Trash Manga Friends

We're kicking off Year 2 the only way we know how. Isekai! Join us as we discuss Black Summoner, quite possibly the most isekai isekai that ever did isekai. ~ 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, for short. Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or...

The epic conclusion! We celebrate one year of Trash Manga Friends with our Trashtacular Tournament Arc to crown the first ever Not Actually Trash series, and the Trashiest Manga, Friends. This time we're down to the Last 16, as we blast our way through the second round, quarters, semis and the final to crown our favourite series of the past year. Can the ten victors from Round 1 hold a candle to t...

This is it! We celebrate one year of Trash Manga Friends with our Trashtacular Tournament Arc to crown the first ever Not Actually Trash series, and the Trashiest Manga, Friends. In this first part, we work our way through Round 1, pitting 20 of the series of the past year against each other. Listen as we debate the grossness of Nagatoro and Loveless, the perverseness of Hentai and Pupa, and remin...

As our first year comes to a close, we take a look at one last webtoon, another horror-fest as the zombie apocalypse comes to your apparement complex in Sweet Home. Hey, if it's good enough for Netflix, it's trash enough for us! ~ 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 Po...

It's time to get maybe a bit too real as we discuss the bitter, brutal and sex ridden A Girl on the Shore (or in Japanese, Umibe no Onnanoko), where two teenage kids do their best to support each other and move on with their lives after being abused and abandoned. ~ 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 We...

Back to normalcy, or what qualifies as it, with another unconventional romcom series and the tale of one poor senpai being ruthlessly, relentlessly bullied by his kouhai Nagatoro in the say what you see Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro. ~ 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...

The new era begins now, on April Fool's Day no less. Weird that. For the debut of Trash Hentai Friends the trio take a deep dive into the horrifying world and sticky mess of... well, Hentai. Or at least all of it that's been translated. ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Fap To Trash Hentai With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Henta...

Time for an isekai webtoon! An actual isekai webtoon instead of a might as well be an isekai but technically isn't one. This time the trio discuss The Adventures of a Demon King's Daughter, where a girl gets reborn into a world of demons, angels, fairies, dragons and parents. ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Som...

The time for love is over, the time for war is now. This time the trio discuss Record of Ragnarok (or in Japanese, Shuumatsu no Valkyrie), where a baker's dozen of gods fight the strongest humans from all of history in a tournament arc for the ages! ~ 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 T...

The month of lurve continues with a ménage à trois, as we discuss Kanojo mo Kanojo, where one guy tries to forge the perfect loving relationship with his two girlfriends. ~ 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, for short. Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cov...

You know what's better than siscon romance stories? Momcon ones! No, wait, that's worse. This time the trio discuss Ookumo-chan Flashback, where our protag keeps having flashbacks to his parent's highschool romance as the past repeats itself once again. ~ 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 T...

Woah, did you get romance and sci-fi in my isekai? This time the trio discuss Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (or in Japanese... Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu, aka MobuSeka for short), where one hapless guy is isekai'd straight into an otome visual novel when all he wanted was a peaceful life. ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read T...

New year, same old trash manga! The trio discuss The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter (or In Japanese... Ore Dake Haireru Kakushi Dungeon: Kossori Kitaete Sekai Saikyou), a very lewd totally not an isekai series where one poor(ish) boy and his harem try to make their way in life.   Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But...

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, for short. It's Christmas! Tommorow, anyway. Unless you're reading this tomorrow, in which case... er... Anyway, this time Sean, Mike and Phil delve into the iconic Hayate the Combat Butler (aka Hayate no Gotoku! in Japan),...

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, for short. This time Sean, Mike and Phil delve into the mysteries of a harem from the past in The Apothecary Diaries (known in Japan as Kusuriya no Hitorigoto). Will it be good for what ails us, or just another bitter pill t...

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, for short. Thought the last episode was a little creepy? Well bad news, as this time Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Minamoto's Story (aka Minamoto-kun Monogatari in Japan), and one virgin's journey to bang 'em all. Will the tri...

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, for short. The horror vibes continue this time, as Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Pupa, a tale of two siblings transformed forever by a deadly diesease that makes its host crave human flesh. Will the trio enjoy chowing down on...

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, for short. In this spoopy Halloween episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Pigpen, where one poor guy washes up on an unnamed island, no memory of how he got there and no clue of what's in store as he meets the family who live...

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, for short. In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Loveless, where wars are fought with words not weapons as one hapless pair try to survive in a world that wants them dead. Will it be beloved by our trio, or will they...

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, for short. In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Fly Me To The Moon (known in Japan as Tonikaku Cawaii), where it's marriage at first sight for our star-crossed lovers. Will the trio fall in love with it, or will they...

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, for short. In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Our Last Crusade or The Rise of a New World (known in Japan as Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen, or KimiSen for short), where two kids w...

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, for short. In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil dive into Grand Blue Dreaming (Grand Blue for short, not to be confused with Granblue Fantasy, totally different), which is definitely a manga about diving. Will it make a spla...

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, for short. In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Mieruko-chan (which roughly translates as The Girl Who Sees "Them"), where one poor girl can see all the terrifying spirits and ghouls of the world beyond. Will the tri...

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, for short.   In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss Solo Leveling (also known as Only I Level Up), our second webtoon, based on the highly original idea of what if your life became a game... wait didn't we do this al...

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, for short. In this episode, Sean, Mike and Phil discuss The Gamer, our first webtoon from South Korea, based on the highly original idea of what if your life... became a game? Will the trio enjoy playing the game, or find it...