251 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2
This week we continue our Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli! We also talk about bugs and critters for a long time!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “TOKYO GIRL” by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Introductions, Social Media
- 00:01:48 – We will be doing a BEASTARS vol. 1 giveaway to commemorate the official English release
- 00:04:49 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu discuss the politics and meta-commentary of Batman: White Knight
- 00:15:36 – Batman and the Justice League was a fun superhero manga for Morgana
- 00:17:58 – We discuss various comic/manga crossovers like X-Men Misfits and Wolverine: Snikt!
- 00:22:49 – Morgana really enjoyed the different artwork in POPOCOMI
- 00:23:48 – Waves is a beautiful autobiographical french comic about a woman who had a still birth
- 00:24:18 – dakazu revisits the awkward and embarrassing situations with another volume of Utsu Gohan
- 00:28:59 – We share stories dealing with bugs and critters
- 00:35:47 – News: Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed Metamorphose no Engawa
- 00:37:49 – Gigant has been licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment
- 00:41:45 – Farewell, My Dear Cramer will be getting a physical release from Kodansha
- 00:44:21 – Kodansha will putting out hard cover editions of Saiyuki with new translations
- 00:48:09 – Funimation has acquired new titles like Revolutionary Girl Utena, Boogiepop Phantom, and Sweet Blue Flowers
- 00:50:12 – African Japanese manga artist Rene Hoshino was mistaken for Romi Hoshino, who was arrested in the Philippines for running a manga pirating website
- 00:52:20 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, we will continue our comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura’s horror comedy manga(covers volumes 6-7)
- 00:52:32 – Main Segment Retrospective: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura’s manga
- 00:53:09 – We recap the events of volume 4
- 00:55:56 – We discuss the whiplash personality of Key
- 00:57:10 – We debate the possibility of Rinko and Key ending up together by the end of the series
- 01:01:37 – Darfox predicts that Hayasaka will try to mold Mami into a replacement for Rinko
- 01:04:13 – We talk about Okuda completely dismissing Rinko’s interests in favor of his own
- 01:07:04 – We laugh about Higashimura’s commentary on Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight
- 01:10:10 – Morgana shares how women’s entertainment is demeaned by society and Darfox thinks there’s so much to learn from shoujo and josei manga
- 01:15:46 – Rinko’s stance about men and women have different values is a harmful mindset that sets herself up for failure
- 01:17:48 – Rinko focusing on writing was a moment that resonated with Morgana
- 01:19:12 – dakazu hopes that the girls will learn to love themselves by the end of the series
- 01:21:04 – We recap the events of volume 5
- 01:26:01 – The cliffhanger ending of volume 5 made Morgana lose her mind
- 01:27:01 – We comment on the existence of “marriage rushes” and share our own experiences at weddings
- 01:33:41 – We explain how classmates have a stronger bond for reunions in Japan
- 01:35:42 – dakazu knows from experience how Yoshio is manipulating Koyuki
- 01:39:46 – dakazu is excited about the possibility that Ryo is actually an evil genius
- 01:42:33 – Morgana dives into the societal pressures of being a “Good Woman”
- 01:45:10 – We discuss how pregnancy is not a topic often explored in manga
- 01:47:31 – We make predictions on how Kaori’s pregnancy scare will pan out
- 01:51:49 – We talk about the possibility of abortion and how other fiction approach it
- 01:54:20 – The girls having a fight are an extension of the pain they’re experiencing
- 01:59:03– Next Week’s Topic: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster