Trash Manga Friends

It's another Christmas special, and this year we're getting back to the true meaning of the day, Jesus Christ himself! Will it be a religious experience for our trio when we read the award-winning comedy manga Saint Young Men, or will we be channelling the Buddha to avoid going off on one... ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them We...

World Cup season has descended upon the podcast! And hey, we're still in it as of this episode going live (by we I mean England, not Wales, boooo). So to celebrate it's time for our FIRST EVER sports manga! And not just any sports manga, but Blue Lock, the top sports manga currently publishing. But was this a beautiful series on the beautiful game? Or just further proof of why we never really disc...

Yes, we've finally made it to the funny sex joke episode, as our trio thrusts into Sunset of Passion, a romantic drama about reuniting with old flames, the stresses of working and... well, really, really wanting to fuck your neighbour. Were we dtf with this manga, or pulling out as fast as we could? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of...

A modern fantasy manga that... isn't an isekai!? Yes, it's true, as we discuss Killing Me / Killing You, a very wholesome series about two protagonists in a post-apocaylptic world trying to kill themselves. But will we be joining them in their quest when all is said and done? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Som...

Halloween is almost upon us, so it's time for a bloodbath as we trek through the slasher inspired and goreporn heavy Pumpkin Night! Will our trio keep their contents in their stomach long enough to dissect this grisly horror manga, or be throwing up out of sheer disgust? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of...

Another fall anime tie-in!? That's right, this fortnight we hang out with Uzaki-chan in her titular romcom, and see if this teasing senpai and kouhai relationship gets torn apart like so many others at Mike's hands, or if this is the rare slice of life that we can all vibe to. ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But So...

After years of teasing, it's finally time! We discuss ALL of Bleach in this Menos Grande edition of the podcast, from Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, to Fullbring and Thousand Years War, in celebration of the final arc getting animated this season (and for years to come). What were our fondest memories? The most head-scratching narrative decisions? And just how much do we hate the Zeroth Espada? Joi...

Another isekai? If we must. This time we dive into Loner Life in Another World, where it's not just one hero but a whole class summoned to ye classic fantasy lande, and our lead is left all alone with only the trash remains to survive upon. But on a scale of Solo Leveling to Redo of Healer, where does this one sit...? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends A...

This time we tackle the iconic duo! No, not Batman and Robin, but Ohba and Obata, duh. Did the legendary creative team behind Death Note and Bakuman strike gold for a third time in a row with their thriller manga Platinum End, or do even the best in the industry have off days? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But So...

A cult classic is our series this fortnight, as we discuss Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, a tale of a princess and knight trying to save the world so they can... destroy the world... huh. Maybe older manga is trash too... ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast,...

Ready, Steady, Cook! The Iron Chef of manga steps up to the hot plate this time around, when we discuss Jump sensation shonen cooking manga Food Wars! Does it deliver a Mitchellin star experience worthy of being one of the best performing series of the past decade, or do we need to call in food standards to chuck this meal in the bin? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga...

We dive deep, deep into the trash this time around, as we cover the third worst manga ever according to MyAnimeList, Gal*Cleaning! Does this trashy romcom with cleaning elements live down to its infamous status, or is there actually something sweet beyond the gunk? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them W...

Manga returns to the Trash Manga Friends for our seasonal anime tie-in, as we cover Call of the Night, an after hours romcom featuring everyone's favourite sparkly teenage heartthrob supernatural beings, vampires! Will it be love at first bite, or banished to the Twilight realm? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But...

It's our return to Korea and webtoons this time, as we cover Girls of the Wild's, which is all about a guy joining an all-female school with girls fighting it out to be the strongest and... wait, did we cover this already? Will this claw its way to the top of the pile, or be just another Dragons Rioting? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Mo...

Year 3 is here! For our third season debut, we look at Soul Land, an iconic manhua from China, and one kid's path to get stronger while keeping his hidden strength a secret as he journies to Shrek Academy. Yes, really. But will this series live up to its All Star reputation? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some...

Trashtacular Tournament Two continues in this second half, as we pit the remaining 16 series against each other to find the best and worst of Year 2! Will Kissxsis or Sword Art Online go the distance? Or will it be a series we byed, like Peach Boy Riverside or Colorless? All is revealed in our Season 2 finalé! ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actua...

Has it really been 2 years already? We ring in another year of the podcast with our second Trashtacular Tournament Arc to crown a new Not Actually Trash and Trashest Manga, Friends winners. In this first half, we work through Round 1, featuring 11 matchups and dredging up memories long forgotten including Tsubasa-chan, Alice Academy and Sword Art Online! ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast...

Our final series of our second year and... it's... well, what a doozy to wrap this season up with. We discuss the twincest antics of Kissxsis, one of the most infamous series of its ilk, and whether there's any story or comedy to be enjoyed past all of the... yeah... ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them...

It's a rare sci-fi episode of the podcast this time, as we dive into a world without colour, but not a manga without it. Can this high concept translate into a great story, or just become a sea of confusing characters, concepts and art? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Fr...

Time to shift focus to the current anime season, and cutesy cool romcom Shikimori's Not Just A Cutie! Does it live up to it's title and provide more depth than your average love story, or tread in steadfast vanilla waters? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast,...

April Fools! In this bonus episode, we branch out into the world of anime, as our trio rewatches the original season of Sword Art Online to celebrate its tenth anniversary and the franchise's twentieth. Will time have softened us on the catalyst of a decade of isekai domination in anime and manga, or is SAO still just really, really, *really* bad? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Watc...

For this special FIFTIETH episode, we celebrate the isekai GOAT by discussing the Sword Art Online manga's first two volumes. From Aincrad to Skull Reaper, Yui to... ethics codes... we deep dive into the manga version of the franchise that's come to define the industry this past decade. But is the original still the best, or best left forgotten? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read T...

Our month of shounen continues as Mike brings the classic Claymore to the table, a dark fantasy series about fighting demons with a big sword that feels eerily like a certain Rivia man... But will it still hold up in 2022, or best be consigned to the trash piles of the past? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some...

We're taking a break from Phil's tyranny throughout March, with Sean and Mike picking some shounen series to feature. And so we dive into the sci-fi world of World Trigger, a bonafide Jump series! But does being in the top magazine make this the cream of the crop, or just another forgettable fight manga? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Mo...

Reject love, embrace villainy. With Valentine's in the rear view mirror, we journey back to the world of webtoons with Beware the Villainess, a... sigh... isekai, except one where our leading lady is cast as the baddy, not the hero. Will this flip of the script be enough to win over our trio, or will one of them really, really hate this? Like, really really. ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podc...