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On this episode we answer lots of emails and dakazu reads about the devastation on the Sanriku Railway during the 2011 Tohoku tsunami in Santetsu! Then we review Isaki Uta's Mine-kun is Asexual, Mermaid in the Bottle, and Leaper! All three doujinshi are available from Irodori Comics! Buy Leaper, Mermaid in the Bottle, and Mine-kun is Asexual! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Lost in Paradise feat. AKLO" by ALI from Jujutsu Kaisen, Opening, Introductions 00:01:22 - Listener Emails: A manga artist quiz 00:10:49 - Our fanservice favorites 00:35:54 - Preference for older hand-drawn animation 00:53:42 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Santetsu - Nippon Tetsudou Ryokou Chizuchou Sanriku Tetsudou Daishinsai no Kiroku is about the Sanriku Railway recovering from the horrible tragedy of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 01:04:56 - News: Kickstarter for a feature length anime of The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún has been met 01:08:01 - March comes in like a Lion wins Grand Prize for manga at the 2021 Japan Media Arts Festival 01:10:34 - Vertical Comics folded into Kodansha Books and Kodansha Comics 01:15:25 - Denpa Books licenses Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children 01:22:23 - Hobonichi Techo recruiting manga artist to participate in Pollyanna 2 01:23:31 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Beast Complex, We'll be reviewing Paru Itagaki's debut anthology about anthropomorphized animals living together in a complex society 01:24:24 - Main Segment One Shot: Mine-kun is Asexual/Mermaid in the Bottle/Leaper, Transition Song: "White-Collar Elegy" by Akio Ootsuka from Africa Salaryman, We review 3 doujinshi by Isaki Uta that are available from Irodori Comics, including: 01:27:25 - *SPOILERS* Mine-kun is Asexual 01:38:03 - *SPOILERS* Mermaid in the Bottle 01:49:42 - *SPOILERS* Leaper 02:12:37 - We share our final thoughts and pick our favorite doujinshi 02:17:15 - Next Week's Topic: Beast Complex, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

14 Mar 20212h 18min

This week we agree that Yusuke is superior to Gon, we celebrate the licensing of March comes in like a Lion, and we review Kakio Tsurukawa's Sawanabe Zombie and Ikyoudo while complaining about comic book movies! Both titles are available from Star Fruit Books!!! Buy Sawanabe Zombie and Ikyoudo! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Lost in Paradise feat. AKLO" by ALI from Jujutsu Kaisen, Opening, Introductions, dakazu's birthday 00:02:40 - Listener Emails: Who is the better main character between Yusuke Urameshi vs. Gon Freecss 00:13:23 - News: Denpa Books has licensed March comes in like a Lion for release in summer 2022 00:18:17 - VIZ Originals title World Piece set to release June 2021 00:20:51 - The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún being adapted to an anime 00:23:48 - Amazon developing live-action film of Hellsing 00:29:23 - Stage play adaptation of World Trigger scheduled for November 2021 00:33:11 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Leaper/Mermaid In The Bottle/Mine-kun is Asexual, We'll be reviewing 3 doujinshi by Isaki Uta from Irodorilite 00:34:21 - Main Segment One Shot: Sawanabe Zombie/Ikyoudo, Transition Song: "White-Collar Elegy" by Akio Ootsuka from Africa Salaryman, We review 2 works by Kakio Tsurukawa that are available from Star Fruit Books 01:19:12 - Next Week's Topic: Leaper/Mermaid In The Bottle/Mine-kun is Asexual, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

7 Mar 20211h 20min

On this episode we keep discuss the success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train and celebrate that Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! is streaming on Crunchyroll! Then, we can't stop bringing up Zack Snyder's Justice League and other movies as we discuss the final volumes of The Flowers of Evil! The hosts breakdown the ending and the overall themes of this work that popularized Shuzo Oshimi!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Aku no Hana -Nakamura Sawa-" by Uchujin from The Flowers of Evil, Opening, Introductions, Seamus and Zack Snyder's Justice League, Star Trek 00:03:50 - Listener Emails: Sharing our favorite publishers 00:16:28 - Discussing the success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train 00:27:26 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", dakazu finished BL Metamorphosis and thought it was nice 00:30:15 - Darfox gives his pitch on why everyone should watch Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! now that it's available on Crunchyroll 00:34:57 - dakazu found a potential candidate for Manga Machination's Shitty Teacher Avengers in Shounen no Abyss by Ryou Minenami 00:37:57 - News: Seven Seas Entertainment licenses Cotton Valent's Creepy Cat 00:39:52 - Seven Seas Entertainment Ghost Ship releasing popular ecchi series Do You Like Big Girls? 00:42:11 - Mangasplaining is a new manga podcast where Deb Aoki, David Brothers, and Christopher Butcher introduce manga to Chip Zdarsky 00:45:16 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Sawanabe Zombie/Ikyoudo, We'll be reviewing 2 works by Kakio Tsurukawa from Star Fruit Books 00:47:05 - Main Segment Retrospective: The Flowers of Evil, Transition Song "Hana -a last flower-" by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, Comprehensive review of Shuzo Oshimi's story about a middle school boy who is blackmailed by his classmate who reveals his inner perversion(covers volumes 10-11) 01:43:33 - Next Week's Topic: Sawanabe Zombie/Ikyoudo, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

