Akane-banashi

“Note: Light spoilers ahead. In summary, the protagonist, the directing and the messages carry an otherwise typical, simple and unexciting story and a support cast made up of plot devices rather than full on characters.

Akane-banashi was a surprise in various ways, with the biggest one being that it became my third liked anime of the year, something which I did not expect before watching it, but probably should have, as I didn’t dislike any rakugo or kabuki anime I have watched until now.

But beyond that, what surprised me about Akane-banashi was how it felt almost like an anachronistic work of some kind, and the most conservative in nature anime I have watched in years. I will get to that later.

Even though I was aware of Akane-banashi being a Shounen Jump p” read more