392 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 4 – The Fable, Crocodile Baron, Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
This week dakazu and his wife have been watching SPY X FAMILY, Komi Can’t Communicate, and Black Clover! He also finds a contender for best manga of the year with Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo! Then launch into a very Darfox-centric edition of Morgana’s Manga Makeup by revisiting The Fable, Crocodile Baron, and Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 -Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, New Let’s Play video on our YouTube channel
- 00:01:44– Listener Mail: Our picks for anime reboots, adaptations, and flops
- 00:21:54 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu’s wife had the same reaction as the viral TikTok on SPY X FAMILY
- 00:26:24 – The problematic side characters in Komi Can’t Communicate make it hard to enjoy
- 00:29:44 – dakazu forgot how stretched out the beginning of Black Clover was
- 00:33:41 – dakazu fell in love with the quirky yet wholesome vibe of Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo
- 00:41:54 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip, We will read the first volume of three different manga from Manga Planet to pick our favorite, including: Sunrise Snack Bar by Rena Yamamoto, The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, and Ragna Chronicles by Masaya Hokazono
- 00:42:51 – Main Segment Morgana’s Manga Makeup: Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji/The Fable/Crocodile Baron, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, Morgana will read manga previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined, including:
- 00:44:13 – Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
- 01:15:19 – The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami
- 01:29:52 – Crocodile Baron by Takuya Okada
- 01:42:14 – Morgana picks her favorite of the three manga
- 01:44:55 – Next Week’s Topic: Sunrise Snack Bar/The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!/Ragna Chronicles, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas