245 - Guest Gaiden 4 - Blue Flag with John from Manga Log Podcast

245 - Guest Gaiden 4 - Blue Flag with John from Manga Log Podcast

We're happy to have the host of Manga Log join us this week! John is here to tell us about his fandom origins, why he decided to launch his own manga podcast, and discuss his favorite digital series, Blue Flag!!!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "the WORLD" by Nightmare from Death Note, Opening, Introductions, Listening to podcasts at 1.5+ speeds
  • 00:01:19 - John explains his goals for the Manga Log Podcast
  • 00:03:23 - Learning about John's origins in anime/manga fandom
  • 00:06:57 - John would reenact fights from Naruto with his friends and participate in Naruto role-play forums
  • 00:09:04 - Death Note became the gateway into more mature anime/manga for John
  • 00:11:07 - John started reading the Naruto manga to bypass the anime filler arcs
  • 00:13:03 - The Manga Machinations Goodnight Punpun retrospective helped inspire John to start his own podcast
  • 00:21:27 - Darfox goes on a tangent about the upcoming Hideo Kojima game Death Stranding
  • 00:22:31 - Listener Questions: We share some of our favorite and least favorite manga like Goodnight Punpun, Platinum End, Eden Zero, Trigun, Devil Ecstasy, Monster and Naoki Urasawa's Pluto
  • 00:38:24 - Upcoming Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Updates on our RSS feed
  • 00:40:35 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", John is enjoying Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man so Darfox warns him about some taboo topics in Fire Punch
  • 00:42:56 - John is really enjoying the mix of fantasy cooking and character stories of Drifting Dragons
  • 00:45:21 - Howl's Moving Castle,and KonoSuba, A Song of Ice and Fire, are some of the books John is reading
  • 00:46:36 - dakazu learned that there are 2 other spin-offs of Cells at Work called Hatarakanai Saibou and Hataraku Saikin
  • 00:51:09 - News: The June schedule for anime on Netflix includes March comes in like a Lion and A Silent Voice
  • 00:54:30 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: In/Spectre by Chashiba Katase, Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi, and Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou by Mitsuharu Yanamoto
  • 00:56:23 - Main Segment Guest Gaiden: Blue Flag, "Catch up, latency" by Union Square Garden from Run with the Wind, John joins us on a "SPOILER* filled discussion about this romance manga by KAITO available on MANGA Plus
  • 00:58:00 - We discuss the complex web of relationships all the characters have with each other
  • 01:00:20 - dakazu points out the translation in chapter 5 which totally changes the context and reveal of Touma's feelings
  • 01:01:52 - John and dakazu praises the subtle storytelling told through the character's dynamic facial expressions
  • 01:03:19 - Seamus didn't read past volume 1 because he's done with love triangle stories
  • 01:05:51 - John thought a certain character died during the dramatic events of the baseball tournament arc
  • 01:08:53 - We are impressed with the deeper characterization of the evil rival girl Mami
  • 01:12:19 - Darfox sees the comfort zones of characters are challenged both intellectually and personally
  • 01:13:28 - dakazu breaks down the most current chapters about Touma's secret being revealed
  • 01:15:52 - We discuss the events of from the most recent chapter
  • 01:17:25 - Darfox thinks Kensuke is problematic and toxic
  • 01:20:48 - John appreciates that despite their problems, the characters are representative of teenagers
  • 01:23:11 - Darfox thinks the manga needs to clarify it's thoughts on these opposing viewpoints made by Shingo
  • 01:25:03 - Seamus would be interested in reading again if the series tries to do something different than the typical redemption arc for a character like Kensuke
  • 01:26:48 - The cliffhanger makes the wait for the newest chapter torture for dakazu and John
  • 01:27:40 - We share some predictions and where we want the story to go from here
  • 01:30:10 - dakazu shares how Blue Flag exists within the same universe as Kaito's other works Cross Manage and Buddy Strike
  • 01:32:43 - Next Week's Topic: In/Spectre & Yona of the Dawn & Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

Episoder(569)

089 - Monster part 7

089 - Monster part 7

This week dakazu checks out Junji Ito's take on a political thriller in Yuukokuno no Rasputin, darfox examines Naruto expanded fiction Boruto, Seamus likes the post-war supernatural investigators in Ubume no Natsu, and we dive into the prison break arc of Monster!!!(covers chapters 105-122)

6 Jun 20161h 7min

088 - Monster part 6

088 - Monster part 6

Seamus has started reading A Bride's Story(Oyomegatari) again, darfox talks about the Yowamushi Pedal movie, and dakazu is moved by the biography manga about Cambodian Deminer Aki Ra in Mitsurin Shounen Jungle Boy. Then, secrets are revealed as we wrap up the 'Mr Grimmer arc' in Naoki Urasawa's Monster!!!(covers chapters 87-104)

30 Mai 20161h

087 - Monster part 5

087 - Monster part 5

This week darfox8 checks out Tsutomu Nihei's take on Western comics in Wolverine: Snikt! and dakazu returns to incompetent child soldier stereotypes of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Our retrospective of Monster continues as we wrap up the Mr Schuwalt arc and are introduced to new characters of Mr Grimmer and Agent Suk!!!(covers chapters 69-86)

23 Mai 20161h 34min

086 - Monster part 4

086 - Monster part 4

On this episode Darfox gives Yu Yu Hakusho some anime love, dakazu checks out the Satoshi Kon & Katsuhiro Otomo joint project World Apartment Horror and also learns about quirky routines of everyday people in Sono "Okodawari", Ore ni mo Kure Yo!!. Then we continue our Monster retrospective as Tenma and Johan close in on each other!!!(covers chapters 51-68)

16 Mai 20161h 12min

085 - Monster part 3

085 - Monster part 3

Seamus starts us off this week with pop culture references to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in Time Prisoners(Space-Time Prisoner). Then dakazu can't believe a mangaka's real account of living in the woods in Disappearance Diary while discovering Rensuke Oshikiri range in his works Misu Misou, Dero Dero, and Dohii! Obake ga Boku wo Penpen Naguru!(Gosh! The Ghost Keeps Slapping Me!). We close out with our Monster retrospective as we delve deeper into the characters of Eva Heinemann and Inspector Lunge!!!(covers chapters 33-50)

9 Mai 20161h 5min

084 - Monster part 2

084 - Monster part 2

On this episode Seamus takes a break from manga to talk about the Vertigo comics, we discuss Robert Rodriquez directing Alita: Battle Angel, darfox revisits the Prison School chapter from last week that has been re-edited, and dakazu finds a manga from his youth that was released from Dark Horse as single issue comics called Grey. Then it's time for more Monster! Now that the prelude is over, we get into the dramatic thriller storyline of Dr Tenma pursing Johan!!!(covers chapters 17-32)

2 Mai 20161h 5min

083 - Monster part 1

083 - Monster part 1

On this episode Seamus catches up on March comes in like a lion(3-angatsu no Lion), darfox gets into translating slander in Prison School, and dakazu reads a horror version of Mushishi in Tsubaki and salary negotiations of professional baseball in Gurazeni: Money Pitch! Then we begin our newest retrospective of Monster, the work that made Naoki Urasawa what he is today! Listen as we discuss the story, characters and have dramatic read-throughs of the select scenes in what we're calling Monster-piece Theater!!!(covers chapters 1-16)

25 Apr 20161h 24min

082 - Anime Interlude 3 - Miss Hokusai

082 - Anime Interlude 3 - Miss Hokusai

On this week's mega sized episode Seamus tries reading Happiness, dakazu forces himself to read the gore porn Elfen Lied and lite novel fluff Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? but rejoices in the return of Hunter x Hunter and Beet the Vandel Buster! Special guest and resident anime expert Kenzo talks about Gintama, Bleach, Boku Girl, and Tomo-chan is a Girl!(Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!). Then we run through the new shows of the Spring 2016 season, discuss some news about upcoming anime adaptations, and rant about shows that just wrapped up like Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and Mr. Osomatsu(Osomatsu-san)! Finally we discuss the anime movie Miss Hokusai!!!

18 Apr 20161h 51min

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