Manga in Your Ears

The White Sox went into last week needing a sweep of the Cleveland Guardians to win the season series and keep their playoff hopes realistic. They were swept, and then lost two more against the Tigers. Any playoff hopes are basically gone now. This is the team I like.

This episode, we're talking about Yuki Urushibara's When a Cat Faces West published by Kodansha as our older series. And Yuu Tanaka (story), Tomowo Maruyama (art), and Llo's (character design) Reincarnated as a Sword.

When a Cat Faces West credits:

• Translation: Mari Au/ amimaru
• Lettering: Monika Hegedusova/ amimaru

Reincarnated as a Sword credits:

• Translation: Mike Rachmat
• Adaptation: Peter Adrian Behravesh
• Lettering: Rai Enril
• Cover design: KC Fabellon
• Proofreader: Kurestin Armada, Danielle King
• Editor: J.P. Sillivan
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Editor-in-chief: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The songs you heard in this episode are Rinne (Reincarnation) and Kusa Wo Fumu Oto (The Sound Of Stepping On Grass) by Masuda Toshio from the Mushi-Shi 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.

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Show notes:

1:21 - We talk about When a Cat Faces West

14:23 - We talk about Reincarnated as a Sword

Next time is Muscle Girl Next Door and My Master Has No Tail

It's hot here in southern California. So everyone stay safe, stay hydrated, wear a mask, and get that new shot when you can.

This episode, we're talking about Syundei's Go for It Again, Nakamura! published by Seven Seas and ONE (story) and Yusuke Murata's (art) One-Punch Man published by Viz.

Go for It Again, Nakamura! credits:

• Translation: Amber Tamosaitis
• Lettering: Kaitlyn Wiley
• Cover design: Karis Page
• Proofreader: Krista Grandy
• Senior editor: Shannon Fay
• Prepress technician: Melanie Ujimori
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Editor-in-chief: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

One-Punch Man credits:

• Translation: John Werry
• Touch-up art and lettering: James Gaubatz
• Design: Fawn Lau
• Shonen Jump series editor: John Bae
• Graphic novel editor: Jennifer LeBlanc

The song you heard in the episode was "The Hero!! ~Ikareru Ken ni Honō o Tsukeru~" by JAM Project.

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 and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

1:01 - We talk about Go for It Again, Nakamura!

10:23 - We talk about One-Punch Man

Next time is When a Cat Faces West and Reincarnated as a Sword

There are now two NWSL teams withing reasonable distance of me, and I've shamefully seen neither of them just yet. Hoping to correct that next month. Also I wish the sponsor on the Angel City shirts was not DoorDash because fuck those companies.

This episode, we're talking about Ken Koyama's Little Miss P published by Yen Press and Tsubasa Yamaguchi's Blue Period published by Kodansha.

Little Miss P credits:

• Translation: Taylor Engel
• Lettering: Abigail Blackman

Blue Period credits:

• Translation: Ajani Oloye
• Lettering: Lys Blakeslee
• Editing: Haruko Hashimoto
• Kodansha Comics edition cover design by Matthew Akuginow

The song you heard in the episode was "EVERBLUE" by Omoinotake from the Blue Period 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 and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's review of volumes 1 and 2 of Blue Period over at The OASG.

Here's a couple articles from The Athletic that I was talking about on the podcast:

• What’s it like to play football on your period? by Katie Whyatt
• Dawn Scott aims to minimise adverse impact of menstrual cycle on Lionesses by Katie Whyatt
• Lucy Bronze: ‘Some in society see periods as shameful. Sport can change that’ by Adam Crafton
• We need to talk about footballers’ periods. This is about more than just white shorts by Caoimhe O'Neill
• England in talks with Nike over changing white shorts due to period concerns by Charlotte Harpur

As I said on the podcast, The Athletic does require a subscription. But they typically run pretty good deals if you seek them out.

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Show notes:

1:48 - We talk about Little Miss P

15:28 - We talk about Blue Period

Next time, we're talking about Go for It Nakamura Again and One Punch Man.

This episode, we're talking about Etsuko's Joy published by Kodansha and Koji Miura's Blue Box published by Viz in Shonen Jump.

Joy credits:

Blue Box credits:

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 and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

0:40 - We talk about Joy

11:54 - We talk about Blue Box

Next time is Little Miss P and Blue Period.

I am begging the White Sox to win a normal baseball game. I am hoping Lucas Giolito will pitch better for the rest of the season. What is happening to this cursed team.

This episode, we're (accidentally) revisiting Nagata Kabi's My Solo Exchange Diary (listen to our first episode here) published by Seven Seas. Then we're talking about Miman's Yuri Is My Job! published by Kodansha.

Support the workers' of Seven Seas effort to unionize on Twitter and on their website.

My Solo Exchange Diary credits:

• Translation: Jocelyn Allen
• Adaptation: Lianne Sentar
• Lettering and layout: Karis Page
• Logo design: KC Fabellon
• Original design: Yasuhisa Kawatani (Kawatani Design)
• Cover design: Nicky Lim
• Proofreader: Shanti Whitesides, Danielle King
• Editor: Jenn Grunigen
• Production assistant: CK Russell
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Editor-in-chief: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

Yuri Is My Job! credits:

• Translation: Diana Taylor
• Lettering: Jennifer Skarupa
• Editing: Haruko Hashimoto
• Kodansha comics edition cover design: Phil Balsman

The song you heard in this episode was "Electric Lady" by Janelle Monáe.

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 and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's review of volume 1 of Yuri Is My Job! over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

1:42 - We talk about My Solo Exchange Diary

18:53 - We talk about Yuri Is My Job!

Next time is Joy and Blue Box.

The White Sox do not seem to be a very good offensive baseball team, and it is very sad for me personally. Worst in baseball (as of Sunday evening when the Sox Machine podcast where I heard it was recorded) with a man on third and zero or one outs.

This episode, we're talking about Mimu Oyamada's BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! published by Tokyopop. Then we talk about Takako Shimura's Even Though We're Adults published by Seven Seas.

Support the workers' of Seven Seas effort to unionize on Twitter and on their website.

BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! credits:

• Editor: Lena Atanassova
• Marketing associate: Kae Winters
• Translator: Christine Dashiell
• Copy editor: Sean Doyle
• Cover designer: Sol DeLeo
• Retouching and lettering: Vibrraant Publishing Studio
• Editor-in-chief and publisher: Stu Levy

Even Though We're Adults credits:

• Translation: Jocelyn Allen
• Adaptation: Casey Lucas
• Lettering and retouch: Rena Mapa
• Cover design: KC Febellon
• Editor: Shannon Fay
• Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production assistant: Christa Miesner
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The song you heard in this episode is Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)".

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 - We talk about BL Fans LOVE My Brother?!

12:25 - We talk about Even Though We're Adults

Next time is My Solo Exchange Diary and Yuri Is My Job.

I've decided I'm a Real Madrid fan now, mostly arbitrarily behind them beating City in the semifinals of the Champions League. But also Benzema is very fun to watch, and Rudiger, a Chelsea favorite, is about to go there. So here I am.

This episode, we're talking about Kuniichi Ashiya's What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface published by Seven Seas. Then Jougi Shiraishi (story), Itsuki Nanao (art), and Azura's (character design) Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, published by Square Enix.

What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface credits:

• Editorial supervision: Masayuki Yamamtoto
• Translation: Jocelyne Allen
• Lettering and retouch: Karis Page
• Interior Design: Clay Gardner
• Cover design: Nicky Lim and George Panella (logo)
• Editor: Shanti Whitesides
• Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina credits:

• Translation: Taylor Engel
• Lettering: Bianca Pistillo
• Logo design: Wendy Chan (Yen Press)
• Cover design: Abigail Blackman
• Editor: Leyla Aker

The song you heard in this episode was "Literature" by Reina Ueda and "Haiiro no Saga" by ChouCho, both from the Wandering Witch 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:

0:55 - We talk about What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface

16:23 - We talk about Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina

Next time is BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! and Even Though We're Adults.

This episode, we're talking about two Naoki Urasawa manga. Our older series is Sneeze, and our newer series is Asadora, both published by Viz.

Sneeze credits:

• Translation: John Werry
• Touch-up Art and Lettering: Steve Dutro
• Cover and Interior Design: Yukiko Whitley
• Editor: Annette Roman

Asadora credits:

• Translation: John Werry
• Touch-up Art and Lettering: Steve Dutro
• Design: Jimmy Presler
• Editor: Karla Clark

The song you heard in this episode was "What Do You Want from Me" by Pink Floyd.

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:

1:22 - We talk about Sneeze

19:25 - We talk about Asadora

Next time is What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface and Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

I just saw USMNT qualified for the World Cup (which exactly dates when I edited and wrote this), and if I were USWNT I would QRT that with something snide about how they're always there, and the men are just catching up.

This episode, I have two special guests, Chris and Ink, with me to talk about three of Denpa's Shuzo Oshimi manga: Miss Kusakabe, Waltz, and Shino Can't Say Her Name. Grab Denpa's manga over at denpa.pub.

Miss Kusakabe credits:

Waltz credits:

Shino Can't Say Her Name credits:

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 the guests on this episode on Twitter too: Chris is @gokuffy and Ink is @ink_just_ink. And you can listen to the Oldtaku no Radio podcast on Flowers of Evil over at Ani-Gamers.

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Show notes:

0:41 - We talk about Miss Kusakabe

16:16 - We talk about Waltz

29:01 - We talk about Shino Can't Say Her Name

Next time, Helen and Apryll are back to talk about Naoki Urasawa's Sneeze and Asadora!

Watching spring training games is this weird exercise in determining whether any given player will be anything, or maybe they're just taking a spot to give others a rest. Or maybe they're younger folks with real promise. Or maybe they just had a particularly good game that day.

This episode, we're talking about Nozomu Mochitsuki (author) and Gilse's (illustrator) Tearmoon Empire published by J-Novel Club.

Tearmoon Empire credits:

• Translator: David Teng
• Editors: Samantha J. Moore, Hannah N. Carter

The song you heard in this episode was "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and the News.

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 Tearmoon Empire volume 1-2, volume 3, volume 4, and volume 5-6 over at The OASG.

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Show notes:

No show notes. We just talk about Tearmoon Empire.

Next time is a special episode where Chris and Ink join Kory to talk about some Shuzo Oshimi.