When Seamus is away, shonen will save the day! Morgana is back as an official member of the hosts this episode so we discuss the current arcs and happenings of our favorite shonen manga series, such as We Never Learn, Black Clover, Fire Force, and more!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Seishun Seminar" by Study from We Never Learn, Opening, Morgana's official host debut, Introductions, Social Media
- 00:02:31 - Listener Emails: Manga suggestions for Tokyo Shinobi Squad, Spy x Family, HEART GEAR
- 00:07:47 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox accidentally read Mission: Yozakura Family instead of Spy x Family
- 00:11:50 - We talk about the difficulty of predicting manga success in Weekly Shonen Jump
- 00:15:13 - Darfox checked out some newly released episodes of Carole & Tuesday on Netflix
- 00:17:17 - Taiyo Matsumoto's Cats of the Louvre is a strange manga about cats that Morgana loved
- 00:20:34 - Morgana is reading Parasyte and surprised she didn't read it sooner
- 00:21:29 - Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples is a beautiful dark twist on Snow White
- 00:24:09 - dakazu found a sequel to Nana to Kaoru called Nana to Kaoru Last Year
- 00:29:06 - Franken Fran Frantic is sequel that seems like a cash-in to dakazu
- 00:30:26 - Vampire familiars battling in Shiga Hime isn't original but filled with amazing body horror art
- 00:33:15 - dakazu read Natsume Ono's Have a Great Sunday and loved the story about an old writer hanging out with his son and son-in-law every Sunday
- 00:35:55 - News: Controversy over scanlations with the Manga Rock app on Apple and Google Play stores
- 00:45:11 - We discuss the reality of manga artists like Junji Ito who need to work constantly to make a living
- 00:51:18 - An anime for Junji Ito's Uzumaki will be airing on Toonami in 2020
- 00:54:20- The Japanese voice actors were interviewed for the 25th anniversary of Yu Yu Hakusho
- 00:57:35 - Leaked outtake recordings from Funimation have cast members of Dragon Ball Z making juvenile jokes and homophobic slurs
- 01:03:06 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Creator Cross Section, where we examine CLAMP and their manga throughout their career: including X, Cardcaptor Sakura, Clover, Chobits, xxxHOLiC, and Gate 7
- 01:04:29 - Main Segment State of Shonen, Transition Song: "Inferno" by Mrs.GREEN APPLE from Fire Force, we discuss the current arcs and happenings of various shonen manga series, Including:
- 01:06:16 - We Never Learn by Taishi Tsutsui
- 01:15:16 - Fire Force by Atsushi Ohkubo
- 01:21:51 - Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi
- 01:25:42 - Dr. STONE by Riichiro Inagaki & Boichi
- 01:28:53 - Black Clover by Yuki Tabata
- 01:39:57 - My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi
- 01:44:41 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge
- 01:47:34 - Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- 01:59:30 - Hajime no Ippo by George Morikawa
- 02:14:03 - Komi Can't Communicate by Tomohito Oda
- 02:20:38 - Boys Over Flowers by Yoko Kamio
- 02:22:26 - Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe
- 02:25:43 - Next Week's Topic: Creator Cross Section on CLAMP, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster
