Ao Haru Ride Pt. 2 (with Shojo Beat Senior Editor Nancy Thistlethwaite)
04/07/21 • 69 min
Covers volumes 8–13 of Ao Haru Ride by Io Sakisaka.
One year after recording about the first half of Ao Haru Ride, we’re back on the bandwagon to talk about the ending. Shojo Beat Senior Editor Nancy and Shojo & Tell host Ashley talk about every single confession and rejection scene, consistently compare the series to WE WERE THERE, bring up one too many times that [SPOILERS] it’s annoying that Kou was hit by a car, and so much more. Like, get out of here, Kikuchi. Kou and Futaba forever.
REFERENCES
- You can find our first Ao Haru Ride episode here
- Ao Haru Ride is available from Viz Media's Shojo Beat line
- Other works Nancy has edited:
- Other Io Sakisaka works: Strobe Edge, Love Me, Love Me Not
- Ao Haru Ride pays homage to We Were There
- Other manga mentioned:
- Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs
CONTACT US
- Nancy runs the Shojo Beat Twitter: @shojobeat
- You can ask questions and make licensing requests on Shojo Beat's Tumblr: officialshojobeat
- Shojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram
- Ashley on Twitter: @AshMcD00
The next episode will be about volumes 1 –7 of Waiting for Spring by Anashin.
Covers volumes 8–13 of Ao Haru Ride by Io Sakisaka.
One year after recording about the first half of Ao Haru Ride, we’re back on the bandwagon to talk about the ending. Shojo Beat Senior Editor Nancy and Shojo & Tell host Ashley talk about every single confession and rejection scene, consistently compare the series to WE WERE THERE, bring up one too many times that [SPOILERS] it’s annoying that Kou was hit by a car, and so much more. Like, get out of here, Kikuchi. Kou and Futaba forever.
REFERENCES
- You can find our first Ao Haru Ride episode here
- Ao Haru Ride is available from Viz Media's Shojo Beat line
- Other works Nancy has edited:
- Other Io Sakisaka works: Strobe Edge, Love Me, Love Me Not
- Ao Haru Ride pays homage to We Were There
- Other manga mentioned:
- Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs
CONTACT US
- Nancy runs the Shojo Beat Twitter: @shojobeat
- You can ask questions and make licensing requests on Shojo Beat's Tumblr: officialshojobeat
- Shojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram
- Ashley on Twitter: @AshMcD00
The next episode will be about volumes 1 –7 of Waiting for Spring by Anashin.
Previous Episode
Utena: After the Revolution (with Rose Bridges)
Covers all the short stories in Revolutionary Girl Utena: After the Revolution by Chiho Saito
For the 20th anniversary of Revolutionary Girl Utena, we were gifted this volume of short stories (one for Touga and Saionji, another for Juri and Shiori, the final for Miki and Kozue) that function as a "sequel" of sorts to the Utena anime (not the manga). Anime scholar Rose Bridges comes back on the Shojo & Tell to talk about Utena without Utena (sort of?). Rose and Ashley debate which story of the three is the strongest, what it means for there to have been a revolution if the characters haven't really changed, and why the heck Nanami keeps getting so slighted.
REFERENCES
- Utena: After the Revolution is available from Viz Media
- You can read Rose's review of the manga on Anime News Network here
- Pick up a copy of Rose's book about the music of Cowboy Bebop
- Rose has an article coming out in Mechademia
- Ohtori.nu is a great Utena resource
- References:
- Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs
CONTACT US
- Follow Rose on Twitter @composerose
- Follow the podcast on Twitter, Instagram, or Tumblr
- Follow Ashley on Twitter @AshMcD00
If you have any comments or questions, you can email [email protected]
Next Episode
Waiting for Spring Part 1 (with Kelly Quinn Chiu)
Covers volumes 1–7 of Waiting for Spring by Anashin.
The wait is finally over! We're FINALLY talking about the basketball boys! Waiting for Spring is one of the most wholesome shojo series around and will have you smiling like a fool. Librarian Kelly and Shojo & Tell host Ashley discuss why Towa is the best, why Aya does not deserve to be in second place in the character poll (rude to Mitsuki and Ryuji), how you shouldn't write real-people fanfiction, and much more. It's basically Kuroko's Basketball, but shojo. What more could you want? Seiryo, fight!
REFERENCES
- Waiting for Spring is available from Kodansha
- Sara Linsley is the letterer of the series and a previous podcast guest!
- Kelly used to have a podcast called One Panel Later and was on for the House of the Sun episodes
- Other series mentioned:
- Japanese terms mentioned:
- After by Anna Todd is Harry Styles real-people fanfic that was turned into a movie. We say HELL NO to this.
- Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs
CONTACT US
- Kelly on Twitter: @kellyqute
- Kelly’s work on the defunct Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi and Fantasy blog
- Shojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram
- Ashley on Twitter: @AshMcD00
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