ScreenTone Club

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy strap a +1 shield to their backs, climb onto a charming motorcycle, and drive off into the sunset / monster-infested tower in search of good manga to read. Do they find it? Let's find out together!

TIMECODES:
0:02:00 - I kid, I love the Edinburgh Fringe
0:03:45 - Elliot’s Pick: Tower Dungeon
0:09:00 - Snap Judgement
0:15:00 - Elliot Cope
0:23:45 - Using K Manga and its multi-currency system
0:25:30 - Andy’s Pick: Touring After the Apocalypse
0:27:45 - Girl’s Last Camp?
0:37:15 - A Missing Layer of Interaction
0:40:15 - Wrong number! We are up to C106, not 103
0:43:15 - “Reasons Why This Is Weird”
0:45:15 - NOT A TANK
0:50:00 - “Picking a Scab Manga”
0:54:30 - Not Everything is Yuri
0:58:00 - Continue?
1:01:00 - Our Picks for Next Episode
1:02:30 - Closedown!

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The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy mention the 2011 Anime Guilty Crown, which has to be the first time it has been mentioned in perhaps a decade. Also, Tanks. Also also, Garbage Shounen (about Garbage).

TIMECODES:
0:02:15 - Andy’s Pick: Gachiakuta
0:09:00 - Trying to use K Manga and their Terrible FAQ
0:12:00 - Elliot Demands a Materialist Explanation
0:22:30 - Guilty Crown in 2025??
0:28:30 - Comparing to the (Currently Airing) Anime
0:31:15 - Poor Crime Scene Etiquette
0:37:30 - Elliot’s Pick: Dominion: Conflict One
0:40:30 - For Once, a Short Synopsis
0:44:45 - Medical Drama Comparison?
0:50:00 - 6pt font Omake
0:59:15 - Coolness and Where it Comes From
1:03:40 - Our Picks for Next Episode
1:05:00 - Closedown!

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The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy discuss two forms of abuse: child abuse (very, very bad), and dungeon crawler drop rate abuse (also bad, but for very different reasons).

TIMECODES:
0:01:00 - Chu~ 😘
0:02:30 - Elliot’s Pick: D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared (Light Novel)
0:08:00 - So I’m a Status Screen, so What?
0:13:45 - Wikipedia Binges
0:19:15 - Wish Fulfillment Thought Experiment
0:24:30 - You Live in a Society
0:28:00 - Too Easy
0:36:00 - Two Characters, One Voice
0:41:30 - Light Novel Tax Evasion Dilemmas
0:44:45 - Andy’s Pick: Roar: A Star in the Abyss
0:50:30 - “Carrotless Stick”
0:51:15 - “Hyperdramatic Woe-fest”
0:57:15 - Elliot is a Bit Mean in this Review :<
1:03:15 - Comparisons to Burn the House Down
1:05:00 - Our Picks for Next Episode!
1:06:15 - Closedown!

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The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy indulge in two great passions: Villainy and being a Carnivore, a real meat eater!

TIMECODES:
0:01:30 - Elliot’s Pick: I Wanna Do Bad Things With You
0:06:30 - Spite as a motivation
0:13:30 - Student Council President, not US President
0:20:00 - Anyone Fancy Making us a Manga Cliche Bingo Card?
0:23:00 - Andy’s Pick: How to Grill Our Love
0:26:00 - “Trojan Horse” Manga
0:29:30 - “Mercenary Matrimony”
0:34:00 - The Danger of Monomania
0:44:30 - King Kai’s House??
0:50:30 - “Food is Part of Life”
0:52:30 - Why was only one volume of WakakoZake Translated???
0:58:30 - Our Picks for next Episode!
0:59:45 - Closedown!

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The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy voyage to strange new worlds, the beguiling Kowloon Walled City and the markedly less distinct land of Generica Fantasylandia.

TIMECODES:
0:01:15 - PICK YOUR SIDE
0:04:00 - Andy’s Pick: Kowloon Generic Romance
0:10:15 - “Surprises”
0:16:15 - Romance and Nostalgia
0:22:00 - I was tempted to put the “BRAAAM” sound effect here but thought that might be jarring!
0:26:15 - SEXY
0:35:30 - The Power of Confidence
0:40:00 - Don’t put off reading this like we did!
0:42:30 - Elliot’s Pick: Centuria
0:49:30 - Large Hadron Collider Recipe
0:58:15 - “The To Your Eternity Experience”
1:01:00 - “Lone Wolf and Cubbing it”
1:06:15 - Checklist Manga
1:12:30 - Needing a “Secret Sauce”
1:17:00 - Our Picks for Next Episode!
1:18:45 - Closedown

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The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy are flung back to the early 2000's to talk about primordial memes (desu desu desu), ball-jointed dolls, the sneakers from Sonic Adventure 2, and something that is (sadly) more timeless: human trafficking!

