426 – Recommendation Round-up 2 – Single Volumes
This week we answer emails while dakazu talks about Nagata Kabi’s new manga, a Gengoroh Tagame food manga, Hunter x Hunter, and more! Then we present our suggestions for awesome single volume manga in a new edition of Recommendation Round-up!!!
Continue readingMy Broken Mariko
A manga about a woman who is blindsided by the death of her friend Mariko and ends up stealing her ashes to fulfill their promise of taking a trip together.
We’ve discussed this on a previous episode.
This is a powerful story about abuse, loss, friendship, and regret. Waka Hirako debut is so strong it’s almost surprising she hasn’t been discovered yet. The way she draws character expressions and emotions felt very reminiscent of Jiro Matsumoto. I really appreciated how the story didn’t moralize against Mariko’s suicide or her past actions. Everything is simply presented as such for you to experience and see. If anything, the ending is a bit dramatic and emotional but that’s barely a criticism for this series. I high recommend this if you’re looking for a serious dramatic adult story by a wonderful new manga artist. I’ll definitely be looking forward to more Waka Hirako‘s future work.
Available in English from Yen Press.
~dakazu
339 – One Shot 37 – Beast Complex 1
This week is all about Paru Itagaki as start with an extensive spoiler discussion on BEASTARS volume 11! Then we examine her debut manga Beast Complex, a collection of different stories that take place within BEASTARS’ complex animal society!!!
Continue reading323 – One Shot 33 – My Broken Mariko
Morgana is away this week so the boys take advantage by having a lengthy discussion about professional wrestling and why New Japan Academy is strange! For our main segment we examine the impressive debut work of Waka Hirako, My Broken Mariko!!!
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