Akane-banashi, Vol. 13: Volume 13

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Akane takes on the world of rakugo to avenge her father!

Shinta Arakawa wants nothing more than to pass his shinuchi examthe test that would make him a top-rank headliner and master storyteller in the traditional Japanese art of rakugo. Akane Osaki, his daughter and biggest fan, spies on him while he practices and learns his routines for herself. When rakugo master Issho Arakawa expels everyone after the exam with no explanation, a fire is lit inside Akane. From that day forth, she has had one goalto avenge her father and prove his art was worthy of the title of shinuchi.

Maikeru Arakawa is gearing up to be the first futatsume in the Arakawa school to take the shinuchi exam since the big expulsion scandal that forced Akanes father out of the rakugo world. That incident weighs heavily on all of Master Shigumas apprentices, but it hit Maikeru especially hard due to his close relationship with Shinta Arakawa. And worse, one of the Arakawa Arch Four, Zensho Arakawa, has it out for Maikeru due to their similar performance styles. Will Maikeru be able to gain the approval of the Arakawa Arch Four and overcome the hurdle that no one in the Arakawa school has even attempted since the scandal all those years ago, or will he face the same fate as Akanes father

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Yuki Suenaga previously published the one-shot Tatarashido in 2021 in Weekly Shonen Jump. Akane-banashi is their first serialized title. It began its run in Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2022 and won third place in the print manga category at the eighth Next Manga Awards in 2022.

Takamasa Moue started his manga career in 2015 by participating in Shonen Jumps Golden Future Cup contest with the one-shot Galaxy Gangs. His first serialization, Ole Golazo, ran in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2016. In 2017, he published a short serialization in Jump GIGA called K.K. in the City of Fog, which ran for three chapters. In 2021, he teamed up with Yuki Suenaga to create the one-shot Tatarashido. In February 2022, the two worked together to publish what would be his second serialization, Akane-banashi.