The World Cup finals are upon us! I have no rooting interest, but go Cucurella and Enzo.

This episode, we're talking about Shio Usui's Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon and Emboss's Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger, both published by Seven Seas.

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0:58 - We talk about Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon

15:29 - We talk about Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger

Next time is Library Wars and A Witch's Life in Mongol

It is June 23, 2026. The Chicago White Sox are in first place.

This episode, we're talking about cancelled sports manga from Shonen Jump. Including Daiki Nono's Ekiden Bros, Kei Kurumazaki (writer) and Sotaro Nishii's (illustrator) Embers, Kento Terasaka's Green Green Greens, Togo Goto (writer) and Kento Matsuura's (illustrator) Harukaze Mound, Mikiyasu Kamada (writer) and Ashibi Fukui's (illustrator) Nine Dragons' Ball Parade, Yoshiharu Kataoka's Ping-Pong Peril, and Elck Itsumo's Two on Ice.

Ekiden Bros credits:

Embers credits:

Green Green Greens credits:

Harukaze Mound credits:

Nine Dragons' Ball Parade credits:

Ping-Pong Peril credits:

Two on Ice credits:

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0:30 - We talk about Embers

9:38 - We talk about Harukaze Mound

17:30 - We talk about Nine Dragons' Ball Parade

25:19 - We talk about Green Green Greens

32:12 - We talk about Two on Ice

38:04 - We talk about Ping-Pong Peril

43:34 - We talk about Ekiden Bros

48:11 - Bonus

It's the World Cup! GO KOREA!! And Scotland.

This episode, we're talking about Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back published by Drawn & Quarterly and Shinnosuke Kanazawa's On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance published by Square Enix.

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On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance credits:

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0:30 - We talk about Talk to My Back

22:22 - We talk about On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance

Next time is Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon and Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger

The Chicago White Sox are 25-24, they current hold the second wild card spot, and their prized free agent acquisition, Munetaka Murakami, has a 157 wRC+ and 1.7 fWAR. We may be back?

This episode, Fumi Yoshinaga's Ōoku: The Inner Chambers published by Viz and Chiyu Amairo's The Otaku Love Connection published by Square Enix.

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1:26 - We talk about Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

24:57 - We talk about The Otaku Love Connection

Next time is Talk to My Back and On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance.

It is 1990 and we are engaged in a questionable war in the middle east. It is 2001 and we are engaged in a questionable war in the middle east. It is 2003 and we are engaged in a questionable war in the middle east. It is 2026 and we are engaged in a questionable war in the middle east.

This episode, the fourth of Light Novels In Your Ears, we're talking about Iori Miyazawa's (with illustrations by shirakaba) Otherside Picnic published by J-Novel Club.

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As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky 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 and Awko Tako.

Read Helen's review of Otherside Picnic over at The OASG.

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No show notes. We just talk about Otherside Picnic.

Next time is Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and The Otaku Love Connection

The Winter Olympics are happening right now, which means I'm watching a lot of curling. I am going to become a curling sicko.

This episode, we're talking about Fumi Yoshinaga's Tamaki & Amane published by Yen Press and Keigo Shinzō's Hirayazumi published by Viz.

Tamaki & Amane credits:

Hirayasumi credits:

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky 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 and Awko Tako.

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1:29 - We talk about Tamaki & Amane

19:39 - We talk about Hirayasumi

Next time is a mystery!

The Bears crashed out of the playoffs, but it is almost fantasy baseball draft season, and thus almost baseball season.

This episode, we're talking about Kore Yamazaki's Frau Faust published by Kodansha and Jinushi's Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You published by Square Enix.

Frau Faust credits:

Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You credits:

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky 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 and Awko Tako.

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1:25 - We talk about Frau Faust

17:19 - We talk about Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You

Next time is Tamaki & Amane and Hirayasumi

Bears are about to play a playoff game. I am unwell.

We're back with our annual anime spectacular! Chris (@gokuffy) and Helen (@wanderindreamr) join me (@nidokorn) to count down our favorite anime of 2025.

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0:30 - Number fives

23:03 - Number fours

(Content Warning: Suicide, parental negligence and harm)

45:58 - Number threes

1:12:54 - Number twos

(Content Warning: Suicide, parental negligence and harm)

1:38:45 - Takopi's Original Sin spoilers

1:43:46 - End of Takopi's Original Sin spoilers

1:49:37 - Number ones

2:14:16 - Also rans

Next time is...sports anime?

It’s Anime Secret Santa time, as always! We’ve got some anime, and we watched a subset of that anime. Chris (@gokuffy) and Patz (@PatzPrime) join me (@nidokorn) to talk about some anime:

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0:30 - We talk about what we were recommended

6:55 - Chris talks about Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

17:12 - Kory talks about The Fire Hunter

26:03 - Patz talks about Jarinko Chie

33:33 - Kory talks about The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún

39:49 - Chris talks about Bocchi the Rock!

1:00:09 - The reveal

Next time is top anime of 2025

brb buying an etsy witch to manifest a Seattle Torrent home goal

This episode, we're counting down our favorite manga that we read this year.

As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky 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 and Awko Tako.

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Show notes:

0:37 - Number threes

18:29 - Number twos

35:53 - Number ones

46:34 - Also rans

Next time is Frau Faust and Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You