Questions tagged [joshiraku]

Joshiraku is a satirical manga by Kouji Kumeta and anime by J.C. Staff about five young women who practice the Japanese storytelling art called "rakugo".

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Joshiraku is a comedy manga and anime series written by Kouji Kumeta about five young women who who are practitioners of the Japanese storytelling art called "rakugo". The manga was published from September 2009 through September 2013, for a total of 6 volumes. It received an anime adaptation in summer 2012.

It is notorious for being full of jokes that are utterly incomprehensible to people not steeped in Japanese culture. For help deciphering Joshiraku, consult this set of translation notes at Not Red Reviews.

What's significant about a full moon on the fifteenth?

In Joshiraku, Marii enters the room dressed as a Yankee, proclaiming that she's gonna break a load of windows since it's a full moon. Tetora responds with: What's the significance of the 15th and why would she break a load of windows?

japanese-language joshiraku

asked Aug 28 '13 at 07:13

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What exactly is a "Nobita face"?

After Gankyou in Joshiraku removes her glasses, her eyes change to '3' characters. Marii then exclaims: I understand Nobita is a character in Doraemon, but I haven't found any information online either of pictures where Nobita has his glasses off,…

doraemon joshiraku

asked Aug 28 '13 at 07:01

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