452 – Manga in Motion 58 – What Did You Eat Yesterday
Welcome to week 2 of our Pride and Panels month! Darfox and dakazu are here to talk about the live-action What Did You Eat Yesterday? drama! Will they be able figure out what that black thing on the fridge is!? They also discuss Blood on the Tracks, Gaic to no France Gurashi, and more!
Continue reading449 – Twiple Dip 7 – Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou 2, Dai Dark 4, Chainsaw Man 14
On this episode we return to read the next volumes of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Dai Dark, and Chainsaw Man for our next Twiple Dip! We also discuss the Prison School and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure anime and the live action dramas of The Full-Time Wife Escapist and What Did You Eat Yesterday!!!
Continue reading322 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 2 – An Invitation from a Crab, The Full-time Wife Escapist, Seven Shakespeares
Apologies in advance as we had to swap out two series we had announced last week. On this episode Morgana gets a chance to read An Invitation from a Crab, The Full-time Wife Escapist, and Seven Shakespeares for the first time! We also have a spoiler-filled discussion on BEASTARS volume 9 and discuss the implications of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro returning to Weekly Shonen Jump!!!
Continue readingThe Full-Time Wife Escapist
A manga about a woman who enters into a common-law marriage with a man to make a job out of being a house wife.
Finally finished this wonderful josei series! I really enjoyed it but was bummed that Tsunami Umino broke up my favorite couple by the end. I hope Kodansha Comics will bring over the final 2 volumes for English release soon!
~dakazu
278 – Retrospective Redux 2 – BLAME!
This week we revisit the cyberpunk world of BLAME!. It’s Morgana’s first time reading a manga by Tsutomu Nihei and she has a lot to say about the impressive artwork and confusing story. How does returning to this sci-fi adventure hold up for the other hosts? Tune in to find out!!!
Continue reading275 – 2019 Year End News & Manga Review
Welcome to the final episode of Manga Machinations for 2019! Seamus is back, which means all the hosts are ready to discuss all the news stories from this year before sharing their personal top 3 manga, honorable mentions, and worst manga of the year!!!
Continue readingThe Full-Time Wife Escapist
A manga about a woman who enters into a common-law marriage with a man to make a job out of being a house wife.
We covered this series recently but afterwords I ended up diving into it and read the whole thing. Although it is ultimately a straight-up romance manga with numerous cliche, I really loved how they approached these overused storylines. Breaking down the relationships of love and physical contact logistically was hilarious and refreshing. I also appreciated that this was a story about adults dealing with love instead of younger teenagers.
I loved it so much that I even watched the live-action drama, which was also excellent!
~dakazu
224 – One Shot 16 – In Clothes Called Fat
This week we look into Moyoco Anno’s character study of an obese woman with In Clothes Called Fat!
Continue reading223 – Triple Dip 33 – The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, Bokutachi ga Yarimashita
On this episode we look into the first volumes of The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, and Bokutachi ga Yarimashita for another round of Triple Dip!
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