Manga in Your Ears

It is the World Baseball Classic right now, which is like the World Cup but far fewer people care about it and not all of the best players from each country participate. Korea, unfortunately, appears basically out of it, but I'll look forward to Ohtani and Darvish for Japan.

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:

Run on Your New Legs credits:

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.

Listen

Show notes:

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

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

Spring training has started, baseball is back, and the White Sox are still an incredibly and unnecessarily sad team to follow. Looking forward to 162 games of this.

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:

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō credits:

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 Is Love the Answer? over at The OASG.

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

Listen

Show notes:

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.

Chelsea should score more goals and allow, well, ideally score a reasonable amount of goals and reasonably allow at or around the same amount of goals, but really allow fewer goals. I dunno, it's been a weird team to follow so far.

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):

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.

Listen

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.

This episode, we're talking about Nagabe's The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún published by Seven Seas and Sekka Iwata (original work) and Yu Aoki's (artwork) Magilumiere Co. Ltd. published on Manga Plus.

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún credits:

Magilumiere Co. Ltd. credits:

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.

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

Listen

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.

Chelsea just spent like £1b on a lot of players to make like an amalgam of a team that doesn't know how to all play and meld together, but hopefully it'll work?

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:

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.

Listen

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.

These are good to watch, on Damar Hamlin, who I mentioned in the panpanya episode's opening notes: (debatable) with Pablo Torre and Domonique Foxworth, Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny with Domonique Foxworth, Garrett Bush on Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show.

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:

Akane-banashi credits:

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.

Listen

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.

Sports takes on a lot less meaning when stuff like what happened to Damar Hamlin happens. How many times has something similar happened on high school fields? D-II schools? And no one ever heard about it. Prayers to Damar Hamlin; hoping for the best.

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:

Guyabano Holiday credits:

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.

Listen

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.

This episode, we're just counting down our three favorite manga that we read in 2022. Like previous years, it's just manga that we read; not necessarily manga that came out in 2022.

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.

Listen

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.

The World Cup is going on! Amongst the human atrocities and corruption that led us all to this point, I have been greatly enjoying the tournament following it for the second time ever (at least the men's iteration). Fortunately, Korea beat Portugal to get into the knockout round. Unfortunately, they were immediately destroyed by Brazil. But the future looks bright for Korea. Kim Moonhwan did well at right back; Kim Minjae seems a star at center back; Hwang Heechan, Cho Guesung, and Hwang Uijo looked great in attack. And of course Son Heungmin is great as always. Dae-han-min-guk.

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:

Mob Psycho 100 credits:

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.

Listen

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!

All I want this MLB postseason is for the Guardians to lose, the Astros to lose, and the baseball team in Atlanta to lose. I have separate rooting interests in the positive direction (lifelong Mariners fan here), but mostly I'm rooting for the cheaters, the racists, and the team that bullied the White Sox all season to lose.

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.

Listen

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.