#shinta arakawa

[meiruihan]

like father, like daughter

[shysheeperz]

[glamorousgamine]

I’ve suspected that Issho’s Problem with Shinta was that despite his skill, Shinta didn’t put rakugo on as high of a pedestal as Issho and chapter 139 strengthened my belief.

Issho: This is how I will atone for the rest of my life.

Kaichi: This is a product worth betting my life on.

Kaisei: I don’t have to be weak anymore because I have rakugo.

Shinta: It’s just rakugo.

Issho: …

[dropintomanga]

Cool Life Reminders from Akane-banashi

I sometimes struggle with two things - dwelling on the past a bit too much and wondering if I'm cool enough for my friends.

After reading the Futatsume Debut arc in Akane-banashi, I started to feel a little different about my struggles. Especially after seeing the following scenes in Chapters 96 and 97 of the manga.

The initial premise of the series involved Akane Arakawa's father, Shinta Arakara, being expelled from the rakugo scene. He ends up being a regular salesman, but is moving forward. That's the most important thing. It's okay if you feel like you can't move on from bad stuff that happened. But definitely take steps to go forward. They don't have to be big ones as long as you do it.

Plus I feel like we tend to overvalue super-bad experiences involving other people especially if we're on the receiving end of them. We think that life as we know it is over. But you know what, those experiences tend to help us grow and learn. They also make you more resilient than you think.

Life situations changing dramatically doesn't mean it will turn out bad. They can go in either direction, but I like to think that we got this somehow. I've always felt that I couldn't move forward from certain experiences, but here I am enjoying life for what it's worth still.

The scene featuring Akane and her friends is relatable. I do believe that we get anxious over how we truly fit in with others in the world. We want people to like us, but we're afraid to show our vulnerabilities. Sometimes, we are a bit much. Akane is the definition of someone who can be a bit much. I know I act like her at times. It's okay though. Akane's friends are telling her that she's already enough. That's because Akane is so comfortable in her own skin that she should just be herself during rakugo.

Sometimes, being ourselves can drive other people away. But it definitely attracts other people who will genuinely appreciate you. As I said earlier, it goes both ways. I continue to learn this as I continue to meet new people in my life.

And if you're going to be moving forward while being more natural, definitely do it with a smile. That's what will make you look really cool and take on life's challenges.

[littlestfallenangel]

Akane: I'm pursuing my art in memory of my father

Shinta: Quit making the readers think I'm dead!

Akane: Sometimes I still hear his voice...

[comradeyurika]

Awww, she's made her dad proud. Holding off on the showing him in the present day until this moment makes it have so much more impact than if we were seeing him regularly all along

[idontthinkimokaymentally]

Hello there Tohru Osaki / Shinta Arakawa fans.

[choujinx]

AKANE-BANASHI (2022-?) by suenaga yuuki & moue takamasa

[s30620]

Story 14: The Type to Hold a Grudge

I love Koguma so much, he's such a personality. He's so quiet and awkward, but he knows a lot about rakugo and performing these stories. I also find it funny that even he has a vendetta against Issho because Akane's dad was his ani-san, that little flashback was cute.

Also look at him on stage going to perform! His little face is so cute I love him sm.

[pin-yao]

[mr-franciscoso]

Akane-Banashi gets better with every week and chapter. Love a shounen that loves exploring the vast array of human experiences

[miminmimikyu]

I love love love this week’s chapter of Akane Banashi. The whole rakugo = time machine is such an interesting interpretation by Akane and it fits her so well. Even that “conversation” she has with her dad starts with that time she used rakugo to reenact an event that happened at school. Akane’s rakugo through and through!

But the also chapter has weirdly eerie feel to it? Or melancholic? I can’t put my finger on it exactly but all that talking about Akane’s dad but never to him makes it sound like they’re talking about a dead person. I guess in a sense that’s true— Shinta Arakawa is dead. It shouldn’t be shocking or anything but to see how distant Akane’s relationship with Shinta (Osaki?) has become now plus that that whole time machine conversation she has with Shinta Arakawa is just so sad somehow.

I’m trying to think if he’s actually been in any of the chapters (excluding flashbacks) since chapter 1, he hasn’t, right? I wouldn’t go so far as to say he’s a spectre haunting the story at this point but I’m really enjoying the decision to just not showing him. Anyway, can’t wait for Akane’s performance and what she has taken away from her time machine conversations with Shinta.

[shysheeperz]

[therealsoulking]

Akane Banashi: Chapter 61

Alright, this chapter was super cute, with Akane going around with her colleagues, asking about her father and his style of Rakugo.

Shinta Arakawa’s a tragic figure in this series, as Akane is driven to figure out what went wrong when he pursued his dream. However, the expelled rakugoka is not the Shinta Akane wants to understand, it’s the passionate young man who had already grabbed hold of that dream. And that’s exactly who she gets to meet.

My favorite thing about this particular chapter is the structure, starting with a page of introduction, then a montage of single panels showing each response, then a drawn out sequence with Akane’s mother, culminating in the excellent page above.

This also brings us to Akane’s nin solidified:

We skip ahead a few weeks, and it’s time for the competition next chapter. Goddam was this one good.

[newspropaganda]

So let me get this straight. The reason Yoshida get's hated for DOMA was due to the fact it was an anime original arc meant to call out Takahashi's mistakes with Atem around Season zero than Battle City or Duelist Kindgom? That explaine why the fandom can't even think about the fact Yoshida was never apolgies for 5D's post-Dark Signer since he knew that the real people of the show whould aways be honest than dishonest. DOMA was likekly hated due to fanboys gatekeeping the manga and spreading missinformation towards the show and people like that Des Shinta guy actually blamed 4kids since she is american.

How old is this question even? 24 Days?

The reason for that is because Yoshida, despite his flaws, is often targeted by woke feminists who either hate or love him. Even some men dislike him because he was one of the few who exposed the hypocrisy of social justice warriors and gatekeepers, like Duel Monsters fanboys, for their insecurities. One of the key reasons Yoshida isn’t as bad as people make him out to be is that he often uses shock factor to wake up his fans to the harsh realities of life. It’s not his fault that society is bad—society has always been divided and poorly managed by people, not just based on color.

People who blame Yoshida for misogyny, xenophobia, or terrorism haven’t looked deeper. All they do is whine and scream about him because their only goal is to tear him down. Honestly, I have more issues with tokusatsu writers like Naruhisa Arakawa and Shoji Yonemura than I do with Yoshida.

But most of the blame towards Yoshida seems to revolve around his writing and accusations of sexism, which feel like the same copy-and-paste complaints over and over. For example, Dylan from YGO Everything never made a video explaining why Shin Yoshida always relies on shock factor instead of info-dumping all the time. I think the reason Dylan hasn’t made a video on this is because it’s hard for him to think critically—his brain has probably turned to mush after years of promoting nonsense.

What you mentioned about Des Shinta calling out 4Kids is like he's more unhinged on his channel than actually focusing on the topic. Go check his Doma series if it's still there—100% of the time, he's just trash-talking 4Kids in all his videos. It’s like he can't realize that 4Kids had nothing to do with the sub version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Most of his information is fake, too, since he can’t even explain why he brings up broadcasting channels when it's clear that Yu-Gi-Oh! in the West was never popular through reruns. The dude lied about not being able to reply to comments, even though most of them are still there for everyone to see. He claimed he couldn’t respond because of his old computer, but he seems perfectly fine blocking people when they criticize tokusatsu.

My experience with Des Shinta has been toxic. He can’t drop his 4Kids bias long enough to explain things simply and keeps sugarcoating the hate, like he’s being controlled by his government. No wonder America is falling apart—most people aren’t even listening to their own sense of justice. He also keeps insisting that Kamen Rider W is the peak of tokusatsu, but it’s really not it's just a stupid Decetive show about yoai bois vs terrorists.

[cloudbends]

Still not breaking this streak!!! Day 2838293929 of no shinta arakawa everyone

Ok as much as I need akane's dad to reappear it would be a sick challenge for this manga to NEVER show him ever again. He is haunting the narrative from the shadows don't interrupt him