“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...
This week on Mangasplaining, Deb leads the crew through a book that sort of sums up some of the themes of Season 2, with an autobiographically-informed piece of art about art, and a story that’s very similar to another title we talked about in a previous episode. Tsubasa Yamaguchi’s hit...
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Now the printed, and e-book, release of volume 1 is set for Oct 11. Got my pre-order in. https://www.rightstufanime.com/Dandadan-Manga-Volume-1
Haha, thanks for your comment Erica!
Wait til we get to Cross Game! :) But glad you wanna check it out, it's a good one.
Oh fascinating, I didn't realize they were photos of old Tokyo. That adds another layer to what the author is…
My personal, biased vote is for Ping Pong first. Heh. You should be able to pick it up cheap, used.…