279 - Triple Dip 39 - Classmates: Dou kyu sei, I Hear the Sunspot, 10 Dance

On this episode we’re doing a special Boys’ Love edition Triple Dip! Morgana leads the charge as we dive into sweet romances and problematic troupes in the first volumes of Classmates: Dou kyu sei, I Hear the Sunspot, and 10 Dance!!!

Remember to send us emails! [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast

Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com

Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com

Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Massara” by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions
• 00:02:17 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus has finally caught up to the most recent volume of Ooku: The Inner Chambers
• 00:11:50 - Seamus can’t continue with Knights of Sidonia after revisiting BLAME!
• 00:12:40 - After last week’s episode dakazu decided to finally finish reading Biomega
• 00:16:38 - Playing Anime Music Quiz lets Darfox and dakazu be nostalgic for old anime shows
• 00:22:40 - Morgana has been playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution on her Switch
• 00:25:05 - Our Dining Table is a sweet BL story about a lonely salary man who befriends two brothers over meals
• 00:27:33 - Morgana loves Cross because it’s a Catholic supernatural garbage shoujo romance from the 90′s
• 00:31:54 - dakazu can’t really talk about Hi Score Girl DASH because it would spoil Hi Score Girl
• 00:34:11 - News: Square Enix Manga & Books puts out lengthy previews of the upcoming releases of A Man and His Cat and Hi Score Girl
• 00:36:41 - My Anime List adds The Island of Giant Insects to it’s free manga service
• 00:39:55 - Kojima Productions is interested in developing anime, manga, and smaller games along with their big blockbuster game projects
• 00:44:57 - E-book Japan shares their best-selling shonen manga of the 21st century along with best manga of 2019 lists
• 00:47:48 - Comics Beat posts the 500 top-selling graphic novels and comics of 2019
• 00:57:17 - Comics Beat had ended it’s deal with Lion Forge and will be independent again
• 00:58:47 - Vertical is being consolidated under Kodansha USA
• 01:02:41 - Live-action film adaptation of The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese will be premiering June 5th in Japan
• 01:03:58 - Rumors circulate that BEASTARS will be ending soon
• 01:08:19 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Prose Picks, we will read and review the light novel Last and First Idol by Gengen Kusano
• 01:10:40 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Classmates: Dou kyu sei/I Hear the Sunspot/10 Dance, Transition Song: “Fiction” by sumiko from Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, we read the beginning of each BL manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three
• 01:11:49 - We each share our various experiences with BL content
• 01:20:13 - Classmates: Dou kyu sei by Asumiko Nakamura
• 01:39:37 - I Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino
• 01:59:21 - 10 Dance by Inouesatoh 
• 02:15:55 - *SPOILERS* for 10 Dance
• 02:21:43 - We pick our favorite manga out of the 3 BL manga
• 02:27:13 - Next Week’s Topic: Land and First Idol, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster