Manga in Your Ears

The Major League Baseball playoffs are here and it is the Wild Card round! I am very nervous for the Division Series. This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon published by Yen Press. Then Zero Akabane's Magical Girl Incident also published by Yen Press. Tokyo Babylon credits: * Translation: Amanda Haley * Lettering: Phil Christie, Chiho Christie (volume 4) Magical Girl Incident credits: * Translation: Caleb Cook * Lettering: Phil Christie 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/155-tokyo-babylon-and-magical-girl-incident/155%20-%20Tokyo%20Babylon%20and%20Magical%20Girl%20Incident.mp3] Show notes: 0:42 - We talk about Tokyo Babylon 27:29 - We talk about Magical Girl Incident Next time is Home Office Romance and Touring After the Apocalypse

The Seattle Mariners are 1.5 games back of the Astros in the AL West and 1 game ahead of the Rangers for the last Wild Card spot. Cal Raleigh is having a historic season. I'm ready to be hurt, or fall in love. This episode, we're talking about Moto Hagio's They Were Eleven published by Denpa and Chika Mizube's Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (with story by Kanata Hoshi and character design by Pepperon) published by Kodansha. They Were Eleven credits: * Translator: Ajani Oloye * Proofreading: Momo * Production: Nicole Dochych, Lauren Eldon 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/154-they-were-eleven-and-pass-the-monster-meat-milady/154%20-%20They%20Were%20Eleven%20and%20Pass%20the%20Monster%20Meat%2C%20Milady%21.mp3] Show notes: 1:07 - We talk about They Were Eleven 29:17 - We talk about Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! Next time is Tokyo Babylon and Magical Girl Incident

The Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres shared first place in their respective divisions today, as baseball gets ever more interesting. This episode, we're talking about murata's Catch These Hands! and Sai Naekawa's This Monster Wants to Eat Me, both published by Yen Press. Catch These Hands! credits: * Translation: Amanda Haley * Lettering: Bianca Pistillo This Monster Wants to Eat Me credits: * Translation: Caleb Cook * Lettering: Bianca Pistillo 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/]. Read Helen's review of Catch These Hands! on The OASG [https://www.theoasg.com/reviews/manga/the-anti-social-geniuses-review-catch-these-hands-volume-1/29247]. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord [https://discord.gg/Z6ZFmxsWBW]. Used with permission. Listen [https://archive.org/download/153-catch-these-hands-and-this-monster-wants-to-eat-me/153%20-%20Catch%20These%20Hands%21%20and%20This%20Monster%20Wants%20to%20Eat%20Me.mp3] Show notes: 1:12 - We talk about Catch These Hands! 18:50 - We talk about This Monster Wants to Eat Me Content warning: There is ideation of suicide in This Monster Wants to Eat Me and its discussion. Next time is They Were Eleven and Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!

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