264 – dakazu diversions 4 – dakazu’s Trip to Japan

264 – dakazu diversions 4 – dakazu’s Trip to Japan

On this episode a very jet-lagged and lethargic dakazu has returned to talk about his vacation to Japan! dakazu rambles on about disposable manga magazines, Japanese bathrooms, going to the Shonen Jump bar, and the aggressive animals at the famous Nara deer park by the Great Buddha Hall!!!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Super Typhoons, Introductions, Social Media
  • 00:02:22 – Tables falling over, Wrestle talk, Forgetting Rail Passes
  • 00:05:19 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu talks about the disposable nature of the manga magazines
  • 00:09:41 – dakazu loved Paru Itagaki’s short stories about her family in Paruno Gurafiti 
    00:13:08 – dakazu talks about his experience in Akihabara buying the newest volume of BEASTARS that came with a bonus illustration
  • 00:16:29 – dakazu loves Japanese Netflix and gives his impressions of the BEASTARS anime
  • 00:21:19 – Darfox asks dakazu about his experience with used book stores in Japan
  • 00:25:25 – dakazu explains to Darfox what he was eating on a train ride to Kōchi
  • 00:30:06 – dakazu saw a Yamanote Line train car covered with ads for Hajime no Ippo
  • 00:33:36 – dakazu was excited to get his hands on Rene Hoshino’s Africa Shonen ga Nippon de Sodatta Kekka 
    00:35:16 – dakazu rants about the pros and cons of Japanese bathrooms and toilets
  • 00:42:48 – dakazu read more Metamorphose no Engawa at a manga cafe
  • 00:43:22 – dakazu and his wife went to the Shonen Jump bar and got a special Kimagure Orange Road menu item
  • 00:50:30 – Darfox wants to know if dakazu had any issues with his silent cellphone camera
  • 00:53:22 – dakazu got assaulted by some deer while he visited the Great Buddha Hall in Nara
  • 00:56:32 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we’ll be discussing the past Summer 2019 season of anime and some of our early impressions for Fall 2019 
  • 00:58:48 – Next Week’s Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster