This episode, the fourth of Light Novels In Your Ears, we're talking about Iori Miyazawa's (with illustrations by shirakaba) Otherside Picnic published by J-Novel Club.

Otherside Picnic credits:

• Translation: Sean McCann
• Editor: Krys Loh

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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No show notes. We just talk about Otherside Picnic.

Next time is Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and The Otaku Love Connection

This episode, we're talking about Fumi Yoshinaga's Tamaki & Amane published by Yen Press and Keigo Shinzō's Hirayazumi published by Viz.

Tamaki & Amane credits:

• Translation: Taylor Engel
• Lettering: Adnazeer Macalangcom

Hirayasumi credits:

• Translation: Jan Mitsuko Cash
• Touch-up art & lettering: Elena Diaz
• Design: Jimmy Presler
• Editor: Holly Fisher

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:29 - We talk about Tamaki & Amane

19:39 - We talk about Hirayasumi

Next time is a mystery!

This episode, we're talking about Kore Yamazaki's Frau Faust published by Kodansha and Jinushi's Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You published by Square Enix.

Frau Faust credits:

• Translation: Stephen Paul
• Lettering: Lys Blakeslee
• Editing: Ajani Oloye

Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You credits:

• Translator: Amanda Haley
• Letterer: Kyla Aiko (volume 1-2, 4-5), Arbash Mughal (volume 3)
• Title Logo Designer: Ti Collier (volume 2)
• Cover Designer: Ti Collier (volume 1), Jules Bird (volume 2-5)
• Editor: Jennifer Sherman

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1:25 - We talk about Frau Faust

17:19 - We talk about Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You

Next time is Tamaki & Amane and Hirayasumi

We're back with our annual anime spectacular! Chris (@gokuffy) and Helen (@wanderindreamr) join me (@nidokorn) to count down our favorite anime of 2025.

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0:30 - Number fives

23:03 - Number fours

(Content Warning: Suicide, parental negligence and harm)

45:58 - Number threes

1:12:54 - Number twos

(Content Warning: Suicide, parental negligence and harm)

1:38:45 - Takopi's Original Sin spoilers

1:43:46 - End of Takopi's Original Sin spoilers

1:49:37 - Number ones

2:14:16 - Also rans

Next time is...sports anime?

• I talk about The Fire Hunter and The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
• Chris talks about Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! and Bocchi the Rock!
• Patz talks about Jarinko Chie

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0:30 - We talk about what we were recommended

6:55 - Chris talks about Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

17:12 - Kory talks about The Fire Hunter

26:03 - Patz talks about Jarinko Chie

33:33 - Kory talks about The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún

39:49 - Chris talks about Bocchi the Rock!

1:00:09 - The reveal

Next time is top anime of 2025

This episode, we're counting down our favorite manga that we read this year.

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0:37 - Number threes

18:29 - Number twos

35:53 - Number ones

46:34 - Also rans

Next time is Frau Faust and Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You

This episode, we're talking about Waka Hirako's My Broken Mariko and Somato's Shadows House, both published by Yen Press.

My Broken Mariko credits:

• Translation: Amanda Haley
• Lettering: Abigail Blackman

Shadows House credits:

• Translation: Taylor Engel
• Lettering: Lys Blakeslee

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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Content warning for the My Broken Mariko discussion: suicide, parental / familial abuse, rape, self harm

0:44 - My Broken Mariko

14:34 - Shadows House

Next time is top manga! Send us your favorite manga you read in 2025 on bsky!

This episode, we’re talking about Kintetsu Yamada’s Home Office Romance published by Yen Press. Then Sakae Saito’s Touring After the Apocalypse also published by Yen Press.

Home Office Romance credits:

• Translator: Matt Treyvaud
• Letterer: Sara Linsley
• Editor: Maggie Le
• Managing Editor: Grace Chen
• Production Manager: Meg Gugarty

Touring After the Apocalypse credits:

• Translation: Amanda Haley
• Lettering: Phil Christie

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:09 - We talk about Home Office Romance

22:24 - We talk about Touring After the Apocalypse

Next time is TBD

This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon published by Yen Press. Then Zero Akabane's Magical Girl Incident also published by Yen Press.

Tokyo Babylon credits:

• Translation: Amanda Haley
• Lettering: Phil Christie, Chiho Christie (volume 4)

Magical Girl Incident credits:

• Translation: Caleb Cook
• Lettering: Phil Christie

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:42 - We talk about Tokyo Babylon

27:29 - We talk about Magical Girl Incident

Next time is Home Office Romance and Touring After the Apocalypse

Anyway. This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) and Basil (@itsbasiltime.com) join me to talk about Catch Me at the Ballpark!, a baseball anime.

Link to story about the baseball player dating the employee I digressed on.

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0:30 - Our moments of OSM:

• Chris: Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
• Basil: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Superman
• Kory: Turkey! Time to Strike, Kowloon Generic Romance
• Kory, again: Ekiden Bros, Ping-Pong Peril, Harukaze Mound
• Basil, again: Star of Beethoven, Rooster Fighter

26:32 - We talk about Catch Me at the Ballpark!

Next time is uh Anime Secret Santa?

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We just talk about Mix season 2. No other show notes.

Next time is Catch Me at the Ballpark

This episode, we're talking about Moto Hagio's They Were Eleven published by Denpa and Chika Mizube's Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (with story by Kanata Hoshi and character design by Pepperon) published by Kodansha.

They Were Eleven credits:

• Translator: Ajani Oloye
• Proofreading: Momo
• Production: Nicole Dochych, Lauren Eldon

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1:07 - We talk about They Were Eleven

29:17 - We talk about Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!

Next time is Tokyo Babylon and Magical Girl Incident

This episode, we're talking about murata's Catch These Hands! and Sai Naekawa's This Monster Wants to Eat Me, both published by Yen Press.

Catch These Hands! credits:

• Translation: Amanda Haley
• Lettering: Bianca Pistillo

This Monster Wants to Eat Me credits:

• Translation: Caleb Cook
• Lettering: Bianca Pistillo

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:12 - We talk about Catch These Hands!

18:50 - We talk about This Monster Wants to Eat Me

Content warning: There is ideation of suicide in This Monster Wants to Eat Me and its discussion.

Next time is They Were Eleven and Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!

This episode, we're talking about Yama Wayama's Let's Go Karaoke! and Mokumokuren's The Summer Hikaru Died, both published by Yen Press.

Let's Go Karaoke! credits:

• Translation: Leighann Harvey
• Lettering: Chiho Christie

The Summer Hikaru Died credits:

• Translation: Ajani Oloye
• Lettering: Abigail Blackman

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:17 - We talk about Let's Go Karaoke!

16:53 - We talk about The Summer Hikaru Died

Next time is Catch These Hands! and This Monster Wants to Eat Me

This episode, we're talking about Kurano's I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup published by Kodansha and Sumiko Arai's The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All published by Yen Press.

I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup credits

• Translator: Jocelyne Allen
• Letterer: Paige Pumphrey
• Editor: Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini
• Editorial Assistance: Naseem Alavi
• Managing Editor: Dasia Payne
• Production Manager: Angela Zurlo

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All credits

• Translation: Ajani Oloye
• Lettering: Brandon Bovia

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:58 - We talk about I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup

13:36 - We talk about The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All

Next time is Let's Go Karaoke! and The Summer Hikaru Died

This episode, we're talking about Ai Yazawa's Neighborhood Story published by Viz and Jun Mayuzuki's Kowloon Generic Romance published by Yen Press.

Neighborhood Story credits:

• Translation: Andria McKnight
• Touch-up art and lettering: Michelle Pang
• Design: Shawn Carrico
• Editor: Karla Clark

Kowloon Generic Romance credits:

• Translation: Amanda Haley
• Lettering: Abigail Blackman

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Listen to our previous Ai Yazawa and Jun Mayuzaki podcast episodes: After the Rain, Last Quarter, Paradise Kiss

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1:37 - We talk about Neighborhood Story

0 - We talk about Kowloon Generic Romance

Next time is

This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Legend of Chun Hyang published by Tokyopop and Spica Aoki's Kaiju Girl Caramelise published by Yen Press.

Legend of Chun Hyang credits:

• Translator: Ray Yoshimoto
• Retouch and Lettering: Jose Macasocol, Jr.
• Cover Layout: Gary Shum
• Editor: Jake Forbes

Kaiju Girl Caramelise credits:

• Translation: Taylor Engel
• Lettering: Lys Blakeslee

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:01 - We talk about Legend of Chun Hyang

12:11 - We talk about Kaiju Girl Caramelise

Next time is Neighborhood Story and Kowloon Generic Romance

Now that that’s out of the way, no Kory or Apryll this time but I am joined by Justin (@kami_nomi) of The OASG, who is my cohost on the other podcast I, uh, cohost, “It’s Not My Fault The OASG Podcast Is Not Popular!” We’re talking about the J-Novel Club (Heart imprint) release of Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman, which is a big and plot heavy series so we have both a spoiler-free section and then a spoiler-filled section about why the nickname “josei Game of Thrones” is VERY accurate for this series!

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:45 - Spoiler free discussion

34:05 - Spoiler-full discussion

• Content warning (in the spoiler section) for mentions of an attempted sexual assault, since it’s a plot-triggering event we couldn’t talk around.

Next time is The Legend of Chun Hyang and Kaiju Girl Caramelize

This episode, we're talking about Ai Yazawa's Last Quarter published by Viz and Makihirochi's Sketchy published by Kodansha.

Last Quarter credits:

• Translation & Adaptation: Max Greenway
• Touch-Up Art & Lettering: Inori Fukuda Trant
• Design: Yukiko Whitley
• Editor: Nancy Thistlethwaite

Sketchy credits:

• Translator: Alethea & Athena Nibley
• Letterer: Evan Hayden
• Editor: Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini
• Managing Editor: Dasia Payne
• Production Manager: Meg Gugarty

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:41 - We talk about Last Quarter

19:05 - We talk about Sketchy

Next time is...well, we haven't decided yet.

Look Back credits:

• Translation: Amanda Haley
• Touch-Up Art & Lettering: Snir Aharon
• Design: Julian [JR] Robinson
• Editor: Alexis Kirsch

March Comes in Like a Lion credits:

• Translator: Jocelyn Allen
• Proofreading: Varrick Robinson
• Production: Glen Isip, Nicole Dochych, Risa Cho, Kai Kyou (volume 1)

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Listen to the Taiiku Podcast talk about the March Comes in Like a Lion anime: Season one, season two, top anime of 2017, top anime of 2018, top anime of the 2010s

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0:39 - We talk about Look Back

9:09 - We talk about March Comes in Like a Lion

Next time is Last Quarter and Sketchy

This episode, we're talking about Uoto's Orb: On the Movements of the Earth published by Seven Seas and Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story published by Yen Press.

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth credits:

• Translation: Daniel Komen
• Adaptation: Molly Tanzer
• Lettering: Phil Christie
• Original cover design: Tadashi Hisamochi(hive&co.,ltd.)
• Cover design: H. Qi
• Copyeditor: Leighanna DeRouen
• Proofreader: Dave Murray
• Production designer: George Panella
• Editor: Nick Mamtas

A Bride's Story credits:

• Translation: William Flannagan
• Lettering: Abigail Blackman

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Link to Kaoru Mori drawing playlist

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1:17 - We talk about Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

22:27 - We read off your lists of favorite manga you read in 2024

26:31 - We talk about A Bride's Story

Next time is Look Back and March Comes in Like a Lion

It's our favorite anime that ended in 2024, ish! An annual tradition. Joining me (@nidokorn) is Chris (@gokuffy), Helen (@WanderinDreamr), and Ruby (@PassionTentacle).

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0:30 - Number fives

33:24 - Number fours

1:02:46 - Number threes

1:32:32 - Number twos

2:14:50 - Number ones

2:54:28 - Also rans

Next time is...Mix???

• I talk about Occult Academy and Giant Robo
• Chris talks about The Reflection and Magic User's Club
• Patz talks about When Marnie Was There

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0:30 - We talk about what we were recommended

13:45 - Chris talks about The Reflection

30:59 - I talk about Occult Academy

37:47 - Patz talks about When Marnie Was There

49:59 - Chris talks about Magic User's Club

1:15:43 - I talk about Giant Robo

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Listen to the episodes when we talked about some of these manga in full (listed in alphabetical order): Dai Dark and Dorohedoro, Fool Night, King in Limbo, Magic Knight Rayearth, RuriDragon.

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0:43 - Number threes

10:31 - Number twos

18:26 - Number ones

33:07 - Also rans

Next time is Orb: On the Movements of the Earth and A Bride's Story

This episode, we're talking about Hana Chatani's Give Her Back to Me published by Glacier Bay Books and Akihito Tsukushi's Made in Abyss published by Seven Seas.

Give Her Back to Me credits:

• Editing and design by emuh ruh and Hana Chatani

Made in Abyss credits:

• Translation: Beni Axia Concrad
• Adaptation: Jake Jung
• Lettering and retouch: James Baubatz
• Logo design: Andrea Rodriguez
• Cover design: Nicky Lim
• Proofreader: Brett Hallahan, Shanti Whitesides
• Assistant editor: Jenn Grunigen
• Production assistant: CK Russell
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Editor-in-Chief: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

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0:41 - We talk about Give Her Back to Me

12:35 - We talk about Made in Abyss

Next time is favorite manga we read in 2024!

The Lost & Found Collection credits:

• Translated by: Ed Ayes (Leaper, Mine-kin Is Asexual, Mermaid in the Bottle), Itsuki (Silkscreen)
• Lettering by: Tim Sun (Leaper, Mine-kin Is Asexual, Silkscreen), Mercedes McGarry (Mermaid in the Bottle)
• Compiled and Formatted by: CC Sū, Syu
• Project Management by: Katarina Kunstelj (Mine-kun Is Asexual, Silkscreen)
• Quality Assurance by: On Takahashi, Zhuchka, and Hara Gyatei;
• Eduardo Reyes (Leaper, Mine-kin Is Asexual, Mermaid in the Bottle, Mermaid in the Bottle)

Ruri Dragon credits:

• Translation: Caleb Cook
• Lettering: Sara Linsley

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:08 - We talk about The Lost & Found Collection

• 1:08 - We talk about Leaper
• 9:02 - We talk about Mine-kun Is Asexual
• 18:28 - We talk about Mermaid in the Bottle
• 26:21 - We talk about Silkscreen

37:59 - We talk about Ruri Dragon

Next time is Give Her Back To Me and Made in Abyss.

This episode, we're talking about Ai Tanaka's King in Limbo published by Kodansha. And Yuhi Azumi's Cutie and the Beast published by Seven Seas.

King in Limbo credits:

• Translation: Ajani Oloye
• Lettering: EK Weaver
• Editing: Ben Applegate
• Kodansha USA Publishing edition cover design by Matt Akuginow

Cutie and the Beast credits:

• Translation: Angela Liu
• Adaptation: Andrea Puckett
• Lettering and retouch: Erika Terriquez
• Interior layout: Christa Miesner (volume 2)
• Cover design: Nicky Lim, George Panella (logo)
• Proofreader: Brett Hallahan, Dawn Davis (volume 2)
• Editor: J.P. Sullivan
• Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

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(Editor's note: Something is up with Apryll's audio for like the first 15 minutes? I checked the raw audio - before I do lazy editing that sometimes messes with things in kinda this way - and it sounds the same. So no idea what's up. It's mostly listenable, but sorry about that!)

0:44 - We talk about King in Limbo

25:02 - We talk about Cutie and the Beast

Next time is The Lost and Found Collection by Isaki Uta and Ruri Dragon

Anyway. This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) and Ruby (@PassionTentacle) join me to talk about Girls Band Cry! We're an idol podcast.

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0:30 - We talk about Girls Band Cry

56:16 - We take your questions

Next time is I dunno. How does one podcast?

This episode, we're talking about Atsuko Asano (story) and Hinoko Kino's (art) No. 6, published by Kodansha. Then we talk about KamenTotsu's Baby Bear's Bakery, published by Denpa.

No. 6 credits:

• Translator: Jonathan Tarbox/Arashi Productions
• Lettering: Christy Sawyer

Baby Bear's Bakery credits:

• Translator: Jan Mitsuko Cash
• Proofreading: Patrick Sutton
• Production: Nicole Dochych, Mo Harrison
• Original Cover Design: Naoko NAKUI

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:28 - We talk about No. 6

0 - We talk about Baby Bear's Bakery

Next time is King in Limbo and Cutie and the Beast

This episode, we're talking about Chisato Abe (story) and Natsumi Matsuzaki's (manga) A Raven for All Seasons available on K Manga and Yusei Matsui's The Elusive Samurai published by Viz through Shonen Jump.

A Raven for All Seasons credits:

• Translation: Elodie Legay
• Lettering: Darren Smith
• Editing: Salud Campos Blasco

The Elusive Samurai credits:

• Translation: John Werry
• Lettering: John Hunt

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:46 - We talk about A Raven for All Seasons

24:16 - We talk about The Elusive Samurai

Next time is No. 6 and Baby Bear's Bakery

Anyway. This episode, Basil (@itsbasiltime) and Ruby (@PassionTentacle) join me to talk about BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story- season two.

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0:30 - We recap the first season

2:00 - Second season recap and discussion begins

Next time is who knows. More sports!

This episode, we're talking about Kyoko Okazaki's River's Edge and Tsurumaikada's Medalist, both published by Kodansha.

River's Edge credits:

• Editor: Ajani Oloye
• Translation: Alexa Frank
• Production: Risa Cho, Pei Ann Yeap, Lorina Mapa
• Proofreading: Micah Q. Allen

Medalist:

• Translator: Kevin Gifford
• Letterer: Darren Smith
• Original Digital Edition Editing: Thalia Sutton
• Editor: Aimee Zink
• Managing Editor: Alanna L. Ruse
• Production Manager: Claire Kerker
• Kodansha USA Publishing edition cover design by Matthew Akuginow

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:34 - We talk about River's Edge (content warning: animal cruelty, attempted murder, drug use, homophobia, realistic bullying, disordered eating)

27:24 - We talk about Medalist

Next time is A Raven for All Seasons and The Elusive Samurai

New York, New York credits:

• Translation: Preston Johnson-Chonkar
• Retouch: Lys Blakeslee
• Lettering: Abigail Blackman

I Hear the Sunspot credits:

• English translation rights arranged with France Shoin through Japan UNI Agency, Inc., Tokyo

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:55 - We talk about New York, New York (content warning: there is discussion of the depictions of physical abuse, emotional abuse, rape, and suicide within New York, New York)

22:13 - We talk about I Hear the Sunspot

Next time is River's Edge and Medalist

This episode, we're talking about Ryū Mizunagi's Witchcraft Works published by Vertical.

Witchcraft Works credits:

• Editor: Michelle Lin (volume 16-17)
• Translation: Ko Ransom
• Production: Risa Cho, Melissa DeJesus, Pei Ann Yeap (volume 16-17)

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Find Chris on bsky @gokuffy.

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1:10 - We talk about Witchcraft Works, non-spoilery

42:00 - We talk about Witchcraft Works, spoilery

Next time is actually New York New York and I Hear the Sunspot

Two on Ice credits:

• Skating adviser: Narumi Takahashi
• Translation: Jan Mitsuko Cash
• Lettering: Inori Fukuda Trant

Fool Night credits:

• Translation: Casey Loe (chapter 1)
• Lettering: Snir Aharon (chapter 1)
• Translation and lettering with the cooperation of Shogakukan Asia (chapter 2-)

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:21 - We talk about Two on Ice

16:08 - We talk about Fool Night

Next time is New York New York and I Hear the Sunspot

This episode, we're talking about Rei Taki's Last Gender: When We Are Nameless published by Kodansha and Aki Hamazi's Bocchi the Rock! published by Yen Press.

Last Gender: When We Are Nameless credits:

• Editor: Michelle Lin
• Translation: Rose Padgett (volume 1), Mishima Kitan (volume 2-3)
• Production: Shirley Fang, Pei Ann Yeap, Lorina Mapa
• Proofreading: Micah Q. Allen (volume 1-2), Kevin Luo (volume 3)

Bocchi the Rock! credits

• Translation: John Neal
• Lettering: Chiho Christie

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:56 - We talk about Last Gender: When We Are Nameless

18:42 - We talk about Bocchi the Rock!

Next time is Fool Night and Two on Ice

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0:30 - We talk about Blue Lock

Next time is I dunno. How does one watch anime without Crunchyroll, definitely not a monopoly-like entity that's anti-union?

Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater credits:

• Translation: Greg Werner
• Touch-up art + lettering: Annaliese "Ace" Christman
• Design: Shawn Carrico
• Editor: Alexis Kirsch

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

You can find our special guests Chris (@gokuffy) and Dawn (@bunnycartoon) on bsky at those links that look like links.

Listen to Dawn's episode on Dragon Ball.

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0:30 - We talk about how we ran into Toriyama and give some Toriyama memories

1:15:43 - We talk about Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater

Next time is really Last Gender and Bocchi the Rock!

Ascendance of a Bookworm credits:

• Translated by quof
• Edited by Aimee Zink

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:40 - We talk about Ascendance of a Bookworm

Next time is who knows...another year, another fish.

This episode we talk about two Q Hayashida manga: First is Dorohedoro published by Viz and second is Dai Dark published by Seven Seas.

Dorohedoro credits:

• Translation: AltJapan, Hiroko Yoda + Matt Alt (volume 5-23)
• Touch-up and lettering: Kelle Han (volume 1-2), Maui Girl (volume 3-10), James Gaubatz (volume 11-23)
• Design: Sam Elzway (volume 1-21), Izumi Evers (volume 22), Kam Li (volume 23)
• Editor: Daniel Gillespie (volume 1-4), Josh Bettinger (volume 4-23)

Dai Dark credits:

• Translation: Daniel Komen
• Adaptation: Casey Lucas
• Lettering: Phil Christie
• Original cover design: Shun SASAKI + Yoko NAKANISHI(AYOND)
• Cover design: Nicky Lim
• Proofreader: Kurestin Armada
• Copy editor: Dawn Davis
• Editor: J.P. Sullivan
• Prepresss technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production assistant: Christa Miesner
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:01 - We talk about Dorohedoro

14:38 - We talk about Dai Dark

Next time is Last Gender and Bocchi the Rock!

Diamond in the Rough credits:

• Translating / Editing: Medibang Inc.
• Lettering: Kai Kyou

The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter credits:

• Translated by: Bérénice Vourdon
• Edited by: Kieran Redgewell
• Lettered by: Cedric Maciaas

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:55 - We talk about Diamond in the Rough

15:39 - We talk about The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter

Next time is Dorohedoro and Dai Dark

Anyway. Chris (@gokuffy) and Helen (@wanderindreamr) join me (@taiikumenco) to talk through our favorite anime of 2023, including also rans and some manga talk.

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0:30 - Number fives

24:47 - Number fours

29:47-33:35 - Oshi no Ko episode 1 spoilers

50:27 - Number threes

1:18:49 - Number twos

1:44:29 - Number ones

2:12:48 - Also rans

Next time is I dunno!

Love in Focus credits:

• Translation: Alethea and Athena Nibley
• Lettering: Sara Linsley
• Editing: Haruko Hashimoto, Alejandro Arbona
• Kodansha USA Publishing edition cover design by My Truong

Heavenly Delusion credits:

• Translation: Ko Ransom
• Proofreading: Patrick Sutton (volume 2-5)
• Production: Nicole Dochych, Glen Isip (volume 2-5), Brandon Bovia (volume 2-5)

As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:55 - We talk about Love in Focus

12:02 - We talk about Heavenly Delusion (content warning for Heavenly Delusion's manga and anime, but we do not discuss it in detail in the podcast: suicide and sexual assault)

Next time is Diamond in the Rough and The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter

It's Anime Secret Santa time again! We've got some anime, and we watched a subset of that anime. Chris (@gokuffy) and Patz (@PatzPrime) join me (@taiikumenco) to talk about some anime:

• I talk about Pole Princess, Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor, and Heavenly Delusion
• Patz talks about The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun
• Chris talks about Time of Eve

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0:30 - Introductions, Anime Secret Santa background, and what our picks were

12:49 - I talk about Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor

18:20 - Chris talks about Time of Eve

40:35 - I talk about Pole Princess

44:19 - Patz talks about The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun

55:50 - I talk about Heavenly Delusion

Next time is top anime of 2023

This episode, like every year, we count down our favorite manga that we read in 2023.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:42 - Number threes

8:41 - Number twos

20:14 - Number ones

32:07 - Also rans

Next time is Love in Focus and Heavenly Delusion

This episode, we're talking about Yumi Hotta (story), Takeshi Obata (art), and Yukari Umezawa (5 Dan) (Go supervisor) Hikaru no Go published by Viz and Misaki Takamatsu's Skip and Loafer published by Seven Seas.

Hikaru no Go credits:

• Translation & English adaptation: Andy Nakatani (volume 1-12), Naoko Amemiya (volume 13-23)
• English script consultant: Janice Kim (3 Dan) (volume 2-23)
• Touch-up art & lettering: Adam Symons (volume 1-7), Inori Fukuda Trant (volume 8-23)
• Lettering assistants: Josh Simpson, Walden Wong (volume 1)
• Additional touch up: Josh Simpson (volume 5-11), Walden Wong (volume 5), Rachel Lightfoot (volume 11-15)
• Cover & graphics design: Sean Lee (volume 1)
• Cover & layout design: Sean Lee (volume 2)
• Cover design: Sean Lee (volume 3)
• Interior graphics: Courtney Utt (volume 3)
• Cover & interior design: Courtney Utt (volume 4-5, 10-11)
• Design: Courtney Utt (volume 6-9), Julie Behn (volume 14-22)
• Cover design: Courtney Utt (volume 12-13), Julie Behn (volume 23)
• Interior design: Aaron Cruse (volume 12), Julie Behn (volume 13), Ronnie Casson (volume 23)
• Editor: Livia Ching (volume 1-5), Yuki Takagaki (volume 4-12), Annette Roman (volume 10-15), Gary Leach (volume 16-23)

Skip and Loafer credits:

• Translation: Nicole Frasik
• Adaptation: T. Campbell
• Lettering: Vanessa Satone
• Cover & logo design: Hanase Qi (volume 1-3), H. Qi (volume 4-7)
• Proofreader: Kurestin Armada (volume 1-5, 7), B. Lillian Martin (volume 3-4, 6)
• Copy editor: B. Lillian Martin (volume 5)
• Editor: Shanti Whitesides (volume 1-3)
• Senior editor: Shanti Whitesides (volume 4-7)
• Production designer: Christa Miesner (volume 4-6), Brennan Thome (volume 7)
• Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein (volume 1-2, 5), Melanie Ujimori (volume 3-4, 6-7), Jules Valera (volume 6-7)
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein (volume 3-6)
• Production associate: Christa Miesner (volume 1-3)
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis (volume 1-3)
• Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis (volume 4-7)
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:58 - We talk about Hikaru no Go

16:27 - Hikaru no Go spoilers

23:03 - We talk about Skip and Loafer

Next time is our favorite manga of 2023.

