450 – Left to Right 1 – Pretty Deadly, Ursula, East of West
Welcome to a new kind of episode this week! We’re adapting our Triple Dip formula to Western comics with Left to Right! We review Pretty Deadly, Ursula, and East of West for our inaugural episode! We also talk about House of Five Leaves, Tamon’s B-Side, Shojo Fight, and more!!!
Continue reading374 – Shojo Showdown 2 – Drowning Love, Say I Love You., Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
This week Morgana picked out manga for a new Shojo Showdown! We read Drowning Love, Say I Love You., and Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju! We also answer listener emails and dakazu talks about Daruma Matsuura’s current manga Taiyo to Tsuki no Hagane!!!
Continue reading340 – Triple Dip 49 – Sunny, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, 7 Billion Needles
On this episode we discuss localization and dakazu reads about Ichiro Inoue living out of his car in #Rikon shite Shachuuhaku ni narimashita! Then we dive into a new Triple Dip where Seamus has picked all three titles! Enjoy this special Seamus selections on Sunny, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, and 7 Billion Needles!!!
Continue reading273 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 1 – Vinland Saga, Golden Kamuy, Shojo FIGHT!
We’re launching a new episode where our new host Morgana will read her way through some of Manga Machinations favorites! It’ll be Morgana’s first time reading through these manga and we’re excited to hear what she thinks! She’ll be checking out Vinland Saga, Golden Kamuy, and Shojo FIGHT!!!!
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Cute short story about a silent but skilled housewife by Shojo Fight! manga artist Yoko Nihonbashi.
I’m a giant fan of Nihonbashi’s work and while this one is short, it includes an in-depth breakdown of how she planned her panel layouts and storytelling. It’s super insightful to learn about a manga artist’s creative process!
~dakazu
Shojo Fight!
Yoko Nihonbashi’s amazing sports manga is getting an official release! Thank you Kodansha Comics!!! You can read the 1st chapter for free here!
~dakazu
Shojo Fight!
I’ve always loved Yoko Nihonbashi’s manga but her current series Shojo Fight is easily my favorite. It’s so refreshing to find a female sports manga that doesn’t overly sexualize the girls or have them not openly discuss their problems!
~dakazu
094 – One-shot 1 – G Senjou Heaven’s Door
On this episode Seamus finishes A Drifting Life while dakazu talks about boys who love yaoi in The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi(Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu) and an autobiographical manga about overcoming anxiety and connecting with others in My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness! We also start a new section called One Shot where we’ll be doing single episode retrospectives on a shorter manga. Listen as we discuss Shojo Fight manga artist Yoko Nihonbashi’s previous work G Senjou Heaven’s Door!!
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