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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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.

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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.

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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-)

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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

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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Show notes:

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

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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

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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

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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

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)

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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

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

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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.

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)

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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

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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.

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

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)

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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

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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?

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

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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?

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

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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

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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

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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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.

Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, which by extension is the unofficial Manga In Your Ears discord, the OSMCast discord.

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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.

Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, which by extension is the unofficial Manga In Your Ears discord, the OSMCast discord.

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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.

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.

Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, which by extension is the unofficial Manga In Your Ears discord, the OSMCast discord.

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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.

Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, which by extension is the unofficial Manga In Your Ears discord, the OSMCast discord.

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.

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

Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, which by extension is the unofficial Manga In Your Ears discord, the OSMCast discord.

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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.

Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, which by extension is the unofficial Manga In Your Ears discord, the OSMCast discord.

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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!

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.

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

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

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.

Listen

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

This episode, we're just counting down our favorite manga of 2021! It is not necessarily all new 2021 manga, but manga that is new to us in 2021.

The song you heard in this episode is "Paprika" by Japanese Breakfast.

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:

1:48 - Number threes!

13:29 - Number twos!

30:39 - Number ones!

44:14 - Also rans!

48:55 - Bonus Astra Lost in Space spoiler section!

Next time is Emma Dreams of Stars and Kaiju No. 8!

This episode, we're talking about Kenta Shinohara's Astra Lost in Space and Tomohito Oda's Komi Can't Communicate, both published by Viz.

The songs you heard in the episode are "star*frost" by nonoc, "Astra-gō no Bōken" ("The Adventure of the Spaceship Astra") by Yun-Hua Lu (Saori Hayami), and "Glow at the Velocity of Light" by Riko Azuna from the Astra Lost in Space anime, and "Cinderella" by Cidergirl from the Komi Can't Communicate 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 Astra Lost in Space over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

0:41 - We talk about Astra Lost in Space!

15:47 - Astra Lost in Space spoilers!

28:575 - We talk about Komi Can't Communicate!

Next time is our favorite manga of 2021!

Helen makes the correction that it should be Ayaha not Ayaka, with regards to Hell Warden Higuma. And it does get into some detail of how there are spirits running around on Earth.

Also there's some random outside noise from me because my window was open. It's fine.

The song you heard in this episode is "The Death of Queen Jane" by Oscar Isaac from Inside Llewyn Davis.

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:

0:59 - uhh I dunno, round one I guess?

19:18 - Round two!

32:26 - Quick fire bonus round that's actually like half the podcast!

Next time is Astra Lost in Space and Komi Can't Communicate!

This episode, we're talking about Hiroki Haruse's The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me published by Yen Press. Then we talk about Natsu Hyūga's The Apothecary Diaries published by Square Enix. The Apothecary Diaries was also illustrated by Nekokurage, compiled by Itsuki Nanao, and with character designs from Touco Shino.

The song you heard in this episode was "Glider" by Japanese Breakfast.

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 The Apothecary Diaries manga here: Volume 1, Volume 2. And of the light novels here: Volume 1, Volume 2. And of The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me.

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Show notes:

0:40 - We talk about The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me!

11:47 - We talk about The Apothecary Diaries!

Next time is some of our favorite canceled series!

This episode, we're talking about Jun Mayuzuki's After the Rain published by Vertical and Kumiko Saiki's Kageki Shojo!! published by Seven Seas.

The songs you heard in this episode are "Nostalgic Rainfall" by CHiCO with HoneyWorks from the After the Rain anime, and "Hoshi no Orchestra" by saji and "Hoshi no Tabibito" by Sayaka Senbongi × Yumiri Hanamori from the Kageki Shojo 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:

0:57 - We talk about After the Rain!

11:36 - We talk about Kageki Shojo!

Next time is The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me and The Apothecary Diaries!

This episode, we're talking about Dento Hayane's The Cat Proposed published by Tokyopop and Okura's I Think Our Son Is Gay published by Square Enix.

The song you heard in this episode was "Make Me Feel" 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.

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Show notes:

0:40 - We talk about The Cat Proposed!

11:39 - We talk about I Think Our Son Is Gay!

Next time is After the Rain and Kageki Shojo!

This episode, we're talking about Kamome Shirahama's Eniale & Dewiela published by Yen and Keito Gaku's Boys Run the Riot published by Kodansha.

The song you heard in this episode is "California Love" by 2Pac.

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:

0:51 - We talk about Eniale & Dewiela!

