359 – State of Shonen 2 with Ryan aka RUSH – Dr. STONE
This week dakazu and Darfox are joined by their friend Ryan(RUSH) who has been helping out with content on our YouTube channel! Ryan joins us to tell us about discovering anime through Toonami and reading One Piece in the Shonen Jump issues he bought at Blockbuster! Then we dive into the current story arcs on Ryan’s reading list of popular shonen manga, such as Dr. STONE, Black Clover, Tokyo Revengers, and more!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Guns & Roses” by Paradise Lunch from Baccano!, Opening, Introductions
- 00:02:07 – Ryan shares his anime/manga origins, Meeting through The Geekbox podcast community, Japanese language courses in high school
- 00:31:03 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: 7 Year Anniversary and Guest Gaiden with Mieri Hiranishi, we interview Mieri about drawing manga while balancing a fulltime job and her popular bilingual manga The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend
- 00:33:30 – MANSCAPED ad break
- 00:35:33 – Main Segment State of Shonen, Transition Song: “canzoni preferite” by Yugo Kanno from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, *SPOILERS* we discuss the current arcs and happenings of various shonen manga series, Including:
- 00:36:44 – Dr. STONE by Riichiro Inagaki & Boichi
- 00:48:26 – One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
- 01:00:49 – Black Clover by Yuki Tabata
- 01:10:14 – My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi
- 01:21:06 – Tokyo Revengers by Ken Wakui
- 01:29:04 – Sakamoto Days by Yuto Suzuki, SPY X FAMILY by Tatsuya Endo, Kaiju No. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto
- 01:33:13 – Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- 01:34:59 – Wrapping up our discussion
- 01:36:47 – Next Week’s Topic: That Girl Who Can’t Get a Girlfriend, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster