Descending Stories Manga Reviews (P.12)

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Feb 25, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

未知の世界

unknown world

落語には全然馴染みが無いし、この世界の常識や礼儀って全く未知の世界だから面白い。

I'm not familiar with rakugo at all, and the common sense and manners in this world are completely unknown, so it's interesting.

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Feb 25, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

ひきこまれる

Being drawn in

落語というテーマや絵柄から取っつきにくいイメージでしたが、読んでみるととても面白かったです。落語の知識がなくても楽しめました。

The image was hard to grasp because of the theme and pattern called rakugo, but it was very interesting when I read it. I enjoyed it even if I had no knowledge of rakugo.

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Feb 25, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

咄家

Asmite family

アニメで見て好きになりました！落語は同じ人が語っているのに物語の登場人物によって話し方や仕草が変化するので面白い。

I watched the anime and fell in love with it! Even though rakugo is narrated by the same person, the way of speaking and gestures change depending on the characters in the story, so it's interesting.

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Feb 24, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

面白い

interesting

落語の話だから難しいのかなと思ってたけど、面白かった。最初、レトロな雰囲気の絵が苦手だったけど、読んでるとストーリーに合ってて、かえって良く見えてきました。どんな展開になるのか、気になる。

Since it's a rakugo story, I was wondering if it would be difficult, but it was interesting. At first, I wasn't good at drawing pictures with a retro feel, but as I read them, they fit the story, and I was able to see them quite well. I'm curious what kind of development it will be.

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Feb 24, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

落語

Rakugo

落語をもっと知りたくなりました。ドラマのタイガー&ドラゴンを思い出す設定で、主人公がにくめなくて魅力的。

It made me want to know more about rakugo. The setting reminds me of the drama Tiger & Dragon, and it's fascinating without the main character getting bogged down.

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Feb 23, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

作家買い

Buy an artist

作家買いです。レトロな絵や表現の方ですが、こういう題材のものに合っていると思います。慣れたら違和感ないです。ネタバレを読んでしまって9巻まで読んでいるのですがなかなか最終巻を読む気にならず積んだまま…(°∇°;)

I'm buying an artist. It's more of a retro painting or expression, but I think it's suitable for something with this kind of subject. Once you get used to it, you won't feel uncomfortable. I read spoilers and have read up to 9 volumes, but I don't feel like reading the last volume so it's still piled up... (°°;)

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Feb 23, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

おもしろい

entertaining

普段落語に全く馴染みがありませんが、それでも楽しく読めます。続きが気になります★

I'm not familiar with normal vocabulary at all, but it's still fun to read. I'm worried about the continuation ★

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Feb 20, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

作家買い

Buy an artist

興味も知識も無かった落語の話ですが、人間ドラマが面白くて、何より雲田さん好きなのでスラスラ読めました。雲田さんの持つ昭和感の本領発揮ですね、時代を感じる背景や着物なんかにもそそられる物があります。物語の方は、やはり若き菊さんみよ吉さん助六さんの微妙な関係も絡んでいた過去編が私にとっての山場でした。とても切ないです…。現在編も与太ちゃんが頑張ってますが、八雲の老いと弱気が切なくて段々読むのがツラくなり、8巻位からはあまり入り込めず最終巻は未購入です。

It's a rakugo story that I had no interest or knowledge about, but human dramas were interesting, and above all, I liked Kumota, so I was able to read it smoothly. It really shows the Showa sense that Mr. Kumota has, and there are things that are intriguing by the backgrounds and kimonos that make you feel the times. As for the story, past stories, which also involved the delicate relationships between young Kiku-san, Miyokichi-san, and Sukeroku, were a mountain for me. It's so sad... Yota-chan is doing her best in the current edition, but due to Yakumo's old age and weakness, it has gradually become difficult to read, and I haven't been able to get into much from volume 8, so I haven't bought the last volume.

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Feb 10, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

おもしろい

entertaining

アニメで見てから原作を読みました。もともとこの作者さんのファンでしたが、今回の作品もおもしろかったです。

I read the original story after watching the anime. I was originally a fan of this author, but this work was also interesting.

