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Akane Osaki is a 17-year-old who has loved rakugo, Japan's traditional comic storytelling, ever since she watched her father perform. Six years ago, her father took the promotion test for the art's highest rank at the Arakawa School, and was expelled by the chief judge. He gave up rakugo for good. Akane is determined to become a top-ranked rakugo performer herself, to prove her father's talent and show the world that rakugo is a profession worth respecting. A fresh, energetic story with the intensity of a sports manga. By Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue.

This set includes:

  • Volumes 1 through 18 of Akane-Banashi
  • Published by VIZ Media
  • English translation, paperback edition

VIZ Media

Akane-Banashi Vol. 1-18

$211.82
$158.87

Akane Osaki is a 17-year-old who has loved rakugo, Japan's traditional comic storytelling, ever since she watched her father perform. Six years ago, her father took the promotion test for the art's highest rank at the Arakawa School, and was expelled by the chief judge. He gave up rakugo for good. Akane is determined to become a top-ranked rakugo performer herself, to prove her father's talent and show the world that rakugo is a profession worth respecting. A fresh, energetic story with the intensity of a sports manga. By Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue.

This set includes:

  • Volumes 1 through 18 of Akane-Banashi
  • Published by VIZ Media
  • English translation, paperback edition
$211.82
$158.87

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Akane Osaki is a 17-year-old who has loved rakugo, Japan's traditional comic storytelling, ever since she watched her father perform. Six years ago, her father took the promotion test for the art's highest rank at the Arakawa School, and was expelled by the chief judge. He gave up rakugo for good. Akane is determined to become a top-ranked rakugo performer herself, to prove her father's talent and show the world that rakugo is a profession worth respecting. A fresh, energetic story with the intensity of a sports manga. By Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue.

This set includes:

  • Volumes 1 through 18 of Akane-Banashi
  • Published by VIZ Media
  • English translation, paperback edition

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