295 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 3

295 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 3

This week Morgana teases more BEASTARS, Seamus can’t process what’s happening in Land of the Lustrous, and dakazu read a manga adaptation of Nobel Prize winning The Unwomanly Face of War! We also discuss Shueisha’s JUMP Manga School before getting back to our Yu Yu Hakusho Retrospective where we examine the Dark Tournament and find it exactly like wrestling booking!!!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Smile Bomb” by Matsuko Matawari from Yu Yu Hakusho, Opening, Introductions, The correct inflection of Yu Yu Hakusho
  • 00:01:05 – Listener Emails: Power scaling in shonen battle manga
  • 00:06:42 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, We talk around spoilers of BEASTARS Vol. 7
  • 00:12:46 – Seamus isn’t sure how to process what happens in Land of the Lustrous yet
  • 00:16:13 – dakazu is enjoying a manga adaptation of Svetlana Alexievich’s Nobel Award winning The Unwomanly Face of War
  • 00:19:20 – News: Tsutomu Nihei designs his own stylized Japanese font called TOA Heavy Industries
  • 00:22:04 – JUMP Manga School is a 10-part course on creating manga taught by JUMP editors and manga artists
  • 00:38:19 –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 11-13)
  • 00:39:37 – Main Segment Retrospective: Yu Yu Hakusho, Transition Song: “The Homework Doesn’t End” by Matsuko Matsuwari from Yu Yu Hakusho, comprehensive review of Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga about Yusuke Urameshi’s journey from ghost to spirit detective!(covers volumes 7-10)
  • 01:44:19 – Next Week’s Topic: Yu Yu Hakusho, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster