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Ep. 42: Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku Vol 1, by Fujita

This week, the Mangasplainers challenge the very notion that love is hard for peeps who have geeky hobbies, by reading a book on that very subject! Fujita’s Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku is a treatise on modern dating, but will decidedly NOT an otaku Chip Zdarsky be able to relate? Find out in this episode! Powered by RedCircle

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Ep. 34: BL Metamorphosis vol. 3-5 by Kaori Tsurutani

This is it, the first ever time we’ve returned to finish up a series that we loved! Kudos to Kaori Tsurutani’s BL Metamorphosis for this incredible honour. So it’s pretty clear that we liked it, but how did we like it? Why did we like it? And perhaps most importantly, will Ichinoi be okay in the end? Listen on to...

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Ep. 30: An Invitation From a Crab, by panpanya

A doozy of an episode! We talk about Panpanya’s An Invitation from a Crab, our first ‘alternative’ manga on the podcast. Then Christopher interviews Ko Ransom, the translator for this comic in a new “Mangasplaining: Listen to Me!” segment. Finally, we get a question about overwork in the manga industry that goes to some very personal places.  In this episode:00:00...

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Ep. 23: BL Metamorphosis vol. 1-2 by Kaori Tsurutani

It’s an incredibly wholesome and sweet episode this week, as the gang read a heartwarming tale of a May/December friendship, based on somewhat un-wholesome manga! Yup, we’re talking about boys’ love (BL) and yaoi, thanks to the ‘gateway’ manga BL Metamorphosis, by Kaori Tsurutani. Spoilers: It’s really, really good. Powered by RedCircle