508 – Twiple Dip 11 – The Summer Hikaru Died 2, Don’t Call It Mystery 3-4, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai 2
Join us as we continue to take advantage of Seamus’s absence and revisit some manga for a Twiple Dip! We check out The Summer Hikaru Died 2, Don’t Call it Mystery 3-4, and Dragon Quest: The Adventure Dai 2!!!
489 – Triple Dip 80 – Don’t Call it Mystery, Fool Night, Steel of the Celestial Shadows
Morgana is back but Seamus is out! We check out Don’t Call it Mystery, Fool Night, and Steel of the Celestial Shadows for a Triple Dip! We also talk about the Comicspro conference, Anime Trivia Challenge: Black Ramen, Blue Giant Momentum, and more!!!
Seamus is back! He talks about pro wrestling shows and convenient stores from his trip to Japan! We discuss if manga makes us feel dumb! Then we return to the amazing art of Eldo Yoshimizu by examining Hen Kai Pan!!!
475 – Shojo Showdown 6 – Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Deborah is My Rival, Ceres: Celestial Legend
In this episode Morgana leads the charge as we examine Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Deborah is My Rival, and Ceres: Celestial Legend for a Shojo Showdown! We also discuss music, Don’t Call it Mystery, Scott Pilgram Takes Off, Nobu and her? and more!!!
Songs Credits: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra “It’s Over” by Generation Lost “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas
Morgana and Seamus are back to hear dakazu talk about all thing Paru Itagaki with BEASTARS, Beast Complex, and Bota Bota! dakazu also gives his impressions on the new DC manga series Batman Justice Buster and One Operation Joker! Then we have an older manga themed Triple Dip with Basara, Claymore, and MPD-Psycho!!!
A post-apocalyptic fantasy where a young woman assumes the identity of her brother to lead a rebellion against a ruthless Empire.
This was a series a classmate from Japanese school lent me. The fantastical setting and gripping story completely sucked me in. Little did I know I was reading one of my first shojo manga. It should’ve been obvious considering the heroine falls in love with the enemy king but neither of them know each other’s true identity. Also almost every character is a pretty boy bishonen and there is even a BL guardian figure. Not that any of this matters because Yumi Tamura‘s art work is equally lovely and dynamic. The only thing I’ll say is that it’s an older series from the 90s so you have to deal with some offensive stereotypes here and there. Otherwise an excellent series that can help bridge male readers to some quality shojo manga.