Category Archives: Triple Dip

We examine the first volume of 3 different manga

075 – Triple Dip 13 – The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Hyouge Mono, Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro

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075 – Triple Dip 13 – The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Hyouge Mono, Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro

On this episode Seamus is reading about androgynous Richard III in Requiem of the Rose King(Baraou no Souretsu), dakazu likes the simple shoujo manga Mustard Chocolate, and we find out who’s involved in the Black Bat religion in Billy Bat! Then it’s the return of our Triple Dip section! We check out the beginning of Assassination Classroom author’s prior series Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro, the magical fantasy world of The Ancient Magnus’ Bride, and examine Warring States Japan through glazed pottery in Hyouge Mono!!!

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067 – Triple Dip 12 – Vagabond. Dragon Head, Saint Young Men

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067 – Triple Dip 12 – Vagabond. Dragon Head, Saint Young Men

Happy New Year! Darfox8 is back and it’s time to get caught up on manga! This episode Seamus reads a new shoujo manga Horimiya, dakazu learns about the Japanese prison system in Keimusho no Naka(Doing Time), we have a quick update on new Billy Bat chapters, and we triple dip into Vagabond, Dragon Head, and Saint Young Men(Saint Oniisan)!!!

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065 – Triple Dip 11 – My Brother’s Husband, Golden Kamuy, Sakuranbo Syndrome

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065 – Triple Dip 11 – My Brother’s Husband, Golden Kamuy, Sakuranbo Syndrome

On this episode dakazu examines post World War 2 Japan and Japanese occupied China in the sobering Areyo Hoshikuzu. Then we revisit recently translated Golden Kamuy and My Brother’s Husband from dakazu’s Whatcha-Been-Reading, along with listener suggested Sakuranbo Syndrome for our Triple Dip!!!

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062 – Triple Dip 10 – Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Ushio to Tora, Video Girl Ai

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062 – Triple Dip 10 – Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Ushio to Tora, Video Girl Ai

This week Seamus deals with cheesy storylines in Vinland Saga and dakazu can’t stop praising the Sci-Fi epic Imuri! Then, it’s time for more Triple Dip! We discuss gratuitous panty shots of Video Girl Ai, horror design in Ushio to Tora, and gush over male harems in feudal Japan from Ooku: The Inner Chambers!!!

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060 – Triple Dip 9 – Berserk, Hajime no Ippo, A Silent Voice

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060 – Triple Dip 9 – Berserk, Hajime no Ippo, A Silent Voice

Kenzo joins us this week to tell us about dropping Bleach, lamenting the end of Gintama, and his guilty pleasures of My Girlfriend is a T-Rex(T-Rex na Kanojo) and Boku Girl! Then it’s time for another Triple Dip! We look at the 1st volumes of Hajime no Ippo, Berserk, and A Silent Voice!!!

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052 – Triple Dip 8 – Thermae Romae, Kingdom, I am a Hero

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052 – Triple Dip 8 – Thermae Romae, Kingdom, I am a Hero

This week we talk about new Vinland Saga chapters, the horror/comedy Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw, and discuss the 1st volumes of Thermae Romae, Kingdom, and I am a Hero for Triple Dip!!!

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044 – Triple Dip 7 – Dorohedoro, Nobunaga no Chef, BioMeat: Nectar

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044 – Triple Dip 7 – Dorohedoro, Nobunaga no Chef, BioMeat: Nectar

This week Seamus revisits the gender-fluid kids of Wandering Son(Hyourou Musuko) while dakazu admits that volume 10 of Blood Blockade Battlefront(Kekkai Sensen) is really good and also loves the main character’s gaudy expressions in Heroine Shikkaku. Then it’s some more Triple Dip with Nobunaga no Chef, BioMeat: Nectar, and Dorohedoro!!!

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043 – Triple Dip 6 – BECK, Goodnight Punpun, Prison School

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043 – Triple Dip 6 – BECK, Goodnight Punpun, Prison School

Time for another Triple Dip! This week we check out Goodnight Punpun(Oyasumi Punpun), Prison School, and BECK! Seamus also reads about A Drifting Life from a book on Drawn & Quarterly Publishers and dakazu loves the anime shorts of Wakakozake. Enjoy!!!

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038 – Triple Dip 5 – What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Hi Score Girl, Jisatsutou

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038 – Triple Dip 5 – What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Hi Score Girl, Jisatsutou

This week Seamus finishes Onward Towards our Noble Deaths, dakazu gets into naginatas with Asahinagu, and darfox is caught up on Nana to Kaoru. Then get ready for some more Triple Dip with Hi Score Girl, Jisatsutou(Suicide Island), and What Did You Eat Yesterday?(Kinou Nani Tabeta?)!!!

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037 – Triple Dip 4 – Rurouni Kenshin, Devil Ecstasy, Holyland

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037 – Triple Dip 4 – Rurouni Kenshin, Devil Ecstasy, Holyland

On this episode Seamus jumps into World War II with Onward Towards our Noble Deaths, we have a quick Billy Bat update, and dakazu loves crazy shogi battles in 81 Diver. Then we dive into another Triple Dip with Devil Ecstasy, Rurouni Kenshin, and Holyland!!

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