General & Others On Kabuki acts

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It has become a meme right now and seeing no one else talking about it:

5 acts plays DO EXIST, HOWEVER: those are mainly applied to one classical (!) genre only, JIDAIMONO, focused on Samurai. There are cases where old school 5 acts plays are restructured as 3 acts plays.

The other popular 3 acts genre is SEWAMONO that focuses on the life of citizens.

Then there are other genres like SUPER KABUKI: a modern approach to Kabuki that combines it with Western elements. SUPER KABUKI II ONE PIECE from some years ago belongs to this genre. Usually it has 3 acts.

Wano: either Jidaimono or Super Kabuki, I tend to the latter.
 
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