189 – Darfox Dabbles 2 – Weekly Shonen Champion
Seamus is out this episode so we get darfox to weigh in on various manga from Weekly Shonen Magazine!
*WARNING* Our discussion about BokoKoi is extremely mature in nature and spoiler heavy. If you are offended by adult content please skip over it.
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Time Stamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Koi no Hime Hime Pettanko” by Kotori Himeno from Yowamushi Pedal, Opening, Introductions, Listener Emails: responding to critiques, comparing Western comics to Japanese manga
- 00:08:55 – Talking about our experience with conventions
- 00:16:06 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, darfox recognizes the same voice actor from My Hero Academia and Yowamushi Pedal
- 00:17:42 – dakazu is late to the party with the romantic comedy about high school couples, Tsure-dure Children
- 00:19:54 – dakazu re-visits Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita to talk about how the series explores the artist’s self-hate & gender identity issues (WARNING: heavy spoilers & mature topics)
- 00:48:01 – News: New bonus Yu Yu Hakusho OVA for the upcoming blu-ray release, streaming licenses ending for Case Closed & KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple at FUNimation
- 00:52:50 – Deb Aoki’s article on Anime News Network breaking down the profit from official English editions of manga
- 01:00:33 – Main Segment Darfox Dabbles: Transition Song: “Sakamichi” by Kan Sawada from Yowamushi Pedal, Darfox gives his opinion on the following manga running in Weekly Shonen Champion, including:
- 01:04:31 – Yowamushi Pedal
- 01:07:42 – Baki-Dou
- 01:17:08 – Shuujin Riku
- 01:22:27 – Bachi Bachi
- 01:24:25 – Magical Girl Site
- 01:32:04 – Harigane Service
- 01:35:24 – Rokudou no Onnatachi
- 01:40:42 – Mairimashita! Iruma-kun
- 01:50:35 – House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot of A Lollipop or a Bullet by Kazuki Sakuraba & Iqura Sugimoto, we’ll read the series for a single episode retrospective review, Sign Off, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster