Akane unintentionally stirs up the specter of scandal when she’s discovered taking informal lessons from her father’s former teacher, Shiguma Arakawa. But she’s about to make even bigger waves, because her first step in climbing the ranks of rakugo performer from zenza opening act to shin’uchi headliner is exchanging her secret lessons for formal training. And she’ll still have to finish high school and navigate her relationship with Shiguma’s existing apprentices, all while learning that becoming a stellar rakugo performer takes much more than just being good at performing!