237 – One Shot 18 – My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2 with Jocelyne Allen

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237 – One Shot 18 – My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2 with Jocelyne Allen

Translator Jocelyne Allen returns as we finish the trilogy of Kabi Nagata books by reviewing My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2!!!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions
  • 00:01:10 – Jocelyne talks about her work schedule
  • 00:02:39 – We share our enthusiasm for titles like My Solo Exchange Diary being licensed for the West
  • 00:04:57 – Jocelyne talks about the upcoming Toronto Comic Arts Festival
  • 00:07:29 – TCAF will be Junji Ito’s first visit to North America and Hiromi Takashima will participate in the “100 Years of Yuri” exhibit
  • 00:09:40 – Jocelyne talks about the requirements that make booking manga artists for TCAF difficult
  • 00:11:43 – Jocelyne recommends the upcoming English release of Witch Hat Atelier for everyone
  • 00:16:11 – Darfox asks Jocelyne about her process of traveling back and forth from Japan to Canada
  • 00:17:55 – Listener Questions: Jocelyne talks about how much she enjoyed Inio Asano’s Reiraku
  • 00:22:36 – Jocelyne talks about her experience being on BBC and learning about a useful interpreting tool
  • 00:27:40 – We get Jocelyne’s thoughts on the announcement of VIZ Originals
  • 00:29:00 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Jocelyne and dakazu discuss the heavy subject matter and problematic elements of Sensei no Shiroi Uso
  • 00:33:12 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we’ll be discussing the past Winter 2019 season of anime and some of our early impressions for Spring 2019 with guest Miki’s Stopwatch
  • 00:33:32 – Main Segment One Shot: My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2, Transition Song: “Shadow and Truth” by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we discuss the third book of the autobiographical manga series by Kabi Nagata
  • 00:34:13 – Darfox could see the realism of Nagata’s struggles directly reflected in the simplification of her art and dakazu compares it to Taeko Uzuki’s Ningen Karimenchuu
  • 00:39:00 – We discuss the harm Nagata perceives she has caused on her family and the resulting despair she feels despite her success
  • 00:40:57 – Darfox discusses the reader’s guilt he felt for reading about Nagata’s life and her negative reaction she felt after sharing it
  • 00:43:50 – Jocelyne and Darfox talk about the importance of separating the art from the artist
  • 00:45:33 – Jocelyne thinks Nagata’s turn to alcohol is a step in her overall progression to try and help herself
  • 00:48:18 – dakazu gives his take on why this book was the hardest out of the three to get through
  • 00:51:02 – Darfox thought Nagata reconciling and coming to terms with her family relationships were very positive and quite surprising
  • 00:54:07 – dakazu can relate to Nagata being self conscious and how it’s actually more about how she herself thinks others perceive her
  • 00:57:54 – We need Jocelyne to try and explain what was up with the ‘Bodytalk’ treatment
  • 00:59:57 – Seamus comments on Nagata’s continued  use of breaking outside the panel layouts to represent an openness or freedom
  • 01:00:54 – Darfox found a cautionary lesson about waiting for arbitrary changes before things get better
  • 01:03:39 – dakazu felt the abrupt change of mood between chapters really captured the way depression symptoms similarly effect him sometimes
  • 01:07:09 – We talk about the bonus one shot Chika-chan’s Depression
  • 01:08:42 – A comment from Darfox about the resumes gets Jocelyne explaining her thought process for how to better translate it
  • 01:11:20 – Jocelyne isn’t sure if she’s made a random reference with ‘More than friends, less than lovers’
  • 01:12:45 – We give our final thoughts on My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2
  • 01:14:30 – Jocelyne sheds some light in  the ways fiction and non-fiction are viewed differently in Japanese culture
  • 01:18:11 – Next Week’s Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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