441 – Shojo Showdown 5 – Skip・Beat!, The Wallflower, Godchild
On this episode Morgana has curated another selection of manga for a Shojo Showdown! We examine The Wallflower, Godchild, and Skip・Beat! to see if they make our shojo hearts go “doki doki”! We also talk about The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins, Hell’s Paradise, and more!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Wrestlemania
- 00:02:27 – Listener Mail: New hobbies
- 00:15:04 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox wonders if The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins is going to end
- 00:22:50 – Morgana has one nitpick for Carmilla: The First Vampire
- 00:28:36 – Yowamushi Pedal Limit Break finally finished the second Inter High National race
- 00:35:04 – dakazu is extremely satisfied with the quality of the Hell’s Paradise anime
- 00:36:30 – La Peste is a manga adaptation of Albert Camus’ existentialist classic novel
- 00:45:46 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Talk to My Back, We will review Yamada Murasaki’s alternative manga about the woman’s role in 1980′s Japanese society
- 00:47:20 – Main Segment Triple Dip: The Wallflower/Godchild/Skip・Beat!, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read the beginning of each shojo manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three, Including:
- 00:48:11 –The Wallflower by Tomoko Hayakawa
- 01:15:55 – Godchild by Kaori Yuki
- 01:34:45 – Skip・Beat! by Yoshiki Nakamura
- 01:44:13 – We pick our favorite out of the three manga
- 01:45:33 – Next Week’s Topic: Talk to My Back, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas