Mudai Manga and Book Club

We're Off to Make Friends IN SPACE! - Episode 9 - Edens Zero, Genre Spotlight: Slice of Life

You know what's cool about space? The temperature. You know what else is cool about space? The manga Edens Zero, which we finally sit down and talk about; this week we dive into the opening of the story, covering the introductory chapters and the Norma arc. Alongside that, we take some time to get a little more contemplative as we look into Slice of Life, the genre, and discuss what we find appealing and effective about it.
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I
Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

Death by Dugong on the Docks with the Drawers - Episode 8 - Hard Boiled Cop and Dolphin, Name that Isekai!

In the city where people sleep normally, and the weather is just about always sunny and warm, and a certain five year old has unfathomale powers of turning bubble pipes into breathing apparatuses, we find our series for this week, Hard Boiled Cop and Dolphin! In addition, Louie takes Tom through the wringer with a few rounds of Name That Isekai! and Tom read a reasonable number of books. It was reasonable. Not absurd at all. He had two weeks after all, and the amount he read was not strange at all. Nope.
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I
Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Phat Phrog Studio - Resistance

A Red Jacket that Isn't Quite Metallic - Episode 7.5 - FullMetal Alchemist

With Louie on vacation, Tom is joined today by special guest host Renata, and without the guardrails in place from Louie, we still stay laser focused on our topics of FullMetal Alchemist and it's anime adaptation (mostly 2003's version), Renata's Choice Five anime and manga series, visiting Japan, the joys of vending machines in Japan, museums we visited in Japan, the Jujutsu Kaisen cafe experience . . . all the hard hitting stuff you expect from us.
 
Special Thanks to Renata for guest hosting this week; you can find more with her
 
On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Luna_Moon22/pseuds/Luna_Moon22
 
On Tumbler: https://www.tumblr.com/suzu-kun22
 
 
[Due to some audio issues, part of the episode discussing the FullMetal Alchemist: Conqueror's of Shamballa had to be cut, we apologize for any confusion if it is still referenced despite no longer being part of the show this week.]
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I
 
Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together
Phat Phrog Studio - Machines of the Night
 

You Get a Curse, and You Get a Curse - Episode 7 - Jujutsu Kaisen, The "Critical Point"

You have seven days to listen to this show, otherwise it will no longer be the newest episode and you'll have a different one to listen to. Join us today as we take a look at the beginning of Jujutsu Kaisen, the "Fearsome Womb" arc, as one of us tries to explain the interesting and entertaining aspects of the series while the other complains about everything he can find wrong with it. . . . It's Tom, he couldn't even make it through half the episode before complaining about it, I don't see why we're trying to make it a secret.
In addition, Tom takes us through his recent narrative studies to talk about something we have named "the critical point," the spot in a story where a reader's opinion changes from, "this is good," to "this is amazing." While we cover examples, nuances, and theories about it, this is nowhere near a finished idea and we would live your feedback on it because Tom's brain will not shut up about it and we need him to start working on the next episode.
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I
Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

Time and Money, also known as Things I Wish I Had More Of -- Episode 6 - Peddler in Another World, Time Skips

It's about time, and money, and obvious jokes about such things, as Mudai takes on the first volume of Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want's light novel series. Tom attempts to explain it without rambling by breaking down the characters then the plot and has varied degrees of success! Before that, though, Louie takes us through the narrative device of plot skips, from training breaks to epilogue endings, and we do the obvious joke from such a topic as well. It's all coming up on a new episode of Mudai Manga Book CLub, right now!
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I
Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together
Phat Phrog Studio - Machines of the Night
 

Special Delivery, One Giant Wolf Plus a Sui on the Side - Episode 5 - Paper vs. Digital, Campfire Cooking in Another World ...

We hope you're hungry, as this week we look into the first volume of Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill's manga adaptation, where a Japanese person gets sent to a fantasy world, gains access to an online supermarket from our world, and befriends a being of pure power in the form of a mystical wolf. Along with that, we take some time to discuss the positives of physical books vs digital books and how we plan to keep reading into the future. Hint: considering how long Tom rambles about what he read since the last episode, it's going to be a lot.
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I
Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

Issak and the Seven Villains - Episode 4 --7 Cool Villains, Issak chapters 1-5

Time to go dark this week as the brothers go into seven cool villains across multiple series and what makes them special. Then, Tom goes over the first five chapters (volumes 1 and the first half of volume 2) of Issak, the samurai revenge story of a Japanese marksman chasing his target to Europe of the 30 Year's War, complete with knights, sieges, and plenty of brutal action.
 
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Series Covered:
Issak by Shinji Makari and Double-S
Demon Slayer by Koyohage Gotouge
The Ancient Magus' Bride byKore Yamazaki
Berserk by Kentaro Miura
An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride by Fuminori Teshima
Bleach by Tite Kubo
My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi
Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
 
Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I
Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

Gyaru are Better than Ramen -- Episode 3 -- The Coppersmith Bride, Naruto

Here with the hard hitting facts, we talk this week about the joys of gyarus almost some and the terribleness of the uzumaki in your ramen bowl, by which we mean Tom explains how Naruto self destructed in his eyes in the most niche and unimportant flaw that has still bothered him for more than a decade. And, to make it more exciting, Louie has to guess what it is with limited information and increasingly sarcastic hints. Then, in our major topic, we discuss the incredibly warm and fuzzy feels of The Coppersmith's Bride, volume 1, and the endearing relationship of Shuu, Shiina, and the people around them.
 
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I
 
Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

Lord of the Sheep - Episode 2 - The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects, Hunter's Guild: Red Hood

Today, we wander off into the endless sea of grass to cover the first volume of The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects light novel; engoy picturesque views of grass, be threatened by the locals, sleep in the grass, be threatened by the local wildlife, look at grass, set up a yurt, think about grass, all is grass . . . and sheep too! Also, Louie talks us through Hunter's Guild: Red Hood, a short lived Shonen Jump series that decided to dump it's entire narrative into the last four chapters and go out metaphysical, maybe, kinda, at least that seems to be what happened?
 
Series Covered:
 
Hunter's Guild: Red Hood by Yuki Kawaguchi
 
The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects (Light Novel) vol 1 by Fuurou (and kinda volumes 1 and 2 of it's manga)
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I
 
Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

The Best of 2024 -- Episode 1

With 2024 officially, definitely, and technically behind us, Tom and Louie take far longer than they expected to cover their favorite series they discovered this past year. From an assemblage of notable mentions and honorable titles to the top five best of the year, there’s bound to be something here for you to enjoy as well! Also they spend too much time talking about how much they love them, . . . like, seriously, the number one titles take almost an hour for them to cover. Strap in.
 
Series Covered:
Tom’s Honorable Mentions:
An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love your Elf Bride by Fuminori Teshima
The Ancient Magus’ Bride by Kore Yamazaki
The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects by Fuurou
The Coppersmith’s Bride by namo
Mashle: Of Magic and Muscles by Hajime Komoto
 
Louie’s Honorable Mentions:
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
Dai Dark by Q Hayashida
Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto
The Coppersmith’s Bride by namo
Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui
The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects by Fuurou
 
#5
Tom: Cipher Academy by Nisioisin and Yuji Iwasaki
Louie: Eden Zero by Hiro Mashima
 
#4
Tom: My Daughter Left the Nest, and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer by MOJIKAKIYA
Louie: Mission: Yozakura Family by Hitsuji Gondaira
 
#3
Shangri-La Frontier by Katarina and Ryosuke Fuji
 
#2
DanDaDan by Yukinobu Tatsu
 
#1
Tom: Alya Sometimes hides her feelings in Russian by Sunsunsun
Louie: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
Music provided by Argofox:Meizong & Yeeflex - Sunriseyoutu.be/-GurRvqxg3I