354 – New Chapter Check-in 7/Darfox Dabbles 7 – Black Clover/MANGA Plus 3
We’re giving Morgana and Seamus a break to bring you our first mashup episode! We’ll be combining a long-overdue New Chapter Check-in with a Darfox Dabbles on more MANGA Plus titles! Join us for a Black Clover spoiler discussion and Darfox’s first impressions on Kaiju No. 8 and Dandadan!!!
Continue reading309 – Kasane part 5
It’s time to bust out your Manga Machination bingo cards as we hit on all our classic references for this final Retrospective episode on Daruma Matsuura’s Kasane! The hosts share their thoughts on the mawkish and shocking ending and the series as a whole! We also tease future BEASTARS volumes and have a lengthy conversation about depictions of sexual violence in shonen manga!!!
Continue reading292 – 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!!!
Continue readingAssassination Classroom
A manga about a class of reject middle schoolers who are tasked to assassinate their alien like teacher before he blows up the Earth in 1 year.
Reread this today and it’s still so very good. Yusei Matsui over-the-top facial expressions shine through along with the excellent design of Koro Sensei. It’s such a bizarre concept for a series but it works perfectly as a shonen manga.
It’s available from VIZ along with a great anime adaptation.
~dakazu
259 – Creator Cross Section 6 – CLAMP
This week the 4 hosts dive into the world of CLAMP with X, Cardcaptor Sakura, Clover, Chobits, xxxHOLiC, and Gate 7! There’s a lot to talk about from CLAMP’s ability to adapt into different aesthetics to their representation of female characters and relationships!!!
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