309 – Kasane part 5
It’s time to bust out your Manga Machination bingo cards as we hit on all our classic references for this final Retrospective episode on Daruma Matsuura’s Kasane! The hosts share their thoughts on the mawkish and shocking ending and the series as a whole! We also tease future BEASTARS volumes and have a lengthy conversation about depictions of sexual violence in shonen manga!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Black Bird” by Aimer from Kasane, Opening, Introductions
- 00:00:55 – Listener Emails: Feedback on Kasane, Thoughts on F-Ken and Claymore, Inquiry for a Retrospective on Homunculus
- 00:10:16 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu checks out Ayami Kazama’s Renai Sanjigen Debut ~Sanjudai Otaku Mangaka, Kekkon e no Michi.~ and Totsuidemo Otaku desu only to be horrified that she married Azure Konno
- 00:28:25 – dakazu thinks Seamus would enjoy a dark sci-fi series about a military genius repeatedly sacrificing regenerating teen soldiers in This Communication
- 00:34:09 – Morgana has read volume 9 of BEASTARS and now she “knows”
- 00:36:15 – News: All digital editions of Act-Age has been removed from Japanese and English storefronts
- 00:39:07 – Online petition “We Boys are not Wolves” demands Weekly Shonen Jump put content warnings on panels depicting sexual violence
- 01:01:59 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Saikyo Selections on Fushigi Yûgi by Yuu Watase with Sara Linsley, Manga letterer Sara will join us as we discuss the popularity of this series about two teenager girls who are pulled into the world inside a mysterious book and the recently released prequel Fushigi Yûgi: Byakko Senki
- 01:03:11 – Main Segment Retrospective: Kasane, Transition Song: “Dance of Salome” by Yugo Kanno from Kasane, Comprehensive review of Daruma Matsuura’s dark fairy tale about a girl with an ugly face who uses a magical lipstick to swap faces and become an actress like her mother(covers volumes 13-14)
- 01:58:29 – Next Week’s Topic: Fushigi Yûgi & Fushigi Yûgi: Byakko Senki, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster