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This week we look into Moyoco Anno's character study of an obese woman with "In Clothes Called Fat"!
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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from "Hi Score Girl", Opening, Introductions, Holidays, Awesome Games Done Quick, MOBA manga
00:03:14 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: "Dragon Ball Z" OST “Prologue”, The premise of a fictional manga artist's one-sided rivalry against Osamu Tezuka in "Chaser" has dakazu hooked
00:07:57 - dakazu has gone full-in with "The Full-Time Wife Escapist" and even watched the live-action drama adaptation
00:13:37 - Darfox takes the fidelity of old videogame scanlines in "Hi Score Girl" very seriously
00:18:56 - The ridiculousness of "BAKI" is entertaining for Darfox
00:21:07 - Darfox checks out some more manga on from the "Shonen Jump" app
00:41:42 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot Retrospective on "An Invitation from a Crab", we will review this indie manga by panpanya
00:24:09 - Main Segment One Shot: "In Clothes Called Fat", Transition Song: “Freebird” by New Cinema Tokage from "Project ARMS", we discuss Moyoco Anno's "In Clothes Called Fat"
00:25:52 - dakazu makes comparisons to Darren Aronofsky's movie about drug addiction "Requiem for a Dream"
00:28:22 - we explain the Japanese business practice of window seat jobs
00:30:46 - we discuss the similarities to Kyoko Okazaki's "Helter Skelter"
00:34:31 - we debate the use of simple one-dimensional side characters
00:36:25 - Darfox praises the main character and discusses his own experiences with body image
00:38:28 - dakazu thought that mixing the chronological order of event in the ending was interesting
00:40:58 - we all agree that this manga is a mixed bag of really good parts and some more disappointing parts, we praise the way Anno drew the pretty women to be visually off-putting
00:43:15 -we debate if this book is worth recommending, Darfox compares it against "A Silent Voice"
00:47:21 - Seamus finds similarities of the boyfriend character and the main character of the French novel series "In Search of Lost Time"
00:48:57 - Next Week’s Topic: "An Invitation from a Crab", Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from "Beet the Vandel Buster" |