The Broken Shelf

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Welcome to the final volume! It's been a long journey. Thirteen weeks of manga and a legacy of fan-service and complicated artistic transformation. Danny goes through the summary of the final volume, his final list of positives and negatives, and then gets to have a little fun. It's a little bitter sweet as he rolls through the final volume, talking about how things work and didn't work as the climax unfolds, but he still gives praise where it is deserved. As the rating comes to a close, Danny delivers on a few promises and lists his final ratings for the covers and the volumes in order of worst to best and then finishes the podcast with an overall review of the series as a whole. There was a lot to say and as usual Danny doesn't hold back. Come finish the journey with him!

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Original Sound Cloud image taken from Yen-Press at: https://yenpress.com/9780316376785/omamori-himari-vol-12/

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Music - "Lilac Skies"

Artist - Corbyn Kites

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Byzantium has been one of Danny's favorite historical subjects since the ninth grade. Rome is all well and good but as a historian one can only read so much when they are younger. Then a youthful reader discovers that there is a whole other history full of extreme personalities that he hasn't ever heard of before and it's off to the library. Byzantium may be considered the "Eastern" Roman Empire, but that gives it too much of a little brother feel. The people that lived there were Roman, and their history and legacy is still around to this day. However, one such great general does not get the credit he should be due and Danny decides to look at his history closely and analyze whether or not that is the truth. Passing through his preconceptions, Danny discusses both the positives and negatives of this great historical tome and the legacy of the last roman general.

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Music - "Golden Empire"

Artist - The 126ers

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Danny has conflict with the sequels of Anthony Ryan books. However, it's been a few years since he last read one of the author's sequels and he is a different person. How will the war fair? How will the battle conclude? Danny had a lot of negative comments for the first book in the series, so what does he think of the sequel and what did it do better? What did it do worse? What are Danny's predictions for the future? A lot of questions going into this podcast and Danny provides some summaries for the four major characters along with individual P&N. He tries to keep himself cool but I think we all know how that goes. Get ready for fire!

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Music - "The Beacon"

Artist - Zachariah Hickman

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Three years! Thank you to everyone and anyone that has listened to even a few seconds over the last three years of The Broken Shelf. For their three year anniversary, Danny and the Tsar recollect on some of their favorite memories, favorite episodes, favorite clips, and some of their new favorite books. They also discuss the madness of 2020 and what the insanity of the pandemic means for literature and the future of printed media, and even digital media, as a whole. To round it all out the talk about the expectations for the new year, some of their goals, and a few of the books they plan to read, but overall they two friends sit back and have a chill conversation of literature full of laughs and memories.

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Music - "Deep State"

Artist - Vans in Japan

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The brothers discussed their history in anime but now it is time to more closely analyze one of their favorite genres in anime: isekai. Different dimensions, different timelines, and alternative universes have been a part of fiction for centuries. Whether it is the codex of the Norse lore, or hidden in the great western novels, the temptation to plant a series in a universe different from our own is seductive and powerful. In recent years the trend to look beyond our normal realm has grow fierce in Japan, and a much of the geek culture in Japan is defined by the genre of isekai. How did it grow so quickly? Why is it so prolific? What are some of the best series? Where do Danny and Travis differ? And what can it still offer the general audience? Come join the brothers as they discuss the future of the massive genre.

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Music - "The Wrong Way"

Artist - Silent Partner

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Danny is closing in on the final manga in the 'Himari' franchise. There are a lot of questions remaining about this harem hijinks filled manga. Does the protagonist improve? How much to the other characters improve? How is the romance progressing? How does the set-up to the final battle fair? How is the pacing? Overall, Mantra Milan-sensei has a lot to prove and Danny covers what volumes ten and eleven do right and wrong. A little spoiler warning: volumes ten and eleven are on the opposite sides of greatness and Danny nearly has to rage about one of them.

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Original Sound Cloud image taken from Yen-Press at: https://yenpress.com/9780316322188/omamori-himari-vol-10/

Original cover art for Sound Cloud owned by Milan Mantra, Yen-Press, Hope Donovan, Hachette Book Group, Fujimishobo Co. Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, and Tuttle-Mori Agency.

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Music - "Cielo"

Artist - Huma-Huma

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Where do the stories and heroes we hail as the great originate from? Most of them can be traced back to the legendary Greek and Roman tales from epic poetry. Whether Homer, Ovid, or Virgil, their creations have had a tremendous impact on literature as a whole and Danny and the Tsar discuss what makes them tick. From the origins of Gods to the façade of Jason and the Argonauts, the literature duo attack and celebrate what makes history and legend so compelling and addictive.

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Original Sound Cloud image taken from Books-a-Million at: https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Mythology/Edith-Hamilton/9780316438520?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2uH-BRCCARIsAEeef3ntGYcWjEWVSoUDZ-YsMmGp2qJt-Oejlxsa721MSkeOGWX2NGMzFXcaAry0EALw_wcB

Original Cover Art owned by Jim Teirney, and Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

Original "The Broken Shelf" symbol created and published by Danny Archive.

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Music - "Tropical Thunder"

Artist - RKVC

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Father and son. The psychology of the grown man vs. the growing man can sometimes be on of the most childish and immature things in the world, but what happens when one of those individuals is a reincarnated soul? Throw on top of that two missing wives, one missing daughter, and binge drinking because someone can't unsee the death and you have a torrent of emotions. Rudy's journey has change more than just his psychology, because he will have to face the truth and by doing so accept who he has to be and what he wants to become. However, his obstacle is his father. Come listen as Danny documents one of the heaviest books in the series, and discusses what the volume did perfectly and what it did not so well. He also analyzes the psychosis of human change and the dynamic of father and son.

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Original Sound Cloud image taken from Seven Seas Entertainment at: https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/mushoku-tensei-jobless-reincarnation-light-novel-vol-5/

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Music - "Vishnu"

Artist - Patrick Patrikios

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A production volume and the turning point volume. Two volumes, more hijinks. Danny talks about volume zero and why it's important for a collector to buy and why it has impact on the main story line even if it doesn't seem like it. He also goes over the artistic styles contained with in and explains why they are better or worse than Mantra's. Then he moves on to volume nine and why it may be the most important volume in the series. He talks through the volumes positives and negatives and tries to articulate why the relatively calm volume is psychologically the best of them so far.

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Original Sound Cloud image taken from Yen-Press at: https://yenpress.com/9780316229159/omamori-himari-vol-9/

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Music - "Outta Time"

Artist - RKVS

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When does something escape the label of 'niche?' When can something stand on its own and not be degraded? When does something become a phenomena? Anime exists in that swirling torrent of media existence and it's difficult to cement its location. Danny and Travis love the media but people still give them a look whenever they bring up the topic. Still, it can't be denied that anime is an international sensation and an economical juggernaut. In recent years it has expanded into the realm of promotion of source materials - such as light novels - into the western world, meaning money is out there to be made. But why and how did this happen? Travis and Danny articulate their own journeys and they reflect on the three significant turning points in anime acceptance in the United States. Join them for a look back and the peek into the future.

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"The Broken Shelf" symbol created by CMart Graphics - follow IG @cmartgraphics

Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the materials (music/artworks). All rights belong to the original artists.

If you are the content owner and want to remove it, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you!

~Do Us A Favor~

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