Anyway. This episode, Chris (@gokuffy), Ink (@ink_just_ink), and Kevin (@Twitless_Kevin) join me to talk about the not basketball or squash, but Basquash, anime: Basquash.

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0:30 - We talk about Basquash

51:45 - We take your questions

Next time is Anime Secret Santa

This episode, we're talking about Mita Ori's Our Dining Table published by Seven Seas and Jirou Oimoto (art), Yuumikan (original story), and Koin's (character design) Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. published by Yen Press.

Our Dining Table credits:

• Translation: Amber Tamosaitis
• Adaptation: Marykate Jasper
• Lettering: Laura Heo
• Cover design: KC Fabellon
• Proofreader: Kurestin Armada, Autumn Kassel
• Editor: Jenn Grunigen
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Editor-in-chief: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. credits:

• Translation: Andrew Cunningham
• Lettering: Rochelle Gancio (volume 1-3, 5), Phil Christie (volume 4)

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:02 - We talk about Our Dining Table

16:10 - We talk about Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.

Next time is Hikaru no Go and Skip and Loafer

This episode, we talk about Monzusu's My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders published by Seven Seas. Then we talk about Muneyuki Kaneshiro (story) and Yusuke Nomura's (art) Blue Lock published by Kodansha.

Content warning for My Brain Is Different: We talk about physical abuse by parents to their children in the episode, which was also depicted in the manga.

My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders credits:

• Translation: Ben Trethewey
• Adaptation: Shanti Whitesides
• Lettering: Aila Nagamine
• Cover design: Nicky Lim
• Proofreaders: Dawn Davis, Leighanna DeRouen
• Sensitivity readers: Jay Edidin, Van Flanders
• Senior editor: Jenn Grunigen
• Prepress technician: Melanie Ujimori
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

Blue Lock credits:

• Translation: Nate Derr
• Lettering: Chris Burgener
• Additional lettering and layout: Scott O. Brown
• Editing: Thalia Sutton, Maggie Le
• YKS Services LLC/SKY JAPAN, Inc.
• Kodansha USA Publishing edition cover design by Matthew Akuginow

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:21 - We talk about My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders

24:43 - We talk about Blue Lock

Next time is Our Dining Table and Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.

Anyway. This episode, Ink (@ink_just_ink) and Basil (@itsbasiltime) join me to talk about the surprisingly charming and good judo anime, Ippon Again!

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0:30 - We talk about Ippon Again!

35:23 - We take questions from you, about Ippon Again!

Next time is who knows, and it'll probably also be late cause I keep forgetting to edit podcasts.

This episode, we're talking about Kazuki Minamoto's The Gay Who Turned Kaiju published by Yen Press as our completed series. Then, we talk about Kanehito Yamada (story) and Tsukasa Abe's (art) Frieren: Beyond Journey's End published by Viz.

The Gay Who Turned Kaiju credits:

• Translated by: Leighann Harvey
• Letterer: Carolina Hernandez

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End credits:

• Translation: Misa "Japanese Ammo"
• Touch-up Art and Lettering: Annaliese "Ace" Christman
• Design: Yukiko Whitley
• Editor: Mike Montesa

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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1:02 - We talk about The Gay Who Turned Kaiju

15:28 - We talk about Frieren Beyond Journey's End

Next time is My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders and Blue Lock

Anyway. This episode, Dawn (@bunnycartoon) and Randy (@ChandyRan) join me to talk about Takehiko Inoue's directorial debut and continuation of his Slam Dunk manga / anime The First Slam Dunk.

Listen to our other Slam Dunk episodes: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Find Dawn at the Anime Nostalgia podcast blog and tumblr.

Find Randy at the Zannen Canada podcast.

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0:30 - We talk about The First Slam Dunk

47:12 - We answer questions from you, our listeners

Next time is...uh...Ippon Again!?

This episode, we're talking about Yuhta Nishio's Mizuno and Chayama published by Yen Press. Then we talk about Fumi Yoshinaga's What Did You Eat Yesterday? published by Vertical.

Mizuno and Chayama credits:

• Translation: Elanor Summers
• Lettering: Erin Hickman

What Did You Eat Yesterday? credits:

• Translation: Maya Rosewood (volume 1-3), Yoshito Hinton (volume 5-8), Jocelyn Allen (volume 9-20)
• Production: Risa Cho (volume 1-17), Tomoe Tsutsumi (volume 1-20), Shirley Fang (volume 17-18), Pei Ann Yeap (volume 18-20), Eve Grandt (volume 19-20)
• Editing: Yoshito Hinton (volume 4)
• Editor: Michelle Lin (volume 15-19), Alexandra McCullough-Garcia (volume 20)

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:40 - We talk about Mizuno and Chayama

12:42 - We talk about What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Next time is The Gay Who Turned Kaiju and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

This episode, we're talking about Yuhta Nishio's After Hours published by Viz and Dr. Pepperco's Goodbye, My Rose Garden published by Seven Seas.

After Hours credits:

• Translation: Abby Lehrke
• Design: Shawn Carrico
• Editing: Pancha Diaz
• Touch-up Art & Lettering: Sabrina Heep

Goodbye, My Rose Garden credits:

• Translation: Amber Tamosaitis
• Adaptation: Cae Hawksmoor
• Associate Publisher: Adam Arnold
• Cover Design: Nicky Lim
• Editing: Jenn Grunigen
• Logo Design: George Panella
• Managing Editor: Julie Davis
• Prepress Technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Proofreader: Danielle King
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis
• Touch-up Art & Lettering: Kaitlyn Wiley

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's reviews on Goodbye, My Rose Garden: Volume 1

Read Helen's reviews of After Hours: Volume 1, Volume 2-3

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1:13 - We talk about After Hours

9:27 - After Hours ending spoilers

15:40 - We talk about Goodbye, My Rose Garden

Next time is Mizuno and Chayama and What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Anyway. This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) joins me to talk about season two of Tsurune. Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Basil (@itsbasiltime) were unfortunately unable to join us, but we missed them.

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0:30 - Chris and I talk about Tsurune

40:46 - Questions from Ink

Next time, I have to get my life under control and do better planning (but probably Basquash?).

This episode, we're talking about Ryousuke Nanasaki's true story (with art by Yoshi Tsukizuki) Until I Meet My Husband published by Seven Seas. Then our newer series is Sakaomi Yuzaki's She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat published by Yen Press. Happy pride!

Until I Meet My Husband credits:

• Translation: Amber Tamosaitis
• Adaptation: Carly Smith
• Lettering: Nicole Roderick
• Cover design: H. Qi
• Proofreader: Leighanna DeRouen
• Senior copy editor: Dawn Davis
• Senior editor: Kristiina Korpus
• Production designer: Christina McKenzie
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Prepress technician: Melanie Ujimori
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat credits:

• Translation: Caleb David Cook
• Lettering: Phil Christie

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:49 - We talk about Until I Meet My Husband

16:32 - She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat

29:46 - Apryll's quick hit on Oshi no Ko

Next time is maybe more queer manga?

Anyway. This episode is not Tsurune, as voted upon by you, the listeners (or fellow podcasters), but Extreme Hearts! It's about a fake sport and idols. Ink (@ink_just_ink) joins me to discuss all the details.

Next time could actually be Tsurune, I promise.

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Show notes:

0:30 - Ink and I talk about Extreme Hearts

23:47 - We talk your questions

Next time is...who knows! Maybe actually Tsurune.

This episode, we're talking about Moto Hagio's Lil' Leo published by Denpa for our older series. Then we talk about Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko published on Manga Plus and by Yen Press.

Lil' Leo credits:

• Translator: Ajani Oloye
• Proofreading: Patrick Sutton
• Production: Nicole Dochych

Oshi no Ko Yen Press credits:

• Translation: Sarah Neufeld
• Lettering: Abigail Blackman

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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0:38 - We talk about Lil' Leo

9:33 - We talk about Oshi no Ko

Next time will be LGBTQ+ related!

This episode, we talk about Hilnama's I’m a Terminal Cancer Patient, but I’m Fine published by Seven Seas and Honami Shirono's I Want to Be a Wall published by Yen Press.

Content warnings for I’m a Terminal Cancer Patient, but I’m Fine: death, discussions of cancer, physical abuse by parents

I’m a Terminal Cancer Patient, but I’m Fine credits:

• Translation: Beni Axia Conrad
• Adaptation: Carly Smith
• Lettering: Brendon Hull
• Cover design: Nicky Lim
• Proofreader: Leighanna DeRouen
• Senior copy editor: Dawn Davis
• Medical reader for English version: Allyson Lieberman, MD, PhD
• Editor: Kristiina Korpus
• Production designer: Christina McKenzie
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Prepress technician: Melanie Ujimori
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

I Want to Be a Wall credits:

• Translation: Emma Schumacker
• Lettering: Alexis Eckerman

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

0:51 - We talk about I’m a Terminal Cancer Patient, but I’m Fine

20:25 - We talk about I Want to Be a Wall

Next time is Lil' Leo and Oshi no Ko

Anyway. This episode, Basil (@itsbasiltime) joins me to talk about Love All Play, the badminton anime.

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Show notes:

0:30 - Basil and I talk about Love All Play.

32:21 - We take question, from you. You know who you are.

Next time is Ippon Again! I think.

This episode, we're talking about Mai Matsuda's Hikari in the Light, Natsumi Ito's My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files, and Chiharu Shinagawa's Spear, all published by Azuki.

Hikary in the Light credits:

• Translation: Dan Luffey
• Lettering: Barri Shrager
• Proofreading: Ken Urata, Evan Minto
• Cover Design: Arbash Mughal
• Quality Assurance: D.S. Jay
• Brand Manager: Evan Minto
• Production Manager: Adela Chang

My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files credits:

• Translation: Samuel R. Messner
• Lettering: Barri Shrager
• Proofreading: Ken Urata
• Cover Design: Glen Isip
• Quality Assurance: D.S. Jay
• Brand Manager: Evan Minto
• Production Manager: Adela Chang

No credits available for Spear.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's reviews of Hikaru in the Light and My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files at the links.

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Show notes:

0:47 - We talk about Hikaru in the Light

12:58 - We talk about My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files

26:49 - We talk about Spear

Next time is I'm a Terminal Cancer Patient but I'm Fine and I Want to Be a Wall

Anyway. Chris (@gokuffy) and Basil (@itsbasiltime) join me to talk about Aoashi! A football anime.

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Show notes:

We just talk about Aoashi the whole time.

Next time is Love All Play, which is confusing since I said that was the segment before. Look I had a plan and it's being changed live.

This episode, we're talking about Mieri Hiranishi's The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend published by Viz and Wataru Midori's Run on Your New Legs published by Yen Press.

The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend and Run on Your New Legs credits:

• Lettering: Joanna Estep
• Cover & Interior Design: Jimmy Presler
• Editors: Julia Patrick, Mayuko Hirao

Run on Your New Legs credits:

• Translation: Caleb Cook
• Lettering: Abigail Blackman

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

0:51 - We talk about The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend

11:55 - We talk about Run on Your New Legs

Anyway. The first half of this episode is Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and Love Live! Superstar!! featuring Chris (@gokuffy), Ruby (@PassionTentacle), and Kenny (@Minoru79). And the second half of this episode is Love Live! Superstar!! featuring the folks from the first part, plus Mikey (@MikeyShiota).

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Show notes:

0:30 - Chris, Ruby, Kenny, and I talk about Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

56:16 - We take your Nijigasaki questions

1:05:44 - Chris, Ruby, Kenny, Mikey, and I talk about Love Live! Superstar!!

2:19:56 - We take your Superstar!! questions

Next time is Love All Play

This episode, we're talking about Uta Isaki's Is Love the Answer? published by Kodansha and Hitoshi Ashinano's Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō published by Seven Seas.

Is Love the Answer? credits:

• Translation: Sawa Matsueda Savage
• Lettering: Jennifer Skarupa
• Editing: Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini
• Kodansha USA Publishing edition cover design by Abigail Blackman

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō credits:

• Translation: Daniel Komen
• Adaptation: Dawn Davis
• Lettering: Ludwig Sacramento
• Logo design: George Panella
• Cover design: Licky Lim
• Proofreader: Brett Hallahan
• Editor: Linda Lombardi
• Production designer: Stevie Wilson
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Prepress technician: Melanie Ujimori
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's review of Is Love the Answer? over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

0:54 - We talk about Is Love The Answer? and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō

20:58 - We talk about Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō

Next time is The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend and Run on Your New Legs.

This episode, special guest Grant joins me to talk about Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto published by Viz.

There are some audio issues in this one; we weren't actually talking over each other, but the way I edited it accidentally caused this to happen. I dunno where, but the latter half is especially weird. It's still largely listenable. Apologies for the error.

Naruto credits (from volume one):

• English adaptation: Jo Duffy
• Translation: Katy Bridges
• Touch-Up Art & Lettering: Heidi Szykowny
• Cover Design: Sean Lee
• Senior Editor: Jason Thompson
• Managing Editor: Annette Roman
• Associate Managing Editor: Albert Totten
• Editor in Chief: Hyoe Narita
• Director of Licensing and Acquisitions: Rika Inouye
• V.P. of Marketing: Liza Coppola
• V.P of Strategic Development: Yumi Hoashi
• Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Read my piece on Naruto on my blog, Awko Tako.

Read Grant's threads on Naruto on Twitter and tumblr.

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Show notes:

0:50 - Grant and I talk about Naruto

1:17:41 - We take your questions about Naruto

Next time is really Is Love The Answer? and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō.

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún credits:

• Translation: Adrienne Beck
• Adaptation: Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane
• Lettering and Retouch: Lys Blakeslee
• Logo design: Karis Page
• Cover design: Nicky Lim
• Proofreader: Shanti Whitesides, Jocelyn Allen
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Editor-in-chief: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

Magilumiere Co. Ltd. credits:

• Translation / editing: Mediabang Inc.
• Lettering: Kai Kyou
• Medibang Inc. / Guardian Angels Media

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's review of volume 1 of The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún.

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Show notes:

0:57 - We talk about The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún

13:40 - We and my cat Agatha talk about Magilumiere Co. Ltd.

Next time is Is Love The Answer? and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō.

This episode, special guests Basil (@itsbasiltime) and Ruby (@PassionTentacle) join me to talk about Shuzo Oshimi's Inside Mari published by Denpa.

Inside Mari credits:

• Translator: Sheldon Drzka
• Proofreading: Ed Chavez (volumes 1-7), Emily Martha Sorensen, Patrick Sutton (volumes 8-9)
• Production: Nicole Dochych, Eduardo Manuel Chávez

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Listen to Chris, Patz, and I talk about other Shuzo Oshimi manga. Listen to Chris, Ink, and Jared talk about Flowers of Evil.

You can also find Basil at his podcast, the OSMCast.

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Show notes:

0:54 - Basil, Ruby, and I talk about Inside Mari, spoiler free

20:26 - Inside Mari spoilers

Next time is actually The Girl from the Other Side and Magilumiere Co. Ltd.

Also tweetbot broke again because twitter sucks like immediately after recording this podcast, so I'm back off twitter.

Anyway. This episode, it's our annual top lists extravaganza! Chris (@gokuffy), Helen (@WanderinDreamr), and Chris (@antoniuspius) join me to talk about our favorite anime of the year 2022 for nearly four hours.

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Show notes:

0:30 - Number fives

37:48 - Number fours

1:10:44 - Number threes

1:46:48 - Number twos

2:28:12 - Number ones

3:06:06 - Also rans

Next time is top movies of 2022

This episode, we're talking about hara's Embrace Your Size: My Own Body Positivity published by Yen Press and Yuki Suenaga (story) and Takamasa Moue's (art) Akane-banashi published by Viz.

Embrace Your Size credits:

• Translation: Athena and Aletha Nibley
• Lettering: Chiho Christie

Akane-banashi credits:

• Translation: Stephen Paul
• Lettering: Snir Aharon

The song you heard in this episode was "Like a Girl" by Lizzo.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

0:50 - We talk about Embrace Your Size

16:58 - We talk about Akane-banashi

Next time is The Girl from the Other Side and Magilumiere Co. Ltd.

This episode, Helen and Apryll are not with me, but Ink and Patz are and they are talking about two panpanya manga from Denpa, An Invitation from a Crab and Guyabano Holiday.

An Invitation from a Crab credits:

• Translator: Ko Ransom
• Production: Nicole Dochych

Guyabano Holiday credits:

• Translator: Ko Ransom
• Proofreading: Patrick Sutton
• Production: Nicole Dochych, Brandon Bovia

The song you heard in the episode is "People are Strange" by The Doors.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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You can find my guests Patz (@PatzPrime) and Ink (@ink_just_ink) at the different places on those parenthesis. Or at Ani-Gamers, as they say.

Ink's audio is a little weird, I assume due to like 90+ percent of my RAM being used for no reason while we were recording. Apologies.

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Show notes:

1:12 - We talk about An Invitation from a Crab

29:03 - We talk about Guyabano Holiday

Next time is actually Embrace Your Size and Akane-banashi.

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A lot of stuff happened, but it all means that this won't come out on time. I at least like to have a placeholder so AGC didn't have to update the post after I finally finished it though, so here it is. Thanks to Vinnie and Diego of AGC for organizing this in the stead of the OGs, the Reverse Thieves.

I watched Tatami Galaxy and SSSS.Gridman. Patz (@PatzPrime) watched Otherside Picnic. And Chris (@gokuffy) forgot to sign up, but he asked Kate to randomly pick three anime from his shelf, so he ended up with Shiki, Santa Company, and Dusk Maiden of Amnesia. So in a way, Ink was his secret Santa.

Hopefully the actual episode will be up before the new year, but no promises.

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Show notes:

0:30 - Chris talks about Shiki

17:18 - I talk about Tatami Galaxy

28:19 - Patz talks about Otherside Picnic

36:19 - Chris talks about Santa Company

42:38 - I talk about SSSS.Gridman

58:02 - Chris talks about Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Next time is top anime

No credits from the manga this time around because we talked about nine different manga, and that's just a lot. Apologies for my own laziness.

The song you heard in this episode was "Best of You" by the Foo Fighters.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's review of some of the manga we talked about today at the links: The Girl from the Other Side, A Sign of Affection

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Show notes:

0:47 - Number threes

13:17 - Number twos

26:20 - Number ones

40:14 - Also rans

46:46 - Worst manga

Next time is Embrace Your Size and Akane-banashi.

This episode, we're talking about Shinichiro Nariie's See You Tomorrow at the Food Court published by Yen Press and ONE's Mob Psycho 100 published by Dark Horse.

See You Tomorrow at the Food Court credits:

• Translation: Ko Ransom
• Lettering: Alexis Eckerman

Mob Psycho 100 credits:

• Translation: Kumar Sivasubramanian
• Lettering and Retouch: John Clark
• Edited: Carl Gustav Horn

The song you heard on this episode was "99" by MOB CHOIR from the Mob Psycho 100 anime.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

0:55 - We talk about See You Tomorrow at the Food Court

12:10 - We talk about Mob Psycho 100

Next time is top manga of 2022. Send in your lists!

I reached this milestone a bit earlier on Manga In Your Ears, just because our formerly biweekly and currently thriceweekly (is that a term for every three weeks?) would outpace Taiiku's monthly schedule regardless of whether I was actually on time on every single month of Taiiku (which I have not been). It's still a lot of episodes to be podcasting.

I also joked on Manga In Your Ears that I've now started two podcasts, but I have no idea how to end any. So I guess anyone listening is stuck pretending to listen until...I die?

Anyway, I digress. Thanks so much to everyone who's been on the podcast up to this point. Thanks to everyone who's listened and commented that you like an episode; it truly brings me unbridled joy (what is the etymology of unbridled? can I also be ungroomed? I kid.).

Thanks especially to Camellia, who started this podcast journey with me. She doesn't appear on as many, or any, episodes anymore, but both iterations of the website literally would not exist without her help. And I owe her a lot more than I give credit to probably. The standing invite will always be there too.

Thanks to Kyle for joining up on that first episode of Chihayafuru with us two; the former Chihayafuruhime himself.

Thanks to Chris and Chris, who have joined up along the way to cover a multitude of subjects, including sports anime, sports manga, just anime in general on a lot of the top anime shows, and branching out into movies, first with our top movies shows, then later with covering a director at a time. I can't wait to jump into Jean-Pierre Melville, and I learned so much from you two watching Kurosawa and Lynch.

Thanks to Ink and Basil, who have been on just so, so many episodes of this podcast and I would certainly have a lesser catalogue if not for those two being always willing to talk about the weirdest and worse dredges of sports anime.

And finally, and of course, thanks to everyone who jumped into this podcast and recorded segments for it. Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), Basil (@itsbasiltime), Austin (@bebopshock), Grant (@grantthethief), Lum (@LumRanmaYasha), Mikey (@MikeyShiota), and Tony (@tondog).

Here are a few of the other things mentioned on the podcast:

AWO podcast Basil mentioned on REDLINE - Anime World Order Show # 96 – Redlining a Herocaine Sandwich with Tim Maughan

Blade Licking Thieves - #15: REDLINE

Chris's REDLINE review on Mania (now Fandom Post) - Why Redline is Important and you SHOULD Believe the Hype!

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Next time is Anime Secret Santa. Ho ho ho.

This episode, our older series is Amesuke Ano's The Muscle Girl Next Door published by Seven Seas. And our newer series is TNSK's My Master Has No Tail published by Kodansha.

Support the workers’ of Seven Seas effort to unionize on Twitter and on their website.

The Muscle Girl Next Door credits:

• Translation: Miki Z
• Lettering: Lys Blakeslee
• Cover design: H. Qi
• Proofreader: Danielle King
• Copy editor: Dawn Davis
• Editor: Abby Lehrke
• Production designer: Christina McKenzie
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Prepress manager: Melanie Ujimori
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

My Master Has No Tail credits:

• Translation: M Fulcrum
• Lettering: Jan Lan Ivan Concepcion
• Editing: Sarah Tilson
• YKS Services LLC/SKY JAPAN, Inc.

The song you heard on this episode was "Virginia" by Hinano from the My Master Has No Tail anime.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

0:48 - We talk about The Muscle Girl Next Door

9:52 - We talk about My Master Has No Tail

Next time is See You Tomorrow at the Food Court and Mob Psycho 100.

Anyway. This episode, Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), and I close out the David Lynch series entirely and talk about David Lynch: The Art Life. Next, Ink (@ink_just_ink), Basil (@itsbasiltime), and I talk about Futsal Boys!!!!! Finally, Ink and I talk about Fanfare of Adolescence.

That 30 for 30 podcast is called Bloodlines.

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Show notes:

0:38 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about David Lynch: The Art Life

45:14 - Our next director

54:07 - Ink, Basil, and I talk about Futsal Boys

1:27:44 - Futsal Boys questions, answered!

1:39:44 - Ink and I talk about Fanfare of Adolescence

2:06:11 - We take questions on Fanfare of Adolescence and favorite horses in general

Next time is our 100th episode and REDLINE.

This episode, we're talking about Yuki Urushibara's When a Cat Faces West published by Kodansha as our older series. And Yuu Tanaka (story), Tomowo Maruyama (art), and Llo's (character design) Reincarnated as a Sword.

When a Cat Faces West credits:

• Translation: Mari Au/ amimaru
• Lettering: Monika Hegedusova/ amimaru

Reincarnated as a Sword credits:

• Translation: Mike Rachmat
• Adaptation: Peter Adrian Behravesh
• Lettering: Rai Enril
• Cover design: KC Fabellon
• Proofreader: Kurestin Armada, Danielle King
• Editor: J.P. Sillivan
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Editor-in-chief: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The songs you heard in this episode are Rinne (Reincarnation) and Kusa Wo Fumu Oto (The Sound Of Stepping On Grass) by Masuda Toshio from the Mushi-Shi anime.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

1:21 - We talk about When a Cat Faces West

14:23 - We talk about Reincarnated as a Sword

Next time is Muscle Girl Next Door and My Master Has No Tail

Anyway. Here's another long episode! First, Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), and I finish up David Lynch's filmography and Twin Peaks with Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 9-18. Second, Ink (@ink_just_ink), Kenny (@Minoru79), Basil (@itsbasiltime), and I talk about PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~ and Soriairo Utility. Third and finally, Ruby (@PassionTentacle), Vinnie (@VinnieAveAGC), Basil, and I talk about BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-.

Here are some articles on the Orientalism of Diane in Twin Peaks: Hanh Nguyen at Indie Wire, Penny Wang at Inciting Sparks, Frank Guan at Vulture (more broadly about all of Lynch's works)

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Show notes:

0:30 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 9-18

2:52:21 - Ink, Kenny, Basil, and I talk about PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~

3:41:44 - Ink, Kenny, Basil, and I talk about Sorairo Utility

3:51:32 - Basil, Ruby, Vinnie, and I talk about BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-

4:25:54 - Basil, Ruby, Vinnie, and I answer your questions about BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-

Next time is David Lynch: The Art Life, Futsal Boys, and Fanfare of Adolescence

This episode, we're talking about Syundei's Go for It Again, Nakamura! published by Seven Seas and ONE (story) and Yusuke Murata's (art) One-Punch Man published by Viz.

Go for It Again, Nakamura! credits:

• Translation: Amber Tamosaitis
• Lettering: Kaitlyn Wiley
• Cover design: Karis Page
• Proofreader: Krista Grandy
• Senior editor: Shannon Fay
• Prepress technician: Melanie Ujimori
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

One-Punch Man credits:

• Translation: John Werry
• Touch-up art and lettering: James Gaubatz
• Design: Fawn Lau
• Shonen Jump series editor: John Bae
• Graphic novel editor: Jennifer LeBlanc

The song you heard in the episode was "The Hero!! ~Ikareru Ken ni Honō o Tsukeru~" by JAM Project.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

1:01 - We talk about Go for It Again, Nakamura!

