ISBN_note=<br />
{{ISBNT|978-4-06-358440-0}} (special edition)
| LicensedRelDate = 7 November 2017<ref name="DS4">{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555952|title=Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 4|publisher=Penguin Random House|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716010550/http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555952/descending-stories-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-4-by-haruko-kumota/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-1-63236-472-2
| ChapterList =
{{nihongo4|"Yakumo and Sukeroku"|八雲と助六篇|Yakumo to Sukeroku Hen}}
* {{nihongo4|"VI"|其の六|Sono Roku}}
* {{nihongo4|"VII"|其の七|Sono Nana}}
* {{nihongo4|"VIII"|其の八|Sono Hachi}}
| Summary=
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber    = 5
| OriginalRelDate = 7 February 2014<ref name="RS5">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063806700|script-title=ja:昭和元禄落語心中（５）|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=25 February 2017|language=ja}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-380670-0
| LicensedRelDate = 13 February 2018<ref name="DS5">{{cite book|title=Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 5|isbn=978-1632365439|author1=雲田はるこ|date=13 February 2018|publisher=National Geographic Books }}</ref>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-1-63-236543-9
| ChapterList =
{{nihongo4|"Yakumo and Sukeroku"|八雲と助六篇|Yakumo to Sukeroku Hen}}
* {{nihongo4|"IX"|其の九|Sono Kyū}}
{{nihongo4|"Sukeroku Again"|助六再び篇|Sukeroku Futatabi Hen}}
* {{nihongo4|"I"|其の一|Sono Ichi}}
* {{nihongo4|"II"|其の二|Sono Ni}}
| Summary=
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber    = 6
| OriginalRelDate = 7 August 2014<ref name="RS6">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063807080|script-title=ja:昭和元禄落語心中（６）|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=25 February 2017|language=ja|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127175232/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063807080|url-status=live}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-380708-0
| LicensedRelDate = 17 April 2018<ref name="DS6">{{cite book|title=Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 6|isbn=978-1632365446|author1=雲田はるこ|date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-1-63-236544-6
| ChapterList =
{{nihongo4|"Sukeroku Again"|助六再び篇|Sukeroku Futatabi Hen}}
* {{nihongo4|"III"|其の三|Sono San}}
* {{nihongo4|"IV"|其の四|Sono Yon}}
* {{nihongo4|"V"|其の五|Sono Go}}
| Summary=
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber    = 7
| OriginalRelDate = 6 March 2015
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-380752-3|ISBN_note=<ref name="RS7">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063807523|script-title=ja:昭和元禄落語心中（７）|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=25 February 2017|language=ja|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127180652/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063807523|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
{{ISBNT|978-4-06-358742-5}}<ref name="RS7SE">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063587425|script-title=ja:ＤＶＤ付き 昭和元禄落語心中（７）特装版|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=25 February 2017|language=ja|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716011103/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000039947|url-status=live}}</ref> (special edition)
| LicensedRelDate = 5 June 2018<ref name="DS7">{{cite book|title=Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 7|isbn=978-1632365453|author1=雲田はるこ|date=5 June 2018}}</ref>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-1-63-236545-3
| ChapterList =
{{nihongo4|"Sukeroku Again"|助六再び篇|Sukeroku Futatabi Hen}}
* {{nihongo4|"VI"|其の六|Sono Roku}}
* {{nihongo4|"VII"|其の七|Sono Nana}}
* {{nihongo4|"VIII"|其の八|Sono Hachi}}
| Summary=
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=== Anime ===
{{See also|List of Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju episodes{{!}}List of ''Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'' episodes}}
The seventh and eighth volumes of the manga included a 2-episode original [[anime]] DVD entitled {{nihongo|''Yotarō Hōrō Hen''|与太郎放浪篇}} produced by [[Studio Deen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rakugo-shinju-anime.jp/news/index.html|title=アニメ「昭和元禄落語心中」|website=アニメ「昭和元禄落語心中」|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=7 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407162053/http://rakugo-shinju-anime.jp/news/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

An anime television adaptation also produced by Studio Deen premiered on 9 January 2016. It was directed by [[Shinichi Omata]] (under the pseudonym Mamoru Hatakeyama) and written by Jun Kumagai, with music by Kana Shibue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-11/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-tv-anime-video-reveals-january-8-debut/.95234|title=Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū TV Anime's Video Reveals January 8 Debut|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110930/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-11/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-tv-anime-video-reveals-january-8-debut/.95234|url-status=live}}</ref> Three promotional videos were released on [[King Records (Japan)|KING RECORDS]]'s YouTube page prior to the anime's premiere: the first on 6 October 2015,<ref>{{Citation|last=KING RECORDS|title=TVアニメ「昭和元禄落語心中」PV① rakugo shinju animation PV1|date=6 October 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9fWDQ9e4no|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414232147/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9fWDQ9e4no|url-status=live}}</ref> the second on 10 November 2015,<ref>{{Citation|last=KING RECORDS|title=TVアニメ「昭和元禄落語心中」PV② rakugo shinju animation PV2|date=10 November 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W137rrbpdkA|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413071202/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W137rrbpdkA|url-status=live}}</ref> and the final PV on 14 December 2015.<ref>{{Citation|last=KING RECORDS|title=TVアニメ「昭和元禄落語心中」PV③ rakugo shinju animation PV3|date=14 December 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-t5S8-3Xg|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716011153/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-t5S8-3Xg|url-status=live}}</ref> The opening theme of the first season was {{nihongo|"Usurai Shinjū"|薄ら氷心中||{{lit}} "Thin-ice Double Suicide"}} composed by [[Ringo Sheena|Sheena Ringo]] and performed by [[Megumi Hayashibara]].<ref>{{Citation|last=KING RECORDS|title=林原めぐみ「薄ら氷心中」Music Video|date=7 January 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_UxWeBT1BY|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=7 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407025619/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_UxWeBT1BY|url-status=live}}</ref> The first episode combines both parts of the 2015 ''Yotarō Hōrō Hen'' original anime DVDs (edited down to 48 minutes for the broadcast version, whereas the home video release is the full "director's cut", with a runtime of 82 minutes). [[Crunchyroll]] added the anime to its simulcast stream in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/08/crunchyroll-to-simulcast-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime|title=Crunchyroll to Simulcast "Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju" Anime|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417000900/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/08/crunchyroll-to-simulcast-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime|url-status=live}}</ref> The first season had been licensed for a UK home video release by [[Anime Limited]] in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-30/anime-limited-acquisitions/.108280|title=Anime Limited Acquisitions (Updated 4)|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=22 November 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221074540/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-30/anime-limited-acquisitions/.108280|url-status=live}}</ref> but in 2017 they announced they lost the rights and canceled all plans for home video releases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animeherald.com/2017/11/01/anime-limited-loses-shouwa-genroku-rakugo-shinjuu-license/|title=Anime Limited Loses "Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu" License|website=Anime Herald|date=2 November 2017|access-date=6 September 2020|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020044506/https://www.animeherald.com/2017/11/01/anime-limited-loses-shouwa-genroku-rakugo-shinjuu-license/|url-status=live}}</ref>

An announcement revealing the anime's second season was posted on the creator's Twitter account.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-01/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-gets-2nd-season/.100561|title=Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Anime Gets 2nd Season|date=1 April 2016|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=1 April 2016|archive-date=2 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402084334/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-01/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-gets-2nd-season/.100561|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-04-02/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-sukeroku-futatabi-hen-anime-moves-to-modern-day/.100570|title=Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen Anime Moves to Modern Day|date=2 April 2016|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=2 April 2016|archive-date=2 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402062540/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-04-02/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-sukeroku-futatabi-hen-anime-moves-to-modern-day/.100570|url-status=live}}</ref> The second season, titled {{nihongo|''Descending Stories: Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū''|昭和元禄落語心中～助六再び篇～|Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen}}, premiered on 7 January 2017.<ref name="S2Year">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-05/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-season-2-premieres-in-january/.105044|title=Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Anime Season 2 Premieres in January|date=5 August 2016|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=5 August 2016|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716011104/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-05/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-season-2-premieres-in-january/.105044|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="S2AirDate">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-11-18/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-2nd-season-premieres-on-january-6/.108967|title=Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Anime's 2nd Season Premieres on January 6|date=18 November 2016|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=18 November 2016|archive-date=18 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118222822/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-11-18/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-2nd-season-premieres-on-january-6/.108967|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Crunchyroll]] later added the series for its streaming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-06/crunchyroll-streams-descending-stories-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-2nd-season/.110724|title=Megumi Hayashibara and Sheena Ringo Team Up Again for "Rakugo Shinju" New OP Song|date=6 January 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=10 January 2021|archive-date=16 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716011111/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-06/crunchyroll-streams-descending-stories-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-2nd-season/.110724|url-status=live}}</ref> The staff from the first season reprised their roles in the second season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-25/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-2nd-season-reveals-staff-cast-visual-ad/.109184|title=Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Anime's 2nd Season Reveals Staff, Cast, Visual, Ad|date=25 November 2016|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=25 November 2016|archive-date=26 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126191948/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-25/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-anime-2nd-season-reveals-staff-cast-visual-ad/.109184|url-status=live}}</ref> The opening theme of the second season was {{nihongo|"Imawa no Shinigami"|今際の死神||{{lit}} "The Death in His Dying Moment"}} composed by Sheena Ringo and performed by [[Megumi Hayashibara]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/22-1/megumi-hayashibara-and-sheena-ringo-team-up-again-for-rakugo-shinju-new-op-song|title=Megumi Hayashibara and Sheena Ringo Team Up Again for "Rakugo Shinju" New OP Song|date=22 December 2016|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=22 December 2016|archive-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223062428/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/22-1/megumi-hayashibara-and-sheena-ringo-team-up-again-for-rakugo-shinju-new-op-song|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Live-action series ===
[[NHK]] announced in July 2018 that a live-action series adaptation was green-{{lit}} The live-action series is directed by [[Yuki Tanada]], Makoto Kiyohiro and Tatsuo Kobayashi, with scripts written by Daisuke Habara, music by Takatsugu Muramatsu and rakugo supervision by Kyōtarō Yanagiya. [[Masaki Okada]], [[Ryō Ryūsei]], [[Riko Narumi]], [[Aya Ōmasa]] and [[Ikusaburo Yamazaki]] portrayed Yakumo, Yotarō, Konatsu, Miyokichi and Sukeroku, respectively.<ref name="DramaSeriesAnc">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-04/descending-stories-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-manga-gets-live-action-series/.133782|title=Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Manga Gets Live-Action Series|date=4 July 2018|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=4 July 2018|archive-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301225317/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-04/descending-stories-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-manga-gets-live-action-series/.133782|url-status=live}}</ref> It aired on NHK between 12 October<ref name="DramaSeriesAnc"/> and 14 December 2018 in ten episodes.

=== Musical ===
A musical adaptation ran in [[Tokyo]] at the Tokyo Theatre Orb from February to March 2025, in [[Osaka]] at the [[Festival Hall, Osaka|Festival Hall]] from March to April 2025, and in [[Fukuoka]]. Koike Shūichirō will be writing the script and directing. The stage play starred [[Ikusaburo Yamazaki]] as Sukeroku, [[Rio Asumi]] as Miyokichi, and [[Yūta Furukawa]] as Yakumo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cayanan |first1=Joanna |title=Haruko Kumota's Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Manga Gets Stage Musical in 2025 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-09/haruko-kumota-descending-stories-showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-manga-gets-stage-musical-in-2025/.215259 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref>