TIMECODES:
0:01:00 - Time to Chibi Vampire (Karin) Chat: one minute!
0:03:30 - Elliot’s Pick: Rozen Maiden Collectors Edition
0:04:30 - PEACH-PIT at Hyper Japan (2019?)
0:08:30 - Getting to the synopsis at last!
0:14:30 - Lack of Focus?
0:23:15 - “Googling It”
0:34:30 - Translation and Editing comparison to old edition
0:40:00 - Andy’s Pick: Mujina into the Deep
0:45:45 - “Expository Blowjob”
0:50:00 - Does Inio Asano hate Parkour?
0:56:15 - Wombling Free...
0:59:30 - “Samus Aran-ed”
1:06:00 - “Inio Asano’s Gunsmith Cats”
1:14:30 - Andy taking a bullet
1:17:15 - Our Picks for Next Episode!
1:18:15 - Closedown

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We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy strap into their mech suits -sorry, Jackets- and prepare for their most harrowing mission of all: getting 100 confessions of love.

TIMECODES:
0:02:00 - Andy’s Pick: The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You
0:04:00 - Seven Seas Imprint Shenanigans
0:10:30 - A Nice Guy vs “Nice Guy”
0:16:45 - “Chaste Polycule”
0:27:00 - “List of Lasses” is the new “Binders of Women”  
0:30:00 - Elliot’s Pick: All You Need is Kill (Manga)
0:34:30 - “We Got a Time Loop Here!”
0:39:45 - “Snappy”  
0:45:15 - Elliot has a filthy mind :<
0:55:45 - “Crunchy Punch”
0:59:30 - I could not find a model kit of the Jacket :(
1:00:15 - Our Picks for Next Episode!
1:01:45 - Closedown!

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We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy try and expand their home life in small, meaningful ways - getting a house cleaner (good) and forging a Faustian bargain with a pet-shop owner who sells you a human-shaped parakeet (likely bad).

TIMECODES:
0:02:15 - Elliot’s Pick: Hima-Ten!
0:05:00 - “Rizz”???
0:11:30 - Heroine Headcount  
0:20:00 - MEGANE MOE~
0:26:30 - “Scratching an Itch”
0:27:45 - We are both mushy idiots 
0:30:30 - Andy’s Pick: Pet Shop of Horrors (Collector’s Edition)
0:34:00 - “Rapid Onset Zenigataification” 
0:41:15 - Anthropomorphized Pets: Yay or Nay?
0:48:45 - Strange self-targeting Racism? 
0:57:00 - Links to Little Shop of Horrors
0:58:30 - Our Picks for Next Episode! 
1:01:30 - Closedown

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The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy get polychromatic with Green Yuri before slipping back into monochrome with the problems of an unemployed Samurai!

TIMECODES:
0:01:00 - The Internet was Never “Good” 
0:02:15 - Elliot’s Pick: The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All
0:10:45 - “Dork Energy”
0:18:45 - Series “Density”  
0:21:15 - Official Spotify Playlist for the Series
0:26:15 - Impromptu Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You update 
0:34:30 - Andy Wounds Elliot Here
0:40:30 - Andy’s Pick: Steel of The Celestial Shadows  
0:46:15 - Elliot’s Intense Reaction
0:51:45 - “No Poker Faces Here” 
0:55:45 - “Angst and Limbo” 
1:02:30 - One of These
1:06:00 - Price Variability  
1:08:00 - Our Picks for Next Episode!
1:08:45 - Closedown

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The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy sit down on the sofa and partake in the most exhilarating of pastimes - backseat sports watching! With some bonus backseat manga editing and an extra garnish of why being British gives you brain problems, for good measure.

TIMECODES:
0:01:00 - Formula 1?
0:02:00 - Elliot’s Pick: Medalist
0:03:45 - “Beefy Tome”
0:10:00 - “Encompasses Everything in the Round”
0:28:15 - Links to March Comes in Like a Lion
0:32:30 - “Ice Skating Smurfing”
0:47:00 - British Disease - Knowing Torvil and Dean
0:52:45 - Andy’s Pick: Ako & Bambi
1:21:45 - Our Picks for Next Episode!
1:22:45 - Closedown

If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!

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We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!

The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.