Manga in Your Ears

As I edit this episode, the White Sox are playing the Orioles, and it really feels like some terrible exercise in futility to root for either of these teams to win. Also I delayed on editing this long enough that I could use the actual Kimetsu no Yaiba OP! Hooray? This episode, we're talking about Hico Yamanaka's The Prince in His Dark Days published by Kodansha and Koyoharu Gotōge's Kimetsu no Ya...

As I get back to posting episodes, I can get back to randomly rambling on these posts, which I've honestly missed. I don't know who reads this or who cares, but here I am, rambling about Eloy Jimenez hitting below expectations and having bad defense. White Sox baseball looks up. This episode, we're talking about Yuki Urushibara's Mushishi and Haruko Ichikawa's Land of the Lustrous, both published...

We're back after a long absence. It feels like it's been forever, but also no time at all because I've just been recording along while the website was in stasis the whole time. Got a bit of a somewhat dated backlog to start off with, but after that, it's content as usual! This episode, we're just talking about our favorite manga of 2018! That song you heard at the top of the episode was " United S...

The hot stove, just before the winter meetings, is not something that should be touched. Paul Goldschmidt to the Cardinals? Nathan Eovaldi back with the Red Sox? Manny Machado and Bryce Harper to the White Sox??? I can only dream... But the first two definitely happened. I live off these rumors. This episode, we're talking about Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind published by Viz...

I had a whole thing written, but then I accidentally closed the tab before saving anything and lost it all, whoops. Anyway, the Bears are good, Iowa State football and basketball seem to be good, and the White Sox should do anything interesting this offseason. This episode, we're talking about Kaori Ozaki's the gods lie. published by Vertical and Yupechika's Satoko and Nada published by Seven Seas...

Baseball season is over, the Dodgers suffered a heartbreaking "gentleman's sweep" (sort of, but not really, an 18-inning marathon can basically be won by anyone on luck. more than usual!), and the offseason has already started. I can't wait for the winter meetings. Rick Hahn, please do something. This episode, we're talking about Hajime Segawa's Tokyo ESP published by Vertical Comics and Gengoroh...

The Dodgers are headed back to Milwaukee with a 3-2 lead and nothing bad will happen don't ruin this for me podcast audience. This episode, we're talking about Natsume Ono's House of Five Leaves and Tony Valente's Radiant, both published by Viz Media. The song you heard at the top of the episode is "Sign of Love" by immi from the House of Five Leaves anime. As always, you can find me on Twitter @I...

I did not get this episode out before the anime aired, but that's ok! The manga still exists, and is probably better than the anime because it isn't on HIDIVE. This episode, we're talking about Yumi Unita's Bunny Drop published by Yen Press and Nio Nakatani's Bloom Into You published by Seven Seas. That song you heard at the top of the episode was "Sweet Drop" by Puffy AmiYumi and the song you hea...

The White Sox could avoid 100 losses this year, so some things are good. This episode, we're doing a special episode on Douman Seiman's The Voynich Hotel published by Seven Seas. It is a manga I do not think my regular podcast co-hosts would enjoy. So I bring on some good friends instead. The song you heard at the top of the episode is " Mayor Bloomberg (Giant Margaritas) " by Awkwafina. As always...

Football season has started, the NFL is still a terrible organization, and the Chicago Bears couldn't pull it off against the greatest quarterback to play, Aaron Rodgers. Sigh. This episode, we're talking about Shigeru Mizuki's Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths published by Drawn and Quarterly and Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls published by Kodansha. That song you heard at the top of the e...

This is the first of hopefully a series of episodes about the One Piece manga with Patz and Grant! This time covering from the beginning of One Piece through the end of Alabasta. Grant, as you may know, is tweeting two tweets per chapter in this thread , and it's fascinating watching it unfold. The song you heard at the beginning of the episode was "We Are" by by Hiroshi Kitadani, the opening for...

The White Sox have a winning record in August and have taken the season series against the Red Sox. Baseball is good. This episode, we're talking about Hokusei Katsushika, Takashi Nagasaki, and Naoki Urasawa's Master Keaton published by Viz and Ryoko Ikeda's Claudine published by Seven Seas. The song you heard at the top of the episode was the opening theme from the Master Keaton anime I think? I'...

