Hello! And welcome BACK to Mangasplaining, as we begin "Season 3"! We're starting off with a bang, as David brings the crew 'violence comics' in the form of AJIN: Demi-Human Volumes 1 & 2. Horror and violence woven into discussions of the nature of humanity? Everyone's a bad guy? How will these dark ideas land with our innocent crew? Find out this episode!

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Tired of "balanced" reviews pointing out strengths and weaknesses of a title? Just want to know what manga you should ACTUALLY read?! Well this week, the full Mangasplaining crew picks their "best manga for folks who haven't read much manga before" from the first season of Mangasplaining. These are the 11 titles that they recommend... With a few caveats and a hilarious discussion of each title, of course. Follow along with the Show Notes and more at Mangasplaining.com.

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The team is still on a break (of sorts), but we’re also still making podcasts! This week, David interviews Jamila Rowser, the founder of Black Josei Press. This interview is one of our first looks at manga’s influence on North American independent comics! Plus Jamila loves Josei manga the most, so there’s a lot to dig into this interview! Read along with the show notes and more at mangasplaining.com.

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The Mangasplaining Team's vacation continues, but we still keep bringing you new episodes! This week it's an interview with Spanish-Japanese manga-ka Ken Niimura, (co)creator of I Kill Giants, Henshin, Umami, and Never Open It! It's a fun look at what it takes to make manga! More info at mangasplaining.com.

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Check it out, it's the special-edition, remastered, upgraded re-release with bonus material episode of Mangasplaining! As a special bonus week we bring you David Brothers' complete interview with Emma Ríos! They talk Gundam, a LOT, and comics and movies and life. It's a nice time, check it out!

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It's the Season 2 Wrap-up episode! We reflect on the second 25 weeks of Mangasplaining, from A Drunken Dream to Wotaoki, and everything in between! No reading to catch up with, no spoilers (er, mostly), just a good chat with the crew. We return with weekly bonus Episodes on March 15th, and Season 3 officially starts on April 12th! More info at mangasplaining.com.

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This week, we’re back to where it all began, as the gang luxuriates in the visual feast that is Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA Volume 3. We’re gonna spoil you up front this week: Chip calls it his favourite volume of comics of all time. FOR REALS. Find out why by listening to this episode…!

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The Mangasplaining gang reads their very first BL Manga, Our Dining Table, by Mita Ori! Will it live up to the BL Hype!? Plus a Sponsored VIZ Blind Date with Deadpool: Samurai, Reader Q&A, and Shout outs! It's a great big episode! Read the show notes and more at mangasplaining.com. 

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This week on Mangasplaining, Deb leads the crew through a book that sort of sums up some of the themes of Season 2, with an autobiographically-informed piece of art about art, and a story that's very similar to another title we talked about in a previous episode. Tsubasa Yamaguchi's hit manga Blue Period gives the team a lot to talk about! Plus, we launched a publisher! Full details at Mangasplaining.com!

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This week on Mangasplaining David leads the group into our first small-press short-story, Minami Q-Ta’s The Blood Red Boy. We take a deep, deep dive into this story, and while we’d love it if you read ALL the books we cover on the podcast, since this one is just $2 (or less!) you’ll probably wanna give this one a read before listening to this spoiler-filled episode. Plus: A Q&A special, where we answer questions from you, the listeners!

ALSO: Please consider checking out our new publishing endeavour, Mangasplaining Extra! Details at http://www.mangasplainingextra.com.  

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