10:23 - We talk about One-Punch Man

Next time is When a Cat Faces West and Reincarnated as a Sword

Anyway. Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), and I are back to talk about two Twin Peaks things, but first we had a quick chat about Otakon 2022. Then it's The Missing Pieces. Then it's The Return Parts 1-8. Then it's finally time for the second segment with Chris, Ink (@ink_just_ink), Basil (@itsbasiltime), and I where we chat about Tribe Nine. And finally Basil defends his Taiiku Southern Championship against newcomers Nate (@NateMing) and Bill (@wbforeman999), and also we all talk about Hajime no Ippo.

It's a long episode. I have some regrets about it.

Also apparently I pre-recorded Tribe Nine with intent to post it in a different date than I will, so that explains why it's "November." It is August.

Here's a link to the Effectively Wild episode on Blaseball.

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Show notes:

0:30 - Chris, Chris, and I chat about Otakon for a bit

22:25 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about Twin Peaks: The Missing Piece

35:09 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 1-8

1:46:39 - Chris, Basil, Ink, and I talk about Tribe Nine

2:36:15 - Basil, Nate, Bill, and I talk about Hajime no Ippo

4:05:25 - We talk about Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road

4:14:02 - We talk about Mashiba vs. Kimura

4:17:19 - We take questions about Hajime no Ippo

Next time is Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 9-18, PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~, Sorairo Utility, and BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-.

This episode, we're talking about Ken Koyama's Little Miss P published by Yen Press and Tsubasa Yamaguchi's Blue Period published by Kodansha.

Little Miss P credits:

• Translation: Taylor Engel
• Lettering: Abigail Blackman

Blue Period credits:

• Translation: Ajani Oloye
• Lettering: Lys Blakeslee
• Editing: Haruko Hashimoto
• Kodansha Comics edition cover design by Matthew Akuginow

The song you heard in the episode was "EVERBLUE" by Omoinotake from the Blue Period anime.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's review of volumes 1 and 2 of Blue Period over at The OASG.

Here's a couple articles from The Athletic that I was talking about on the podcast:

• What’s it like to play football on your period? by Katie Whyatt
• Dawn Scott aims to minimise adverse impact of menstrual cycle on Lionesses by Katie Whyatt
• Lucy Bronze: ‘Some in society see periods as shameful. Sport can change that’ by Adam Crafton
• We need to talk about footballers’ periods. This is about more than just white shorts by Caoimhe O'Neill
• England in talks with Nike over changing white shorts due to period concerns by Charlotte Harpur

As I said on the podcast, The Athletic does require a subscription. But they typically run pretty good deals if you seek them out.

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Show notes:

1:48 - We talk about Little Miss P

15:28 - We talk about Blue Period

Next time, we're talking about Go for It Nakamura Again and One Punch Man.

Joy credits:

• Translation: A.G.
• Lettering: Nicole Roderick
• Editing: Sarah Tilson

Blue Box credits:

• Translation: Christine Dashiell
• Lettering: Mark McMurray

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

0:40 - We talk about Joy

11:54 - We talk about Blue Box

Next time is Little Miss P and Blue Period.

Anyway. This episode, Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), and I talk about David Lynch's most recent feature film, Inland Empire. Then Basil (@itsbasiltime) and I talk about Backflip!! And finally, Ink (@ink_just_ink), Helen (@WanderinDreamr), Basil, and I talk about Dance Dance Danseur.

Also I mention this in the podcast, but I have a lot of podcasts recorded but not released, so I'll double up until I don't have any in the queue, then yet again scramble to figure out what to do for episodes each month. If I have a movie only month, now you know why. Also if it feels close-y at the end of segments, that is also why.

Link to the interview with the Yuri!!! on Ice staff by Ink and Evan on Ani-Gamers.

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Show notes:

0:35 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about Inland Empire

49:44 - Basil and I talk about Backflip!!

1:15:10 - Helen, Ink, Basil, and I talk about Dance Dance Danseur

1:57:44 - Dance Dance Danseur questions

2:10:39 - Macross side bar

Next time is back to Twin Peaks with The Missing Pieces and The Return parts one through eight, Tribe Nine, and Hajime no Ippo.

This episode, we're (accidentally) revisiting Nagata Kabi's My Solo Exchange Diary (listen to our first episode here) published by Seven Seas. Then we're talking about Miman's Yuri Is My Job! published by Kodansha.

Support the workers' of Seven Seas effort to unionize on Twitter and on their website.

My Solo Exchange Diary credits:

• Translation: Jocelyn Allen
• Adaptation: Lianne Sentar
• Lettering and layout: Karis Page
• Logo design: KC Fabellon
• Original design: Yasuhisa Kawatani (Kawatani Design)
• Cover design: Nicky Lim
• Proofreader: Shanti Whitesides, Danielle King
• Editor: Jenn Grunigen
• Production assistant: CK Russell
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Editor-in-chief: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

Yuri Is My Job! credits:

• Translation: Diana Taylor
• Lettering: Jennifer Skarupa
• Editing: Haruko Hashimoto
• Kodansha comics edition cover design: Phil Balsman

The song you heard in this episode was "Electric Lady" by Janelle Monáe.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's review of volume 1 of Yuri Is My Job! over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

1:42 - We talk about My Solo Exchange Diary

18:53 - We talk about Yuri Is My Job!

Next time is Joy and Blue Box.

Anyway. This episode, Corey (@Modandrocker) and Bamboo (@ANN_Bamboo) rejoin me to talk about some more Marvel Cinematic Universe with MCU TV from WandaVision to Moon Knight. Then we talk about Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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Show notes:

0:45 - We talk about some MCU TV

22:22 - We talk about Spider-Man: No Way Home

We're gonna talk about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness eventually.

Anyway. Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), and I continue our David Lynch series with the other movie that we've all seen, Mulholland Dr. Then Ink (@ink_just_ink) joins me to talk about Your Lie in April.

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Show notes:

0:34 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about Mulholland Dr.

47:09 - Mulholland Dr. clues

1:05:25 - Mulholland Dr. questions

1:07:29 - Ink and I talk about Your Lie in April

1:49:04 - Questions from you, our listeners, and you, our co-host of this episode

Next time is Inland Empire, Sorairo Utility, PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~, and Backflip!!

This episode, we're talking about Mimu Oyamada's BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! published by Tokyopop. Then we talk about Takako Shimura's Even Though We're Adults published by Seven Seas.

Support the workers' of Seven Seas effort to unionize on Twitter and on their website.

BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! credits:

• Editor: Lena Atanassova
• Marketing associate: Kae Winters
• Translator: Christine Dashiell
• Copy editor: Sean Doyle
• Cover designer: Sol DeLeo
• Retouching and lettering: Vibrraant Publishing Studio
• Editor-in-chief and publisher: Stu Levy

Even Though We're Adults credits:

• Translation: Jocelyn Allen
• Adaptation: Casey Lucas
• Lettering and retouch: Rena Mapa
• Cover design: KC Febellon
• Editor: Shannon Fay
• Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production assistant: Christa Miesner
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The song you heard in this episode is Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)".

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post.

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Show notes:

0:44 - We talk about BL Fans LOVE My Brother?!

12:25 - We talk about Even Though We're Adults

Next time is My Solo Exchange Diary and Yuri Is My Job.

This episode, we're talking about Kuniichi Ashiya's What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface published by Seven Seas. Then Jougi Shiraishi (story), Itsuki Nanao (art), and Azura's (character design) Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, published by Square Enix.

What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface credits:

• Editorial supervision: Masayuki Yamamtoto
• Translation: Jocelyne Allen
• Lettering and retouch: Karis Page
• Interior Design: Clay Gardner
• Cover design: Nicky Lim and George Panella (logo)
• Editor: Shanti Whitesides
• Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina credits:

• Translation: Taylor Engel
• Lettering: Bianca Pistillo
• Logo design: Wendy Chan (Yen Press)
• Cover design: Abigail Blackman
• Editor: Leyla Aker

The song you heard in this episode was "Literature" by Reina Ueda and "Haiiro no Saga" by ChouCho, both from the Wandering Witch anime.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post.

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Show notes:

0:55 - We talk about What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface

16:23 - We talk about Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina

Next time is BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! and Even Though We're Adults.

Anyway. This time, Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), and I continue our journey through David Lynch's filmography with The Straight Story. Then Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and I talk about Salaryman's Club.

Made two random factual errors in this podcast. Iowa's area code is 712, not 714. 714 is California, and also where I worked, so I got confused. Also the miracle on ice was v. the Soviet Union, not Canada. I regret these errors.

