421 - Shojo Showdown 4 - MARS, Midnight Secretary, Ouran High School Host Club

On this episode Morgana leads the charge for another Shojo Showdown! We examine the first volumes of MARS, Midnight Secretary, and Ouran High School Host Club! We also discuss Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, SPY X FAMILY, Tongari Boushi no Kitchen, The Gamestars, and more!!!

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Timestamps:

• Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Work survivor’s guilt - 00:00:00
• Listener Mail: Anime remakes - 00:04:51
• Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War has a stupid power creep and looks great - 00:15:12
• Anime discussion on Mob Psycho 100, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, My Hero Academia, and Golden Kamuy - 00:20:35
• Morgana has been watching Chainsaw Man and SPY X FAMILY anime with her husband - 00:26:41
• dakazu has read way more of the Witch Hat Atelier spin-off, Tongari Boushi no Kitchen, than the series proper - 00:35:08
• Utsubyou ni natte Manga ga Kakenaku narimashita follows Koji Aihara as he suffers suicidal thoughts during the COVID-19 pandemic - 00:37:34
• dakazu loved Natsume Ono’s new manga The Gamestars - 00:43:18
• Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Chainsaw Man, We will discuss and review Tatsuki Fujimoto’s horror comedy shonen battle series with special guest Marion(covers vols 7-9) - 00:47:36
• Main Segment Shojo Showdown: Ouran High School Host Club/Midnight Secretary/MARS, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read the beginning of each shojo manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three - 00:49:04, Including:
• Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori - 00:50:43
• Midnight Secretary by Tomu Ohmi - 01:07:48
• MARS by Fuyumi Soryo - 01:19:47
• We pick our favorite out of the three shojo manga - 01:40:05
• Next Week’s Topic: Chainsaw Man, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:42:51