28 Feb 20211h 45min

This week Seamus catches up on Vinland Saga, dakazu struggles to read Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi Gurume de GO!, and we examine the new license announcements! Then we return to our Retrospective on Shuzo Oshimi's The Flowers of Evil, where a time skip has lead to a much more digestible story arc!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Aku no Hana -Nakamura Sawa-" by Uchujin from The Flowers of Evil, Opening, Introductions, Morgana on Shojo & Tell, The Law of Equivalent Exchange, Comparing radio to podcasts 00:04:00 - Listener Emails: Follow up on the ending of Haikyu!! 00:06:08 - Manga Mac pop quiz 00:14:58 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", *SPOILERS* Seamus has caught up with the English release of Vinland Saga 00:29:55 - Morgana was busy playing Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! 00:32:26 - Delinquents of justice protect the townspeople in WIND BREAKER 00:34:12 - *CONTENT WARNING*(Sexual Assault/Eating Disorders) dakazu struggles to read through Nagata Kabi's newest series Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi Gurume de GO! 00:57:13 - News: Yen Press licenses Megumi Hayashibara's The Characters Taught Me Everything: Living Life One Episode at a Time 00:58:55 - VIZ to publish Hideo Kojima's The Creative Gene 01:04:43 - New VIZ licenses include Animal Crossing: New Horizons-Deserted Island Diary, Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Rosen Blood, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Mao, My Love Mix-Up!, Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater and more 01:09:32 - Koyoharu Gotouge is the first manga artist to be on the TIME100 Next list 01:15:38 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on The Flowers of Evil, A complete review of Shuzo Oshimi's story about a young teen who's evil deed is discovered by a classmate with a destructive personality(covers volumes 10-11) 01:16:11 - Main Segment Retrospective: The Flowers of Evil, Transition Song "Hana -a last flower-" by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, Comprehensive review of Shuzo Oshimi's story about a middle school boy who is blackmailed by his classmate who reveals his inner perversion(covers volumes 7-9) 02:09:30 - Next Week's Topic: The Flowers of Evil, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

21 Feb 20212h 10min

On this episode Morgana takes a break from terrible teens of The Flowers of Evil with the Real Friends series, while Darfox and dakazu check out the live-action movie adaptation of Misu Misou! Then we get Morgana's thoughts on Phoenix, Mob Psycho 100, and Give My Regards to Black Jack for another round of Morgana's Manga Makeup!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "99" by Mob Choir from Mob Psycho 100, Opening, Introductions, ad swap with The Law of Equivalent Exchange 00:02:11 - Listener Emails: Endings that we dislike 00:10:56 - Appreciating Tsutomu Nihei's evolution of art in APOSIMZ 00:15:15 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Morgana appreciated Shannon Hale's autobiographical Real Friends series 00:20:53 - *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu found some enjoyable bloody moments in the poorly acted Misu Misou movie 00:31:15 - dakazu has been enjoying the anime of Otherside Picnic 00:34:03 - Darfox pays respect tobeloved Spanish Latin American anime dub singer Ricardo Silva Elizondo who passed away 00:37:50 - News: Live-action movie adaptation of Gunjou scheduled for release on Netflix April 15th 00:39:36 - Seven Seas Entertainment announced new licenses which include volume 4 and 5 of Asumiko Nakamura's popular BL series Classmates 00:42:47 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on The Flowers of Evil, A complete review of Shuzo Oshimi's story about a young teen who's evil deed is discovered by a classmate with a destructive personality(covers volumes 7-9) 00:43:36 - Main Segment Morgana's Manga Makeup: Mob Psycho 100/Give My Regards To Black Jack/Phoenix, Transition Song "The Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky, Morgana will read manga previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined, including: 00:44:34 - Mob Psycho 100 by ONE 01:09:26 - Give My Regards to Blackjack by Shuho Sato 01:36:13 - Phoenix by Osamu Tezuka 02:07:00 - Morgana picks her favorite of the three manga 02:09:09 - Next Week's Topic: The Flowers of Evil, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

