191 - Saikyo Selections 10 - Gintama

On this episode we dive into the hilarious comedy stylings of Gintama!

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Time Stamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Anata MAGIC” by monobright from Gintama, Opening, Introductions, Shoutouts, Chris from Canada’s gaming article
• 00:03:24 - Listener Questions: debating the difference between used books vs. scanlations
• 00:18:46 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus checks out Usamaru Furuya’s alternative manga Garden
• 00:23:45 - Seamus goes on a rant about finally beating Persona 3 and comparing the similarities with shonen/shoujo manga endings
• 00:27:42 - Darfox will soon need to start taking notes for all the different characters in Ooku: The Inner Chambers
• 00:30:58 - dakazu checks out If I were a Dictator & Perfect Stealth Camouflage-style Little Match Girl and one is a typical Jiro Matsumoto manga while the other is not
• 00:37:47 - News: Castle of Cagliostro is available on Netflix
• 00:38:47 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion review of live-action Mob Psycho 100 on Netflix, we’ll be review all 12 episodes and comparing it to the manga/anime
• 00:32:31 - Main Segment Saikyo Selections: looking at a few selected story arcs to learn and comment about the long running series Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi, Transition Song: “Hana Ichi Monme” by BURNOUT SYNDROME from Gintama, we talk about the history and origin of the Gintama world, examine Madao diaries, compare the dramatic arcs to the comedy arcs, and laugh about Armstrong Cannons
• 01:11:35 - Next Week’s Topic: live-action Mob Psycho 100, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster