Tagged: romance

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Ep. 92 – My Love Story!! vol. 1 by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko

The Mangasplainers dig into a “Missed Connection” from a prior episode, as Deb hosts a rollicking discussion of My Love Story!! By Kazune Kawahara and Aruko! This shoujo manga turns a lot of the conventions of the genre on its head, but will that mean the crew enjoys it more… or LESS? A very fun episode of the podcast awaits! ...

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Ep 87: The Rose of Versailles Vol. 1, by Riyoko Ikeda

One of the great classic shojo manga is finally available in English, Riyoko Ikeda’s Rose of Versailles, and the Mangasplaining team dig in to see if it lives up to the decades of hype! Will Chip like this better than his last foray into the [manga] classics? You’ll have to listen to find out! Powered by RedCircle Listen and Subscribe...

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Ep. 82: Division Chief Kosaku Shima (Kodansha Bilingual Comics), by Kenshi Hirokane

It’s Business Time! We’re back with a new episode and a “new” manga, the dramatic day-in-the-life Division Chief Kosaku Chief. Only published in Japan in a bilingual edition designed to teach and reinforce English language learning among Japanese readers, we got our hands on this Japanese import and deep-dive into the world of Japanese businessmen in the 90s! Powered by...

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Ep. 79: Kowloon Generic Romance, by Jun Mayuzuki

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!...

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Ep. 73: Witchcraft Works by Ryu Mizunagi & You’re My Pet by Yayoi Ogawa

It’s another Witchy Week on Mangasplaining, as David leads the crew through Ryu Mizunagi’s Witchcraft Works! Will this silly harem comedy bewitch the Mangasplainers? And then, Chris leads the team through our bonus read, the classic josei manga Tramps Like Us… er.. You’re My Pet, as it’s now called, by Yayoi Ogawa. It’s a big week for us to discover some fun and fascinating...

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Ep. 58: Birds of Shangri-La, by Ranmaru Zariya

It’s about to get pretty steamy on Mangasplaining, as the crew travels to an unnamed tropical island to visit with The Birds of Shangri-la, our first venture into verrry spicy BL territory. In this NSFW episode, we learn the ins-and-outs of more explicit BL manga stories, talking about genre conventions and external censorship, along with love and lust, and projecting...