== Reception ==
The series was nominated for the 5th [[Manga Taishō]], receiving 49 points and placing fourth among the fifteen nominees.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-23/hiromu-arakawa-silver-spoon-wins-5th-manga-taisho-award|title= Hiromu Arakawa's Silver Spoon Wins 5th Manga Taisho Award|date= 23 March 2012|access-date= 5 May 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]|archive-date= 16 May 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180516001256/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-23/hiromu-arakawa-silver-spoon-wins-5th-manga-taisho-award|url-status= live}}</ref> It was also nominated for the 17th [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-26/17th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced|title= 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced|date= 26 February 2013|access-date= 5 May 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]|archive-date= 6 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181206165549/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-26/17th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced|url-status= live}}</ref> It ranked second on the 2012 ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-08/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2012-voters|title= Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2012 Voters|date= 8 December 2011|access-date= 5 May 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]|archive-date= 4 January 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140104182338/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-08/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2012-voters|url-status= live}}</ref> and it was fourteenth in the 2013 edition.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-10/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2013-voters|title= Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2013 Voters|date= 10 December 2012|access-date= 5 May 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]|archive-date= 20 March 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130320184655/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-10/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2013-voters|url-status= live}}</ref> It was also number seven in the 2013 [[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]] Grand Prize<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-18/nami-sano-sakamoto-desu-ga-manga-wins-comic-natalie-grand-prize|title= Nami Sano's Sakamoto desu ga? Manga Wins Comic Natalie Grand Prize|date= 18 September 2013|access-date= 6 May 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]|archive-date= 9 April 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140409222425/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-18/nami-sano-sakamoto-desu-ga-manga-wins-comic-natalie-grand-prize|url-status= live}}</ref> and it won an Excellence Award for manga at the 17th [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-05/jojolion-manga-wins-media-arts-award|title= Jojolion Manga Wins Media Arts Award|date= 5 December 2013|access-date= 5 May 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]|archive-date= 7 December 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131207235814/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-05/jojolion-manga-wins-media-arts-award|url-status= live}}</ref> It also won the 38th [[Kodansha Manga Award]] for Best General Manga.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-08/yo-kai-watch-baby-steps-win-38th-kodansha-manga-awards|title= Yo-kai Watch, Baby Steps Win 38th Kodansha Manga Awards|date= 8 May 2014|access-date= 16 November 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]|archive-date= 9 November 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211109121951/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-08/yo-kai-watch-baby-steps-win-38th-kodansha-manga-awards|url-status= live}}</ref> The manga won Kumota the New Creator Prize category of the 21st [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hana ni Somu Manga Wins 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-25/hana-ni-somu-manga-wins-21st-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-top-award/.115257|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=16 May 2017|archive-date=31 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531091934/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-25/hana-ni-somu-manga-wins-21st-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-top-award/.115257|url-status=live}}</ref>

Volume 3 sold 24,541 copies by 7 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-10/japanese-comic-ranking-october-1-7|title= Japanese Comic Ranking, October 1–7|date= 10 October 2012|access-date= 5 May 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]|archive-date= 20 October 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141020012150/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-10/japanese-comic-ranking-october-1-7|url-status= live}}</ref>

Nick Creamer from ''[[Anime News Network]]'' gave the first season of the anime an "A" score, describing it as "An intentionally theatrical tragedy, staged something like a rakugo performance itself", and praising its "Strong underlying narrative to gorgeous direction and top-tier performances."<ref name="Creamer-review">{{cite web|last1=Creamer|first1=Nick|title=Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū [Episodes 1-13 Streaming]|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-episodes-1-13-streaming/.100900|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=20 February 2017|archive-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418204500/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/showa-genroku-rakugo-shinju-episodes-1-13-streaming/.100900|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website |http://rakugo-shinju-anime.jp/ |Official anime website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Anime News Network|manga|16616}}

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