527- One Shot 79 – The Music of Marie
dakazu is back from Japan to talk about random connections with Akiko Higashimura, the Tokiwaso Manga Museum, and more! Then we dive into Usamaru Furuya‘s The Music of Marie where interesting aesthetics clash with questionable philosophy!!!
Continue reading474 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 6 – Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!, Trigun, Scum’s Wish
We’ve got a mega-sized episode for you this week! Morgana gets to experience Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!, Trigun, and Scum’s Wish for the first time! We also talk about libraries, Asian market snacks, Tower Dungeon, and more!!!
Continue reading444 – Triple Dip 70 – [Oshi no Ko], My Home Hero, Heavenly Delusion
This week we talk about collectables, The Files of Young Kindaichi, Ninja Batman, Skip and Loafer, and more! Then we examine three series that have new anime this season! We’ve got a Triple Dip on [Oshi no Ko], My Home Hero, and Heavenly Delusion!!!
Continue reading397 – Manga in Motion 55 – Nicky Larson
For the final installment of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective we’re joined by our friend Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast to discuss the 2018 French action comedy Nicky Larson! We also have spoiler-talk for volume 18 of BEASTARS and impressions on the new Star Wars: Mandalorian and Star Wars: Visions manga!!!
Continue reading394 – Saikyo Selections 15 – City Hunter
Welcome to the start of our Multimedia Retrospective on City Hunter! Throughout the rest of this month of May we’ll be looking at various iterations of the girl chasing private detective, Ryo Saeba! For this first episode we will be examining the original manga and the various spinoffs by Tsukasa Hojo! And stay tuned after the episode for a bonus spoiler discussion on The Batman!!!
Continue reading352 – One Shot 42 – I Love You So Much, I Hate You
Morgana is off this week but that doesn’t stop us from continuing our Pride Month Spectacular with a One Shot on I Love You So Much, I Hate You by yuni! What will the guys think of this yuri series about an office affair between superior and subordinate? Also, dakazu discusses the recently concluded Soloist in a Cage and spoils the strange premise of Oshi no Ko!!!
Continue readingOshi no Ko
A manga about a mega popular 16 year-old idol who becomes pregnant with twins. When her mega-fan obstetrician is suddenly murdered, he finds himself reborn as one of the idol’s babies.
This manga is a collaboration between Kaguya-sama: Love is War writer Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari of Scum’s Wish fame. The premise of this series is pretty complex but you understand where story is headed in after the initial chapters. Yokoyari’s artwork is so great and I give Akasaka huge props for writing both this and Kaguya-sama: Love is War in Weekly Young Jump. I do question how Akasaka is bringing up the topic of social media’s effect on celebrities in the newest chapters, but I’ll have to read more to see if it’s handled appropriately.
~dakazu
Haruwaka
A manga about twin sisters, Haru and Waka, who both end up dating the same guy, Ono, who uses them as inspiration for his hentai manga stories.
This is Mengo Yokoyari‘s debut series. It’s filled to the brim with cliche dirty jokes and fan service. Definitely not as good as Scum’s Wish but I can respect her for saying she drew what she wanted to with this one. I didn’t really like this but it was interesting to see how Yokoyari started her manga career.
~dakazu
Scum’s Wish
A romance manga about a high school couple who sexually confide in each other for either of their unrequited love.
We did a full retrospective on this series that you can listen to. I really, really liked this manga. Mengo Yokoyari’s beautiful artwork only goes hand in hand with her ability to realistically display adolescent love. Just about every character has a terrific arc that fleshes them out.
However I personally HATE the epilogue Scum’s Wish decor and wish it never existed!
~dakazu
220 – Scum’s Wish part 3
Our final episode reviewing Scum’s Wish along with the epilogue volume of Scum’s Wish décor!
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