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Totsuidemo Otaku desu

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Totsuidemo Otaku desu

A sequel to Renai Sanjigen Debut ~Sanjudai Otaku Mangaka, Kekkon e no Michi.~ that follows manga artist Ayami Kazama‘s heavily otaku-like married life.

We’ve discussed this on a recent episode.

While I enjoyed Renai Sanjigen Debut ~Sanjudai Otaku Mangaka, Kekkon e no Michi.~ a lot I was disappointed to learn Kazama had married Azure Konno. I honestly should’ve stopped there but in my haste I bought this sequel already so I figured I’d read it. Kazama continues with her eccentric otaku approach to most practical things. Instead of stopping her husband from spending money on mobile gacha games she encouraged him. When Kazama and Konno visit cake shops together they compare them to sleeping with different types of girls This book is filled with many of these types of stories and they’re all well drawn and equally humorous.

~dakazu

Renai Sanjigen Debut ~Sanjudai Otaku Mangaka, Kekkon e no Michi.~

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Renai Sanjigen Debut – Sanjudai Otaku Mangaka, Kekkon e no Michi.~

Manga artist Ayami Kazama‘s chronicle of her journey from shy girl to lonesome adult otaku to finally getting married.

We’ve discussed this on a recent episode.

After Morgana talked about I Don’t Know How to Give Birth! I found that Ayami Kazama had a few other non-fiction books that preceded that one. This one is the first in her series of autobiographical tales and it’s quite impressive she was willing to share so much of her embarrassing past. During Elementary school she would cry when confronted by boys because she thought everything she read in romantic shoujo manga was real. She spent her early adult life being obsessed with shipping fictional characters. Even when she started dating she had no concept of how to interact with others. It’s seems self deprecating but I really liked how she would be recapping all this to her editor who would jump in and point out everything absurd.

As Kazama reached the age of 30 she began a romance with a manga artist who she would go on to marry. I was extremely disappointed that her husband turned out to be Azure Konno who created Koe de Oshigoto!, a manga about forcing high school students to voice hentai dating simulators, which I despise. While I’m glad Kazama found someone who she found love with despite all her eccentricities, I really didn’t like that it was Konno. And unfortunately I found this out after I already bought the next book Totsuidemo Otaku desu. so I guess I’ll have to keep reading about them for now.

~dakazu

309 – Kasane part 5

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309 – Kasane part 5

It’s time to bust out your Manga Machination bingo cards as we hit on all our classic references for this final Retrospective episode on Daruma Matsuura’s Kasane! The hosts share their thoughts on the mawkish and shocking ending and the series as a whole! We also tease future BEASTARS volumes and have a lengthy conversation about depictions of sexual violence in shonen manga!!!

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308 – Kasane part 4

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308 – Kasane part 4

Our penultimate episode on Kasane has brought us on a story trajectory we’re not happy about! We desperately try to predict where Daruma Matsuura is trying to lead us with the upcoming ending to these literal dramatics! We also talk about I Don’t Know How to Give Birth!, Meshi ni Shimashou, the cancellation of Act-Age, and more!!!

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