Akane-banashi, Vol. 11
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Akane-banashi, Vol. 11
By (Author) Yuki Suenaga
Illustrated by Takamasa Moue
11
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
18th June 2025
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
200
Width 127mm, Height 191mm
132g
Description
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.
After the success of the trial performances, Asagao picks Akane to be the zenza for his futatsume promotion performance. She plans to perform one of the stories that Chocho taught her in order to court a recommendation to become a futatsume herself. But something unexpected happens when Taizen Arakawa, the shinuchi Akane is hoping will recommend her,is threatened by his master to not go through with what he promised. The truth behind the Arakawa school expulsion scandal begins to unravel, and at the crux of it all is none other than Akanes own master, Shiguma Arakawa.
Author Bio
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.