11:24 - We talk about Boys Run the Riot!

Next time is The Cat Proposed and I Think Our Son Is Gay!

Content warning for this episode: The Mars section has talks of suicide, parental abuse, rape, and other general mental health issues.

This episode, we're talking about Fuyumi Soryo's Mars formerly published by Tokyopop and currently published by Kodansha digitally, and Mito's Manly Appetites: Minegishi loves Otsu.

The song you heard this episode was "Horse with No Name" by America.

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:

0:56 - We talk about Mars!

9:47 - Mars spoiler section!

22:07 - We talk about Manly Appetites!

Next time is Eniale and Dewiela and Boys Run the Riot!

This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Magic Knight Rayearth published by Kodansha, and Shinichi Ishizuka's Blue Giant published by Seven Seas.

The songs you heard in this episode are "Yuzurenai Negai" by Naomi Tamura from the Magic Knight Rayearth anime, and Blue Train by John Coltrane.

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 Magic Knight Rayearth!

17:22 - We talk about Blue Giant!

Next time is Mars and Manly Appetite!

This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Shirahime-Syo published by Viz and Rie Aruga's Perfect World published by Kodansha.

The music you heard in this episode is "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi.

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:

1:30 - We talk about Shirahime-Syo!

10:04 - We talk about Perfect World!

Next time is Magic Knight Rayearth and Blue Giant!

Soooo, Kory forgot we were recording an episode (and moved so his computer is in pieces)! So it's only Helen (me) and Apyrll doing a short podcast duet while talking about Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With a Mythical Sorceress!, which is complete in two volumes from J-Novel Club and available both digitally and physically.

Also, as the person editing this episode, I would like to apologize for my weird audio, I will use that stimulus money to buy myself an actual mic.

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 both of the volumes over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

No show notes this time, just manga talk.

Next time is TBD.

This episode, we're talking about Aya Kanno's Otomen and Riichiro Inagaki (story) and Boichi's (art) Dr. Stone, both published by Viz Media.

The songs you heard in this episode are "Good Morning World!" by BURNOUT SYNDROMES and "Life" by Rude-α, both from the Dr. Stone 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 my reviews of Dr. Stone over at the Fandom Post: Volume 1, volume 2, volume 3, volume 4, volume 5, volume 6, volume 7, volume 8, volume 9.

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Show notes:

0:33 - We talk about Otomen!

11:36 - We talk about Dr. Stone!

Next time is a surprise.

This episode, we talk about Satsuki Yoshino's Barakamon and Salt Seno's Heterogenia Linguistico, both published by Yen Press.

The songs you heard in this episode are "Rashisa" by SUPER BEAVER and "Innocence" by NoisyCell, both from the Barakamon 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:

1:05 - We talk about Barakamon!

11:38 - We talk about Heterogenia Linguistico!

Next time is Otomen and Dr. Stone!

This episode, we're talking about Tsugumi Ohba (story) and Takeshi Obata's (art) Death Note and Kintetsu Yamada's Sweat and Soap!

The song you heard in the episode was "the WORLD" by Nightmare from the Death Note 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:

0:58 - We talk about Death Note!

19:18 - We talk about Sweat and Soap!

Next time is Barakamon and Heterogenia Linguistico!

This episode, we're doing a dive into Aki Irie's manga! First up is Ran and the Gray World published by Viz. And, for our continuing series, Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest published by Vertical.

The song you heard in the episode is "Human" by Of Monsters and Men.

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 Ran and the Gray World over at the OASG too: Volume 1, Volume 2-3, Volume 4-5, Volume 6-7.

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Show notes:

0:42 - We talk about Ran and the Gray World!

17:16 - I try to convince Helen and Apryll to read Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest!

Next time is Death Note and Sweat and Soap!

This episode, we just count down each of our three favorite manga we read this year, the hell year that is known as March 2020. Weird that we only had three months! Featuring manga from Viz, Seven Seas, Udon, Kodansha, and Yen Press! Pretty much everyone put out something great this year.

The music you heard in this episode is from the Christmas episode of Ping Pong the Animation.

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:

0:37 - Number threes!

11:13 - Number twos!

22:29 - Number ones!

Next time is Ran and the Gray World and Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest! The Aki Irie podcast.

This episode, we're talking about Io Sakisaka's Ao Haru Ride published by Viz.

The song you heard in the episode is "Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru" by CHiCO with HoneyWorks.

