The traditional rakugo stories aren’t the charm here. It’s the deranged modern versions in this series that get you.
Alternative Titles:
- Rakugo Girls
- じょしらく
Year Anime Premiered: 2012
Animation Studio: Maiden Japan
Number of Seasons: 1 + 1 OVA
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Is It Officially Licensed Past Where The Anime Ends?: No
Is It Fan Translated Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Entry Last Updated: November 25th, 2025
Where To Start The Joshiraku Manga After The Anime?
If you finished the Joshiraku anime and wish to continue the story in the manga, you can start at Volume 4, Chapter 31.
The OVA covers Chapter 27, Chapter 31, and one very meta anime-original story.
What to Expect From The Joshiraku Manga?
You know how the Joshiraku anime is really just a varying number of girls in a room being weird? Well, the manga is exactly like that. Each chapter is basically a new odd skit, and it gave the anime free reign to jump around the manga.
The anime does skip a couple of chapters, and there was a couple of anime-original moments as well. While there is some merit to reading the manga from the beginning, you definitely don’t need to because there is really no plot here and the anime, while it re-arranged the chapters it covered, did adapt the large majority of them.
Is The Joshiraku Manga Over?
The Joshiraku manga is complete. It ended in 2013 with Volume 6, Chapter 50.
Will There Be A Joshiraku Season 2?
As they anime aired in 2012, right before the manga ended, I’d say there is no chance for more anime.
