Manga Machinations27 Tammi 2020

279 - Triple Dip 39 - Classmates: Dou kyu sei, I Hear the Sunspot, 10 Dance

On this episode we're doing a special Boys' Love edition Triple Dip! Morgana leads the charge as we dive into sweet romances and problematic troupes in the first volumes of Classmates: Dou kyu sei, I Hear the Sunspot, and 10 Dance!!!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Massara" by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions
00:02:17 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus has finally caught up to the most recent volume of Ooku: The Inner Chambers
00:11:50 - Seamus can't continue with Knights of Sidonia after revisiting BLAME!
00:12:40 - After last week's episode dakazu decided to finally finish reading Biomega
00:16:38 - Playing Anime Music Quiz lets Darfox and dakazu be nostalgic for old anime shows
00:22:40 - Morgana has been playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution on her Switch
00:25:05 - Our Dining Table is a sweet BL story about a lonely salary man who befriends two brothers over meals
00:27:33 - Morgana loves Cross because it's a Catholic supernatural garbage shoujo romance from the 90′s
00:31:54 - dakazu can't really talk about Hi Score Girl DASH because it would spoil Hi Score Girl
00:34:11 - News: Square Enix Manga & Books puts out lengthy previews of the upcoming releases of A Man and His Cat and Hi Score Girl
00:36:41 - My Anime List adds The Island of Giant Insects to it's free manga service
00:39:55 - Kojima Productions is interested in developing anime, manga, and smaller games along with their big blockbuster game projects
00:44:57 - E-book Japan shares their best-selling shonen manga of the 21st century along with best manga of 2019 lists
00:47:48 - Comics Beat posts the 500 top-selling graphic novels and comics of 2019
00:57:17 - Comics Beat had ended it's deal with Lion Forge and will be independent again
00:58:47 - Vertical is being consolidated under Kodansha USA
01:02:41 - Live-action film adaptation of The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese will be premiering June 5th in Japan
01:03:58 - Rumors circulate that BEASTARS will be ending soon
01:08:19 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Prose Picks, we will read and review the light novel Last and First Idol by Gengen Kusano
01:10:40 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Classmates: Dou kyu sei/I Hear the Sunspot/10 Dance, Transition Song: "Fiction" by sumiko from Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, we read the beginning of each BL manga for discussion and to see if we'd continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three
01:11:49 - We each share our various experiences with BL content
01:20:13 - Classmates: Dou kyu sei by Asumiko Nakamura
01:39:37 - I Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino
01:59:21 - 10 Dance by Inouesatoh
02:15:55 - *SPOILERS* for 10 Dance
02:21:43 - We pick our favorite manga out of the 3 BL manga
02:27:13 - Next Week's Topic: Land and First Idol, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster