Manga in Your Ears

Basketball is coming back, and I cannot wait to be disappointed by yet another team I have picked up. I didn't choose the Bears or White Sox, but I definitely chose yet another cursed franchise in the Clippers. Why.

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?

The Dodgers won the World Series, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the presidency, the Miami Marlins hired an Asian-American woman as their GM, and we are finally back after a long and unintentional hiatus to talk about more Tite Kubo.

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!

I don't know what baseball is anymore.

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!

Since the last podcast and this podcast, the Chicago White Sox have gotten into the playoffs for the first time since 2008, and subsequently lost two games in a row to the Oakland Athletics after wining game one, and are now out of the playoffs. At least we'll always have those literal six perfect innings from Giolito.

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!

I have been a fan of LAFC since 2018, about six games in when I decided that I wanted to jump into a new club basically from the ground floor. And now I'm jumping into the Premier League. I will be accepting any lobbying for your team to me.

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!

College football recently started up, evidenced by my sports twitter feed and the start and end notifications I got on my phone. And college athletes really need a union or something similar so they can protect themselves from million or billion dollar industries that are profiting off the free labor of college students. They have no business playing in the middle of a pandemic when they are not paid professionals.

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!

The Clippers lost a game they should have won against the Denver Nuggets, because they seem to have given up in the third and fourth quarters defensively, and offensive bounces weren't going their way. Here's to a Sunday win.

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!

We, as a country, do not deserve sports until this virus is under control. We, as a country, do not deserve sports until police stop killing people, especially Black people, under the guise of feeling threatened. Defund the police.

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!

The White Sox chased away the first of the Detroit Tigers' hopeful new tandem of pitching aces, Tarik Skubal, a bit ago as I write this. And tomorrow, they get the next in Casey Mize. I'm very excited(?) to watch the White Sox trying in futility to hit both of these top prospects.

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!

Clippers won their first game of the playoffs, and I am extremely here for Clippers playoff basketball, but especially those Kawhi 4 Bounces shoes.

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!