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誰に視点を置くか

Who to focus on

どのような視点で見るかで変わる作品。途中から思い始め、読みきったあとにまで残ったのは、女の業の深さと罪深さ。そっちに気を取られ、読後感の良いものではなかった。しかし、八雲は良かった。雲田はるこ先生の真骨頂。再度、読み直す。八雲だけに重点を置いて読めば、また変わるだろう。アニメを、いま初めて見ているが、漫画とはかなり違う。エンターテイメントに作られているため軽い。大衆性を得るため仕方のないことか。漫画の方が重厚なので、漫画で読むことをお薦めします。

This work changes depending on what kind of perspective you look at it from. What I began to think about halfway through, and what remained until I finished reading it was the depth and sinfulness of a woman's work. I was distracted by that, and it wasn't a good feeling after reading it. However, Yakumo was good. The true essence of Kumota Haruko sensei. I'll reread it again. If you read it with an emphasis only on Yakumo, it will change again. I'm watching anime for the first time now, and it's quite different from comics. It's lightweight because it's made for entertainment. Is it unavoidable in order to gain popularity? The comics are more profound, so I recommend reading them as comics.

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難しい題材なのに

Even though it's a difficult subject

本当にうまく読ませてくれます。絵は好き嫌いあると思うのですが、お話がよいので食わず嫌いせず一度読んでみてください。落語という静かな芸をうまく昇華している作者さんはすごいと思います。若き日の八雲と助六のエピソードが私的には心にずーんと来ました。

It makes me read really well. I think there are likes and dislikes about the picture, but the story is good, so please read it once without eating it or hating it. I think the author who successfully sublimates the quiet art called rakugo is amazing. Personally, the episode of Yakumo and Sukeroku when they were young came all the way to my mind.

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Jan 22, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

おすすめ！

I recommend it!

雲田先生の作品はBLで読んでいたのですが、BL以外の作品を描いてらしたのは最近知りました。落語はほとんど縁がなく、学生時代にきいた時もとくに興味は持てなかったのですが、この漫画を読んで落語っておもしろい！と初めて思いました。最近の落語ブームにおいて重要な役割を担った作品で、現役の落語家の方も読んだりオススメしたりしているそうです。コラボしたイベントなんかもやっているとのことで、これだけ影響を与えているという事実が、いかにすばらしい作品かということをあらわしていると思います。掲載誌の方ではもう最終回をむかえたようで、単行本化と電子配信が楽しみです。

I used to read Kumota's works in BL, and I recently learned that he drew works other than BL. I have almost no connection with rakugo, and I wasn't particularly interested when I heard it when I was a student, but reading this comic and rakugo is interesting! I thought that for the first time. It is a work that played an important role in the recent rakugo boom, and it seems that active rakugo storytellers also read and recommend it. It is said that they are also doing collaborative events, and I think the fact that they have had such an impact shows how wonderful the work is. It seems that the magazine has already reached its final edition, and I'm looking forward to making it into a standalone book and distributing it electronically.

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落語に興味がもてる

I'm interested in rakugo

落語がわからなくても落語に興味が出てくる内容で面白いです。絵と落語の世界がマッチしていると思います。

It's interesting because the content makes you interested in rakugo even if you don't understand rakugo. I think the world of painting and rakugo is a match.

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Jan 16, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

落語

Rakugo

には特に興味があるわけでは無かったのですが、この作品を読んでからもっと知りたいと思うようになりました。まだ途中までしか読めていないので、続きも読みたいと思います。絵が作品の独特な雰囲気と合っていてとても好きです。

I wasn't particularly interested in it, but after reading this work, I began to want to know more. I've only been able to read halfway through, so I'd like to read more. I really like the picture because it matches the unique atmosphere of the work.

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めちゃくちゃおもろい

Insanely interesting

のほほんとしているし、時に激しいし、みてる人をあきさせない素晴らしい作品。

It's a wonderful work that is genuine, sometimes intense, and doesn't leave anyone watching it upset.

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男が男に惚れる

A man falls in love with a man

落語がメインで、落語に命をかける男たちの話なんですけど。男が男に惚れるってこうゆうことなんだろうなと、感じさせてくれる、師弟関係の物語です。落語は分からなくても大丈夫。絵柄的にも男性にも読みやすい少女マンガだと思います。

It's mainly about rakugo, and it's a story about men who risk their lives in rakugo. It's a story about a teacher-pupil relationship that makes me feel that a man falls in love with a man is like this. Don't worry if you don't understand rakugo. I think it's a girls' manga that is easy for men to read, both in terms of design.

