Manga in Your Ears

The last time I brought up the PWHL, I said go Frost. And I'm here to say, I lied, go PWHL Seattle. This episode, we're talking about Yama Wayama's Let's Go Karaoke! and Mokumokuren's The Summer Hikaru Died, both published by Yen Press. Let's Go Karaoke! credits: * Translation: Leighann Harvey * Lettering: Chiho Christie The Summer Hikaru Died credits: * Translation: Ajani Oloye * Lettering: Abigail Blackman As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn [https://bsky.app/profile/nidokorn.bsky.social], and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr [https://bsky.app/profile/wanderindreamr.bsky.social]) and Apryll (@manjiorin [https://bsky.app/profile/manjiorin.bsky.social]) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses [http://www.theoasg.com/], more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations [http://narrativeinvestigations.blogspot.com/], and my writing at the Fandom Post [http://www.fandompost.com/author/korycerjak/] and Awko Tako [https://awkotako.wordpress.com/]. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord [https://discord.gg/Z6ZFmxsWBW]. Used with permission. Listen [https://archive.org/download/152-lets-go-karaoke-and-the-summer-hikaru-died/152%20-%20Let%27s%20Go%20Karaoke%20and%20The%20Summer%20Hikaru%20Died.mp3] Show notes: 1:17 - We talk about Let's Go Karaoke! 16:53 - We talk about The Summer Hikaru Died Next time is Catch These Hands! and This Monster Wants to Eat Me

This week, baseball nerds across the internet (there are ones of us!!) are participating in a fan exchange [https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2025-fangraphs-fan-exchange-program-introduction-and-entrance-survey/], just to see how the other side lives. As a die hard and lifelong fan of the White Sox, Mariners, Padres, Dodgers, Brewers, Giants fan, I am too, but just by switching who's number one. Go Brewers. Love Salvatore. This episode, we're talking about Kurano's I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup published by Kodansha and Sumiko Arai's The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All published by Yen Press. I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup credits * Translator: Jocelyne Allen * Letterer: Paige Pumphrey * Editor: Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini * Editorial Assistance: Naseem Alavi * Managing Editor: Dasia Payne * Production Manager: Angela Zurlo The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All credits * Translation: Ajani Oloye * Lettering: Brandon Bovia As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn [https://bsky.app/profile/nidokorn.bsky.social], and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr [https://bsky.app/profile/wanderindreamr.bsky.social]) and Apryll (@manjiorin [https://bsky.app/profile/manjiorin.bsky.social]) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses [http://www.theoasg.com/], more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations [http://narrativeinvestigations.blogspot.com/], and my writing at the Fandom Post [http://www.fandompost.com/author/korycerjak/] and Awko Tako [https://awkotako.wordpress.com/]. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord [https://discord.gg/Z6ZFmxsWBW]. Used with permission. Forgot to mention this on the podcast, but The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All has an official playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2hvxjH2Xa8LWZ8lXIEXlQd?si=1883e713184f4abf] on Spotify. Listen [https://archive.org/download/151-i-cross-dressed-for-the-irl-meetup-and-the-guy-she-was-interested-in-wasnt-a-guy-at-all/151%20-%20I%20Cross-Dressed%20for%20the%20IRL%20Meetup%20and%20The%20Guy%20She%20Was%20Interested%20in%20Wasn%27t%20a%20Guy%20at%20All.mp3] Show notes: 0:58 - We talk about I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup 13:36 - We talk about The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All Next time is Let's Go Karaoke! and The Summer Hikaru Died

Congrats to Son Heungmin and Son Heungmin only. This episode, we're talking about Ai Yazawa's Neighborhood Story published by Viz and Jun Mayuzuki's Kowloon Generic Romance published by Yen Press. Neighborhood Story credits: * Translation: Andria McKnight * Touch-up art and lettering: Michelle Pang * Design: Shawn Carrico * Editor: Karla Clark Kowloon Generic Romance credits: * Translation: Amanda Haley * Lettering: Abigail Blackman As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn [https://bsky.app/profile/nidokorn.bsky.social], and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr [https://bsky.app/profile/wanderindreamr.bsky.social]) and Apryll (@manjiorin [https://bsky.app/profile/manjiorin.bsky.social]) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses [http://www.theoasg.com/], more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations [http://narrativeinvestigations.blogspot.com/], and my writing at the Fandom Post [http://www.fandompost.com/author/korycerjak/] and Awko Tako [https://awkotako.wordpress.com/]. Listen to our previous Ai Yazawa and Jun Mayuzaki podcast episodes: After the Rain [https://taiikupodcast.com/2021/09/09/after-the-rain-and-kageki-shojo/], Last Quarter [https://taiikupodcast.com/2025/02/27/last-quarter-and-sketchy/], Paradise Kiss [https://taiikupodcast.com/2017/12/20/paradise-kiss-and-princess-jellyfish/] Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord [https://discord.gg/Z6ZFmxsWBW]. Used with permission. Listen [https://archive.org/download/150-neighborhood-story-and-kowloon-generic-romance/150%20-%20Neighborhood%20Story%20and%20Kowloon%20Generic%20Romance.mp3] Show notes: 1:37 - We talk about Neighborhood Story 0 - We talk about Kowloon Generic Romance Next time is

