The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone’s surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him “Yotaro.”
We learned back in April at the end of the winter 2016 anime series Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju that there would be a second season for the property coming.
Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father’s tragic death.