Episode Title:
Episode 1.
Episode Description:
A young man, Kyoji, is released from prison and wants to become the apprentice of the famous rakugo performer Yurakutei Yakumo. Yakumo decides to take him home and gives him the name Yotarō (fool). Yakumo introduces him to Konatsu, the daughter of former Master Yurakutei Sukeroku. Kyoji catches Konatsu practicing her father’s routines in the early morning and convinces her to ask Yakumo to teach her too. When she does, Yakumo refuses and ridicules her father's material which is in a different style. She angrily accuses him of her father's death. Kyoji's old gang boss turns up and tries to get him to do a job, but Yakumo intervenes, and invites the former boss to Kyoji’s his first rakugo performance. Kyoji is a success, and his boss leaves saying he has no further business with him. On the way home Yakumo criticises Konatsu for teaching Kyoji. At the next performance Kyoji goes first, using Yurakutei's style, but he is so exhausted that during Yakumo's performance he falls asleep and starts snoring. After the performance Yakumo expels him, but later Kyoji apologises profusely and Yakumo agrees to let him return on 3 conditions.
