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Manzai

Manzai (漫才) is a style of stand-up comedy in Japan, where two performers—a straight man[?] and a funny man[?]—trade jokes at great speed. Most of the jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns[?] and other verbal gags.

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