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315 – One Shot 30 – Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist

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315 – One Shot 30 – Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist 

Welcome to the start of our October Extravaganza at Manga Machinations! We’re going to be covering creepy, spooky, and horrific content all month long! To start, we’re doing a One Shot on Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist! Dawn from The Anime Nostalgia Podcast joins us to discuss Asumiko Nakamura’s psychological thriller about a novelist haunted by a mysterious woman who threatens to expose his secret of plagiarism!!!

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298 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 5

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298 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 5

Join us for the penultimate episode of our Yu Yu Hakusho Retrospective! We discuss Yoshihiro Togashi’s deteriorating art quality, major issues with the English translation, and parallels between the events of Chapter Black and current events! Also Seamus talks about Ooku: The Inner Chambers, dakazu follows up on last week’s INVESTOR-Z and I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, and we discuss the manga nominees for the 2020 Eisner Awards!!!

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Devil Ecstasy

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Devil Ecstasy

A manga about the brothel Devil Ecstasy that’s run by succubi who consume the life essence of men and kill them.

We’ve talked about this manga on an old episode.

This book is not good. It’s probably one of the worst things Shuzo Oshimi has ever done. It makes light of the main character’s experience as a child being molested. It’s filled with pretty excessive sexual content. This was also the first manga we read for Manga Machinations that Darfox and Seamus absolutely hated.

However I still find some enjoyment in the innocent romance of a loser guy and a flat chested succubus. The ridiculous fear of giant breasts is entertaining enough and I really enjoy the impotent side character Kageo.

It’s only worth reading to see how far Shuzo Oshimi has come as a manga artist but still a guilty pleasure pick for me.

~dakazu

292 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 1

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292 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 1

The time is finally here! We’ve been waiting over four years to start a Retrospective on Yu Yu Hakusho! Join us as we examine the first three volumes of Yoshihiro Togashi’s beloved series about the delinquent Yusuke Urameshi, who goes from ghost to spirit detective! Morgana and Darfox have lots of love for the anime but dakazu has issues with the loose English translations! We also answer emails and Seamus rereads Vinland Saga!!!

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290 – No Longer Human part 2

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290 – No Longer Human part 2

This week dakazu tries to understand the end of Blue Flag and cries ! Then Seamus has some choice words for Junji Ito’s adaptation of No Longer Humanas we finish our Retrospective!!!

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284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

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284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

On this episode Darfox rejoices in the English release of Blood on the Tracks while dakazu checks out a new manga made by an Osamu Tezuka AI called Paidon! Then we begin our retrospective on the empty world of Girls’ Last Tour by Tsukimizu and discuss it’s themes of finality.

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Yutai Nova

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Yutai Nova

A manga about a young man who spies on his crush through astral projection until he meets another astral projected girl.

As far as a title from Shuzo Oshimi goes, I have to say that this one isn’t that great. I think everything he did before The Flowers of Evil fall under the category of ecchi seinen genre like Devil Ecstasy. There are some small glimmers of dark psychological motifs but it’s hard to parse them from scenes of an astral projection gang bang. It’s not surprising that one was seemingly canceled after 2 volumes.

Probably not worth reading even if you’re a huge fan of Oshimi.

~dakazu

Happiness

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Happiness

A manga about a boy who’s world turns upside down after he’s bit by an ancient vampire.

This series starts kind of slow but once you get to the part with the protagonist looking up at the sky that looks just like Van Gogh’s Starry Night you’ll be hooked.

Shuzo Oshimi takes his art to a whole different level in this on-going series. Story-wise it goes into some truly twisted places but that shouldn’t any surprise to fans of Oshimi’s work.

Highly recommended and also available in English through Kondasha Comics!

~dakazu

209 – Seamus on Seinen 1 – Happiness

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209 – Seamus on Seinen 1 – Happiness

Darfox is out this week so we’ve picked a wide array of seinen titles for Seamus to check out!

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