012 - Parasyte part 3

On this episode dakazu talks about Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro, Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler, and Ichigeki! Then we dive into the tragic tale of Ian in Natsume Ono's not simple!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "New Stranger" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Darfox's back pains, Introductions, Social Media 00:02:37 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: The State of Shonen, we will talk in-depth about the current arcs of popular shonen series we're reading, Sharing our upcoming episode schedule 00:05:19 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", *SPOILERS* Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro's protagonist is so vile dakazu feel no need to keep reading 00:11:34 - The seamless transition from cartoony to serious artwork in Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler impressed dakazu 00:14:10 - Seamus plans on reading Osamu Tezuka's Message to Adolf 00:16:11 - Jiro Matsumoto's brand of sex and violence work perfectly with samurai assassins in Ichigeki 00:21:26 - News: Berserk creator Kentarou Miura's manga studio Gaga is starting a new series Duranki 00:22:59 - One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows fighting game will have a unique mechanic involved with Saitama 00:24:42 - Junji Ito accepted his Eisner award and Akiko Higashimura cracked jokes about hers on her podcast 00:26:03 - Main Segment One Shot: not simple, Transition Song: "Shadow and Truth" by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we review Natsume Ono's tragedy about the life of a man named Ian *FULL SPOILERS* 00:27:41 - Darfox explains how starting the story with the possible death of Ian allows the reader to perceive his fate while reading 00:29:16 - We run through all the tragedy Ian suffers through from his birth origins to his fate of mistaken identity 00:32:47 - We comment on the unexplained motive of Kylie leaving Ian to go to America 00:36:22 - Seamus liked Ono's art work was great but the story was awful 00:37:50 - Darfox thought the understated tone of the story worked well with all the melodrama 00:41:16 - We expand on Jim's relationship with Ian and what his fate was 00:42:11 - We discuss if the "story within a story" narrative structure added anything to the narrative 00:43:07 - We talk about Ono's choice making the epilogue chapter about the time Ian met the mobster's wife 00:45:21 - Darfox enjoyed not simple and compares Ian to Forrest from Forrest Gump 00:46:34 - We debate the possibility of Ian being developmentally delayed from his birth 00:48:34 - dakazu is unsure if he'd recommend not simple to others 00:49:38 - Rick was a background character who was possibly having a relationship with Jim 00:50:29 - Next Week's Topic: The State of Shonen, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

26 Elo 201951min

On this episode Darfox and dakazu spend a ridiculously long time discussing Garth Ennis' The Boys. Then we dive into another round of Triple Dip with Gunjou, Area 51, and No. 6!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "New Stranger" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Puck Fair, Introductions, Social Media 00:03:37 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus went to Worldcon and attended Ada Palmer's Gender in Anime and Manga panel 00:12:43 - We discuss the stigma against female manga artists who continue to work after having a child 00:17:41 - *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu both watched The Boys on Amazon Prime 00:22:42 - *SPOILERS* dakazu is really impressed with this adaptation of The Boys and compares how it differs from the original comic 00:29:08 - *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu breaks down the brutal airplane scene 00:34:54 - *SPOILERS* Darfox makes predictions for season 2 and dakazu shares the ending from the comics 00:39:33 - *SPOILERS* Seamus praises Garth Ennis' run on The Punisher and his WWII series Battlefields 00:49:40 - Kazuo Koike's Razor is one of the worst and ill-researched series dakazu has ever read 00:54:57 - dakazu wasn't impressed with the Netflix Original anime Cannon Busters 00:57:52 - News: The 2019 Harvey Awards nominees have been announced 00:59:07 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot Retrospective on not simple, we will review Natsume Ono's tragedy about the life of a man named Ian 00:59:55 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Area 51/No. 6/Gunjou, Transition Song: "Spell" by LAMA from No. 6, we read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to see if we'd keep reading it before picking our favorite of the three 01:01:03 - Area 51 by Masato Hisa 01:09:06 - No. 6 by Atsuko Asano & Hinoki Kino 01:17:07 - Gunjou by Ching Nakamura 01:30:40 - Next Week's Topic: not simple, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

19 Elo 20191h 32min

This week we take a look at Mamoru Hosoda's latest anime movie, Mirai! Tune in to hear what we thought about this story about a boy learning to accept his baby sister and how it compares to Hosoda's other films!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com/ Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Uta no Kisha" by Tatsuro Yamashita from Mirai, Opening, Darfox watching Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Our new website, Social Media, Introductions 00:03:03 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus is determined to catch up on Ōoku: The Inner Chambers this year 00:08:38 - dakazu is enjoying the anime of Vinland Saga and Seamus plans on rereading the manga 00:16:56 - dakazu won't be watching anymore given now that he's checked out the manga 00:19:06 - Dämons is an adaption of a story by Osamu Tezuka about a man who's will for revenge allows him to control prosthetic arms for battle 00:22:36 - dakazu is convinced the creators of B - Brahms 20-sai no Tabiji filled the series with pointless filler because they didn't have enough material to actually cover Johannes Brahms' early career 00:28:06 - We discuss stories ending with a character writing that story 00:32:11 - News: A new trailer for the BEASTARS anime shows more animated sequences and features voice actors 00:39:29 - Tatsuki Fujimoto wrote Fire Punch with the intent to deconstruct the revenge genre and make readers question whether they should sympathize with the protagonist 00:43:51 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: No. 6 by Atsuko Asano & Hinoki Kino, Gunjou by Ching Nakamura, and Area 51 by Masato Hisa 00:45:50 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Mirai, Transition Song: "Mirai no Theme" by Tatsuro Yamashita from Mirai, we review the 2018 anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda 00:47:38 - Seamus thought the design of the family house was very unique 00:49:00 - dakazu was surprised with the amount of CG animation 00:50:07 - We discuss how the story revolves around Kun learning a lesson and then forgetting it immediately 00:51:33 - Darfox thought the movie was like an episode of Rugrats directed by Hosoda 00:52:26 - dakazu thought the parents were not treating Kun fairly when Mirai joined the family 00:54:28 - dakazu was surprised the movie didn't just focus on the future version of Mirai meeting Kun 00:56:00 - Darfox appreciated that the dog was included in the family tree 00:56:46 - We agree that Kun is a bratty child and may come off as unwatchable to some viewers 00:58:13 - Seamus points out how this movie had a saccharine tone to them 00:59:12 - We wonder if Hosoda is trying to send a message about older generations by having the great-grandfather be the most sensible adult 01:01:17 - We compare Mirai to Hosoda's other movies we've seen 01:02:46 - This movie might be the first Hosoda film not to have a scene of a character breathing heavily 01:04:26 - Darfox notices that there was a digital effect on the tree whenever Kun would transition to one of the fantastical sequences 01:05:09 - Darfox explain how Hosoda came up with the idea of Mirai after his son had a dream about meeting his sister from the future 01:06:13 - We give our final thought about the movie 01:08:53 - Next Week's Topic: No. 6 & Gunjou & Area 51, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

12 Elo 20191h 10min

On this episode we reach the end of our Tokyo Tarareba Girls Retrospective! The hosts and Morgana "Manga Maven" Santilli discuss the ending and how they feel about the series as a whole!!! Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com/ Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "TOKYO GIRL" by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Announcement about our new website, Introductions 00:05:56 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", dakazu checks out some questionable modern military fiction with Marginal Operation 00:22:18 - News: Digital archives were miraculously saved from the Kyoto Animation arson attack 00:23:22 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion for Mirai, we'll be reviewing Mamoru Hosoda's latest anime movie 00:23:59 - Main Segment Retrospective: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's manga 00:25:22 - We recap the events of volume 8 00:28:35 - We express our disappointment at the abundance of the Codfish Milt and Liver in these final volumes 00:32:59 - We recap the events of volume 9 00:36:57 - We feel conflicted about the ending 00:42:51 - dakazu doesn't feel like Rinko and Key ending up together is earned throughout the series 00:45:06 - dakazu is amazed how accurate Seamus was with his story predictions 00:47:14 - We talk about how Higashimura's sharp commentary on women's hardships raised our expectations for what turned out to be a typical drama 00:55:24 - dakazu checked out Himawari: Kenichi Legend and Mama wa Tenparist that are about Higashimura's father and her son. 00:57:34 - dakazu picked up on Higashimura's blunt tone after checking out her advice podcast 01:01:22 - dakazu points out a translation from Act 15 that made Key come across harsher in English than in the original Japanese text. 01:04:30 - dakazu thinks the TV Drama adaptation did a better job setting up the relationship between Key and Rinko 01:05:41 - Morgana shares how she still liked Tokyo Tarareba Girls despite it not having a satisfying ending 01:06:37 - dakazu runs down game changing story changes that were made in Drama adaptation 01:11:53 - The Drama gave a hopeful epilogue for Kaori and Koyuki 01:15:10 - *SPOILERS* Darfox compares the ending montage to the montage from Gone Girl 01:17:00 - Key's comment about Rinko needing to be a "Cool Woman" confused us and added to the conflicting final message of the series 01:19:11 - We're glad that Hayasaka was a good guy til the end 01:24:25 - We share our thoughts about the series as a whole 01:28:42 - We comment on the Tarare-Bar where a woman is in love with an anime character 01:31:46 - We give our final thoughts on Tokyo Tarareba Girls 01:35:32 - Morgana will be joining Manga Machinations as an official host 01:36:53- Next Week's Topic: Mirai, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

