389 – One Shot 51 – My Wandering Warrior Existence with Jocelyne Allen

389 – One Shot 51 – My Wandering Warrior Existence with Jocelyne Allen

Translator Jocelyne Allen returns to Manga Machinations to talk about My Wandering Warrior Existence! Join us as we discuss Nagata Kabi’s newest book that explores what it is to love and be loved!!!

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388 – One Shot 50 – Secretly, I’ve Been Suffering About Being Sexless

388 – One Shot 50 – Secretly, I’ve Been Suffering About Being Sexless

Morgana is away this episode so the guys take advantage to talk about Secretly, I’ve Been Suffering About Being Sexless by Togame from Yen Press! They also discuss disliked tropes in fiction and dakazu talks about sci-fi series Wakusei Closet and Atmosphere!!!

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384 – One Shot 49 – Danza

384 – One Shot 49 – Danza

This week Darfox finally finishes Ride Your Wave while dakazu reads the end of Fire Force and does extra reading with Ristorante ParadisoACCA 13-Territory Inspection Department P.S, and Coppers! Then we review Natsume Ono’s short story collection Danza!!!

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379 – One Shot 48 – Boys Run the Riot

379 – One Shot 48 – Boys Run the Riot

On this week’s episode we recommend action anime, Darfox goes to a Naruto themed restaurant, and we have a spoiler discussion on BEASTARS volume 16! Then we dive into a One Shot retrospective on all four volumes of Keito Gaku’s Boys Run the Riot!!!

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377 – One Shot 47 – Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow

377 – One Shot 47 – Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow

This week Morgana checks out the webtoons of Morgana and Oz and Boyfriends while dakazu reads Yuichi Yokoyama’s Outdoors and the 1600′s historical travel log Dampier no Oishii Bouken! Then we review Toranosuke Shimada’s award-winning sci-fi saga of cyber-persons thriving in a world where humanity is dying with Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow!!!

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368 – One Shot 46 – Cats of the Louvre

368 – One Shot 46 – Cats of the Louvre

Our main host dakazu is out on a mission this week. So it leaves the rest of the cast of Manga Mac to hold the reigns of this show. Listen to them talk about Taiyo Matsumoto’s Cats of the Louvre.

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367 – One Shot 45 – Sensor

367 – One Shot 45 – Sensor

Halloween comes early with Night 5 of October Extravaganza! For our final night we examine the newest Junji Ito release, Sensor! Morgana is reading I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss and dakazu discusses his thoughts on Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw: reflesh!!!

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365 – One Shot 44 – Gogo Monster

365 – One Shot 44 – Gogo Monster

October Extravaganza continues with Night 3 as we do a One Shot on Taiyo Matsumoto’s Gogo Monster! dakazu also read the end of Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, watched Ranking of Kings, talks about Kamen Rider with  Tojima Tanzaburo wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai, and rants about Spotted Flower and Shimoku Kio!!!

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361 – One Shot 43 – Captivated, by You

361 – One Shot 43 – Captivated, by You

Morgana is out on vacation but she left the guys a reading list for some Yen Press books! We’re checking out Yama Wayama‘s pleasant collection of high school slice-of-life stories, Captivated, by You! Also, Seamus spoils Land of the Lustrous volume 11 and dakazu talks about humans turned into plants with Fool Night!!!

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352 – One Shot 42 – I Love You So Much, I Hate You

352 – One Shot 42 – I Love You So Much, I Hate You

Morgana is off this week but that doesn’t stop us from continuing our Pride Month Spectacular with a One Shot on I Love You So Much, I Hate You by yuni! What will the guys think of this yuri series about an office affair between superior and subordinate? Also, dakazu discusses the recently concluded Soloist in a Cage and spoils the strange premise of Oshi no Ko!!!

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