351 – Triple Dip 51 – Boys Run the Riot, Even Though We’re Adults, I Think Our Son Is Gay
For our second week of Pride Month Spectacular, we’re doing a LGBTQ+ themed Triple Dip! We’ll be looking at the first volumes of Boys Run the Riot, Even Though We’re Adults, and I Think Our Son Is Gay! Also Darfox finally read Perfect World and dakazu learned about real Japanese communal bath houses in Nyuuyoku Yankees!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Massara” by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions, The oxymoron of Death Stranding Director’s Cut
- 00:02:20 – Listener Email: Appreciation for reviewing Amazing Agent Luna
- 00:07:29– Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox read Perfect World and discusses the use of disability in fictional entertainment
- 00:21:48 – Volume 5 of Chainsaw Man hypes up Darfox for the rest of the series
- 00:25:33 – Delinquents enjoy real-life sentos in Nyuuyoku Yankees
- 00:29:45 – News: Nominees announced for 2021 Eisner Awards
- 00:38:18 – Gege Akutami will be taking a hiatus from Jujutsu Kaisen to recover his health
- 00:50:56 – Yoko Kanno to create new soundtrack for live-action Cowboy Bebop
- 00:54:51 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on I Love You So Much, I Hate You, We’ll be reviewing yuni’s single volume yuri series about an office romance between superior and subordinate
- 00:55:43 – Main Segment Triple Dip: Even Though We’re Adults/Boys Run the Riot/I Think Our Son Is Gay, Transition Song: “White-Collar Elegy” by Akio Ootsuka from Africa Salaryman, we read the beginning of each LGBTQ+ themed manga for discussion and see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three, including:
- 00:56:40 – Even Though We’re Adults by Takako Shimura
- 01:11:01 – Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku
- 01:36:06 – I Think Our Son Is Gay by Okura
- 01:50:52 – We picks our favorite out of the three manga
- 01:52:26 – Next Week’s Topic: I Love You So Much, I Hate You, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster