Monthly Archive: October 2022
SPAAAAAACE BROTHERS! It’s the story of two young brothers who promise each other to join Japan’s space program and journey to the moon, to Mars, and beyond! Except one of them just got fired from his job for headbutting his jerk boss. What will happen in this episodic dramedy of a manga series? And speaking of dramedys, David takes the “joke”...
This week, Deb takes the Mangasplainers to a place that no one can go to anymore, the demolished Kowloon Walled City, in Jun Mayuzuki’s Kowloon Generic Romance! A unique seinen manga from a mangaka that got her break in shojo manga, the book both lives up to its title and surpasses it in ways that will surprise and delight readers!...
Every generation needs its coming-out story, and Gengoroh Tagame’s Our Colors is both groundbreaking and timeless. This week Christopher leads the crew through this autobiographically-informed title and many personal, hilarious, and even heartwarming (maybe a little cringe?) stories are shared. Plus: All four hosts have shout-outs this week! Powered by RedCircle Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast: Google | Apple |...
[…] talk about Friends for a while for a reason that isn’t entirely clear? That said, our little M*A*S*H-splaining sub-episode…
[…] childhood, Asano has mentioned that his favourite authors include Kyoko Okazaki (who we covered in episode 4, with Helter…
[…] you’ve got lots to look forward to! Meanwhile, Chris mentions David’s episode on City by Keichi Arawi, and then…
[…] Meanwhile, David picked Witchcraft Works which is a pretty weeby book, and you can see what we had to…
Thanks, Nicole! I made the correction!