Ep. 84: The Best Manga Of Mangasplaining Season 3! With Awards!
The Mangasplainers pick their favorite books from Season 3, making recommendations for the best manga… for people who don’t read much manga!
Tagged: Blue Giant
Ep. 64: Blue Giant Volume 5-6, by Shinichi Ishizuka
This week the team dives into their very first music manga, the jazz odyssey that is Blue Giant, by Shinichi Ishizuka! They’re also reading their first-ever series where they don’t start from the first volume, instead they’re diving straight into volume five! Does it work? Does any of it work?...
BONUS: Ep. 64 Podcast Pre-Read: Blue Giant Vol. 1-4 by Shinichi Ishizuka
If you’re new to Blue Giant and maybe you don’t have time or the inclination to read volumes 1-4 before we post our next episode, here’s what I’m-a gonna do for you: I’m sharing the pre-read summary of the main events of the first 1/3 of the series that I...
Ep. 59: Ping Pong by Taiyo Matsumoto
“They’re reading a manga… about Ping Pong? But why? How good could it possibly be? Wait, did Chip say it might be his favourite new manga of all time? Chip said that, not Christopher, who’s deeply biased towards liking Matsumoto’s work? Wow. Wow. Maybe I gotta listen to that episode...
Ep. 47: Kamen Rider Classic Collection, by Shotaro Ishinomori, + Record of Ragnarok v1 & 2
The Mangasplaining crew wrap up their “Classic Manga” arc, by going back to the most influential Japanese superhero comic of all time, Kamen Rider, by Shotaro Ishinomori! Straight from 1971, this manga adapted from a TV series adapted from a manga has echoed through generations, but how does this original...
Chip's comments about not having time to read for pleasure are always kinda heartbreaking. He should pick stuff for the…
As a decidedly-not-into-action-shonen person, Chainsaw Man is one of the only Jump titles where I've read more than a volume…
[…] then brings up another recent read, RaW Hero, which features a protagonist that desperately needs to make money for…
[…] of different creators. And for his friend Kelly Sue Deconnick, he makes a special recommendation of A Bride’s Story…
[…] Chip’s first manga recommendation was all the way back in Episode 8 with Way of the Househusband to Matt…