413 – Dorohedoro part 6
On this episode Darfox catches up on The Fable and dakazu checks out Keito Gaku’s new series Aoba no Basuke! Then we rack our brains trying to solve the mysteries of Q Hayashida’s Dorohedoro!!!
Continue reading379 – One Shot 48 – Boys Run the Riot
On this week’s episode we recommend action anime, Darfox goes to a Naruto themed restaurant, and we have a spoiler discussion on BEASTARS volume 16! Then we dive into a One Shot retrospective on all four volumes of Keito Gaku’s Boys Run the Riot!!!
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A manga about a teenager transman Ryo who struggles with finding acceptance from the world around him. He teams up with the new transfer student Jin to start their own fashion brand.
We’ve discussed this on a previous episode or two.
I’m pretty conflicted about this series. This is a transgender narrative drawn by a transman manga artist Keito Gaku. That’s already an impressive feat unto itself. But some aspects of the story seem forced like a generic narrative you see in commercial media. It’s hard to say if these choices were mandated from editors at the publisher or from Gaku himself. I’m interested in revisiting the series for the podcast and having a discussion about it when the final 4th volumes comes out.
You can pick up English editions from Kodansha.
~dakazu
356 – Twiple Dip 1 – Saint Young Men, Tokyo Revengers, Boys Run the Riot
We’re back from our break! We’re kicking things off with a Twiple Dip, where we’ll be looking at the 2nd volume of a series previously covered on Triple Dip! In this inaugural episode we revisit Saint Young Men, Tokyo Revengers, and Boys Run the Riot! We also have spoiler talks on BEASTARS and Paru Itagaki’s new manga SANDA!!!
Continue reading351 – Triple Dip 51 – Boys Run the Riot, Even Though We’re Adults, I Think Our Son Is Gay
For our second week of Pride Month Spectacular, we’re doing a LGBTQ+ themed Triple Dip! We’ll be looking at the first volumes of Boys Run the Riot, Even Though We’re Adults, and I Think Our Son Is Gay! Also Darfox finally read Perfect World and dakazu learned about real Japanese communal bath houses in Nyuuyoku Yankees!!!
Continue reading322 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 2 – An Invitation from a Crab, The Full-time Wife Escapist, Seven Shakespeares
Apologies in advance as we had to swap out two series we had announced last week. On this episode Morgana gets a chance to read An Invitation from a Crab, The Full-time Wife Escapist, and Seven Shakespeares for the first time! We also have a spoiler-filled discussion on BEASTARS volume 9 and discuss the implications of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro returning to Weekly Shonen Jump!!!
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