204 - One Shot 15 - Nijigahara Holograph

On this episode we review Inio Asano’s Nijigahara Holograph! Will dakazu, Darfox, and Seamus be able to decipher this strange story?

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Time Stamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “orion” by Kenshi Yonezu from March comes in like a Lion, Opening, Introductions
• 00:01:49 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, After reading more Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Seamus draws even more parallels to Noritoshi Furuichi’s novel The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country
• 00:12:19 - dakazu wonders why Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction was licensed in the west
• 00:15:06 - Inio Asano’s one shot Tempest questions the value of elders in society, Kengo Hanazawa’s new series Takaga Tasogare is about a modern society where men no long exist
• 00:20:22 - Darfox checks out Black Torch & Kenka Bancho Otome: Love’s Battle Royale from a VIZ manga sampler, dakazu tells darfox about My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
• 00:26:18 - dakazu learns about the life of Pliny the Elder in Mari Yamazaki’s PLINIVS
• 00:30:45 - After the surreal end of Jiro Matsumoto’s Joshi Kouhei Darfox asks dakazu if they made good on the unique storytelling
• 00:33:46 - The alternate final volumes of BTOOOM! dumbfounds dakazu
• 00:36:51 - News: Hi Score Girl anime will come to American Netflix this December
• 00:39:30 - Your Name., My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, My Brother’s Husband and others are nominated for the Best Manga category of the 2018 Harvey Awards
• 00:41:42 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Saikyo Selections on Doraemon by Fujio Fujiko, we’ll be taking an in-depth look at this famous children’s manga series
• 00:44:24 - Main Segment One Shot: Nijigahara Holograph, Transition Song: “Solanin” by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION from Solanin, we discuss Inio Asano’s Nijigahara Holograph, attempt to explain the almost circular plot, consider the supernatural elements in the town, get disgusted by the perversions of every character, consider the real life child murders that inspired this story, compare this to Asano’s other books, and ponder what attracts readers to these dark stories
• 01:03:46 - Next Week’s Topic: Doraemon, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster