195 - One Shot 12 - Ultra-Gash Inferno with Chris Hepburn

On this episode we're joined by listener Chris from Canada and we're reviewing Suehiro Maruo's Ultra-Gash Inferno! Will the hosts be able to stomach the world of ero-guro?!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "More One Night" by Chito & Yuuri from Girls' Last Tour, Opening, Introductions
• 00:02:40 - Chris explains the secret origins to his manga/anime fandom
• 00:07:15 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus keeps finding manga with potential romantic relationships between adults & teens/children with House of the Sun and My Boy, we discuss why these relationships are so commonplace in manga
• 00:16:47 - dakazu breaks down Gantz manga artist Hiroya Oku's B-movie appeal for darfox, Chris breaks down shonen manga tropes, darfox thinks the self promotion in GIGANT is ridiculous
• 00:27:34 - Chris loves the shonen plot structure with seinen subject matter in Jagaaaaaan
• 00:30:30 - Chris has been reading a manga dakazu covered back in the first few episodes of podcast called Sprite, Jiro Matsumoto's Netsutai no Citron confuses Chris and was a manga dakazu was looking for
• 00:33:37 - We discuss the difference between reading manga and reading western comics, Chris liked Jiro Matsumoto's Freesia but read Houkago Assault Girls instead of Joshi Kouhei by accident
• 00:41:31 - dakazu pitches synopses of multiple horror manga he's read to Chris: including Kyoumeigai, Shibuya Goldfish, Satsuriku Morph, Chijou Hyakkai, Mushibue
• 00:51:08 - dakazu loves Rensuke Oshikiri's collection of depressing stories in Nekoze wo Nobashite
• 00:57:38 - News: Anti-Piracy ads in all Shogakukan magazines
• 00:59:09 - Lakeside Ike no Taira hotel issues an apology about not being gender inclusive with its Pretty Cure themed room advertising
• 01:04:24 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Homunculus by Hideo Yamamoto, Soil by Atsushi Kaneko, Family Compo by Tsukasa Hojo
• 01:07:08 - Main Segment One Shot: Ultra-Gash Infreno, Transition Song: "Shadow and Truth" by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we dive into the vile content of Ultra-Gash Inferno, praise Suehiro Maruo's detailed artwork, lament not reading another Maruo work instead, talk about literal shit, compare Maruo with other horror manga artists, seriously discuss the fine line of violent fetishes, and talk about the effect of relationships presented in manga on the masses
• 01:37:36 - Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster