381 – Manga in Motion 51 – Lu over the Wall
On this episode we answer some emails, talk about Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Taiko no Tatsujin, and Seamus reads more Even Though We’re Adults! Then we review Masaaki Yuasa’s 2017 film about a teenager meeting a song loving mermaid, Lu over the Wall!!!
Continue reading378 – Twiple Dip 3 – Dai Dark, Even Though We’re Adults, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
We’ve got a special Seamus selection Twiple Dip this week! We’re reading the second volumes of Dai Dark, Even Though We’re Adults, and The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service! Also Darfox talks about the new Mamoru Hosoda film Belle, Morgana reads Akiko Higashimura’s webtoon A Fake Affair, and dakazu loves learning about manga artists in Mangaka Sainyumon!!!
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 reading319 – One Shot 32 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns
This week we’re excited to return to the “what if?” ladies with Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns! What has happened to Rinko, Kaori, and Koyuki since the ending of Tokyo Tarareba Girls? Akiko Higashimura gives us the answers with this sequel that the hosts have been dying to read!!!
Continue readingMusume no Iede
A manga about a high school girl who runs away from her mother to the home of her divorced father and his boyfriend.
We’ve discussed this manga on a Triple Dip episode.
This is my favorite work by Takako Shimura that I’ve read. I like this much better than Wandering Son because each the story jumps from different character to character. Most of the stories involve some kind of family issues. I love how they setup an unfaithful scumbag and then dedicated a chapter to flesh him out with his relationships to other characters in the story. I also give a lot of credit to Shimura for including characters with bigger body types and exploring them.
It’s a lovely series and I wish it would get an official adaptation.
~dakazu