251 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2
Manga Machinations15 Heinä 2019

251 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2

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!!!

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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

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009 - Billy Bat part 9

009 - Billy Bat part 9

We've finally done it this week! In our final episode of Billy Bat discussion, we catch to all current chapters released, hypothesize about where the story will go next, and solve the mystery behind the Black & White Billy Bats!!!(covers chapters 118-125)

27 Loka 20141h 35min

008 - Billy Bat part 8

008 - Billy Bat part 8

This week we continue to give Junji Ito love with discussion about his Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror horror series and take a look at his comedy Ito Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mu(Cat Diary)! Afterwords, we carefully dissect the wealth of new information in Billy Bat given to us by the Kurusu Moon arc!(covers chapters 106-117)

20 Loka 20141h 2min

007 - Billy Bat part 7

007 - Billy Bat part 7

This week darfox rants about the ending of Claymore, we lament over lackluster manga endings, and dakazu recommends Jisatsutou. Then we dive deep into the true protagonist of Billy Bat with the Golden Bat arc! Also included: rants about factual errors of New Jersey!(covers chapters 93-105)

15 Loka 20141h 20min

006 - Billy Bat part 6

006 - Billy Bat part 6

Even though we say 5 in the intro, this is indeed episode 6! This week dakazu rants about Naruto(AGAIN!) and we dive deep into speculation over the mysteries of Billy Bat while finishing the Bat Village arc!(covers chapters 78-93)

10 Loka 20141h 17min

005 - Billy Bat part 5

005 - Billy Bat part 5

This week we darfox continues to rave about Junji Ito, dakazu discovers the most amazing webcomic ever by Ishida Sui of Tokyo Ghoul fame, and we rant about the cutthroat business of Popularity polls in manga serialization magazines. We also continue our Billy Bat analysis as we begin the Devivie/Bat Village arc!(chapters 63-77)

6 Loka 201459min

004 - Billy Bat Part 4

004 - Billy Bat Part 4

Sit down for a megaton of an episode! Seamus raves about farts after finishing Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps, darfox gives Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror some love, and dakazu is squeamish over the hyper violence of Magical Girl Apocalypse(Magical Girl of the End). Then the hosts dive deep into Billy Bat and spend over an hour discussing minutia in the conclusion of the JFK assassination arc!(covers chapters 42-62)

3 Loka 20141h 42min

003 - Billy Bat Part 3

003 - Billy Bat Part 3

This week we get into mecha sharks running on gas with Junji Ito's Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps, complain about how we can't remember who's who in Claymore, and we continue our Billy Bat analysis with the JFK assassination arc while fact checking Wikipedia against the new main character Lee Harvey Oswald!(chapters 28-41)

29 Syys 201439min

002 - Billy Bat Part 2

002 - Billy Bat Part 2

This week Seamus gets spiritual with Budda, dakazu gets real angry about Naruto, and we try to work our way through the dreaded 'Ninja arc' of Billy Bat(chapters 16-27)

22 Syys 201452min

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