Manga in Your Ears

Chelsea just spent like £1b on a lot of players to make like an amalgam of a team that doesn't know how to all play and meld together, but hopefully it'll work? This episode, special guests Basil ( @itsbasiltime ) and Ruby ( @PassionTentacle ) join me to talk about Shuzo Oshimi's Inside Mari published by Denpa. Inside Mari credits: Translator: Sheldon Drzka Proofreading: Ed Chavez (volumes 1-7), E...

These are good to watch, on Damar Hamlin, who I mentioned in the panpanya episode's opening notes: (debatable) with Pablo Torre and Domonique Foxworth , Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny with Domonique Foxworth , Garrett Bush on Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show . This episode, we're talking about hara's Embrace Your Size: My Own Body Positivity published by Yen Press and Yuki Suenaga (story) and Takam...

Sports takes on a lot less meaning when stuff like what happened to Damar Hamlin happens. How many times has something similar happened on high school fields? D-II schools? And no one ever heard about it. Prayers to Damar Hamlin; hoping for the best. This episode, Helen and Apryll are not with me, but Ink and Patz are and they are talking about two panpanya manga from Denpa, An Invitation from a C...

This episode, we're just counting down our three favorite manga that we read in 2022. Like previous years, it's just manga that we read; not necessarily manga that came out in 2022. No credits from the manga this time around because we talked about nine different manga, and that's just a lot. Apologies for my own laziness. The song you heard in this episode was " Best of You " by the Foo Fighters....

The World Cup is going on! Amongst the human atrocities and corruption that led us all to this point, I have been greatly enjoying the tournament following it for the second time ever (at least the men's iteration). Fortunately, Korea beat Portugal to get into the knockout round. Unfortunately, they were immediately destroyed by Brazil. But the future looks bright for Korea. Kim Moonhwan did well...

All I want this MLB postseason is for the Guardians to lose, the Astros to lose, and the baseball team in Atlanta to lose. I have separate rooting interests in the positive direction (lifelong Mariners fan here), but mostly I'm rooting for the cheaters, the racists, and the team that bullied the White Sox all season to lose. This episode, our older series is Amesuke Ano's The Muscle Girl Next Door...

The White Sox went into last week needing a sweep of the Cleveland Guardians to win the season series and keep their playoff hopes realistic. They were swept, and then lost two more against the Tigers. Any playoff hopes are basically gone now. This is the team I like. This episode, we're talking about Yuki Urushibara's When a Cat Faces West published by Kodansha as our older series. And Yuu Tanaka...

It's hot here in southern California. So everyone stay safe, stay hydrated, wear a mask, and get that new shot when you can. This episode, we're talking about Syundei's Go for It Again, Nakamura! published by Seven Seas and ONE (story) and Yusuke Murata's (art) One-Punch Man published by Viz. Go for It Again, Nakamura! credits: Translation: Amber Tamosaitis Lettering: Kaitlyn Wiley Cover design: K...

There are now two NWSL teams withing reasonable distance of me, and I've shamefully seen neither of them just yet. Hoping to correct that next month. Also I wish the sponsor on the Angel City shirts was not DoorDash because fuck those companies. This episode, we're talking about Ken Koyama's Little Miss P published by Yen Press and Tsubasa Yamaguchi's Blue Period published by Kodansha. Little Miss...

This episode, we're talking about Etsuko's Joy published by Kodansha and Koji Miura's Blue Box published by Viz in Shonen Jump. Joy credits: Translation: A.G. Lettering: Nicole Roderick Editing: Sarah Tilson Blue Box credits: Translation: Christine Dashiell Lettering: Mark McMurray As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK , and my co-hosts Helen ( @WanderinDreamr ) and Apryll ( @manjio...

I am begging the White Sox to win a normal baseball game. I am hoping Lucas Giolito will pitch better for the rest of the season. What is happening to this cursed team. This episode, we're (accidentally) revisiting Nagata Kabi's My Solo Exchange Diary (listen to our first episode here ) published by Seven Seas. Then we're talking about Miman's Yuri Is My Job! published by Kodansha. Support the wor...

The White Sox do not seem to be a very good offensive baseball team, and it is very sad for me personally. Worst in baseball (as of Sunday evening when the Sox Machine podcast where I heard it was recorded) with a man on third and zero or one outs. This episode, we're talking about Mimu Oyamada's BL Fans LOVE My Brother?! published by Tokyopop. Then we talk about Takako Shimura's Even Though We're...