Crazy Rich Asians is...everything. It's just everything. Please go see it. This episode, we're talking about Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's Mobile Suit Gundam: the Origin published by Vertical and Satoshi Mizukami's Spirit Circle published by Seven Seas. The song you heard at the top of the episode is " Old Town " by Say Sue Me. As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK , and my co-hosts Helen (...

I went to my only White Sox game of the year, since I moved to LA and they only play in Angel Stadium within reasonable distance now. I didn't realize how nice it was to have Kauffman Stadium, Target Field, and Guaranteed Rate Field all within six hours of each other until moving away. But on the flip side, it's way less humid here, and thus usually more livable even at disgustingly high temperatu...

I was recently at Anime Expo, and I ran a panel highlighting some shonen and seinen manga written or drawn (but usually both) by women. Here's the audio from that panel. Listen

The White Sox won a game today, so it was a good day. This time we're talking about Milk Morinaga's Girl Friends and Chii's The Bride Was a Boy, both published by Seven Seas. The song you heard at the top of the episode is " Born This Way " by Lady Gaga. As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK , and my co-hosts Helen ( @WanderinDreamr ) and Apryll ( @manjiorin ) on Twitter at those pl...

I just watched the White Sox give up three runs on two wild pitches and a walk, but Korea still beat Germany in the group stage of the World Cup and that can never be taken away from me. This episode, Patz and I are talking about Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia published by Viz Media. Unlike usual episodes, Patz and I just dug into everything up to the school festival stuff, so spoilers abound....

I should edit this episode...after Pride Month...because I have good foresight and planning and such. Also the Lakers are making a super team, and Golden State is like, "Hold my beer." This episode, we're talking about Fumi Yoshinaga's Antique Bakery published by DMP, Nagata Kabi's My Solo Exchange Diary published by Seven Seas, and Inio Asano's Solanin epilogue published by Viz Media. The song yo...

It's World Cup time, and I'll be watching a few matches contemplating the sheer horror and corruption that FIFA and Russia are while cheering for my beloved country of origin, the Republic of Korea (colloquially South Korea). They will be utterly destroyed by Mexico and Germany, and it will hurt my very soul. At least there's still LAFC and baseball. This episode, we're talking about Seimu Yoshiza...

The White Sox are nearly incapable of winning a game - their best pitcher this year only lasted 2+ innings this evening - and the AL Central is in shambles with their best team at 20-21. Baseball is weird. This episode, we're talking about Arina Tanemura's Time Stranger Kyoko published by Viz Media and Mitsurou Kubo's Moteki published by Vertical. The song you heard at the top of the episode is "L...

I'm trying to get into soccer, so I've started to follow LAFC, the new club in LA. It just started, I just moved here. It's like it was destiny. I am all in on Vela, I guess? Also if anyone wants to teach me about soccer on twitter, tweet me! This episode, we're talking about Kyoko Shitou's The Key to the Kingdom published by CMX (RIP) and Inio Asano's Dead Dead Demon's DeDeDeDe Destruction publis...

The White Sox were snowed out for three straight games and suck with runners in scoring position. It's baseball season. Also I went to a Rockies and Dodgers game recently, and those were very good experiences mostly because they didn't involve White Sox baseball (which is currently bad). But anyway, the future is soon. This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Cardcaptor Sakura published by Dark H...

Baseball is finally back! Opening day happened, and several games were snowed out because the weather is ridiculous and unstoppable. The White Sox were, until recently, undefeated after come-from-behind victories against the hated Kansas City Royals, so it's been ok until they went to Canada. This episode, we're talking about Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita and Mitsuru Kubo's Again!!, both pub...

Well school has been kicking Helen's ass and I moved to California, so it's been a while since last time. But we're back and the same as ever! This episode, we're talking about Ichigo Takano's Orange published by Seven Seas and Hiromu Arakawa's Silver Spoon published by Yen Press. The song you heard at the top was "Oto no Naru Hō e" by Goose House from the Silver Spoon anime. Apryll said it was th...

This is the first time a Taiiku and Manga In Your Ears episode have hit the same day, and it probably won't be the last? Various circumstances will, I'm sure, press the matter once again and I'll be editing into the late evening hours editing once again months or years down the road. This episode, we're talking about Yoshitoki Ōima's A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity, both published by Kodansha....