5 Elo 20191h 38min

This week our buddy CrossXhunteR joins us as we talk about Sarazanmai and other anime from the 2019 spring season along with new series from the 2019 summer season like Vinland Saga!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Massara" by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening 00:01:54 - Announcing the winners to our BEASTARS giveaway, Introductions 00:03:45 - Learning about CrossXhunteR's origins in anime/manga fandom 00:06:08 - CrossXhunteR got back into anime after trading series like Log Horizon and Death Parade on the Geekbox forums 00:10:35 - The Kase-san and... series got CrossXhunteR into romance and yuri manga 00:16:24 - CrossXhunteR shares a few of his favorite manga like Actually, I am..., Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl, and Mousou Telepathy 00:21:55 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", CrossXhunteR has been enjoying Neko no Otera no Chion-san 00:23:35 - The sweet romance of Kakao 79% is right up CrossXhunteR's alley 00:25:28 - CrossXhunteR appreciates the character's names in Komi Can't Communicate 00:27:38 - CrossXhunteR has questions about the use of honorifics in English translations 00:31:39 - dakazu and CrossXhunteR both dislike reading the Pig Latin in Dr. STONE 00:35:20 - Darfox started reading Tom King's Mister Miracle 00:39:05 - dakazu has been reading a dark tale about a girl who loves controlling another girl's life in Saeism 00:44:04 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, we will continue our comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's horror comedy manga(covers volumes 8-9) 00:45:59 - Main Segment Anime Interlude: Transition Song: "Dash&Daaash!!" by Fudanjuku from Gunjou no Magmell, We review anime from the 2019 spring season and discuss anime from the upcoming 2019 summer season 00:48:18 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 00:56:23 - One Punch Man 2 01:04:04 - Sarazanmai 01:08:38 - *SPOILERS* Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2 01:15:06 - Kono Oto Tomare! 01:17:42 - Fruits Basket 01:22:27 - Carole & Tuesday 01:28:07 - RobiHachi 01:29:42 - Senryu Girl 01:31:36 - Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki 01:32:47 - Joshi Kausei 01:34:36 - *SPOILERS* The Rising of the Shield Hero 01:38:47 - Dororo 01:41:40 - We Never Learn: BOKUBEN 01:42:54 - Dr. STONE 01:53:14 - Vinland Saga 01:59:05 - To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts 02:03:16 - Fire Force 02:11:18 - Cop Craft 02:17:36 - Astra Lost in Space 02:22:28 - How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? 02:32:06 - Are You Lost? 02:35:33 - O Maidens In Your Savage Season 02:41:03 - Granbelm 02:44:29 - given 02:46:52 - Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Season 2 02:49:00 - Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san 2 02:51:55 - Wasteful Days of High School Girl 02:54:47 - Magical Sempai 02:55:53 - Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? 02:59:18 - If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord 03:03:32 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

29 Heinä 20193h 4min

On this episode we celebrate with Morgana "Manga Maven" Santilli about Tokyo Tarareba Girls winning the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia before we continue with our Retrospective review into volumes 6 & 7!!! Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "TOKYO GIRL" by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Tokyo Tarareba Girls won an Eisner 00:04:19 - Reminder about our BEASTARS vol. 1 giveaway commemorating the official English release 00:05:22 - Correction for news about Funamation getting exclusive streaming rights for Revolutionary Girl Utena, Boogiepop Phantom, and Sweet Blue Flowers, Introductions 00:07:23 - News: Tokyo Tarareba Girls wins the 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia 00:11:15 - We celebrate other Eisner winners 00:13:13 - Kodansha will be publishing an digital English edition of Smile Down the Runway 00:16:36 - Tokyo Otaku Mode and Otaku-Coin are hiring translators and paying them with cryptocurrency only redeemable to purchase their own products 00:23:53 - Warner Brothers has pulled production on the live-action Akira movie 00:27:02 - The tragedy of an arson attack on Kyoto Animation studio is the worst Japanese mass killing in decades 00:34:29 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox enjoys a drama-free story in Natsume Ono'sRistorante Paradiso 00:43:13 - Morgana dives into the life of Akiko Higashimura with Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey 00:45:15 - dakazu and Morgana discuss the supernatural element in Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare 00:47:15 - The characters in Asumiko Nakamura's Classmates: Dou kyu sei looked a little weird for Morgana 00:51:48 - dakazu was all about the old school delinquents in Matsuri Akino's Colorful Crow 00:57:40 - dakazu was singing along while reading a manga adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables 01:01:54 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we'll be discussing the past Spring 2019 season of anime and some of our early impressions for Summer 2019 01:03:00 - Main Segment Retrospective: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's manga 01:03:41 - We talk about the bonus Tarare-Bar segments found at the end of the volumes 01:11:40 - We recap the events of volume 6 01:16:25 - dakazu thinks Seamus is psychic for accurately predicting the false pregnancy of Kaori 01:20:38 - dakazu is disappointed that Ryo is not an evil genius and just an idiot 01:22:54 - The reoccurring visuals of the fake Eiffel Tower(Tokyo Tower) represent romance for Seamus 01:25:50 - Koyuki getting caught in bed with Yoshio breaks our hearts 01:28:55 - Seamus wonders about the significance of pregnancy because it was involved in the end of both Kaori and Koyuki's relationships 01:30:17 - We ponder if Ryo or Yoshio will return before the end of the series 01:33:10 - We recap the events of volume 7 01:36:30 - Rinko repeatedly saying she loves Hayasaka makes us question if she really does 01:40:54 - Morgana and dakazu share stories about making comments to their significant others about hairstyles 01:45:25 - Seamus likes a joke that was used in Princess Jellyfish 01:47:09 - We groan at the grooming-like trauma that was revealed about Key's backstory 01:49:51 - We agree that Yoko was not visually similar enough to Rinko for us to understand the connection they were supposed have 01:52:54 - We think Key fits exactly into the tragic archetype love interest 01:54:59 - We debate how we feel now that Higashimura is leading the story into a rote romance ending 02:01:38 - We compare the possible rote ending of Tokyo Tarareba Girls to the open ended conclusion of Princess Jellyfish 02:05:12 - We make our final predictions for how the series will end 02:07:45- Next Week's Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

22 Heinä 20192h 9min

This week we continue our Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls with Morgana "Manga Maven" Santilli! We also talk about bugs and critters for a long time!!! Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "TOKYO GIRL" by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Introductions, Social Media 00:01:48 - We will be doing a BEASTARS vol. 1 giveaway to commemorate the official English release 00:04:49 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu discuss the politics and meta-commentary of Batman: White Knight 00:15:36 - Batman and the Justice League was a fun superhero manga for Morgana 00:17:58 - We discuss various comic/manga crossovers like X-Men Misfits and Wolverine: Snikt! 00:22:49 - Morgana really enjoyed the different artwork in POPOCOMI 00:23:48 - Waves is a beautiful autobiographical french comic about a woman who had a still birth 00:24:18 - dakazu revisits the awkward and embarrassing situations with another volume of Utsu Gohan 00:28:59 - We share stories dealing with bugs and critters 00:35:47 - News: Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed Metamorphose no Engawa 00:37:49 - Gigant has been licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment 00:41:45 - Farewell, My Dear Cramer will be getting a physical release from Kodansha 00:44:21 - Kodansha will putting out hard cover editions of Saiyuki with new translations 00:48:09 - Revolutionary Girl Utena, Boogiepop Phantom, Sweet Blue Flowers are among the titles that will be streaming exclusively on Funimation 00:50:12 - African Japanese manga artist Rene Hoshino was mistaken for Romi Hoshino, who was arrested in the Philippines for running a manga pirating website 00:52:20 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, we will continue our comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's horror comedy manga(covers volumes 6-7) 00:52:32 - Main Segment Retrospective: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's manga 00:53:09 - We recap the events of volume 4 00:55:56 - We discuss the whiplash personality of Key 00:57:10 - We debate the possibility of Rinko and Key ending up together by the end of the series 01:01:37 - Darfox predicts that Hayasaka will try to mold Mami into a replacement for Rinko 01:04:13 - We talk about Okuda completely dismissing Rinko's interests in favor of his own 01:07:04 - We laugh about Higashimura's commentary on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight 01:10:10 - Morgana shares how women's entertainment is demeaned by society and Darfox thinks there's so much to learn from shoujo and josei manga 01:15:46 - Rinko's stance about men and women have different values is a harmful mindset that sets herself up for failure 01:17:48 - Rinko focusing on writing was a moment that resonated with Morgana 01:19:12 - dakazu hopes that the girls will learn to love themselves by the end of the series 01:21:04 - We recap the events of volume 5 01:26:01 - The cliffhanger ending of volume 5 made Morgana lose her mind 01:27:01 - We comment on the existence of "marriage rushes" and share our own experiences at weddings 01:33:41 - We explain how classmates have a stronger bond for reunions in Japan 01:35:42 - dakazu knows from experience how Yoshio is manipulating Koyuki 01:39:46 - dakazu is excited about the possibility that Ryo is actually an evil genius 01:42:33 - Morgana dives into the societal pressures of being a "Good Woman" 01:45:10 - We discuss how pregnancy is not a topic often explored in manga 01:47:31 - We make predictions on how Kaori's pregnancy scare will pan out 01:51:49 - We talk about the possibility of abortion and how other fiction approach it 01:54:20 - The girls having a fight are an extension of the pain they're experiencing 01:59:03- Next Week's Topic: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

15 Heinä 20192h 1min

We're joined by the awesome Morgana "Manga Maven" Santilli as we jump into a full Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls!!! How will we feel about Higashimura's meta-commentary about women in their 30s needing love and marriage to find happiness? Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "TOKYO GIRL" by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Introductions 00:01:18 - Morgana catches us up on her new life as a freelance writer 00:05:46 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus reports on his visit to the Manga Exhibition at The British Museum 00:14:50 - Morgana enjoyed more Satoko and Nada and Asumiko Nakamura's Classmates 00:17:35 - Morgana picked up POPOCOMI went she went to the Toronto Comic Art Festival 00:22:43 - News: Kodansha will be putting out a Katsuhiro Otomo Complete Works Collection 00:25:21 - Katsuhiro Otomo's next movie is Orbital Era 00:26:33 - Akira will be getting a 4K remaster and Katsuhiro Otomo is working on a new Akira anime project 00:32:10 - Dark Horse Comics is finally releasing the 5th omnibus for Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 00:36:03 - VIZ Media will be releasing KAITO's Blue Flag and Inio Asano's Downfall 00:38:19 - Dragon Head is now available digitally from Kodansha 00:41:07 - The success of digital sales helped Saint Young Men get a physical release 00:41:52 - Serial Experiments Lain will be open source for the next 9 years 00:44:28 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, we will continue our comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's horror comedy manga(covers volumes 4-5) 00:44:56 - Main Segment Retrospective: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's manga 00:46:51 - We recap the events of volume 1 00:49:17 - We discuss Higashimura's anti-romance themes 00:53:16 - Darfox and Morgana talk about how they each related to Tokyo Tarareba Girls differently as a man and a woman 00:56:51 - Morgana shares moments from the book that hit her hard 00:58:31 - Seamus points out the brilliance of using baseball as a metaphor for the girls missing their chance at love 01:00:24 - dakazu thinks the imaginary Codfish Milt and Liver are the comedic stars 01:01:39 - We praise Higashimura's use of visual analogies to better represent the internal state of the girls 01:03:35 - We recap the events of volume 2 01:06:55 - Morgana talks about how the men are taking advantage of the girls 01:09:34 - Seamus notes that Key fits into a character type often found in Japanese novels 01:10:48 - Kaori perspective as the woman who was with an unsuccessful man was something Darfox hadn't experienced before 01:14:05 - We explain Higashimura's use of boxing as the girls act like sandbags for the men 01:15:32 - We love the analogy of conveyor belt sushi 01:18:02 - We comment on how the bonus Valentine's Day story is more like an extra episode for a television drama 01:22:20 - Morgana really doesn't like Key 01:24:00 - We recap the events of volume 3 01:26:53 - We don't trust Mr. Okuda 01:28:53 - We think Yoshio is a manipulative scumbag 01:31:33 - We explore the meta-commentary made by Higashimura about media for women through a manga for women 01:34:22 - Seamus comments that Rinko's concern about career or marriage make sense for a woman in modern Japanese society 01:38:21 - dakazu points out more visual analogies through roller coasters and talk shows 01:39:18 - Darfox compares Tokyo Tarareba Girls as a story about Shoko from Princess Jellyfish 01:44:13 - Seamus predicts Mr. Okuda will be like Trent from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 01:46:00 - The lack of different body type representation in the series concerned dakazu 01:49:07 - We comment on the hilariously bad advice given in the bonus story Tarare-Bar 01:50:46 - We make some predictions about what will happen next 01:53:16 - News: Vertical has licensed Shuzo Oshimi's A Trail of Blood 00:55:23- Next Week's Topic: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

8 Heinä 20191h 57min