Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai

The beginning of the Taishou era spelled the end of the tanuki's tricks. These raccoon dogs, who are able to transform into human beings, used to love fooling humans until advanced technology rendered their endeavors futile. However, Mameda, a young tanuki girl, has not given up on this tradition, and—resolved to follow in her father's footsteps—travels to Osaka in hopes of duping people.

As others in her village predicted, Mameda fails to deceive a single person, and she is even hunted down by an angry crowd. After finding refuge in a theater, she stumbles upon a rakugo performance given by a master of the art, Bunko Daikokutei. Fascinated by the vivid images created by the rakugoka's acting, Mameda becomes enamored with this style of storytelling and decides to become Bunko's apprentice!

Despite her initial reluctance to take a disciple, Bunko begins to teach Mameda rakugo after witnessing the young tanuki's perseverance. Between undertaking a taiko apprenticeship, handling her work at the theater, and memorizing plays, Mameda needs to give her all if she ever plans to master the only art that still has a chance to fool people.

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Daikokutei, Bunko Main

Yamamura, Hibiku Japanese

Mameda Main

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Koito Supporting

Hasegawa, Ikumi Japanese

Omatsu Supporting

Aikawa, Natsuki Japanese

Daikokutei, Bunchou Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Mameda's Father Supporting

Enoki, Junya Japanese

En'u Supporting

Tsumugi, Risa Japanese

Ebisuya, Utaroku Supporting

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Tenjin-chan Supporting

Oono, Yuuko Japanese

Rakuda Supporting

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Kamei, Hiroshi Producer

Itou, Hirofumi Producer

Watanabe, Yuuki Producer

Fukui, Youhei Producer

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Mar 8, 2023

pnr2

Recommended

( THIS IS JOURNEYS TO GETTING WISER AND MATURE THROUGH ART )
Im in love with anime but you will not probably
But firstly i like clear one thing rakugo is there not to create great rakugo anime
Its there as connection between nature and human

Basically this is about nature and human and art is there bond

Every character other than artist or performers are shown as how HUMANS are,
And our main characters bunko, mameda and may be buncho are shown as how NATURE is

... This anime just tell how humans are and how nature is
And both are foolish and because both are very poor they are pity but both are full of potential to get wiser and mature
But both thinks they are right but both have very similar things in them which are slightly different than other but that difference make them hugely different from each other like :

humans are voilent harmful even for themselves not wise or mature to take right decisions and they dont even known because they are foolish and narcissistic / self centered

On the other hand Nature is innocent not wise or mature to take right decisions as a result anger is in there decisions

But still nature is way better than humans
Because humans are narcissistic / self centered but nature is not + action/decision based on voilence is higher destructive and harmful than aggression or anger



Both needs assistance.
Understanding and support for the person in need to ease their burden of being foolish

And here is where art comes with very important role ( i realised it later after 9th episode )

YOU can SKIP this -- From the beginning art form name rakugo has there for many reasons firstly time period where this anime is set and how whole thing is created and connected to each other
At that period of time rakugo was famous in mass public, and storys of rakugo have meaning in it (its just not only for entertainment) and because this is journey of getting wiser and mature thus story helps (easier even for kids) to understand complex themes topics leason step by step as if we were learning from someones real life mistake
So yeah rakugo is there for a reason

ART IS Love to make people better, Wisdom to make righteous decisions/actions, deep understanding to verify reality, eternal never gonna outdated, clarity to reduces doubts, stillness no panics, truth which we all need and want (who needs/wants lie?), exploration/enquiring of self and surrounding, acceptance to see equality, and not being limited (0 is not limited and infinity/eternal is also not limited means 0 to eternal is art, if it exists its art)

Art is shown as performers or artists

ART makes nature and humans better great wiser and mature not let them be pity foolish poor like before



So its about 3 things
HUMANS NATURE ART

So this is story about relation between nature and human, how bith of them are, what is there potential, how they get better




Nature is represented as our main characters : bunko and mameda and maybe buncho
Human : all the other characters other than performers and main character
Art is middle men to connect nature and humans (art have similarities from both) and ART REPRESENTS only higher form/potential of both: nature and humans. So being artist is means being better than nature and humans: all the performers, and rakugo art form itself (both are representation of art in anime)


Our main character mameda starts journey as tanuki as foolish, childish, innocent, lonely character and after meeting bunko journey to become artist start

Im using artist intentionally ( beings artist is higher than being anything because being artist means mature and wise person with lots of clarity, deep understanding, and love ect... which i have mention earlier in Starting of this review) because all learnings are not limited to rakugo like its not one men show, there is no point in you being interesting, artist cant be serious
And soo on

And in this journey of becoming artist. Its all about relationships between nature and humans and exploration about how humans and nature are.
All the time we get something related to humans aspects or nature aspect
Like: like nature loves humans, anger and humans are full of hatreds, hungry for appreciation, think them selfs invincible,
With comedy
Which worked in my case i guess because sometimes i laugh more and sometimes less so i think its on point atleast not forced comedy


CHARACTERISTICS:
*Nature is sacred, pure, real, angry, innocence and love ect..
*Humans are voilent, greed, materialistic, narcissistic, appreciation, arrogant, have addictions, foolish, hate, and love
*art is eternal, deep understanding, maturity, wisdom, clarity, stillness, acceptance, truth, and love ect..


SO THERE IS SOOOO MUCH IN THIS ANIME
BUT EVERYTHING IN THIS ANIME IS presentation of this 3 things
I love it i have given it 10
I like music characters story especially from 7th episode to till end
Learning are all great
Production did well job
Writer is amazing because something is always going on

I like to recommend but thus anime is more than entertainment so dont watch this anime for entertainment and dont give rating accordance to your fun
BTW YOU CAN Choose "-" IN RATING IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND ANIME or ITS CRITERIA
( i cant judge cute girls doing cute things type of anime with HORROR CRITERIA
I have to see how wholesome or good feel or something related to cute girls doing cute things goal which is started in beginning of series got justified or not )
Peace.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 26, 2022

i-like-this

Mixed Feelings

It’s Just a Rakugo Bro.

My Master Has No Tail is fine. A charming little anime about a Tanuki called Mameda living in a time period where the Japanese people are getting harder and harder to trick and prank thanks to the advancement of technology. Later, after trying and failing to trick a mysterious, mythical creature living as a human, she discovers the magic and modern “trickery” of rakugo, and in such awe she decides to pursue a career as a rakugoka by studying under her reluctant master, Bunko.

I’ll be honest, I’m not exactly the biggest fan of anime about rakugo. I don’t hate it ... or anything, I’m just purely neutral towards it. However, I will admit this show is very wholesome. Mameda journey learning to integrate with humans instead of bamboozling them traditionally as a Tanuki is pretty fun. Most of the cast is eccentrically delightful from the staff at the theatre to the strange master rakugoka’s to even the normal everyday people of the city. Everyone is interesting in some way with their own story to tell which helps given that rakugo is an art form about telling stories.

However, I just have a real problem with the pacing. One minute I feel totally engaged with the show and the next I’ve zoned out from boredom. I know that’s not a particularly helpful critic, but I can’t really explain it in writing. I think if you choose to watch it you’d understand, or maybe not and that’s just me. The only episode I didn’t have this problem was the Thunder God episode which just so happens to be my favourite.

I also think the art is very… just okay? The character designs are great, but I find the art overall to be bland. A lot of block colours and the lack of good scene lighting and shading doesn’t, make it the most immersive anime to look at. The animation does goes some ways to help with the overall presentation. Mameda is very expressive and when characters such as Bunko and Tsubaki are performing rakugo there’s a positive tonal shift that happens in the art, but apart from that I wouldn’t call this LIDENFILMS best work.

I don’t know what else to say. I don’t want to give the impression that I don’t like this anime because I do, but in a season/year packed with probably some of the best anime I’ve seen it’s really hard to pinpoint why this show is overall, just okay.

6/10 It’s Okay *Thumbs Up*

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 23, 2022

4lucc

Not Recommended

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Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai was a work that in the first instance did not prove to be a big deal, creating any kind of expectation for the work seemed crazy, but the first episode managed to change that view a little, presenting an immersive or illustrative rakugo depending on the moment, thus creating a strong connection with the stories told by both the characters and the spectator. Rakugo has a very functional comedy and a highlight that makes it the great icing on the cake of the work, but this also puts Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga ... Nai in a situation of monotomy, since the other proposals of the work do not even reach the foot of the work done on top of rakugo.

The fact that Mameda is a tanuki can sometimes be well used by the work, as in episode 05 where she transforms into a shamisen to replace the one that had broken, thus allowing Koito to follow up, but this is a rare occasion, since even the residents' treatment of the existence of a tanuki in the city becomes frivolous over time. On the one hand, this demonstrates that Mameda managed to infiltrate society, but on the other hand, its differential starts to lose prominence.

The narrative of Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai is weak and does not show great depth at almost any moment, making it very dependent on the presentations for the work to be interesting, episode 10 where Mameda passes the Enshi test it is the only one where the narrative manages to gain prominence. Mameda's relationship with the other tanukis was constantly shown, so that she was out of the group, when Mameda decides to go to the forest in order to be able to concentrate to decorate the Jugemu, the memories that had been forgotten for a while return. When asked why she was so concerned about the name Daikokutei, Mameda replied that this was the only place where she belonged, the idea of belonging is also brought about by Enshi's relationship with her last name and her relationship with Bunchou, making this the deepest moment of the series.

The advancement of civilization was very present at first (after all, it was forgotten over time), and this created a depth in the universe, the tricks of the tanukis no longer worked with humans, after all, with all the technological advances, the deceptions of the tanukis became they made something small compared to what had already been created, causing the existence of the tanuki to be forgotten and they needed to live like common animals. Despite the tricks no longer being effective, the desire to deceive from the tanuki and the desire to be deceived from the humans still existed and created a connection between them, so much so that the best scene in the work is when Mameda, to escape from the humans, throws herself a tower and lands on Bunko's boat, causing the humans who previously ran after her in a rage to start laughing. The only moment where this idea ends up being rescued is when Bunko and Mameda start to deceive people so they don't have to pay a debt that wasn't theirs, despite working as a comedy, it doesn't have enough development to be memorable and add something to it. series.

In conclusion, Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai has a very efficient rakugo, immersively giving life to the experience of the stories told, and when the anecdotes were not told in full, they received their attention in the post-credits, sometimes even providing information that covered the knowledge on the topic. Despite the comedy working, mainly through rakugo, the narrative does not have enough content to support the work, thus it becomes monotonous and shallow.

(Sorry for any mistakes, the text was translated by Google Translate)
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Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai era uma obra que em primeira instância não demonstrava ser nada demais, criar qualquer tipo de expectativa para a obra parecia maluquice, porém o primeiro episódio conseguiu mudar um pouco essa visão, apresentando um rakugo imersivo ou ilustrativo dependendo do momento, criando assim uma forte conexão com as histórias contadas tanto por parte dos personagens, quanto do espectador. O rakugo possui uma comédia muito funcional e um destaque que o torna a grande cereja no bolo da obra, porém isso também coloca Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai em uma situação de monotomia, já que as outras propostas da obra não chegarão nem aos pés do trabalho feito em cima do rakugo.

O fato da Mameda ser um tanuki consegue por vezes ser bem utilizado pela obra, como no episódio 05 onde ela se transforma em um shamisen para substituir aquele que havia quebrado, permitindo assim que a Koito fizesse o acompanhamento, mas essa é uma rara ocasião, já que até mesmo o tratamento dos moradores perante a existência de um tanuki na cidade passa a ser leviana com o tempo. Por um lado isso demonstra que a Mameda conseguiu se infiltrar na sociedade, mas por outro lado o diferencial dela passa a perder destaque.

A narrativa de Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai é fraca e não demonstra grande profundidade em quase nenhum momento, fazendo com que exista uma dependência muito grande das apresentações para a obra se mostrar interessante, o episódio 10 onde a Mameda passa pelo teste da Enshi é o único onde a narrativa consegue ganhar destaque. Constantemente era mostrada a relação da Mameda com os outros tanukis, de forma que ela ficava deslocada do grupo, quando a Mameda decide ir para a floresta com o intuito de conseguir se concentrar para decorar o Jugemu, as lembranças que por um tempo haviam sido esquecidas retornam. Ao ser questionada do motivo de se preocupar tanto com o nome Daikokutei, Mameda responde que esse era o único lugar onde pertencia, a ideia de pertencimento é trazida também pela relação da Enshi com seu sobrenome e a relação dela com o Bunchou, tornando esse o momento mais profundo da série.

O avanço da civilização foi muito presente em um primeiro momento (afinal foi esquecida com o tempo), e isso criou uma profundidade no universo, os truques dos tanukis não funcionavam mais com os humanos, afinal com todo o avanço tecnológico as enganações dos tanukis se tornavam algo pequeno perante ao que já havia sido criado, fazendo com que a existência dos tanukis pudesse ser esquecida e elas precisassem viver como animais comuns. Apesar dos truques não serem mais eficazes, a vontade de enganar provinda dos tanukis e a vontade de ser enganado dos humanos ainda existiam e criavam uma conexão entre eles, tanto que a melhor cena da obra é quando a Mameda para fugir dos humanos se joga de uma torre e cai no barco da Bunko, fazendo com que os humanos que antes corriam atrás dela enfurecidos começassem a rir. O único momento onde essa ideia acaba por ser resgatada é quando a Bunko e a Mameda começam a enganar as pessoas para não precisar pagar uma dívida que não era delas, apesar de funcionar como comédia, não possui desenvolvimento suficiente para ser memorável e acrescentar algo a série.

Concluindo, Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai possui um rakugo muito eficiente, de forma imersiva dando vida a experiência das histórias contadas, e quando as anedotas não eram contadas por inteiro recebiam sua atenção no pós-créditos fornecendo por vezes até informações que abrangiam o conhecimento sobre o tema. Apesar da comédia funcionar, principalmente pelo rakugo, a narrativa não possui conteúdo suficiente para sustentar a obra, dessa forma ela se torna monótoma e rasa.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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