"The last great rakugo storyteller of the Showa Era, Yakumo Yurakutei III, continues to tell his apprentice, Yotaro, of the promise he made to his late best friend and rival, Sukeroku. As both men worked toward their debut as shin'uchi, they had to come to terms with what drove them forward--for Sukeroku, it was to create a path for the future of rakugo, and for Yakumo, then known as Kikuhiko, it was to discover a rakugo that was uniquely his own. Can he and Sukeroku continue to walk the same path, or will the band that's held them together through their journey through the world of rakugo be severed?"

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