267 - Random Readings 1 - The Pits of Hell

Due to technical difficulties we were unable to record the planned Guest Gaiden with Anne Lee this week. So instead Morgana, Darfox, and dakazu do a prolonged Whatcha Been Reading section to talk lots about Chainsaw Man, The Pits of Hell, Yasuko to Kenji, Shiyakusho, and other manga!!!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 -Intro Song: “Flyers” by BRADIO from Death Parade, Opening, Introductions, Technical Difficulities
• 00:01:47 - New update to our Manga Mavericks guest appearance episode on BEASTARS
• 00:02:44 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Darfox likes the potential in the newest villain of Chainsaw Man
• 00:16:11 - Morgana did not like The Pits of Hell but saw it’s significance as a piece of alternative manga history
• 00:32:34 - Darfox brings up I am a Hero as an prime example of a series with a frustrated men narrative
• 00:35:42 - The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television is a graphic biography about Rod Serling’s career that Morgana loved
• 00:48:56 - *SPOILERS* Unfortunately O Maidens in Your Savage Season never becomes a meaningful exploration of adolescent female sexuality
• 00:59:19 - *SPOILERS* dakazu finished Gunjou and was enamored with the antagonist relationship between the wife and the lesbian until the bitter end
• 01:07:39 - dakazu knew he would love Yasuko to Kenji because it’s done by the artist of My Love Story!!
• 01:12:17 - Shiyakusho is about the a death ministry that processes the recently deceased and it gave dakazu severe anxiety
• 01:17:13 - Bureaucracy tied with the afterlife reminds Darfox of Death Parade 
• 01:19:37 - Darfox and Morgana share personal stories about death and it gives dakazu anxiety
• 01:23:26 - News: After endless delays Udon Entertainment will finally be releasing The Rose of Versailles in January of 2020
• 01:27:07 - Next Week’s Topic: Sailor Moon translations & Taisho-era feminists with Anne Lee, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster