Mudai Manga and Book Club

Escape From the Tainted World, A Princess Story - Episode 50 - Blade of the Moon Princess volume 1

In the world of rewriting fairy tales into action packed retellings with super soldiers and magical explosions, may we present the absolute over the top world of Blade of the Moon Princess on this week's episode? There is the planet used to house criminals, an historically styled Japanese court overthrown by a terrorist attack using VTOLs and explosives, and a cybernetically upgraded bamboo cutter who was a former lead bodyguard. Meanwhile, in what we've read, we have a lighter week, Louie taking us through some more of this spring's anime, while Tom talks over the recently released Alya novel 9.   Follow us on Bluesky at The Mudai Manga and Book Club Podcast [https://bsky.app/profile/mudaimangabookclub.bsky.social]   Video Episodes Available on Youtube at Mudai Manga and Book Club [https://youtube.com/@mudaimangabookclub?si=qtB0OAcF0VANu3V5]   Email us at: MudaiMangaBookClub at Gmail.com   Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex Music provided by Argofox: Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunrise youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I [https://youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I] Additional Music: Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill Phat Phrog Studio - Experiment

When All You Have is Time, What's the Rush? - Episode 49 - Reincarnated as a High Elf book 1

What if you had a . . . . little bit more time than everyone else? You know, just a smidge? Something like a thousand year lifespan in a world of people? That's the conceit of this week's novel, Enough of This Slow Life! I Was Reincarnated as a High Elf and Now I'm Bored by rarutori, and today we work through the first novel of this warm and joyful journey through a life of saying goodbye to everyone as they pass on to the afterlife. Meanwhile, in What We've Read, spring anime season has started (as of recording), and Louie looks at a few he has been waiting for, like Re:Zero season 4, Reincarnated as a Slime S4, and the newly released Witch Hat Atelier. Tom, however, had a light week, with the newest Peddler in another World (book 12) and finally returning to DanDaDan (vol 16-18).   Follow us on Bluesky at The Mudai Manga and Book Club Podcast [https://bsky.app/profile/mudaimangabookclub.bsky.social]   Video Episodes Available on Youtube at Mudai Manga and Book Club [https://youtube.com/@mudaimangabookclub?si=qtB0OAcF0VANu3V5]   Email us at: MudaiMangaBookClub at Gmail.com   Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex Music provided by Argofox: Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunrise youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I [https://youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I] Additional Music: Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus Ovani Sound - Water Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

When Life Gives You Dragons - Episode 48 - RuriDragon, Volume 1

And now, with the unbelievable powers of a dragon, you will have the opportunity to go through the greatest trial humanity has ever created . . . High school! With today's episode, we look at the amazing manga series RuriDragon, an almost entirely non-fantastical series about growing up and dealing with high school, only the main character Ruri turns out to be half dragon. Many series have done similar things, but unlike others RuriDragon remains quite grounded and normal; it's really a high school drama with one person having horns rather than any sort of fantastical series of events, and it's generally positive world, while sometimes a little unbelievable, is an enjoyable read that just hums along. Meanwhile, Louie takes time to talk about what he's read recently with Volume 3 of Baki the Grappler and the ending of Frieren's second season of the anime, while Tom continues into the world of Infinite Dendrogram light novels.   Follow us on Bluesky at The Mudai Manga and Book Club Podcast [https://bsky.app/profile/mudaimangabookclub.bsky.social]   Video Episodes Available on Youtube at Mudai Manga and Book Club [https://youtube.com/@mudaimangabookclub?si=qtB0OAcF0VANu3V5]   Email us at: MudaiMangaBookClub at Gmail.com   Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex Music provided by Argofox: Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunrise youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I [https://youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I] Additional Music: Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill Ovani Sound - Marshmallow

Time for a basket of WAIT! Is that a dragon -- BOOKWALKER UPDATE?! - Episode 47

Today . . . is an episode. Much of it is us catching up with what we've read (so many we switched back to alternating between us), so come and listen to our thoughts on a whole range of topics, from the beginning several books of Infinite Dendrogram, the end of Chainsaw Man's manga, the newest Witch Hat Atelier manga volume, Wash it All Away, and a whole slew of others. Our main topic, however, ultimately landed on our favorite Ebook site for buying these series, Bookwalker, getting a major update to it's design (ultimately, I believe because the US version is now run by a different company) and user interface and our litany of problems with it. This was recorded a few weeks ago when the site was released, and they are working on improving aspects of it, but it's also not a good design. So, strap in for whatever this is today, because we're back, baby!   Follow us on Bluesky at The Mudai Manga and Book Club Podcast [https://bsky.app/profile/mudaimangabookclub.bsky.social]   Video Episodes Available on Youtube at Mudai Manga and Book Club [https://youtube.com/@mudaimangabookclub?si=qtB0OAcF0VANu3V5]   Email us at: MudaiMangaBookClub at Gmail.com   Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex Music provided by Argofox: Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunrise youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I [https://youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I] Additional Music: Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus Phat Phrog Studio -  Resistance Phat Phrog Studio - Machines of the Night Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

The Joy of Playing Seriously - Episode 46 - Shangri-La Frontier Ch. 16-30

There are times to be critical, times to be curious, and times to be objective, but today, we gush about how cool Shangri-La Frontier is, as we return to the series (last covered in episode 11) to go over everything leading up to the massive Weathermon fight, covering books 3 and the first half of 4 (or chapters 16-30 specifically). For a series crammed to the gills with jokes, battles, and entertaining details, we throw a smattering of our favorite things from this section at you in what has been one of our favorite series on the show since we started. In addition, in what we've read, Tom wanders back and forth between comedy and tragedy with series like Solanin and the newest Dungeon Friends Forever, among others. Follow us on Bluesky at The Mudai Manga and Book Club Podcast [https://bsky.app/profile/mudaimangabookclub.bsky.social]   Video Episodes Available on Youtube at Mudai Manga and Book Club [https://youtube.com/@mudaimangabookclub?si=qtB0OAcF0VANu3V5]   Email us at: MudaiMangaBookClub at Gmail.com   Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex Music provided by Argofox: Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunrise youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I [https://youtu.be/-GurRvqxg3I] Additional Music: Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus Ovani Sound - Water Phat Phrog Studio - Experiment