OverMangaCast

Hey, Kids! You like Gundam? You like pirates? You like Star Wars? In what can only be considered an odd mismatch of all three, combined with a whole bunch of Universal Century knowledge that they manga expects you to know ahead of time. A student exchange to Jupiter is interrupted by terrorists, where Tobia Arronax must take the reigns of a Gundam protagonist and pilot a mobile suit to battle his way out. However, it turns out that the terrorists are actually freedom fighters, and it is actually the Jupiter Empire that is evil. To stop them from poisoning Earth with canisters of poison gas, Tobia joins the pirate crew of the Crossbone Vanguard, where more science fiction clichés happen. This week, Matt, Sam, Jae, and Jacob read and discuss Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam by Yuuichi Hasegawa, based on the work of Yoshiyuki Tomino.

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Yoshiro Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura are childhood friends turned bitter rivals, as their families have long contested duties of exorcising the demons that appear on a certain sacred space. They use barrier magic to form cubes and bust baddies, but Yoshiro just wants to bake cakes. How will they manage when the vague Shadow Organization begins to express an interest in their sacred land, and the demon-enhancing power it contains. This week, Matt, Sam, Jae, and Jacob read and discuss Kekkaishi written by Yellow Tanabe.

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The Forger family faces more misadventures as Twilight gains his first opportunity to meet face-to-face with Donovan Desmond. The loyal family hound Bond escapes a life-and-death situation, Anya attempts to help the best she can, and Yor begins to question why she is even an assassin anymore before going on a cruise ship of murder and intrigue. Will the family be able to face these hurdles while keeping their secrets from all the others? This week, Matt, Sam, Jacob, and friend-of-the-podcast Kodie (@JumpKodie) read and discuss Spy X Family by Tatsuya Endo.

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Dr.Stone, Stone, calling Dr.Stone. Dr.Stone, Dr.Stone, wake up now! Taiju was about to confess his love to his high school crush, when the entire world was flash frozen in stone. Several million years later, with the help of his super-genius friend Senku, they two are going to perform high-school experiments to bring this stone-age world all the way back into the future. The only thing that could go wrong is if some kind of Primal Idealist wished to oppose them, and keep this new world free of the stain of technology. This week, Matt, Sam, Jae, and Jacob read and discuss Dr.STONE written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi.

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Lucius Modestus is a disgraced bath engineer who has been blacklisted from all of Rome's architecture firms. While drowning his sorrows in the bath, he accidently drowns himself as well, but rather then finding himself washed along the shores of the river Styx, he arrives in modern day Japan. Unable to speak the language, he learns of their amazing technological advancements in the art of bathing. As he continues to bring these innovations back to his own time, he sails to the top of the roman bathing world. Even the emperor himself takes a liking to him. But how long can he hold out before someone figures out his secret? This week, Matt, Sam, Jae, and Jacob read and discuss Thermae Romae by Mari Yamazaki.

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*Thermae Romae Novae, since apparently the Flash animation is being forgotten

Yuji is done being dead and back on the clock. This time he's teamed up with profession exorcist Kento Nanami to investigate the Cronenberg-style murders at a local movie theatre, and winds himself down a spiral of depression and rage-fueled revenge. Then, the much anticipated Kyoto Goodwill Games sets off, and almost immediately devolves into a much more condensed Chunin Exam arc. This week, Matt, Sam, Jae, and Jacob read and discuss Burn the Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami.

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Shiki and crew are back for more spacefaring adventures, as they search for the remaining members of the Demon King's ship to set sail for Mother. Their first stop has them jacking into a defunct MMO in order to track down the soul of the elusive Hermit, whose locked off her heart to humanity. Wacky hijinks ensue, broken up only by the brutal loan shark tactics of Drakken Joe and his associates. This week, Matt, Sam, and Jacob read and discuss Edens Zero by Hiro Mashima.

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Taro Sakamoto is your average, overweight convenience store owner, but you'd never guess that he was once one of the world's greatest assassins. However, when the psychic Shin attempts to claim the bounty on him, he finds out that the legendary Sakamoto is anything but washed up. Now the two of them attempt to live life on the straight-and-narrow working in a convenience store, but trouble manages to keep finding them. The hijinks get wackier and wackier, with the one golden rule staying in place: No Killing, ...no matter how tempting it may be. This week, Matt, Sam, Jacob, and special guest Kodie (@JumpKodie) read and discuss Sakamoto Days by Yuto Suzuki.

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Ninny and Noel are cool British witches fighting dragons. While doing odd jobs for spare change, Noel accidentally lets her "friend" Balgo uncover the secret of Reverse London, the land where dragons run free. However, things begin to spiral out of control as Balgo gets wrapped up into some dark dragon business and has a target painted on his back by the captains of Wing Bind. Will the two witches be able to keep him safe as the entire Magical World comes crashing down upon him. This week, Matt, Sam, Jae, and Jacob read and discuss Burn the Witch by Tite Kubo.

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The plot to discover the source of human combustion has hit paydirt, as Shinra and Arthur are sent to investigate the mysterious Special Fire Company 1. But how will these two kids deal with the wacky hijinks that comes with boarding with the enemy? Also, Tamaki is there, and those a coinvent set of circumstances ends up working with the main team basically permanently now. This week, Matt, Sam, Jae, and Jacob read and discuss Fire Force by Atsushi Ōkubo.

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