476 – One Shot 67 – My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better with Jocelyne Allen

476 – One Shot 67 – My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better with Jocelyne Allen

We’ve got a special episode this week! dakazu and Morgana are joined by translator Jocelyne Allen as she returns to chat about the newest Nagata Kabi book My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better! We also include discussion on My Wandering Warrior Eating Disorder!!!

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389 – One Shot 51 – My Wandering Warrior Existence with Jocelyne Allen

389 – One Shot 51 – My Wandering Warrior Existence with Jocelyne Allen

Translator Jocelyne Allen returns to Manga Machinations to talk about My Wandering Warrior Existence! Join us as we discuss Nagata Kabi’s newest book that explores what it is to love and be loved!!!

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350 – One Shot 41 – Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare

350 – One Shot 41 – Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare

Welcome to the start of our Pride Month Spectacular! We’re kicking things off with a One Shot on the excellent Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani! We also discuss *SPOILERS* for BEASTARS volume 12!!!

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349 – One Shot 40 – My Alcoholic Escape from Reality with Jocelyne Allen

349 – One Shot 40 – My Alcoholic Escape from Reality with Jocelyne Allen

*NOTE* We had some technical issues during the recording. Unfortunately some of Jocelyne’s audio is still garbled and will be presented as such.

Welcome to a very special episode where we dive into Nagata Kabi’s newest 
book, My Alcoholic Escape from Reality! We’re joined again by the translator of the book, Jocelyne Allen, as we discuss Nagata Kabi’s hospitalization and her struggles with her guilt from drawing non-fiction manga!!

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237 – One Shot 18 – My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2 with Jocelyne Allen

237 – One Shot 18 – My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2 with Jocelyne Allen

Translator Jocelyne Allen returns as we finish the trilogy of Kabi Nagata books by reviewing My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2!!!

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221 – Guest Gaiden 3 – Interpreting with Jocelyne Allen

221 – Guest Gaiden 3 – Interpreting with Jocelyne Allen

This week translator extraordinaire Jocelyne Allen returns to answer our questions about working as an interpreter and how it differs from translating books!

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198 – One Shot 13 – My Solo Exchange Diary with Jocelyne Allen

198 – One Shot 13 – My Solo Exchange Diary with Jocelyne Allen

Special episode this week as returning guest translator Jocelyne Allen joins us! She back to answer more questions about translating, help us discuss LGBTQ+ representation in manga, and review the recently released My Solo Exchange Diary which she translated!

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144 – One Shot 5 – My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness with Jocelyne Allen

144 – One Shot 5 – My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness with Jocelyne Allen

This week we interview Jocelyne Allen of Brain Vs. Book who translated My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness! She talks to us about the process of pitching projects to publishers, the lack of transparency for translators, the problem with scanlations, and the difficulty of translating Japanese puns! Then  she continues to answer our questions as we share our thoughts on My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness!!!

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