14 Feb 20212h 10min

This week Darfox and dakazu return to indie manga with Glaeolia 2! Also dakazu returning to Saikin Kono Sekai wa Watashi dake no Mono ni Narimashita......! And we continue examining awful teenagers in part 2 of our The Flowers of Evil Retrospective!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Aku no Hana -Nakamura Sawa-" by Uchujin from The Flowers of Evil, Opening, Introductions, Phone notifications 00:01:22 - Listener Emails: Our picks for animals to be in BEASTARS 00:04:28 - Our favorite parody companies 00:08:32 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox and dakazu review Glaeolia 2 in hopes of getting another pull quote on GlacierBayBooks.com 00:24:46 - Curiosity got dakazu to finish Yui Toshiki's Saikin Kono Sekai wa Watashi dake no Mono ni Narimashita...... 00:37:23 - News: Black Clover anime will end March 30, 2021 00:44:13 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Morgana's Manga Makeup, Morgana will read manga previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined, including: Phoenix by Osamu Tezuka, Give My Regards to Black Jack by Shuho Sato, and Mob Psycho 100 by ONE 00:47:48 - Main Segment Retrospective: The Flowers of Evil, Transition Song "Hana -a last flower-" by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, Comprehensive review of Shuzo Oshimi's story about a middle school boy who is blackmailed by his classmate who reveals his inner perversion(covers volumes 4-6) 01:35:49 - Next Week's Topic: Phoenix/Give My Regards to Black Jack /Mob Psycho 100, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

7 Feb 20211h 37min

On this episode dakazu revisits Toru Seino's Sono 'Okodawari', Ore ni mo Kure yo to regale us with tales of wasteful book reading practices and Seino trolling an adult couple. Then we begin our Retrospective on Shuzo Oshimi's The Flowers of Evil but Seamus is already calling it quits after one episode!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Aku no Hana -Nakamura Sawa-" by Uchujin from The Flowers of Evil, Opening, Introductions, Morgana guesting on Shojo & Tell 00:02:23 - Listener Emails: Lukewarm reactions to the beginning of BEASTARS 00:09:38 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Joukyou Seikatsuroku Ichijou is yet another spinoff of Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji 00:13:59 - dakazu finally finished Sono 'Okodawari', Ore ni mo Kure yo which was jam packed with strange quirks and hilarious reactions from creator Toru Seino 00:40:20 - News: Manga Rock linked INKR Comics paying 1 cent per character to be translated and lettered 00:43:06 - Nana anime license rescued by Sentai Filmworks 00:45:21 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on The Flowers of Evil, A complete review of Shuzo Oshimi's story about a young teen who's evil deed is discovered by a classmate with a destructive personality(covers volumes 4-6) 00:45:48 - Main Segment Retrospective: The Flowers of Evil, Transition Song "Hana -a last flower-" by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, Comprehensive review of Shuzo Oshimi's story about a middle school boy who is blackmailed by his classmate who reveals his inner perversion(covers volumes 1-3) 01:29:17 - Next Week's Topic: The Flowers of Evil, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

31 Jan 20211h 30min

This week we share our favorite social media content and dive into a massive spoiler discussion for BEASTARS volume 10! Then it's time for a new Triple Dip with Blue Giant, My Dress-Up Darling, and My Androgynous Boyfriend!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Lost in Paradise feat. AKLO" by ALI from Jujutsu Kaisen, Opening, Introductions, Bernie Sanders Tokyo Tarareba Girls memes 00:01:11 - Answering our new iTunes review 00:05:33 - Listener Emails: Discussing manga piracy vs. light novel piracy 00:10:36 - Sharing our favorite social media content 00:32:45 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", *SPOILERS* We discuss the major revelations in BEASTARS volume 10 00:52:42 - Asumiko Nakamura's Oukoku Monogatari is filled with beautiful male twins 00:59:57 - News: Chainsaw Man and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction among winners at the 66th Shogakukan Manga Awards 01:01:36 - Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku getting an anime adaptation 01:04:33 - Yumiko Shirai's WOMBS to be release in French 01:06:45 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on The Flowers of Evil, A complete review of Shuzo Oshimi's story about a young teen who's evil deed is discovered by a classmate with a destructive personality(covers volumes 1-3) 01:07:43 - Main Segment Triple Dip: My Androgynous Boyfriend/My Dress-Up Darling/Blue Giant, Transition Song "Moment's Notice" by John Coltrane, we read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to see if we'd continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three, including: 01:08:32 - My Androgynous Boyfriend by Tamekou 01:20:41 - My Dress-Up Darling by Shinichi Fukuda 01:38:12 - Blue Giant by Shinichi Ishizuka 02:14:14 - We pick our favorite of the three manga 02:16:05 - Next Week's Topic: The Flowers of Evil, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

24 Jan 20212h 17min