010 – Parasyte part 1
On this episode darfox reads Nana to Kaoru to learn about doms and subjects(?), dakazu rants about the downfall of Bleach, and we start our read through of Parasyte and learn to love tentacle gore!(covers chapters 1-8)
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We’ve finally done it this week! In our final episode of Billy Bat discussion, we catch to all current chapters released, hypothesize about where the story will go next, and solve the mystery behind the Black & White Billy Bats!!!(covers chapters 118-125)
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This week we continue to give Junji Ito love with discussion about his Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror horror series and take a look at his comedy Ito Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mu(Cat Diary)! Afterwords, we carefully dissect the wealth of new information in Billy Bat given to us by the Kurusu Moon arc!(covers chapters 106-117)
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This week darfox rants about the ending of Claymore, we lament over lackluster manga endings, and dakazu recommends Jisatsutou. Then we dive deep into the true protagonist of Billy Bat with the Golden Bat arc! Also included: rants about factual errors of New Jersey!(covers chapters 93-105)
Continue reading006 – Billy Bat part 6
Even though we say 5 in the intro, this is indeed episode 6! This week dakazu rants about Naruto(AGAIN!) and we dive deep into speculation over the mysteries of Billy Bat while finishing the Bat Village arc!(covers chapters 78-93)
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This week we darfox continues to give Junji Ito love, dakazu discovers the most amazing webcomic ever by Ishida Sui of Tokyo Ghoul, and we rant about the cut-throat business of popularity polls in manga serialization magazines. We also continue our Billy Bat analysis as we begin the Devivie/Bat Village arc!(covers chapters 63-77)
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Sit down for a megaton of an episode! Seamus raves about farts after finishing Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps, darfox gives Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror some love, and dakazu is squeamish over the hyper violence of Magical Girl Apocalypse. Then the hosts dive deep into Billy Bat and spend over an hour discussing minutia in the conclusion of the JFK assassination arc!(covers chapters 42-62)
Continue reading003 – Billy Bat part 3
This week we get into mecha sharks running on gas with Junji Ito’s Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps, complain about how we can’t remember who’s who in Claymore, and we continue our Billy Bat analysis with the JFK assassination arc while fact checking Wikipedia against the new main character Lee Harvey Oswald!(covers chapters 28-41)
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This week Seamus gets spiritual with Tezuka Osamu’s Budda, dakazu rants about Naruto, and we continue into the ninja arc of Billy Bat: otherwise known as the part where everyone gets pissed off and quits reading!(covers chapters 16-27)
Continue reading001 – Billy Bat part 1
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Manga Machinations! This episode we talk about our manga origins, various Naoki Urasawa works, and our in depth discussion of Billy Bat!(chapters 1-15)
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