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

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065 - Triple Dip 11 - My Brother's Husband, Golden Kamuy, Sakuranbo Syndrome

065 - Triple Dip 11 - My Brother's Husband, Golden Kamuy, Sakuranbo Syndrome

On this episode dakazu examines post World War 2 Japan and Japanese occupied China in the sobering Areyo Hoshikuzu. Then we revisit recently translated Golden Kamuy and My Brother's Husband from dakazu's Whatcha-Been-Reading, along with listener suggested Sakuranbo Syndrome for our Triple Dip!!!

21 Dec 201542min

064 - Manga in Motion 4 - The Garden of Words

064 - Manga in Motion 4 - The Garden of Words

Seamus is back to talk about popular shoujo manga; including AKB49 - Renai Kinshi Jourei, Whispered Words(Sasameki Koto), Tenbin wa Hana to Asobu, and Kimi ga Suki!! Then dakazu explains the comedy of the long running Afro Tanaka series and we talk about teacher/student romances done right in The Garden of Words for Manga in Motion!!!

14 Dec 201542min

063 - dakazu diversions 1 - Shonen Jump

063 - dakazu diversions 1 - Shonen Jump

Seamus and darfox are both out this week so dakazu solo-casts this episode, talking about all the current series he reads(or doesn't) in Weekly Shonen Jump!!!

7 Dec 201536min

062 - Triple Dip 10 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Ushio to Tora, Video Girl Ai

062 - Triple Dip 10 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Ushio to Tora, Video Girl Ai

This week Seamus deals with cheesy storylines in Vinland Saga and dakazu can't stop praising the Sci-Fi epic Imuri! Then, it's time for more Triple Dip! We discuss gratuitous panty shots of Video Girl Ai, horror design in Ushio to Tora, and gush over male harems in feudal Japan from Ooku: The Inner Chambers!!!

30 Nov 20151h 3min

061 - Manga in Motion 3 - Angel's Egg

061 - Manga in Motion 3 - Angel's Egg

On this episode Seamus finishes Planetes, dakazu talks about the JSDF in Rising Sun and kids playing golf in Rising Impact. Then we get into a lengthy discussion about manga spin-offs of other manga and look at Mamoru Oshii's anime art film Angel's Egg(Tenshi no Tamago)!!!

23 Nov 201555min

060 - Triple Dip 9 - Berserk, Hajime no Ippo, A Silent Voice

060 - Triple Dip 9 - Berserk, Hajime no Ippo, A Silent Voice

Kenzo joins us this week to tell us about dropping Bleach, lamenting the end of Gintama, and his guilty pleasures of My Girlfriend is a T-Rex(T-Rex na Kanojo) and Boku Girl! Then it's time for another Triple Dip! We look at the 1st volumes of Hajime no Ippo, Berserk, and A Silent Voice!!!

16 Nov 20151h 9min

059 - Blame! part 5

059 - Blame! part 5

On this episode we welcome the return of the mangaka in Billy Bat, then we reach the ends of the Megastructure and Killy's journey as we finish our Blame! retrospective and we give our final thoughts on the series and the cyber dungeon.(covers chapters 51-65)

9 Nov 20151h 41min

058 - Blame! part 4

058 - Blame! part 4

Get ready for tales of a 40 year old slacker dad in I'll Give It My All… Tomorrow, mysterious dream sequences in new chapters of Billy Bat, and the biggest appearance of characters with actual names in our penultimate discussion of Blame!!!!(covers chapters 38-50)

2 Nov 20151h 21min

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