Mameda is a tanuki who was born in the wrong era—all she wants is to trick humans, but that age of tanuki shenanigans is over. But one woman, a rakugo master named Bunko, shows Mameda it’s still possible to cast magic on humans…only with words, not illusions. Mameda is determined to become Bunko’s apprentice, but can she convince the stoic master to take her on…?
Mameda triumphantly seizes victory at the Rookie’s competition and she is finally offered a chance to become a fully-fledged rakugo storyteller! But her celebration is cut short when she and her fellow apprentices, Shirara and Enu, are suddenly abducted by an envoy…from the Moon Palace! The moon is after one thing—the piece of the rainbow that Bunko once nabbed from them. With their beloved apprentices in trouble, it’s time for the masters to spring into action!