i would argue that your statement, "it's a rhetorical question," constitutes as a punchline since the humor of your setup is lost until you inform the listener (or, reader, in this instance) that the initial question was rhetorical challenging their expectations of the premise of your joke which then entertains
( it is almost palpable how many volumes of the art of jokes and similar such texts he's consumed, for god knows whatever reason )
regardless you don't need to be so distant, do you? we are friends, after all, aren't we? mizuki-kun ♪
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since the humor of your setup is lost until you inform the listener (or, reader, in this instance) that the initial question was rhetorical
challenging their expectations of the premise of your joke
which then entertains
( it is almost palpable how many volumes of the art of jokes and similar such texts he's consumed, for god knows whatever reason )
regardless
you don't need to be so distant, do you?
we are friends, after all, aren't we?
mizuki-kun ♪