254 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 4
On this episode we reach the end of our Tokyo Tarareba Girls Retrospective! The hosts and Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli discuss the ending and how they feel about the series as a whole!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “TOKYO GIRL” by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Announcement about our new website, Introductions
- 00:05:56 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball ZOST “Prologue”, dakazu checks out some questionable modern military fiction with Marginal Operation
- 00:22:18 – News: Digital archives were miraculously saved from the Kyoto Animation arson attack
00:23:22 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion for Mirai, we’ll be reviewing Mamoru Hosoda’s latest anime movie
00:23:59 – Main Segment Retrospective: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura’s manga - 00:25:22 – We recap the events of volume 8
- 00:28:35 – We express our disappointment at the abundance of the Codfish Milt and Liver in these final volumes
- 00:32:59 – We recap the events of volume 9
- 00:36:57 – We feel conflicted about the ending
- 00:42:51 – dakazu doesn’t feel like Rinko and Key ending up together is earned throughout the series
- 00:45:06 – dakazu is amazed how accurate Seamus was with his story predictions
- 00:47:14 – We talk about how Higashimura’s sharp commentary on women’s hardships raised our expectations for what turned out to be a typical drama
- 00:55:24 – dakazu checked out Himawari: Kenichi Legend and Mama wa Tenparist that are about Higashimura’s father and her son.
- 00:57:34 – dakazu picked up on Higashimura’s blunt tone after checking out her advice podcast
- 01:01:22 – dakazu points out a translation from Act 15 that made Key come across harsher in English than in the original Japanese text.
- 01:04:30 – dakazu thinks the TV Drama adaptation did a better job setting up the relationship between Key and Rinko
- 01:05:41 – Morgana shares how she still liked Tokyo Tarareba Girls despite it not having a satisfying ending
- 01:06:37 – dakazu runs down game changing story changes that were made in Drama adaptation
- 01:11:53 – The Drama gave a hopeful epilogue for Kaori and Koyuki
- 01:15:10 – *SPOILERS* Darfox compares the ending montage to the montage from Gone Girl
- 01:17:00 – Key’s comment about Rinko needing to be a “Cool Woman” confused us and added to the conflicting final message of the series
- 01:19:11 – We’re glad that Hayasaka was a good guy til the end
- 01:24:25 – We share our thoughts about the series as a whole
- 01:28:42 – We comment on the Tarare-Bar where a woman is in love with an anime character
- 01:31:46 – We give our final thoughts on Tokyo Tarareba Girls
- 01:35:32 – Morgana will be joining Manga Machinations as an official host
- 01:36:53– Next Week’s Topic: Mirai, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster