291 – One Shot 27 – Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen
Our wonderful co-host Morgana Santilli is back from her maternity leave! She’s been busy being a new mom while reading lots of manga like SPY x Family, Happy Mania, Blue Flag, Kakushigoto: My Dad’s Secret Ambition, and How Do We Relationship?! To celebrate Morgana’s return we review her top manga from 2019, Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen by Moyoco Anno!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Massara” by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions, Morgana’s life as a mom
- 00:05:04 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Morgana finally got to check out how great SPY x FAMILY is
- 00:08:57 -Morgana revisits another Moyoco Anno series called Happy Mania
- 00:12:39 – Morgana enjoyed Blue Flag which made it hard to review
- 00:23:21 – We discuss the need to continue reading a series even after it stops being interesting
- 00:26:44 – Morgana loved the manga industry jokes of Kakushigoto: My Dad’s Secret Ambition while dakazu enjoyed the anime adaptation
- 00:31:40 – Morgana found a college yuri comedy that Seamus can enjoy called How Do We Relationship?
- 00:35:03 – News: Prolific voice actor Keiji Fujiawa passes away at age 55 from cancer
- 00:38:03 – MangaRock website is back up without any scanlations but they can still be accessed from the app
- 00:43:33 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Yu Yu Hakusho, a comprehensive look at Yoshihiro Togashi’s popular manga about a teenage delinquent turned spirit detective(covers volumes 1-3)
- 00:47:17 – Main Segment One Shot: Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, Transition Song: “Fiction” by sumiko from Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, we review Moyoco Anno’s tale about French sex workers and their clients at the beginning of the 20th century
- 01:29:18 – Next Week’s Topic: Yu Yu Hakusho, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster