302 - Triple Dip 43 - BL Metamorphosis, A Man and His Cat, Hi Score Girl

On this episode Morgana catches up on Witch Hat Atelier and SPY x FAMILY, dakazu experiences the 27 Club with Shiori Experience - Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Oji-san, and we run down all the new manga licensing announcements! Then it's time to make up for our last Triple Dip with three excellent series, as we examine A Man and His Cat, BL Metamorphosis, and Hi Score Girl!!!

Also congratulations to the winners of our 300th episode manga giveaway contest, Dwayne, John, and Dawn! Thanks again to everyone who participated!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "New Stranger" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, Winners of the manga giveaway contest
• 00:03:41 - Listener Emails: *SPOILERS* Newest chapters of Chainsaw Man and Dragon Ball Super
• 00:08:27 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Morgana does her own manga makeup by catching up on Witch Hat Atelier
• 00:11:19 - Morgana has read the preview of BEASTARS volume 8
• 00:13:47 - SPY x FAMILY continues to entertain Morgana
• 00:16:11 - The mix of Club 27 music legends as ghosts who possess humans in Shiori Experience - Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Oji-san is a homerun for dakazu
• 00:19:04 - Darwin Jihen is about a human-chimpanzee hybrid and the first chapter is shareable under the Creative Commons license
• 00:25:45 - News: Manga subscription app Mangamo is planning to release in multiple territories and on Android
• 00:28:51 - DENPA launches their own web reader on their website
• 00:31:28 - VIZ, Seven Seas Entertainment, DENPA, and other publishers announce a multitude of new licenses like Beast Complex, Dai Dark, Under Ninja, and Slayers
• 00:47:03 - Spider-Man: Fake Red manga canceled due to low sales
• 00:49:31 - Veteran manga artist George Akiyama passed away
• 00:53:14 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Same Cell Organism, we will review Sumomo Yumeka's collection of BL stories
• 00:54:27 - Main Segment Triple Dip: A Man and His Cat/BL Metamorphosis/Hi Score Girl, Transition Song: "flash" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, we read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to see if we'd continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three
• 00:55:11 - A Man and His Cat by Umi Sakurai
• 01:08:39 - BL Metamorphosis by Kaori Tsurutani
• 01:25:44 - Hi Score Girl by Rensuke Oshikiri
• 01:57:31 - We pick our favorite out of the three manga
• 02:00:29 - Upcoming Retrospective on Kasane, Next Week's Topic: Same Cell Organism, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster