334 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 3 – Mob Psycho 100, Phoenix, Give My Regards to Black Jack
On this episode Morgana takes a break from terrible teens of The Flowers of Evil with the Real Friends series, while Darfox and dakazu check out the live-action movie adaptation of Misu Misou! Then we get Morgana’s thoughts on Phoenix, Mob Psycho 100, and Give My Regards to Black Jack for another round of Morgana’s Manga Makeup!!!
Continue reading319 – 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 reading267 – Random Readings 1 – The Pits of Hell
Due to technical difficulties we were unable to record the planned Guest Gaiden with Anne Lee this week. So instead Morgana, Darfox, and dakazu do a prolonged Whatcha Been Reading section to talk lots about Chainsaw Man, The Pits of Hell, Yasuko to Kenji, Shiyakusho, and other manga!!!
Continue readingGunjou
A manga about a lesbian who murders the abusive husband of the woman she’s in love with.
We’ve discussed this on a previous episode.
Wow this is amazing. I’m incredibly impressed with Ching Nakamura‘s ability to write such an deep and dark narrative. The relationship between the wife and the lesbian is so wrought with drama but at sometimes comes off as too melodramatic. The story begins with the murder of the wife’s husband and everything that follows is uniquely intense but still grounded in reality. It’s really beautiful how well Nakamura is able to lead you along this almost bitter relationship as it works through the aftermath of everything until the end. It really matches the title of the series that is the Japanese word for ultramarine.
One of my favorite things about this story was that none of the the characters get named until the end of the volume. Even the two main characters are never named and it’s a unique characteristic for the story.
I’d love to see this series get an official release.
~dakazu
256 – Triple Dip 37 – Gunjou, Area 51, No. 6
On this episode Darfox and dakazu spend a ridiculously long time discussing Garth Ennis’ The Boys. Then we dive into another round of Triple Dip with Gunjou, Area 51, and No. 6!!!
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