285 – Girls’ Last Tour part 2

285 – Girls’ Last Tour part 2

This week we finish our retrospective on Tsukimizu’s Girls’ Last Tour! Join us as our discussion takes us through everything from existentialism to Buddhism to flashbacks!!!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “More One Night” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, Opening, Introductions, End of Anime Interlude
  • 00:02:33 – Listener Emails: Love for World Trigger and Chainsaw Man
  • 00:06:09 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu reads about robots outliving humanity in Robo Sapiens Zenshi
  • 00:12:03 – News: East, Into the Night gets digital volume release
  • 00:13:16 – Huge growth in active users for MANGA Plus in the last 3 months
  • 00:15:31 – ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department P.S. licensed by Yen Press
  • 00:16:57 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: New Chapter Check-in, dakazu and Darfox will be going full spoilers with the newest chapters of their favorite manga series
  • 00:17:30 – Main Segment Retrospective: Girls’ Last Tour,Transition Song: “Ugoku, Ugoku” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, comprehensive review of Tsukimizu’s manga about two girls surviving in an giant empty city structure(covers volumes 4-6)
  • 00:18:54 -We discuss the ending and our thoughts on the fate of the girls
  • 00:24:53 – We appreciate the minutia of mundane survival such as laundry
  • 00:27:07 – dakazu sensed an overarching feeling of finality throughout the whole manga that resonated with him
  • 00:32:58 – We debate the inclusion of the flashback chapter and the overuse of flashbacks in story narratives
  • 00:38:29 – Seamus really enjoyed this series for focusing on the finality of humanity and existence
  • 00:39:49 – We examine the arc with the penis creatures
  • 00:44:21 – We decide that this manga is post-post-apocalyptic 
  • 00:47:33 – Seamus explains the themes of existentialism in the series
  • 00:49:04 – We discuss what nirvana is in Buddhism and how it opposes finality
  • 00:53:29 – Darfox brings up Dr. STONE and his issues with Senku wanting to restore humanity without fixing issues
  • 00:59:20 – We give our final impressions on the series as a whole
  • 01:02:46 – Next Week’s Topic: New Chapter Check-in, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster