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A Bride’s Story

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A Bride’s Story

A historical manga that follows a young woman and her new younger husband in late 19th century Central Asia.

I recently revisited this series after one of our Discord users talked about it. Kaoru Mori‘s art work is absolutely stunning. Her visual recreation of Central Asian culture through the clothes and oriental tapestries is absolutely gorgeous. Although the main romance between Amir and Karluk invokes some ‘older woman/young man’ or shota qualities, their relationship was common for the time and is historically accurate. Also while Mori is interested in developing their relationship, she doesn’t seem interested in showing saucy intimacy, which I appreciate.

This is an absolute wonderful manga and I fully recommend it. Available in English from Yen Press.

~dakazu

124 – Manga in Motion 13 – The Boy and the Beast

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124 – Manga in Motion 13 – The Boy and the Beast

 After we explain the American Football, this week darfox and Seamus catch up on new chapters of Hi Score Girl and A Bride’s Story(Oyomegatari)! Also, dakazu loves the Zootopia like setting of BEASTARS and is touched by the story of a boy who loves people in Machida-kun no Sekai! Then we jump into another anime movie review with The Boy and the Beast! We share out thoughts and compare it to director Mamoru Hosoda’s other works!!!

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097 – Triple Dip 16 – Delicious in Dungeon, Detroit Metal City, Shamo

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097 – Triple Dip 16 – Delicious in Dungeon, Detroit Metal City, Shamo

This week we discuss the trailers for the Blame! and A Silent Voice movie trailers, dakazu is excited about the re-serialization of Hi Score Girl, and we have a discussion about various manga that cover geek culture, such as Genshiken, Knights of the Dinner Table and Record of Lodoss War! Then we check out 3 new manga for another edition of Triple Dip! This time we look at Shamo, Detroit Metal City, and Delicious in Dungeon(Dungeon Meshi)!!!

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090 – Monster part 8

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090 – Monster part 8

On our penultimate retrospective of Monster we move on from Martin’s arc, learn about the twins’ origins, and prepare for the finale by having Seamus predict who will live and who will die!!!(covers chapters 123-141) Also, dakazu has been re-reading Hunter x Hunter, Seamus finds more political elements in A Bride’s Story(Oyomegatari), and we take a quick tangent with soccer and comic strips!

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088 – Monster part 6

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088 – Monster part 6

Seamus has started reading A Bride’s Story(Oyomegatari) again, darfox talks about the Yowamushi Pedal movie, and dakazu is moved by the biography manga about Cambodian Deminer Aki Ra in Mitsurin Shounen Jungle Boy. Then, secrets are revealed as we wrap up the ‘Mr Grimmer arc’ in Naoki Urasawa’s Monster!!!(covers chapters 87-104)

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078 – Manga in Motion 7 – The Life of Gusko Budori

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078 – Manga in Motion 7 – The Life of Gusko Budori

This week Seamus gives A Bride’s Story(Otoyomegatari) another chance, we examine character archetypes from Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion, dakazu is surprised by the success of Mr. Osomatsu(Osomatsu-san) and applauds the end of Assassination Classroom, and we discuss how Italy loves Lupin III: Part IV. We then compare The Life of Gusko Budori against our last Manga in Motion, Night on the Galactic Railroad and see if the same creative team made another hit!!!

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031 – Nausicaä part 3

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031 – Nausicaä part 3

Spring anime is here! Both darfox and dakazu are enjoying Blood Blockade Battlefront(Kekkai Sensen), Rin-ne(Kyoukai no Rinne), and My Love Story!!(Ore Monogatari!!) but not Ultimate Otaku Teacher(Denpa Kyoushi) or The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan(Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu). Meanwhile Seamus discusses wives of the Caspian Sea in A Bride’s Story(Otoyomegatari). Then we continue our Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind retrospective as Nausicaä goes to war!(covers vol. 3) Also some bonus talk about the Hayao Miyazaki documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness!!

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