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Dec 30, 2016 (PST) | Translate to English

人間ドラマです

It's a human drama

落語は聞いたことがないですが、漫画の中でいくつか話が出てくるので、興味がわきました。しんみりする人間ドラマがいいですね。

I've never heard of rakugo, but there are a few stories in the manga, so I'm interested. I like humorous human dramas.

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Dec 02, 2016 (PST) | Translate to English

はやってるけど

I'm doing it but

はやってるけど、私は好みではなかったです。和服とか日本ぽいものが好きなはずなのに。逆にそうなので、そういう漫画は苦手なのかな。と思ったのは、一巻から読んだからでした！一巻は現代から始まっているので、漫画のターゲットである現代の10代20代の方々には入りやすいのかと思います。けど私の年代では、いきなりレトロな時代のが良かったです。三巻を読んだらはまりました。三巻はいいです。最初からこういう世界で初めてほしかったけど、そうすると若い人が入りこめないのかなあ？

I'm doing it, but I didn't like it. They must like kimonos and Japanese-style things. The opposite is true, so I wonder if I'm not good at comics like that. I thought it was because I read it from the first volume! Volume 1 began in the present day, so I think it would be easy for modern people in their teens and 20s, who are the target of comics, to get into it. But in my age, the retro era was suddenly good. After reading volume three, I was addicted to it. Volume 3 is good. I wanted it to be the first time in this kind of world from the beginning, but I wonder if young people won't be able to get in if that were the case?

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面白いです。

It's interesting.

This review contains spoilers. 落語が大きな題材にあるものの、そこを通して描かれる人間模様や生き様がメインテーマのような。最初、主人公は与太なんだと思っていたけど、菊さんの人生、生き様のお話だったんだなぁと。最後の最後に爆弾が落とされますが、あーなんだか納得という感じ。死後の世界の助六とみよ吉さんとのやりとりも良かった。苦しんでも苦しんでも落語を愛してやまず、離れられなかった菊さん。全部読んで、また一から読みたくなるようなお話でした。最終巻の特装版のミニ冊子、菊さんと小夏のお話のようなんですが。どうしたら読めるでしょうか…。すごく読みたい。

This review contains spoilers. Although rakugo is a major subject, it seems that the main theme is human patterns and ways of life depicted through it. At first, I thought the main character was Yota, but I thought it was a story about Kiku-san's life and way of life. A bomb is dropped at the very end, and ah, I feel like I'm convinced. The exchange between Sukeroku and Miyokichi in the afterlife was also good. Whether suffering or suffering, Kiku-san loved rakugo and couldn't leave her. I read them all, and it was a story that made me want to read them all over again. It's like the last special edition mini booklet about Kiku-san and Konatsu. How can I read it... I really want to read it.

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落語への恋に狂った人たちの話

A story about people who fell madly in love with rakugo

This review contains spoilers. 落語という本来は人を楽しませるエンターテイメントを題材にしていながらも、人間の業や本質を描いているためストーリーとしてはかなり仄暗いものがありますが、与太郎の明るさで菊さんと小夏が救われるのもあり全体的には明るい雰囲気の作品になっています。ただ、与太郎が現れることで菊さんと小夏の止まっていた時間が動き出すため色々な展開があり、特に最終話はなるほどそうきたかと思えるような事実が明かされるため、地雷などはほとんどないという方にオススメします。でも私としてはそれを知ったことで、菊さんの色気や助六の落語への固執（情念？）に納得がいき、みよ吉さんが男への恋狂いをしたように菊さんは落語（特に助六の落語）に恋狂いしていたんだなと思いました。そんな形でのその恋の成就が成されるためBL臭が……という方もいらっしゃるようですが私は特には思いませんでした。

This review contains spoilers. Although the original subject of rakugo is entertainment that entertains people, the story is quite dark because it depicts human activity and essence, but Kiku-san and Konatsu are also saved by Yotaro's brightness, so the overall atmosphere is bright. However, when Yotaro appears, the time that Kiku-san and Konatsu had stopped begins to unfold, so there are various developments, and in particular, the final episode reveals facts that make you think so, so I recommend it to those who say that there are almost no landmines. But for me, knowing that, Kiku-san's sex appeal and Sukeroku's persistence in rakugo (passion?) I was convinced, and I thought Kiku-san was crazy in love with rakugo (especially rakugo by Sukeroku), just as Miyokichi had gone crazy in love with a man. It seems that there are people who say that BL smell... because that love is fulfilled in such a form, but I didn't think of it in particular.

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