237 - One Shot 18 - My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2 with Jocelyne Allen

Translator Jocelyne Allen returns as we finish the trilogy of Kabi Nagata books by reviewing My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2!!!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "New Stranger" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions
• 00:01:10 - Jocelyne talks about her work schedule
• 00:02:39 - We share our enthusiasm for titles like My Solo Exchange Diary being licensed for the West
• 00:04:57 - Jocelyne talks about the upcoming Toronto Comic Arts Festival
• 00:07:29 - TCAF will be Junji Ito's first visit to North America and Hiromi Takashima will participate in the "100 Years of Yuri" exhibit
• 00:09:40 - Jocelyne talks about the requirements that make booking manga artists for TCAF difficult
• 00:11:43 - Jocelyne recommends the upcoming English release of Witch Hat Atelier for everyone
• 00:16:11 - Darfox asks Jocelyne about her process of traveling back and forth from Japan to Canada
• 00:17:55 - Listener Questions: Jocelyne talks about how much she enjoyed Inio Asano's Reiraku
• 00:22:36 - Jocelyne talks about her experience being on BBC and learning about a useful interpreting tool
• 00:27:40 - We get Jocelyne's thoughts on the announcement of VIZ Originals
• 00:29:00 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Jocelyne and dakazu discuss the heavy subject matter and problematic elements of Sensei no Shiroi Uso
• 00:33:12 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we'll be discussing the past Winter 2019 season of anime and some of our early impressions for Spring 2019 with guest Miki's Stopwatch
• 00:33:32 - Main Segment One Shot: My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2, Transition Song: "Shadow and Truth" by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we discuss the third book of the autobiographical manga series by Kabi Nagata
• 00:34:13 - Darfox could see the realism of Nagata's struggles directly reflected in the simplification of her art and dakazu compares it to Taeko Uzuki's Ningen Karimenchuu
• 00:39:00 - We discuss the harm Nagata perceives she has caused on her family and the resulting despair she feels despite her success
• 00:40:57 - Darfox discusses the reader's guilt he felt for reading about Nagata's life and her negative reaction she felt after sharing it
• 00:43:50 - Jocelyne and Darfox talk about the importance of separating the art from the artist
• 00:45:33 - Jocelyne thinks Nagata's turn to alcohol is a step in her overall progression to try and help herself
• 00:48:18 - dakazu gives his take on why this book was the hardest out of the three to get through
• 00:51:02 - Darfox thought Nagata reconciling and coming to terms with her family relationships were very positive and quite surprising
• 00:54:07 - dakazu can relate to Nagata being self conscious and how it's actually more about how she herself thinks others perceive her
• 00:57:54 - We need Jocelyne to try and explain what was up with the 'Bodytalk' treatment
• 00:59:57 - Seamus comments on Nagata's continued use of breaking outside the panel layouts to represent an openness or freedom
• 01:00:54 - Darfox found a cautionary lesson about waiting for arbitrary changes before things get better
• 01:03:39 - dakazu felt the abrupt change of mood between chapters really captured the way depression symptoms similarly effect him sometimes
• 01:07:09 - We talk about the bonus one shot Chika-chan's Depression
• 01:08:42 - A comment from Darfox about the resumes gets Jocelyne explaining her thought process for how to better translate it
• 01:11:20 - Jocelyne isn't sure if she's made a random reference with 'More than friends, less than lovers'
• 01:12:45 - We give our final thoughts on My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2
• 01:14:30 - Jocelyne sheds some light in the ways fiction and non-fiction are viewed differently in Japanese culture
• 01:18:11 - Next Week's Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster