Episode Title:
Episode 3.
Episode Description:
Higuchi works with Yotarō to analyse rakugo stories, and Yotarō says he doesn't try to understand the stories, but has a good ability to memorise anything he hears. Yotarō and Konatsu are now married, but Yotarō still calls her sister. She tells the mistress of the geisha house that she wants to quit working at the restaurant soon. The geisha mistress is told a detective is at her restaurant while Yotarō's former yakuza boss was meeting the Mukudori gang but she manages to avoid a scene. Yotarō bursts in to talk to the big boss and reminds him that he went to prison in place of his boss to but feels that he was unfairly treated, but the boss reminds him that he was allowed to leave the gang and become a rakugo. Yotarō recites a rakugo rant abusing the boss, then demands that the boss make no claim on Konatsu's son. Yotarō and Konatsu talk, and she expresses gratitude for his help. Later, in discussion with Yakumo, Yotarō says his passion for rakugo is based on the characters within the stories. Yakumo agrees to do a family performance for Yotarō if he learns "Inokori", a little performed rakugo. Yakumo then performs the rakugo for Yotarō in the manner of Sukeroku.
