So when Ensou told Karashi to become me, it served a second meaning. As with traditional Rakugo skill, it is something you want to immerse the viewer into, like in a lot of media. As we know, he won’t beat Akane that way. Instead he focused on the opposite of outlook, which is outward. Essentially the goal is to make it easier to immerse the audience by becoming them. In fact, this type of Rakugo can allow him to infuse styles like theater into his Rakugo. As he uses different ways of physical moving, which suits Karashi as he can study it like an equation.
Though capturing the feel of a classic while it not being one is impressive. Though what is his reason for doing a false classic?