Episode 5

Kongming, to Kick a Rhyme (孔明、韻を踏む) is the fifth episode of the Ya Boy Kongming! anime series. It aired on April 28th, 2022.

Summary
The quest to find a rapper to sing along with Eiko Tsukimi leads to Kabe-Taijin who is seen walking along the street, working on his rhymes. But an encounter with his old-time rival, Sekitoba Kung Fu reminds him of the reason he quit rapping - his stomach ulcer.

Characters

 * 1) Zhuge Kongming
 * 2) Eiko Tsukimi
 * 3) Kabe-Taijin
 * 4) Owner Kobayashi
 * 5) Sekitoba Kung Fu

Trivia
During the scene at Kabe-Taijin's room, two albums, 3PAC's Better Dayz and Premium Nubian's Speed Up can be seen. They are references to:


 * Brand Nubian's Slow Down
 * 2Pac's Better Dayz

Three Kingdoms References

 * Sekitoba Kung Fu is a reference to the Red Hare horse, owned by famous warlord Guan Yu.
 * On the back of Sekitoba Kung Fu's jacket is an image of Guan Yu. The characters Holy Emperor Guan (關聖帝君), a posthumous title, is written on it.
 * The book Kabetaijin reads in the laundromat is a manga titled "Records of the Three Kingdoms" (三国志) and the author's name in the bottom right corner is "Tateyama Mitsuteru" (立山 光輝). This is parodying how Yokoyama Mitsuteru (横山 光輝) adapted Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel into a manga between 1971 to 1987 (although Yokoyama borrowed its title from the novel's source material, Chen Shou's Records of the Kingdoms).