The White Sox are already running into random wins that didn't seem to happen in 2024, so we're well on our way to a normal extremely bad season instead of historically extremely bad season. This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Legend of Chun Hyang published by Tokyopop and Spica Aoki's Kaiju Girl Caramelise published by Yen Press. Legend of Chun Hyang credits: * Translator: Ray Yoshimoto * Retouch and Lettering: Jose Macasocol, Jr. * Cover Layout: Gary Shum * Editor: Jake Forbes Kaiju Girl Caramelise credits: * Translation: Taylor Engel * Lettering: Lys Blakeslee As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn [https://bsky.app/profile/nidokorn.bsky.social], and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr [https://bsky.app/profile/wanderindreamr.bsky.social]) and Apryll (@manjiorin [https://bsky.app/profile/manjiorin.bsky.social]) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses [http://www.theoasg.com/], more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations [http://narrativeinvestigations.blogspot.com/], and my writing at the Fandom Post [http://www.fandompost.com/author/korycerjak/] and Awko Tako [https://awkotako.wordpress.com/]. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord [https://discord.gg/Z6ZFmxsWBW]. Used with permission. Listen [https://archive.org/download/149-legend-of-chun-hyang-and-kaiju-girl-caramelise/149%20-%20Legend%20of%20Chun%20Hyang%20and%20Kaiju%20Girl%20Caramelise.mp3] Show notes: 1:01 - We talk about Legend of Chun Hyang 12:11 - We talk about Kaiju Girl Caramelise Next time is Neighborhood Story and Kowloon Generic Romance

Helen here folks, I know Kory normally starts off the episode notes with something sports related so uhhh…. I saw that the 2025 “City Connect” designs were unveiled recently, and the DC ones look pretty; I might need to buy one of the hats to add to my collection of “cherry blossom themed hats for DC sports teams” (especially since I lost my Caps hat in that vein last year, noooo). Now that that’s out of the way, no Kory or Apryll this time but I am joined by Justin (@kami_nomi [https://x.com/Kami_nomi]) of The OASG, who is my cohost on the other podcast I, uh, cohost, “It’s Not My Fault The OASG Podcast Is Not Popular!” We’re talking about the J-Novel Club (Heart imprint) release of Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman, which is a big and plot heavy series so we have both a spoiler-free section and then a spoiler-filled section about why the nickname “josei Game of Thrones” is VERY accurate for this series! As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn [https://bsky.app/profile/nidokorn.bsky.social], and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr [https://bsky.app/profile/wanderindreamr.bsky.social]) and Apryll (@manjiorin [https://bsky.app/profile/manjiorin.bsky.social]) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses [http://www.theoasg.com/], more of Helen’s writing at Narrative Investigations [http://narrativeinvestigations.blogspot.com/], and my writing at the Fandom Post [http://www.fandompost.com/author/korycerjak/] and Awko Tako [https://awkotako.wordpress.com/]. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord [https://discord.gg/Z6ZFmxsWBW]. Used with permission. Read Helen's review of volume 1 at The OASG [https://www.theoasg.com/reviews/light-novel/trials-tribulations-next-life-as-a-noblewoman-volume-1-review/33293]. Listen [https://archive.org/download/148-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-my-next-life-as-a-noblewoman/148%20-%20The%20Trials%20and%20Tribulations%20of%20My%20Next%20Life%20as%20a%20Noblewoman.mp3] Show notes: 0:45 - Spoiler free discussion 34:05 - Spoiler-full discussion * Content warning (in the spoiler section) for mentions of an attempted sexual assault, since it’s a plot-triggering event we couldn’t talk around. Next time is The Legend of Chun Hyang and Kaiju Girl Caramelize