We're back back back back back again, this time with our first episode covering horror manga. Specifically, the works of Junji Ito. We talk about the good, the bad, and the just plain bizarre, from a story about a woman wanting to f*** a house to more heartwarming memoirs about cats. We share our queerpinions on:

Gyo

The Enigma of Amigara Fault

Fragments of Horror

Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu

Tired use of queer-coded villains

Interweaving of supernatural elements and human drama

Man versus natural disasters

Man versus demonic women (done well and done poorly)

You can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict!

Spoiler and content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. The stories included, and by extension our discussions of them, cover topics related to domestic abuse and violence, dissection, body horror, and grieving. We also have a fair amount of spoiler-heavy content at points. We especially don't want readers who haven't read "Whispering Woman" before to have the ending spoiled for them but we also wanted to discuss it. We cover the ending twist from 46:00 to 49:15, so skip over that portion if you haven't read that story yet.