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?...
Cross Game is so great. What a shame that there are no other Adachi manga available in English (aside from…
Jumping in cold at Vol 5 also worked for me. As for jazz, I imagined Dai plays like Shabaka Hutchings,…
(And I can't shut up and probably should write these up after listening to the full podcast...) I appreciate the…
And finally--I have to echo Deb's shout out for Dance Dance Danseur. I never played baseball as a kid, but…
AND... It is interesting that Adachi doesn't address women's sports. When he did Hiatari Ryōkō! for Shoujo Comic, Aim for…