325 – Triple Dip 46 – Radiant, A Bittersweet Life, Amazing Agent Luna
This week dakazu talks about heliocentrism with Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~ and shoujo romances with Busu ni Hanataba wo.! Then the hosts dive into a non-Japanese manga Triple Dip with Amazing Agent Luna, A Bittersweet Life, and Radiant!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Utopia” by 04 Limited Sazbys from Radiant, Opening, Introductions, Limerick for Liam, Sport events without audiences
- 00:04:05 – Listener Emails: Soccer flopping, sports manga, reading Claymore
- 00:16:35 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, The historical drama Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~ is about pursuing astronomy during the Copernican Revolution
- 00:25:51 – dakazu is enjoying the shoujo moments of Busu ni Hanataba wo.
- 00:40:50 – News: Digital edition of Blue Giant to be released January 2021
- 00:42:01 – Chainsaw Man ranked #1 in “Kono Manga ga sugoi” 2021 Male Demographic Top 10 list
- 00:45:01 – Chainsaw Man will move to Jump+ and will be adapted to an anime by studio MAPPA
- 00:52:22 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on Promare, we’ll be reviewing the anime film directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi about futuristic firefighting
- 00:55:21 – Main Segment Triple Dip: Amazing Agent Luna/A Bittersweet Life/Radiant, Transition Song “Radiant” by Polkadot Stingray from Radiant, we read the beginning of each non-Japanese manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three, including:
- 00:56:31 – Amazing Agent Luna by Nunzio DeFilippis & Christina Weir & Shiei
- 01:15:51 –A Bittersweet Life by Donggeon Lee
- 01:34:08 – Radiant by Tony Valente
- 01:53:05 – Our final thoughts on non-Japanese manga
- 02:06:04 – Next Week’s Topic: Promare, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster