Manga in Your Ears

The NCAA tournament is about to start, which means more pain for my alma mater Iowa State. I was all in on Hoiball, all in on the Holy Prohman Empire, and now I'm all in on whatever they're calling T. J. Otzelberger's Iowa State. Also the women's team is doing way better, so I'll probably be watching them more...

This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Suki published by Viz (formerly Tokyopop) and Hiroaki Samura's Wave, Listen to Me! published by Kodansha.

Suki credits:

• Translator: Ray Yoshimoto
• English adaptation: Carol Fox
• Retouch and lettering: Fae Kuen (volume 1), Abelardo Bigting (volume 2-3)
• Cover design: Christian Lownds
• Graphic designer: Anna Kernbaum
• Editor: Jake Forbes
• Managing editor: Jill Freshney
• Production coordinator: Antonio DePietro (volume 1)
• Production managers: Jennifer Miller, Mutsumi Miyazaki
• Art director: Matt Alford
• Editorial director: Jeremy Ross (volume 1)
• Digital imaging manager: Chris Buford (volume 2-3)
• Pre-press manager: Antonio DePietro (volume 2-3)

Wave, Listen to Me! credits:

• Translation: Adam Hirsch
• Additional translation: Jiajing Sun
• Lettering: Darren Smith
• Additional lettering and layout: Michael Martin
• Editing: Alexandra Swanson, Vanessa Tenazas

The songs you heard in this episode were "aranami" by tacica and "pride" by Harumi from the Wave, Listen to Me! 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 review of volumes 1-3 and volumes 4-5 of Wave, Listen to Me! on The OASG.

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Show notes:

0:50 - We talk about Suki

15:49 - We talk about Wave, Listen to Me!

MLB is in a lockout because the billionaire owners don't want to give any inch to players that, for the most part, do not and will never make millions. They can afford it.

This episode, we're talking about PEYO's Boy Meets Maria published by Seven Seas. Then we talk about Kousuke Oono's The Way of the Househusband published by Viz.

Spoiler alerts for Boy Meets Maria through that discussion. And trigger warnings for sexual assault on a minor.

Boy Meets Maria credits:

• Translation: Amber Tamosaitis
• Adaptation: Lora Gray
• Lettering: Danya Shevchenko
• Cover design: Hanase Qi
• Proofreader: Kurestin Armada
• Copy editor: Jenn Frunigen
• Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production associate: Christa Meisner
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The Way of the Househusband credits:

• Translation: Sheldon Drzka
• English adaptation: Jennifer LeBlanc
• Touch-up art & lettering: Bianca Pistillo
• Design: Alice Lewis
• Editor: Jennifer LeBlanc

The song you heard in this episode is "Kokoro (I Fall to Pieces)" by The Slants. I used a different version from the linked version though.

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:

1:26 - We talk about Boy Meets Maria

14:48 - We talk about The Way of the Househusband

Next time is Suki and My Dress Up Darling.

AEW is very nice. Very evil.

This episode, we're talking about Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae published by Yen Press as our old series. For our new series, we're talking about Kyouka Izumi (novels), Oumiya (story), Reiko Sakurada's (art) The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World.

Thermae Romae credits:

• Translation: Stephen Paul
• Lettering: Lys Blakeslee

The Savior's Book Cafe in Another World credits:

• Translation: Alexa Frank
• Adaptation: Rebecca Schneidereit
• Lettering: Jennifer Skarupa
• Original cover design: Sachie Ijiri
• Cover design: Hanase Qi
• Proofreader: Danielle King
• Copy editor: Dawn Davis
• Editor: Shannon Fay
• Print manager: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
• Production associate: Christa Meisner
• Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
• Managing editor: Julie Davis
• Associate publisher: Adam Arnold
• Publisher: Jason DeAngelis

The song you heard in this episode was "I've Been Waiting for You" by Neil Young.

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:

0:48 - We talk about Thermae Romae

18:18 - We talk about The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World

Next time is Boy Meets Maria and Way of the Househusband.

I've been trying to follow hockey more, and it is regrettable that the Los Angeles Kings are lame and the Chicago team is both racist and a hot mess off the ice. The Chicago thing happened after I made the decision on a team, and that team is the Seattle Kraken. I regret to inform the rabid fans of my sports updates before podcast notes that this team is not good, but I love them.

This episode, we're talking about Emmanuelle Maisonneuve (story), Julia Pavlowitch (story), and Kan Takahama's (art) Emma Dreams of Stars published by Vertical and Kodansha. Then we talk about Naoya Matsumoto" Kaiju No. 8 published by Viz.

Emma Dreams of Stars credits:

Kaiju No. 8 credits:

(New year, new show notes. I'm going to be adding in-book [or in the case of Kaiju No. 8 and anything else like that, whatever they put in the Jump digital publication] credits 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.

We mentioned a Michelin star restaurant review thread, but I also found out that she did a formal write up on The Everywhereist as well.

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Show notes:

0:58 - We talk about Emma Dreams of Stars

15:36 - We talk about Kaiju No. 8

Next time is Thermae Romae and The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World.

I no longer have the outlet of Corey's podcast to talk about sneakers, but I'm a big fan of Air Max 1s and I would like more of that particular silhouette to go with my Hypland stuff. This is actually somewhat relevant to the podcast.

This episode, we're just counting down our favorite manga of 2021! It is not necessarily all new 2021 manga, but manga that is new to us in 2021.

The song you heard in this episode is "Paprika" by Japanese Breakfast.

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:

1:48 - Number threes!

13:29 - Number twos!

30:39 - Number ones!

44:14 - Also rans!

48:55 - Bonus Astra Lost in Space spoiler section!

Next time is Emma Dreams of Stars and Kaiju No. 8!

The Chicago Red Stars are in the NWSL finals this Saturday, trying to give Chicago a championship double. Why is it at 9 in the morning.

This episode, we're talking about Kenta Shinohara's Astra Lost in Space and Tomohito Oda's Komi Can't Communicate, both published by Viz.

The songs you heard in the episode are "star*frost" by nonoc, "Astra-gō no Bōken" ("The Adventure of the Spaceship Astra") by Yun-Hua Lu (Saori Hayami), and "Glow at the Velocity of Light" by Riko Azuna from the Astra Lost in Space anime, and "Cinderella" by Cidergirl from the Komi Can't Communicate 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 review of Astra Lost in Space over at The OASG.

Listen

Show notes:

0:41 - We talk about Astra Lost in Space!

15:47 - Astra Lost in Space spoilers!

28:575 - We talk about Komi Can't Communicate!

Next time is our favorite manga of 2021!

This episode, we're just talking about cancelled manga. Since, here in the US, cancelled can include things like "Tokyopop lost the license to this" or "CMS just shut the heck down" alongside things like Jump series being cancelled actually, we cover a lot of ground.

Helen makes the correction that it should be Ayaha not Ayaka, with regards to Hell Warden Higuma. And it does get into some detail of how there are spirits running around on Earth.

Also there's some random outside noise from me because my window was open. It's fine.

The song you heard in this episode is "The Death of Queen Jane" by Oscar Isaac from Inside Llewyn Davis.

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:

0:59 - uhh I dunno, round one I guess?

19:18 - Round two!

32:26 - Quick fire bonus round that's actually like half the podcast!

Next time is Astra Lost in Space and Komi Can't Communicate!

There are three days left in the regular season barring any tiebreaker scenarios, and I am HOPING for tiebreaker scenarios. The Blue Jays must win their last three games, the Red Sox and Mariners need to win two of three, and the Yankees need to lose the rest of their games. Let's go baseball chaos.

This episode, we're talking about Hiroki Haruse's The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me published by Yen Press. Then we talk about Natsu Hyūga's The Apothecary Diaries published by Square Enix. The Apothecary Diaries was also illustrated by Nekokurage, compiled by Itsuki Nanao, and with character designs from Touco Shino.

The song you heard in this episode was "Glider" by Japanese Breakfast.

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 The Apothecary Diaries manga here: Volume 1, Volume 2. And of the light novels here: Volume 1, Volume 2. And of The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me.

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Show notes:

0:40 - We talk about The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me!

11:47 - We talk about The Apothecary Diaries!

Next time is some of our favorite canceled series!

AEW Dynamite started while I podcasted and continued as I edited, and I just keep thinking about the incredible sequence of Adam Cole coming out, there being maybe a 1 percent chance he helps the faces, and then he superkicks Jungle Boy and gets kissed by the Young Bucks. Just absolutely incredible. I can't wait to watch Dynamite.

This episode, we're talking about Jun Mayuzuki's After the Rain published by Vertical and Kumiko Saiki's Kageki Shojo!! published by Seven Seas.

The songs you heard in this episode are "Nostalgic Rainfall" by CHiCO with HoneyWorks from the After the Rain anime, and "Hoshi no Orchestra" by saji and "Hoshi no Tabibito" by Sayaka Senbongi × Yumiri Hanamori from the Kageki Shojo 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:

0:57 - We talk about After the Rain!

11:36 - We talk about Kageki Shojo!

Next time is The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me and The Apothecary Diaries!

While editing this episode, I watched what might be known as "beltgate." Baseball is just weird.

This episode, we're talking about Dento Hayane's The Cat Proposed published by Tokyopop and Okura's I Think Our Son Is Gay published by Square Enix.

The song you heard in this episode was "Make Me Feel" 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.

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Show notes:

0:40 - We talk about The Cat Proposed!

11:39 - We talk about I Think Our Son Is Gay!

Next time is After the Rain and Kageki Shojo!