Welcome as we begin our newest Retrospective on Daruma Matsuura's Kasane! We're excited to dive into this dark fairy tale of Kasane Fuchi and her magical lipstick that allows her to swap her hideous face with others. Join us as we discuss everything from Kasane's addiction to beauty to the Japanese ghost story it's based on!!!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Black Bird" by Aimer from Kasane, Opening, Introductions
• 00:00:59 - Seamus surprises us with his thoughts about last episode's Same Cell Organism
• 00:05:37 - Listener Emails: Suggestion for Amazing Agent Luna and non-Japanese manga
• 00:09:35 - Discussing deluxe editions of physical manga and sharing our physical book collecting habits
• 00:36:21 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Morgana read Nagabe's anthology of love stories between humans and anthropomorphic animals, Love on the Other Side - A Nagabe Short Story Collection
• 00:39:20 - Morgana got Manhwa Contemporary Korean Comics for Free Comic Books Day
• 00:41:00 - Denjin N is the current horror series from the creators of Starving Anonymous
• 00:43:55 - *SPOILERS* dakazu feels like Seamus after finishing Ryuma no Gagou because of an ever so common story troupe
• 00:49:38 - *SPOILERS* Battle Ground Workers premise makes for an easily predictable twist
• 00:58:52 - News: Over 100 manga artists like Tetsuya Chiba join the MANGA Day to Day project to create daily comics about COVID-19
• 01:01:42 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Kasane, A complete review of Daruma Matsuura's drama about an ugly girl who uses a magical lipstick to pursue a career in acting(covers volumes 4-6)
• 01:01:58 - Main Segment Retrospective: Kasane, Transition Song: "Dance of Salome" by Yugo Kanno from Kasane, Comprehensive review of Daruma Matsuura's dark fairy tale about a girl with an ugly face who uses a magical lipstick to swap faces and become an actress like her mother(covers volumes 1-3)
• 02:02:48 - Next Week's Topic: Kasane, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster