Manga Machinations5 Maalis 2018

180 - Princess Jellyfish part 8

We've finally reached the end of Princess Jellyfish! Get ready for a lengthy discussion about everything from the ending to our favorite parts!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Just Between Us" by Chatmonchy from Princess Jellyfish, Opening, Introductions, our new YouTube video excerpt on BEASTARS
00:02:57 - Twitter discussion on Slam Dunk and BL
00:07:35 - Newsweek article getting facts on March Comes in like a Lion wrong
00:13:13 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus catches up on To Your Eternity with Crunchyroll's new Simulpub program, Seamus shares other science fiction about immortal creatures
00:23:52 - dakazu describes the brand new series Bokurawa Mahou Shounen and darfox hypothesizes a possible transgender motif
00:32:11 - dakazu loves manga artist Shin Morimura's autobiography about his decision to leave modern comforts and go live off the land, Shin Shirakawa Genjin Oopa
00:40:35 - News: BEASTARS ranking in Anime-Japan's poll for "most anticipated manga to anime adaptations", digital sales of manga surpassing paper sales in 2017
00:44:44 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga including: APOSIMZ by Tsutomu Nihei, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. by Natsume Ono, and 7-nin no Shakespeare by Harold Sakuishi
00:49:13 - Main Segment Retrospective: Transition Song: "Kime no KIREI ni kizuite Okure" by Sambomaster from Princess Jellyfish, retrospective review of Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura, We talk about the abrupt ending, discuss how the Singapore arc changed the story, gripe about the negatives and positives of the themes, and give our final impressions(covers volumes 16-17)
01:37:25 - Next Week's Topic: Triple Dip on APOSIMZ, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., and 7-nin no Shakespeare, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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