Manga in Your Ears Taiiku Podcast

I love keeper penalties, and I love Antonio Rüdiger chaos penalties even more. Go Real.



This episode, we're talking about Rei Taki's Last Gender: When We Are Nameless published by Kodansha and Aki Hamazi's Bocchi the Rock! published by Yen Press.



Last Gender: When We Are Nameless credits:




Editor: Michelle Lin



Translation: Rose Padgett (volume 1), Mishima Kitan (volume 2-3)



Production: Shirley Fang, Pei Ann Yeap, Lorina Mapa



Proofreading: Micah Q. Allen (volume 1-2), Kevin Luo (volume 3)




Bocchi the Rock! credits




Translation: John Neal



Lettering: Chiho Christie




As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.



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0:56 - We talk about Last Gender: When We Are Nameless



18:42 - We talk about Bocchi the Rock!



Next time is Fool Night and Two on Ice

This episode, we honor and remember one of the greats in manga. Chris and Dawn join me to discuss Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater published by Viz.



Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater credits:




Translation: Greg Werner



Touch-up art + lettering: Annaliese "Ace" Christman



Design: Shawn Carrico



Editor: Alexis Kirsch




As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.



You can find our special guests Chris (@gokuffy) and Dawn (@bunnycartoon) on bsky at those links that look like links.



Listen to Dawn's episode on Dragon Ball.



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0:30 - We talk about how we ran into Toriyama and give some Toriyama memories



1:15:43 - We talk about Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater



Next time is really Last Gender and Bocchi the Rock!

This episode, we're talking about Miya Kazuki's Ascendance of a Bookworm published by J-Novel Club.



Ascendance of a Bookworm credits:




Translated by quof



Edited by Aimee Zink




As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.



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0:40 - We talk about Ascendance of a Bookworm



Next time is who knows...another year, another fish.

It's almost spring training, baseball is about to be back, and I cannot wait. As a lifelong Mariners fan, I'm hoping for the best.



This episode we talk about two Q Hayashida manga: First is Dorohedoro published by Viz and second is Dai Dark published by Seven Seas.



Dorohedoro credits:




Translation: AltJapan, Hiroko Yoda + Matt Alt (volume 5-23)



Touch-up and lettering: Kelle Han (volume 1-2), Maui Girl (volume 3-10), James Gaubatz (volume 11-23)



Design: Sam Elzway (volume 1-21), Izumi Evers (volume 22), Kam Li (volume 23)



Editor: Daniel Gillespie (volume 1-4), Josh Bettinger (volume 4-23)




Dai Dark credits:




Translation: Daniel Komen



Adaptation: Casey Lucas



Lettering: Phil Christie



Original cover design: Shun SASAKI + Yoko NAKANISHI(AYOND)



Cover design: Nicky Lim



Proofreader: Kurestin Armada



Copy editor: Dawn Davis



Editor: J.P. Sullivan



Prepresss technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein



Production assistant: Christa Miesner



Production manager: Lissa Pattillo



Managing editor: Julie Davis



Associate publisher: Adam Arnold



Publisher: Jason DeAngelis




As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.



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1:01 - We talk about Dorohedoro



14:38 - We talk about Dai Dark



Next time is Last Gender and Bocchi the Rock!

This episode, we're talking about Nao Sasaki's Diamond in the Rough published by Manga Plus and Ichi Yukishiro's The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter published by J Novel Club digitally and Seven Seas physically.



Diamond in the Rough credits:




Translating / Editing: Medibang Inc.



Lettering: Kai Kyou




The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter credits:




Translated by: Bérénice Vourdon



Edited by: Kieran Redgewell



Lettered by: Cedric Maciaas




As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.



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0:55 - We talk about Diamond in the Rough



15:39 - We talk about The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter



Next time is Dorohedoro and Dai Dark

This episode, we're talking about Yoko Nogiri's Love in Focus published by Kodansha and Masakazu Ishiguro's Heavenly Delusion published by Denpa.



Love in Focus credits:




Translation: Alethea and Athena Nibley



Lettering: Sara Linsley



Editing: Haruko Hashimoto, Alejandro Arbona



Kodansha USA Publishing edition cover design by My Truong




Heavenly Delusion credits:




Translation: Ko Ransom



Proofreading: Patrick Sutton (volume 2-5)



Production: Nicole Dochych, Glen Isip (volume 2-5), Brandon Bovia (volume 2-5)




As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako.



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0:55 - We talk about Love in Focus



12:02 - We talk about Heavenly Delusion (content warning for Heavenly Delusion's manga and anime, but we do not discuss it in detail in the podcast: suicide and sexual assault)



Next time is Diamond in the Rough and The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter