Manga Machinations9 Mar 2020

285 - Girls' Last Tour part 2

This week we finish our retrospective on Tsukimizu's Girls' Last Tour! Join us as our discussion takes us through everything from existentialism to Buddhism to flashbacks!!!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: "More One Night" by Chito & Yuuri from Girls' Last Tour, Opening, Introductions, End of Anime Interlude
00:02:33 - Listener Emails: Love for World Trigger and Chainsaw Man
00:06:09 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", dakazu reads about robots outliving humanity in Robo Sapiens Zenshi
00:12:03 - News: East, Into the Night gets digital volume release
00:13:16 - Huge growth in active users for MANGA Plus in the last 3 months
00:15:31 - ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department P.S. licensed by Yen Press
00:16:57 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: New Chapter Check-in, dakazu and Darfox will be going full spoilers with the newest chapters of their favorite manga series
00:17:30 - Main Segment Retrospective: Girls' Last Tour, Transition Song: "Ugoku, Ugoku" by Chito & Yuuri from Girls' Last Tour, comprehensive review of Tsukimizu's manga about two girls surviving in an giant empty city structure(covers volumes 4-6)
00:18:54 - We discuss the ending and our thoughts on the fate of the girls
00:24:53 - We appreciate the minutia of mundane survival such as laundry
00:27:07 - dakazu sensed an overarching feeling of finality throughout the whole manga that resonated with him
00:32:58 - We debate the inclusion of the flashback chapter and the overuse of flashbacks in story narratives
00:38:29 - Seamus really enjoyed this series for focusing on the finality of humanity and existence
00:39:49 - We examine the arc with the penis creatures
00:44:21 - We decide that this manga is post-post-apocalyptic
00:47:33 - Seamus explains the themes of existentialism in the series
00:49:04 - We discuss what nirvana is in Buddhism and how it opposes finality
00:53:29 - Darfox brings up Dr. STONE and his issues with Senku wanting to restore humanity without fixing issues
00:59:20 - We give our final impressions on the series as a whole
01:02:46 - Next Week's Topic: New Chapter Check-in, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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