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 Ashley (@AshMcD00) on Twitter and podcasting at Shojo and Tell (@shojoandtell).

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Show notes:

0:30 - We talk about Ashley's background with shojo and Shojo and Tell.

5:33 - We talk about Ao Haru Ride! No to few spoilers.

25:09 - We spoil all the things about Ao Haru Ride!

Next time is One Piece?

This episode, we're talking about Tite Kubo's Bleach published by Viz Media and Izumi Mitsu's Magus of the Library published by Kodansha.

The song you heard in the episode is "*~Asterisk" by Orange Range from the Bleach 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 reviews of Magus of the Library over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

0:54 - We talk about Bleach!

29:34 - We talk about Magus of the Library!

Next time is Ao Haru Ride!

This episode, we're talking about Tite Kubo's Burn the Witch and Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen, both published by Viz. And legal to read for minimal cost on the Shonen Jump app!

The music your heard in this episode was "Kaikai Kitan" by Eve from the Jujutsu Kaisen 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:

1:02 - We talk about Burn the Witch!

14:00 - We talk about Jujutsu Kaisen!

Next time is Bleach and Magus of the Library!

This episode, we're talking about Taiyo Matsumoto's Ping Pong and Naoki Urasawa's Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams!

The music you heard in this episode was "Tada Hitori" by Bakudan Johnny from Ping Pong the Animation!

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.

Listen to the Taiiku Podcast episode on Ping Pong, and the previous Manga In Your Ears episode on the other Louvre manga we talked about, Cats in the Louvre.

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Show notes:

0:52 - We talk about Ping Pong!

17:47 - We talk about Mujirushi!

Next time is Burn the Witch and Jujutsu Kaisen!

This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Clover published by Kodansha (formerly Tokyopop and Dark Horse). Then Kaori Tsurutani's BL Metamorphosis published by Seven Seas.

The music you heard in this episode is "My City of Ruins" by Bruce Springsteen. Big Joe Biden vibes 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.

Read Helen's review of BL Metamorphosis over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

0:42 - We talk about Clover!

13:54 - We talk about BL Metamorphosis!

Next time is Ping Pong and Mujirushi!

This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Chobits published by Kodansha (previously published by Tokyopop and Dark Horse), then we talk about Hebi-Zou and Tsuta Suzuki (writers) and Tarako's (art) Heaven's Design Team published, also published by Kodansha.

The song you heard in this episode is "Let Me Be With You" by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino from the Chobits 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 reviews on Heaven's Design Team over at the OASG.

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Show notes:

0:39 - We talk about Chobits!

18:55 - We talk about Heaven's Design Team!

Next time is Clover and BL Metamorphosis!

This episode, I have a special guest, Randy (@ChandyRan) with me to talk about Boom Studios' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic!

The creative team for these comics include Kyle Higgins and Marguerite Bennett (written); Hendry Prasetya, Thony Silas, and Daniel Bayliss, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Jonas Scharf, Jagdish Kumar, Simona Di Gianfelice, Diego Galindo, Simone Di Meo, Alessandro Cappuccio, Alessio Zonno, French Carlomagno, Francesco Mortarino (illustrated); Matt Herms, Bryan Valenza, Joana Lafuente, Sigi Ironmonger, Walter Baiamonte, Marcelo Costa, Francesco Segala, Eleonora Bruni, Whitney Cogar (colors); Ed Dukeshire (letters). I'm sure there are some I missed or overlooked (a lot of the covers are also done by different artists), but these are the main people listed in each comic in the first 10 trades, which is what we mainly talk about in the episode.

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 our guest, Randy, on Twitter at @ChandyRan.

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Show notes:

0:43 - We talk about our general upbringing with Power Rangers.

9:16 - We talk about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic!

Next time is really Chobits and Heaven's Design Team!

This episode, we're talking about Ryoko Kui's Seven Little Sons of the Dragon, and Mochinchi (story) and Yasuhiro Miyama's (art) Witch's Printing Office, both published by Yen Press!

The song you heard in the episode was "Cold War" by Janelle Monae.

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 on Witch's Printing Office over at the OASG too.

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Show notes:

0:39 - We talk about Seven Little Sons of the Dragon!

13:06 - We talk about Witch's Printing Office!

Next time is Chobits and Heaven's Design Team!

This episode, our 69th (nice), Pat and Grant join me to talk about One Piece, from Impel Down – Paramount War (or Marineford, or Summit War, whatever you prefer)! We're finally finishing up our pre-time skip One Piece chat, and we hope to be back in your ears around November to talk some more One Piece. Listen to our previous episodes on East Blue – Alabasta, Skypeia – Thriller Bark, and Thriller Bark – Amazon Lily too.

Spoilers abound for those who have not read these arcs. And light spoilers for stuff after the time skip.

We talked about Ivankov, including the okama and LGBTQ+ representation in One Piece, and I will say off the top that none of us are really the best folks to talk about those topics. So here's some further reading: The Dichotomy of Queerness in One Piece, Problematic faves: One Piece, One Piece and Queer Theory. That's just a very cursory Googling; if you have more articles or tweet threads or whatever, drop them in the comments, tweet them at the podcast, I'll add them here.

The song you heard in this episode was "Fight Together" by Namie Amuro, from the One Piece 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.

You can find Patz (@PatzPrime) at The Cockpit and ocassionally at Ani-Gamers. And you can find Grant (@grantthethief) at Blade Licking Thieves, the Super Sentai Podcast, Yatta-Tachi, and writing about One Piece over at Anime News Network, starting with episode 913.

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Show notes:

0:53 - We talk about Impel Down!

33:44 - We talk about the Paramount War!

Next time is Seven Little Sons of the Dragon and Witch's Printing Office!

This episode, we're talking about Kaiu Shirai (writer) and Posuka Demizu's (art) The Promised Neverland in a SPOILERCAST, published by Viz. Then we talk about Kata Konayama's Love me for who I am, published by Seven Seas! You can listen to the previous time we talked about The Promised Neverland too.

The song you heard at the top of the episode was "Touch off" by UVERworld. And at the end was "Zettai Zetsumei" by Cö shu Nie. Both from The Promised Neverland 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:

0:44 - Sorry for talking about Act Age.

2:22 - We talk about The Promised Neverland! Light spoilers abound.

8:11 - Full in spoilers on The Promised Neverland.

22:27 - We talk about Love me for who I am!

Next time, Patz and Grant join me to talk about One Piece!

The NBA and the WNBA are back in their bubbles, which seems to be the only safe way to do sports in a pandemic if MLB is any indication. I will enjoy White Sox wins while they last (as in before MLB is canceled, not because the White Sox are bad), and before, during, and after that, I will enjoy Clipper wins and Chicago Sky wins.

This episode, we're talking about Tomoko Ninomiya's Nodame Cantabile, formerly published by Del Rey and currently published digitally Kodansha. Then we talk about Tatsuya Matsuki (writer) and Shiro Usazaki's (art) Act Age, published by Viz!

The song you heard in this episode was Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos.

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:

1:02 - We talk about Nodame Cantabile!

16:23 - We talk about Act Age!

Next time is Promised Neverland SPOILERCAST and Love me for who I am!

This episode, we're doing a special Manga Plus episode where we sample four fairly short series of the free app / website. First is Maya Takamura's The Sign of Abyss. Second is Otaro Maijo (story) and Arata Momose's (art) Spotless Love: This Love Cannot Be Any More Beautiful. Third is Gaku Kajikawa's Hina Change. And finally is Akitaka Imakoshi's Curtain's up, I'm off.

I used a lot of songs in this episode, so here it goes. The Eagles' "Hole in the World," Phoebe Bridgers' "Killer," Janelle Monae's "Screwed," and Run River North's "Lying Beast."

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:

0:45 - We talk about The Sign of Abyss!

13:23 - We talk about Spotless Love!

20:33 - We talk about Hina Change!

28:03 - We talk about Curtains up, I'm off!

Next time is Nodame Cantabile and Act Age!

This episode, we're talking about Osamu Tezuka's Buddha published by Vertical, and Paru Itagaki's Beastars published by Viz.

The songs you heard in the episode were "Wild side" by ALI and "Le zoo" by YURiKA, both from the Beastars.

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:

0:54 - We talk about Buddha!

18:27 - We talk about Beastars!

Next time is a special Manga Plus episode!

This episode, we're talking about Moyoco Anno's In Clothes Called Fat published by Vertical and Hikaru Nakamura's Saint Young Men published by Kodansha.

The song you heard at the top of the episode was "YMCA" by the Village People, a song I forgot included the lyrics "young man" and assumed that was just a completely separate song from YMCA.

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.

Check out Helen's review of Saint Young Men over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

0:46 - We talk about In Clothes Called Fat!

12:07 - We talk about Saint Young Men!

Next time is Buddha and Beastars!