251 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2
Manga Machinations15 Juli 2019

251 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2

This week we continue our Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls with Morgana "Manga Maven" Santilli! We also talk about bugs and critters for a long time!!!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "TOKYO GIRL" by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Introductions, Social Media
  • 00:01:48 - We will be doing a BEASTARS vol. 1 giveaway to commemorate the official English release
  • 00:04:49 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu discuss the politics and meta-commentary of Batman: White Knight
  • 00:15:36 - Batman and the Justice League was a fun superhero manga for Morgana
  • 00:17:58 - We discuss various comic/manga crossovers like X-Men Misfits and Wolverine: Snikt!
  • 00:22:49 - Morgana really enjoyed the different artwork in POPOCOMI
  • 00:23:48 - Waves is a beautiful autobiographical french comic about a woman who had a still birth
  • 00:24:18 - dakazu revisits the awkward and embarrassing situations with another volume of Utsu Gohan
  • 00:28:59 - We share stories dealing with bugs and critters
  • 00:35:47 - News: Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed Metamorphose no Engawa
  • 00:37:49 - Gigant has been licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment
  • 00:41:45 - Farewell, My Dear Cramer will be getting a physical release from Kodansha
  • 00:44:21 - Kodansha will putting out hard cover editions of Saiyuki with new translations
  • 00:48:09 - Revolutionary Girl Utena, Boogiepop Phantom, Sweet Blue Flowers are among the titles that will be streaming exclusively on Funimation
  • 00:50:12 - African Japanese manga artist Rene Hoshino was mistaken for Romi Hoshino, who was arrested in the Philippines for running a manga pirating website
  • 00:52:20 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, we will continue our comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's horror comedy manga(covers volumes 6-7)
  • 00:52:32 - Main Segment Retrospective: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's manga
  • 00:53:09 - We recap the events of volume 4
  • 00:55:56 - We discuss the whiplash personality of Key
  • 00:57:10 - We debate the possibility of Rinko and Key ending up together by the end of the series
  • 01:01:37 - Darfox predicts that Hayasaka will try to mold Mami into a replacement for Rinko
  • 01:04:13 - We talk about Okuda completely dismissing Rinko's interests in favor of his own
  • 01:07:04 - We laugh about Higashimura's commentary on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight
  • 01:10:10 - Morgana shares how women's entertainment is demeaned by society and Darfox thinks there's so much to learn from shoujo and josei manga
  • 01:15:46 - Rinko's stance about men and women have different values is a harmful mindset that sets herself up for failure
  • 01:17:48 - Rinko focusing on writing was a moment that resonated with Morgana
  • 01:19:12 - dakazu hopes that the girls will learn to love themselves by the end of the series
  • 01:21:04 - We recap the events of volume 5
  • 01:26:01 - The cliffhanger ending of volume 5 made Morgana lose her mind
  • 01:27:01 - We comment on the existence of "marriage rushes" and share our own experiences at weddings
  • 01:33:41 - We explain how classmates have a stronger bond for reunions in Japan
  • 01:35:42 - dakazu knows from experience how Yoshio is manipulating Koyuki
  • 01:39:46 - dakazu is excited about the possibility that Ryo is actually an evil genius
  • 01:42:33 - Morgana dives into the societal pressures of being a "Good Woman"
  • 01:45:10 - We discuss how pregnancy is not a topic often explored in manga
  • 01:47:31 - We make predictions on how Kaori's pregnancy scare will pan out
  • 01:51:49 - We talk about the possibility of abortion and how other fiction approach it
  • 01:54:20 - The girls having a fight are an extension of the pain they're experiencing
  • 01:59:03- Next Week's Topic: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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