254 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 4

254 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 4

On this episode we reach the end of our Tokyo Tarareba Girls Retrospective! The hosts and Morgana "Manga Maven" Santilli discuss the ending and how they feel about the series as a whole!!!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "TOKYO GIRL" by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Announcement about our new website, Introductions
  • 00:05:56 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", dakazu checks out some questionable modern military fiction with Marginal Operation
  • 00:22:18 - News: Digital archives were miraculously saved from the Kyoto Animation arson attack
  • 00:23:22 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion for Mirai, we'll be reviewing Mamoru Hosoda's latest anime movie
  • 00:23:59 - Main Segment Retrospective: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's manga
  • 00:25:22 - We recap the events of volume 8
  • 00:28:35 - We express our disappointment at the abundance of the Codfish Milt and Liver in these final volumes
  • 00:32:59 - We recap the events of volume 9
  • 00:36:57 - We feel conflicted about the ending
  • 00:42:51 - dakazu doesn't feel like Rinko and Key ending up together is earned throughout the series
  • 00:45:06 - dakazu is amazed how accurate Seamus was with his story predictions
  • 00:47:14 - We talk about how Higashimura's sharp commentary on women's hardships raised our expectations for what turned out to be a typical drama
  • 00:55:24 - dakazu checked out Himawari: Kenichi Legend and Mama wa Tenparist that are about Higashimura's father and her son.
  • 00:57:34 - dakazu picked up on Higashimura's blunt tone after checking out her advice podcast
  • 01:01:22 - dakazu points out a translation from Act 15 that made Key come across harsher in English than in the original Japanese text.
  • 01:04:30 - dakazu thinks the TV Drama adaptation did a better job setting up the relationship between Key and Rinko
  • 01:05:41 - Morgana shares how she still liked Tokyo Tarareba Girls despite it not having a satisfying ending
  • 01:06:37 - dakazu runs down game changing story changes that were made in Drama adaptation
  • 01:11:53 - The Drama gave a hopeful epilogue for Kaori and Koyuki
  • 01:15:10 - *SPOILERS* Darfox compares the ending montage to the montage from Gone Girl
  • 01:17:00 - Key's comment about Rinko needing to be a "Cool Woman" confused us and added to the conflicting final message of the series
  • 01:19:11 - We're glad that Hayasaka was a good guy til the end
  • 01:24:25 - We share our thoughts about the series as a whole
  • 01:28:42 - We comment on the Tarare-Bar where a woman is in love with an anime character
  • 01:31:46 - We give our final thoughts on Tokyo Tarareba Girls
  • 01:35:32 - Morgana will be joining Manga Machinations as an official host
  • 01:36:53- Next Week's Topic: Mirai, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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017 - Slam Dunk part 2

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016 - Slam Dunk part 1

016 - Slam Dunk part 1

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015 - Anime Interlude 1 - Parasyte -the maxim-

015 - Anime Interlude 1 - Parasyte -the maxim-

This week darfox learns about survival in Jisatsutou and dakazu thinks manga Wozniak is cute in Steve Jobs. Then we're joined by our anime expert kenzo to talk about all the anime we're watching: including Broken Blade, From the New World, Gundam: Reconguista in G, Psycho-Pass, Yowamushi Pedal, World Trigger, SHIROBAKO, Parasyte, Rage of the Bahamut: Genesis, The Seven Deadly Sins, and much more!

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014 - Parasyte part 5

014 - Parasyte part 5

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013 - Parasyte part 4

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012 - Parasyte part 3

012 - Parasyte part 3

This week we have a long discussion/rant about the end of Naruto. We also extend our Parasyte discussion because darfox can't get enough tentacle action!(covers chapters 17-31)

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011 - Parasyte part 2

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This week we discuss the creepy live-action Nana to Kaoru movie, dakazu tries to explain what Ikigami is, and we catch up on current Naruto & Bleach. Then we jump into our Parasyte read-through by discussing the Mom arc(covers chapters 9-16)

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010 - Parasyte part 1

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