In which we discuss a manga that really hit it big in the US!  We're gonna talk some origin story for the creator!  We're gonna discuss a bit about the influence of the US on Japan!  It'll be chock full of history and really dumb jokes!

This is our 19th official real episode.  19th!  Anyway, what do you think?  We're starting to get an idea of how things run here.  Do you think so?  Wanna let us know?  We has the social medias!  We also has email!  Let your local podcast provider know what you think in the form of reviews and comments!  We're desperate to hear from you!

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Phil here:  Su did a bunch of research on the topic.  So much can be said that I'm pretty sure there's another episode or two to be made out of it.  We shall see!  Anyway, lemme show you what she saw.

https://www.looper.com/188780/the-untold-truth-of-kohei-horikoshi/

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-08-24/interview-my-hero-academia-creator-kohei-horikoshi/.135449

https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/kohei-horikoshi-jump-festa-interview

https://comicbook.com/anime/news/my-hero-academia-anime-manga-series-origins-shonen-jump-editors-interview/

https://www.cbr.com/kohei-horikoshi-my-hero-academia-little-quirks/

https://www.cbr.com/my-hero-academia-easter-eggs/

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/03/japan-in-the-1950s/100697/

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2015/04/07/americans-japanese-mutual-respect-70-years-after-the-end-of-wwii/

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction

https://thejapaneseway.com/how-japanese-culture-changed-after-ww2/

https://maysweb.tamu.edu/sage/gradescourses/9th-12th-grade/economics/the-modernization-of-an-ancient-culture-preface/the-modernization-of-an-ancient-culture-contemporary-japan/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olR9sOeR8oQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZ-pMjCaBY&ab_channel=TheColdWar

Hooooooo boy!  That's a lot of links!  Lemme also tell you what we read comic-wise!

My Hero Academia (Viz): 1-5