I've decided I'm a Real Madrid fan now, mostly arbitrarily behind them beating City in the semifinals of the Champions League. But also Benzema is very fun to watch, and Rudiger, a Chelsea favorite, is about to go there. So here I am. This episode, we're talking about Kuniichi Ashiya's What the Font?! – A Manga Guide to Western Typeface published by Seven Seas. Then Jougi Shiraishi (story), Itsuki...

This episode, we're talking about two Naoki Urasawa manga. Our older series is Sneeze, and our newer series is Asadora, both published by Viz. Sneeze credits: Translation: John Werry Touch-up Art and Lettering: Steve Dutro Cover and Interior Design: Yukiko Whitley Editor: Annette Roman Asadora credits: Translation: John Werry Touch-up Art and Lettering: Steve Dutro Design: Jimmy Presler Editor: Ka...

I just saw USMNT qualified for the World Cup (which exactly dates when I edited and wrote this), and if I were USWNT I would QRT that with something snide about how they're always there, and the men are just catching up. This episode, I have two special guests, Chris and Ink, with me to talk about three of Denpa's Shuzo Oshimi manga: Miss Kusakabe, Waltz, and Shino Can't Say Her Name. Grab Denpa's...

Watching spring training games is this weird exercise in determining whether any given player will be anything, or maybe they're just taking a spot to give others a rest. Or maybe they're younger folks with real promise. Or maybe they just had a particularly good game that day. This episode, we're talking about Nozomu Mochitsuki (author) and Gilse's (illustrator) Tearmoon Empire published by J-Nov...

The NCAA tournament is about to start, which means more pain for my alma mater Iowa State. I was all in on Hoiball, all in on the Holy Prohman Empire, and now I'm all in on whatever they're calling T. J. Otzelberger's Iowa State. Also the women's team is doing way better, so I'll probably be watching them more... This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Suki published by Viz (formerly Tokyopop) a...

MLB is in a lockout because the billionaire owners don't want to give any inch to players that, for the most part, do not and will never make millions. They can afford it. This episode, we're talking about PEYO's Boy Meets Maria published by Seven Seas. Then we talk about Kousuke Oono's The Way of the Househusband published by Viz. Spoiler alerts for Boy Meets Maria through that discussion. And tr...

AEW is very nice. Very evil. This episode, we're talking about Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae published by Yen Press as our old series. For our new series, we're talking about Kyouka Izumi (novels), Oumiya (story), Reiko Sakurada's (art) The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World. Thermae Romae credits: Translation: Stephen Paul Lettering: Lys Blakeslee The Savior's Book Cafe in Another World cr...

I've been trying to follow hockey more, and it is regrettable that the Los Angeles Kings are lame and the Chicago team is both racist and a hot mess off the ice. The Chicago thing happened after I made the decision on a team, and that team is the Seattle Kraken. I regret to inform the rabid fans of my sports updates before podcast notes that this team is not good, but I love them. This episode, we...

I no longer have the outlet of Corey's podcast to talk about sneakers, but I'm a big fan of Air Max 1s and I would like more of that particular silhouette to go with my Hypland stuff. This is actually somewhat relevant to the podcast. This episode, we're just counting down our favorite manga of 2021! It is not necessarily all new 2021 manga, but manga that is new to us in 2021. The song you heard...

The Chicago Red Stars are in the NWSL finals this Saturday, trying to give Chicago a championship double. Why is it at 9 in the morning. This episode, we're talking about Kenta Shinohara's Astra Lost in Space and Tomohito Oda's Komi Can't Communicate, both published by Viz. The songs you heard in the episode are "star*frost" by nonoc, "Astra-gō no Bōken" ("The Adventure of the Spaceship Astra") by...

This episode, we're just talking about cancelled manga. Since, here in the US, cancelled can include things like "Tokyopop lost the license to this" or "CMS just shut the heck down" alongside things like Jump series being cancelled actually, we cover a lot of ground. Helen makes the correction that it should be Ayaha not Ayaka, with regards to Hell Warden Higuma. And it does get into some detail o...

There are three days left in the regular season barring any tiebreaker scenarios, and I am HOPING for tiebreaker scenarios. The Blue Jays must win their last three games, the Red Sox and Mariners need to win two of three, and the Yankees need to lose the rest of their games. Let's go baseball chaos. This episode, we're talking about Hiroki Haruse's The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me...

AEW Dynamite started while I podcasted and continued as I edited, and I just keep thinking about the incredible sequence of Adam Cole coming out, there being maybe a 1 percent chance he helps the faces, and then he superkicks Jungle Boy and gets kissed by the Young Bucks. Just absolutely incredible. I can't wait to watch Dynamite. This episode, we're talking about Jun Mayuzuki's After the Rain pub...