319 – One Shot 32 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns
This week we’re excited to return to the “what if?” ladies with Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns! What has happened to Rinko, Kaori, and Koyuki since the ending of Tokyo Tarareba Girls? Akiko Higashimura gives us the answers with this sequel that the hosts have been dying to read!!!
Continue reading313 – Retrospective Redux 3 – A Silent Voice
This week we dive into spoilers for volume 8 of BEASTARS, Morgana checks out Pop Life from Star Fruit Books, dakazu loves Requiem of the Rose King, and we rejoice at the upcoming release of Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns! Then we revisit one of our beloved Retrospectives with A Silent Voice and find ourselves with a lot of critiques for Yoshitoki Oima’s beloved series!!!
Continue reading275 – 2019 Year End News & Manga Review
Welcome to the final episode of Manga Machinations for 2019! Seamus is back, which means all the hosts are ready to discuss all the news stories from this year before sharing their personal top 3 manga, honorable mentions, and worst manga of the year!!!
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A manga by Akiko Higashimura about raising her son.
This is an amazing series so if you have any admiration for Akiko Higashimura I’ll just leave you with this one tidbit so you’ll be convinced to check it out for yourself.
In an attempt to ween her 2-year-old son from breastfeeding, Higashimura drew Duke Togo from Golgo 13 on her boob to scare him…
…it didn’t work.
~dakazu
254 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 4
On this episode we reach the end of our Tokyo Tarareba Girls Retrospective! The hosts and Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli discuss the ending and how they feel about the series as a whole!!!
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252 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 3
On this episode we celebrate with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli about Tokyo Tarareba Girls winning the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia before we continue with our Retrospective review into volumes 6 & 7!!!
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251 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2
This week we continue our Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli! We also talk about bugs and critters for a long time!!!
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250 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 1
We’re joined by the awesome Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli as we jump into a full Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls!!! How will we feel about Higashimura’s meta-commentary about women in their 30s needing love and marriage to find happiness?
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209 – Seamus on Seinen 1 – Happiness
Darfox is out this week so we’ve picked a wide array of seinen titles for Seamus to check out!
Continue reading200 – Guest Gaiden 1 – The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli
Join us for the 200th episode of Manga Machinations! We celebrate with special guest Morgana Santilli aka “Manga Maven” from the Comicopia Comics Store! She’s here to answer our questions about selling manga and to share some of her current favorite LGBTQ+ and Josei manga!
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