356 – Twiple Dip 1 – Saint Young Men, Tokyo Revengers, Boys Run the Riot

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 MenTokyo Revengers, and Boys Run the Riot! We also have spoiler talks on BEASTARS and Paru Itagaki’s new manga SANDA!!!

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355 – Triple Dip 53 – Drunks, En Chan’s House, Silkscreen

355 – Triple Dip 53 – Drunks, En Chan’s House, Silkscreen

This week Morgana reads the strange Monthly Shoujo Sunday, dakazu enjoys the manga reality competition show MILLION TAG, and there is a rant about Fruits Basket! Then we have a Small Manga Publisher Triple Dip! We review Drunks from Star Fruit Books, En Chan’s House from Glacier Bay Books, and Silkscreen from Irodori Sakura!!!

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354 – New Chapter Check-in 7/Darfox Dabbles 7 – Black Clover/MANGA Plus 3

354 – New Chapter Check-in 7/Darfox Dabbles 7 – Black Clover/MANGA Plus 3

We’re giving Morgana and Seamus a break to bring you our first mashup episode! We’ll be combining a long-overdue New Chapter Check-in with a Darfox Dabbles on more MANGA Plus titles! Join us for a Black Clover spoiler discussion and Darfox’s first impressions on Kaiju No. 8 and Dandadan!!!

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353 – Triple Dip 52 – Dick Fight Island, FAKE, Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu

353 – Triple Dip 52 – Dick Fight Island, FAKE, Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu

We’re ending our Pride Month Spectacular with a BL-themed Triple Dip! We’re looking at Dick Fight IslandFAKE, and Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu! dakazu also checked out the newest DC manga release of Superman VS Meshi: Superman no Hitori Meshi!!!

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352 – One Shot 42 – I Love You So Much, I Hate You

352 – 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!!!

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351 – Triple Dip 51 – Boys Run the Riot, Even Though We’re Adults, I Think Our Son Is Gay

351 – 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 RiotEven 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!!!

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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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348 – Manga in Motion 48 – Ping Pong the Animation

348 – Manga in Motion 48 – Ping Pong the Animation

On this episode we mourn the sudden death of Kentaro Miura, talk about the vast impact of Berserk, and discuss the strenuous work schedules of manga artists! Then we review the fantastic Ping Pong the Animation and examine the changes director Masaaki Yuasa made to the Taiyo Matsumoto’s original manga!!!

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347 – Ping Pong part 2

347 – Ping Pong part 2

This week dakazu talks about Sui Ishida’s new series Chojin X and the end of pesuyama poppy’s Jibun(Onna) no Karada wo Yurusumade! Then we finish up our Retrospective on Taiyo Matsumoto’s fantastic sports series, Ping Pong!!!

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