421 - Shojo Showdown 4 - MARS, Midnight Secretary, Ouran High School Host Club

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11/13/22 • 104 min

On this episode Morgana leads the charge for another Shojo Showdown! We examine the first volumes of MARS, Midnight Secretary, and Ouran High School Host Club! We also discuss Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, SPY X FAMILY, Tongari Boushi no Kitchen, The Gamestars, and more!!!

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Timestamps:

Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Work survivor’s guilt - 00:00:00
Listener Mail: Anime remakes - 00:04:51
Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War has a stupid power creep and looks great - 00:15:12
Anime discussion on Mob Psycho 100, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, My Hero Academia, and Golden Kamuy - 00:20:35
Morgana has been watching Chainsaw Man and SPY X FAMILY anime with her husband - 00:26:41
dakazu has read way more of the Witch Hat Atelier spin-off, Tongari Boushi no Kitchen, than the series proper - 00:35:08
Utsubyou ni natte Manga ga Kakenaku narimashita follows Koji Aihara as he suffers suicidal thoughts during the COVID-19 pandemic - 00:37:34
dakazu loved Natsume Ono’s new manga The Gamestars - 00:43:18
Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Chainsaw Man, We will discuss and review Tatsuki Fujimoto’s horror comedy shonen battle series with special guest Marion(covers vols 7-9) - 00:47:36
Main Segment Shojo Showdown: Ouran High School Host Club/Midnight Secretary/MARS, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read the beginning of each shojo manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three - 00:49:04, Including:
Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori - 00:50:43
Midnight Secretary by Tomu Ohmi - 01:07:48
MARS by Fuyumi Soryo - 01:19:47
We pick our favorite out of the three shojo manga - 01:40:05
Next Week’s Topic: Chainsaw Man , Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:42:51

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Timestamps:

Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Work survivor’s guilt - 00:00:00
Listener Mail: Anime remakes - 00:04:51
Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War has a stupid power creep and looks great - 00:15:12
Anime discussion on Mob Psycho 100, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, My Hero Academia, and Golden Kamuy - 00:20:35
Morgana has been watching Chainsaw Man and SPY X FAMILY anime with her husband - 00:26:41
dakazu has read way more of the Witch Hat Atelier spin-off, Tongari Boushi no Kitchen, than the series proper - 00:35:08
Utsubyou ni natte Manga ga Kakenaku narimashita follows Koji Aihara as he suffers suicidal thoughts during the COVID-19 pandemic - 00:37:34
dakazu loved Natsume Ono’s new manga The Gamestars - 00:43:18
Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Chainsaw Man, We will discuss and review Tatsuki Fujimoto’s horror comedy shonen battle series with special guest Marion(covers vols 7-9) - 00:47:36
Main Segment Shojo Showdown: Ouran High School Host Club/Midnight Secretary/MARS, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read the beginning of each shojo manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three - 00:49:04, Including:
Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori - 00:50:43
Midnight Secretary by Tomu Ohmi - 01:07:48
MARS by Fuyumi Soryo - 01:19:47
We pick our favorite out of the three shojo manga - 01:40:05
Next Week’s Topic: Chainsaw Man , Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:42:51

Previous Episode

420 - Chainsaw Man part 2

This week dakazu and Morgana are back and we’re joined once again by Whimsy! We discuss Choujin X, Genkaku Picasso, Homunculus, The First Slam Dunk, and more! Then we dive into our Chainsaw Man Retrospective by examining volumes 4-6!!!

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Timestamps:

Intro Song: “Just the Way You Like It” by Guesthouse, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00
Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Whimsy has been enjoying the wonderful art of Sui Ishida in Choujin X - 00:02:01
Genkaku Picasso by Usamaru Furuya was a tearjerker - 00:08:48
dakazu likes fact checking Yama to Hawaii with his wife - 00:14:32
News: Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed Hideo Yamamoto’s Homunculus - 00:17:26
A trailer for THE FIRST SLAM DUNK reveals 3D animation and voice actor recasting - 00:19:31
This Manga is Awesome! panel from New York Comic Con now on Manga Mac TV - 00:24:35
Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Shojo Showdown, We will read the beginning of three different shojo manga to see if we’d keep reading them and also pick our favorite, including: Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori, Midnight Secretary by Tomu Ohmi, and Mars by Fuyumi Soryo - 00:27:33
Main Segment Retrospective: Chainsaw Man. Transition Song: “Get Ready” by Midnight Noise, We discuss Tatsuki Fujimoto’s horror comedy shonen battle series(covers vols 4-6) - 00:30:51
Next Week’s Topic: Ouran High School Host Club/Midnight Secretary/Mars, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:49:39

Next Episode

422 - Chainsaw Man part 3

Halloween! This week we’re joined by the fantastic Marion “Microwavey” as he auditions to replace Darfox! Marion talks about Anime NYC, Trigun Stampede and more! Then we dive into volumes 7-9 for our penultimate Retrospective on Chainsaw Man!!!

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Timestamps:

Intro Song: “Just the Way You Like It” by Guesthouse, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00
Marion shares his manga/anime fandom origins and talks about becoming kindred souls with Darfox - 00:02:04
Marion talks about his experiences at Anime NYC - 00:12:18
Marion got to see the first episode of Trigun Stampede - 00:16:28
We discuss the manga licensing announcements of Innocent, Wind Breaker, Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen, Scribbles, and more - 00:29:30
Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Marion checked out the webtoon True Beauty - 00:35:13
Marion keeps up on One Piece and Hunter x Hunter - 00:38:25
dakazu read more MARS and finished Midnight Secretary - 00:39:42
Morgana watched Everything Everywhere All At Once and loved it - 00:45:33
Darfox wants to play God of War Ragnarök but is distracted by Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 - 00:49:56
Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Chainsaw Man, We will discuss and review Tatsuki Fujimoto’s horror comedy shonen battle series with special guest Amber(covers vols 10-11) - 00:55:01
Main Segment Retrospective: Chainsaw Man. Transition Song: “Get Ready” by Midnight Noise, We discuss Tatsuki Fujimoto’s horror comedy shonen battle series(covers vols 7-9) - 00:55:46
Next Week’s Topic: Chainsaw Man, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 02:06:02