257 – One Shot 22 – not simple

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257 – One Shot 22 – not simple

On this episode dakazu talks about Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro, Shigeru Mizuki’s Hitler, and Ichigeki! Then we dive into the tragic tale of Ian in Natsume Ono’s not simple!!!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Darfox’s back pains, Introductions, Social Media
  • 00:02:37 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: The State of Shonen, we will talk in-depth about the current arcs of popular shonen series we’re reading, Sharing our upcoming episode schedule
  • 00:05:19 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro’s protagonist is so vile dakazu feel no need to keep reading 
  • 00:11:34 – The seamless transition from cartoony to serious artwork in Shigeru Mizuki’s Hitler impressed dakazu
  • 00:14:10 – Seamus plans on reading Osamu Tezuka’s Message to Adolf
  • 00:16:11 – Jiro Matsumoto’s brand of sex and violence work perfectly with samurai assassins in Ichigeki
  • 00:21:26 – News: Berserk creator Kentarou Miura’s manga studio Gaga is starting a new series Duranki
  • 00:22:59 – One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows fighting game will have a unique mechanic involved with Saitama
  • 00:24:42 – Junji Ito accepted his Eisner award and Akiko Higashimura cracked jokes about hers on her podcast
    00:26:03 – Main Segment One Shot: not simple, Transition Song: “Shadow and Truth” by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we review Natsume Ono’s tragedy about the life of a man named Ian *FULL SPOILERS*
  • 00:27:41 – Darfox explains how starting the story with the possible death of Ian allows the reader to perceive his fate while reading
  • 00:29:16 – We run through all the tragedy Ian suffers through from his birth origins to his fate of mistaken identity
  • 00:32:47 – We comment on the unexplained motive of Kylie leaving Ian to go to America
  • 00:36:22 – Seamus liked Ono’s art work was great but the story was awful
  • 00:37:50 – Darfox thought the understated tone of the story worked well with all the melodrama
  • 00:41:16 – We expand on Jim’s relationship with Ian and what his fate was
  • 00:42:11 – We discuss if the “story within a story” narrative structure added anything to the narrative 
  • 00:43:07 – We talk about Ono’s choice making the epilogue chapter about the time Ian met the mobster’s wife
  • 00:45:21 – Darfox enjoyed not simple and compares Ian to Forrest from Forrest Gump
  • 00:46:34 – We debate the possibility of Ian being developmentally delayed from his birth
  • 00:48:34 – dakazu is unsure if he’d recommend not simple to others
    00:49:38 – Rick was a background character who was possibly having a relationship with Jim
  • 00:50:29 – Next Week’s Topic: The State of Shonen, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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