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Show notes:

0:34 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about The Straight Story

53:42 - Helen and I talk about Salaryman's Club

Next time is Mullholland Drive and Your Lie in April

Sneeze credits:

• Translation: John Werry
• Touch-up Art and Lettering: Steve Dutro
• Cover and Interior Design: Yukiko Whitley
• Editor: Annette Roman

Asadora credits:

• Translation: John Werry
• Touch-up Art and Lettering: Steve Dutro
• Design: Jimmy Presler
• Editor: Karla Clark

The song you heard in this episode was "What Do You Want from Me" by Pink Floyd.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post.

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Show notes:

1:22 - We talk about Sneeze

19:25 - We talk about Asadora

Next time is What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface and Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Anyway. This time, Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), and I continue through David Lynch's filmography with Lost Highway. Then Ink (@ink_just_ink), Basil (@itsbasiltime), and I talk about RE-MAIN, the water polo anime.

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Show notes:

0:30 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about Lost Highway

1:07:23 - Ink, Basil, and I talk about RE-MAIN

1:48:17 - Questions from you, the listeners

Next time is Straight Story and Backflip!!

This episode, I have two special guests, Chris and Ink, with me to talk about three of Denpa's Shuzo Oshimi manga: Miss Kusakabe, Waltz, and Shino Can't Say Her Name. Grab Denpa's manga over at denpa.pub.

Miss Kusakabe credits:

• Translator: Molly Rabbitt
• Proofreading: Patrick Sutton
• Production: Nicole Dochych

Waltz credits:

• Translator: Molly Rabbitt
• Proofreading: Patrick Sutton
• Production: Glen Isip, Nicole Dochych

Shino Can't Say Her Name credits:

• Translator: Molly Rabbitt
• Proofreading: Patrick Sutton
• Production: Glen Isip, Nicole Dochych, Lauren Eldon

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post.

You can find the guests on this episode on Twitter too: Chris is @gokuffy and Ink is @ink_just_ink. And you can listen to the Oldtaku no Radio podcast on Flowers of Evil over at Ani-Gamers.

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Show notes:

0:41 - We talk about Miss Kusakabe

16:16 - We talk about Waltz

29:01 - We talk about Shino Can't Say Her Name

Next time, Helen and Apryll are back to talk about Naoki Urasawa's Sneeze and Asadora!

This episode, we're talking about Nozomu Mochitsuki (author) and Gilse's (illustrator) Tearmoon Empire published by J-Novel Club.

Tearmoon Empire credits:

• Translator: David Teng
• Editors: Samantha J. Moore, Hannah N. Carter

The song you heard in this episode was "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and the News.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post.

Read Helen's reviews of Tearmoon Empire volume 1-2, volume 3, volume 4, and volume 5-6 over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

No show notes. We just talk about Tearmoon Empire.

Next time is a special episode where Chris and Ink join Kory to talk about some Shuzo Oshimi.

This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Suki published by Viz (formerly Tokyopop) and Hiroaki Samura's Wave, Listen to Me! published by Kodansha.

Suki credits:

• Translator: Ray Yoshimoto
• English adaptation: Carol Fox
• Retouch and lettering: Fae Kuen (volume 1), Abelardo Bigting (volume 2-3)
• Cover design: Christian Lownds
• Graphic designer: Anna Kernbaum
• Editor: Jake Forbes
• Managing editor: Jill Freshney
• Production coordinator: Antonio DePietro (volume 1)
• Production managers: Jennifer Miller, Mutsumi Miyazaki
• Art director: Matt Alford
• Editorial director: Jeremy Ross (volume 1)
• Digital imaging manager: Chris Buford (volume 2-3)
• Pre-press manager: Antonio DePietro (volume 2-3)

Wave, Listen to Me! credits:

• Translation: Adam Hirsch
• Additional translation: Jiajing Sun
• Lettering: Darren Smith
• Additional lettering and layout: Michael Martin
• Editing: Alexandra Swanson, Vanessa Tenazas

The songs you heard in this episode were "aranami" by tacica and "pride" by Harumi from the Wave, Listen to Me! anime.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post.

Read Helen's review of volumes 1-3 and volumes 4-5 of Wave, Listen to Me! on The OASG.

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Show notes:

0:50 - We talk about Suki

15:49 - We talk about Wave, Listen to Me!

Anyway. This time, Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) join me in a return to the town of Twin Peaks with Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Then Chris, Ink (@ink_just_ink), and Jared (@JLayneNelson) join me to talk about Chihayafuru 3.

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Show notes:

0:30 - Chris, Chris, and I talk about Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

You can hear our new cat for the first time around the 30 minute mark of the podcast. And also throughout randomly.

1:14:00 - Chris, Ink, Jared, and I talk about Chihayafuru 3

2:26:19 - Questions from you, and also me

Next time is Lost Highway and RE-MAIN.

This episode, we're talking about PEYO's Boy Meets Maria published by Seven Seas. Then we talk about Kousuke Oono's The Way of the Househusband published by Viz.

Spoiler alerts for Boy Meets Maria through that discussion. And trigger warnings for sexual assault on a minor.

Boy Meets Maria credits:

• Translation: Amber Tamosaitis
• Adaptation: Lora Gray
• Lettering: Danya Shevchenko
• Cover design: Hanase Qi
• Proofreader: Kurestin Armada
• Copy editor: Jenn Frunigen
• Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production associate: Christa Meisner
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The Way of the Househusband credits:

• Translation: Sheldon Drzka
• English adaptation: Jennifer LeBlanc
• Touch-up art & lettering: Bianca Pistillo
• Design: Alice Lewis
• Editor: Jennifer LeBlanc

The song you heard in this episode is "Kokoro (I Fall to Pieces)" by The Slants. I used a different version from the linked version though.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post.

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Show notes:

1:26 - We talk about Boy Meets Maria

14:48 - We talk about The Way of the Househusband

Next time is Suki and My Dress Up Darling.

This episode, we're talking about Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae published by Yen Press as our old series. For our new series, we're talking about Kyouka Izumi (novels), Oumiya (story), Reiko Sakurada's (art) The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World.

Thermae Romae credits:

• Translation: Stephen Paul
• Lettering: Lys Blakeslee

The Savior's Book Cafe in Another World credits:

• Translation: Alexa Frank
• Adaptation: Rebecca Schneidereit
• Lettering: Jennifer Skarupa
• Original cover design: Sachie Ijiri
• Cover design: Hanase Qi
• Proofreader: Danielle King
• Copy editor: Dawn Davis
• Editor: Shannon Fay
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production associate: Christa Meisner
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The song you heard in this episode was "I've Been Waiting for You" by Neil Young.

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post.

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Show notes:

0:48 - We talk about Thermae Romae

18:18 - We talk about The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World

Next time is Boy Meets Maria and Way of the Househusband.

Anyway. This time, we're back talking about movies. But not David Lynch movies; our favorite movies of 2021. Joining me in this venture is Chris (@gokuffy) and Corey (@Modandrocker).

There are some issues with Corey's audio here between connection issues and application issues. But hopefully it's mostly ok ish.

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Show notes:

0:45 - Number fives

24:25 - Number fours

51:57 - Number threes

1:14:41 - Number twos

1:21:31 - This after a lot of the trouble with Corey's audio happened, and we switched recording platforms and Corey started podcasting from his phone. I put in an interlude.

1:32:01 - Number ones

1:54:13 - Also rans

2:08:11 - Worst ofs

Next time is back to David Lynch with Fire Walk with Me and Chihayafuru 3.

Anyway. This episode, it is our annual January episode, and we are counting down our top five favorite anime of the past year, in this case 2021. Joining me on this four hour tour is Chris (@gokuffy), Chris (@antoniuspius), Helen (@WanderinDreamr), and Patz (@PatzPrime).

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Show notes:

0:30 - Number fives

45:41 - Number fours

1:08:13 - Chris rolls through his three to ones before we continue with fours

1:19:39 - Number fours resume

1:34:41 - Number threes

2:01:12 - Number twos

2:37:59 - Number ones

3:13:39 - Also rans

Next time is top movies of 2021. It's back on the Taiiku Podcast after 2020 was over at 2D or Not 2D Podcast.

This episode, we're talking about Emmanuelle Maisonneuve (story), Julia Pavlowitch (story), and Kan Takahama's (art) Emma Dreams of Stars published by Vertical and Kodansha. Then we talk about Naoya Matsumoto" Kaiju No. 8 published by Viz.

Emma Dreams of Stars credits:

• Editor: Michelle Lin
• Translator: Eamon Fogarty
• Production: Grace Lu and Anthony Quintessenza
• Proofreading: Micah Q. Allen

Kaiju No. 8 credits:

• Translation: David Evelyn
• Lettering: Brandon Bovia

(New year, new show notes. I'm going to be adding in-book [or in the case of Kaiju No. 8 and anything else like that, whatever they put in the Jump digital publication] credits here.)

As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post.

We mentioned a Michelin star restaurant review thread, but I also found out that she did a formal write up on The Everywhereist as well.

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Show notes:

0:58 - We talk about Emma Dreams of Stars

15:36 - We talk about Kaiju No. 8

Next time is Thermae Romae and The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World.