Mudai Manga and Book Club

Battle Heroes and the Homework They Do ... Also Plus ULTRA! - Episode 39 - My Hero Academia Vol 1

It's not enough to be ready for anything, it's not enough to drive yourself to do good for the world, you also need . . . to understand linear algebra! This week we look at the first two arcs of My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi, which covers the entire first volume of the manga. A mix of Japanese high school shennanigans, superhero ridiculous action, and shonen optomism, we spend the entire episode gushing about how much we love this, and the opening is full of wonderful things. Beyond that, in What We've Read, Louie goes further into camping and gaming with more of Laid Back Camp and I Want a Gal Gamer to Praise Me (and some Frontier Lord while we're at it), while Tom returns to a series he's read before but never talked about, This is Screwed Up But I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World! . . . is very serious, thought provoking, yes.
 
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Ovani Sound - Chiptune - Marshmallow
Phat Phrog Studio - Resistance
 

Stocking Up on Fatherium for More Dadventures - Episode 38 - My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S Rank Adventurer #2

Returning to one of Tom's favorite series, Angeline the swordsman has finally reunited with her father Belgrieve after five years apart, and so begins the story of headpats, piggyback rides, and village patrolling of the S-ranker in this second novel of the series. Watch in wonder as Belgrieve unintentionally wins against seemingly more powerful swordsmen. Be amazed as he deftly maneuvers around others expectations due to Angeline's endless boasting about his ability. Squeak in joy as he unknowingly becomes a semi-adoptive father of Angeline's party members. . . . Oh, and then there's the not silly part of the rest of the book, that's good too.
 
Beyond that, in What We've Read, Tom fumbles trying to explain the fun in Hero and the Sage, Reincarnated and Engaged volume 6 without spoiling things, and Louie explains the opening to Korean manhwa The Gamer, and also, GASP, we talk about something we're not super enthused about as Louie talks about One Punch Man's Season 3 anime. All that and more this week on the podcast!
 
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Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Ovani Sound - Lo-fi Water
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

Monty Tarnished and The Quest for the Holy Great Rune - Episode 37 - Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree Ch. 1-12

Arise now, ye tarnished! The call of long-lost grace speaks to us all, including those who do not wear pants! This week, we cover the first twelve chapters (volume 1 and about a third of volume 2) of Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree by Nikiichi Tobita, the manga retelling of the series that truly gets into the details of the already classic game by FromSoftware, like the true history of the Ranni fanclub and the powers of soap to improve your dodge rolls. What I mean is it's very silly and worth reading on every page. In addition to that, during our What We've Read, Louie talks the difference between dragon maids and cosplay nerds, while Tom explores shark-goblins and not-spoilers in the densest city on the planet. All that and more on today's episode of the Mudai Manga Book Club Podcast!
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Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Phat Phrog Studio -Machines of the Night
Ovani Sound - Business
 

Radiating Hope in a Dead City - Episode 36 - COPPELION ch 1-10

When your job requires that you are physically immune to all forms of radiation, you know you're in for a tough time. And that's the very job Ibara, Taeko, and Aoi are in for as we look at the first ten chapters (the first half of Part 1, or volumes 1 and the first third of volume 2) of the manga series COPPELION by Tomonori Inoue, following Medical Team as they search an irradiated Tokyo for survivors. We're also a bit lighter on what we've read this week, though Louie has a few minutes to talk about Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 5, while Tom takes a moment to talk about the slightly fantastical Kagurabachi volume 5, and then goes into the more grounded and realistic In Another World with my Smartphone novel 31.
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Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Phat Phrog Studio -  Machines of the Night
Ovani Sound - Lo-Fi Water

Of Beasts and Men - Episode 35 - Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects LN 2, Manga 3-4

After a few . . . lets say delays, we're back with more of frontier living with hornhead and axe man -- I mean, Alna the Onikin and Dias the war hero. Today we cover the second light novel or the third and fourth manga volumes, from farms to dogs to small invasions by hostile military powers! Beyond that, Louie goes light on info about having now finished Tokyo Ghoul: Re as well as more of My Dress Up Darling, while Tom effuses praise about the final volume of Don't Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro and the newest novel of Alya Sometimes Hides her Feelings in Russian. All that and more on today's episode.
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
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Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

With Our Powers Combined in Holy Matrimony! - Episode 34 - The Hero and The Sage, Reincarnated and Engaged vol 1

Ok, you know that trope where the rivals from a series have their final battle to the death, and then they both cry and say, "Imagine if we had been on the same side, we could have been . . . friends?" That is the entire premise for The Hero and The Sage, Reincarnated and Engaged, a series with characters so overpowered punching a dragon in the face with their bare hands and knocking it over is them struggling. In addition, Louie has finished Tokyo Ghoul and started into Tokyo Ghoul: Re and gives his initial thoughts, Tom gets back into Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life in the Countryside and definitely remembered that title in full, and both gush, once again, about Otr and the Flame and The Creepy and Freaky.
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
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Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Ovani Sound - Business
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together

Halloween Spooktacular! - Episode 33.5

And now, as Halloween comes in, we're back with a special Halloween recommendation with our returning special guest Renata! Each of us (Yes, even spooky-disliker Tom) have a series to recommend to you for your horror-enjoyment. Tom starts us off with the manga version of The Ring, Louie brings the well known classic Uzumaki, and Renata brings the newest one with Korean manhua Sweet Home. 
 
Check out Renata's other projects and writing as thanks for coming on again here:
Tumblr: Suzu-kun22
Ao3: luna_moon22
Mercari: suzu-kun22
 
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Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Phat Phrog Studio - Resistance
Phat Phrog Studio - Machines of the Night
Ovani Sound - Lo-Fi Water
 

How Tough Can You Be if Your Name is Slayer? - Episode 33 -Frieren's Aura The Guillotine Arc

And so, the meandering trio of Frieren the Mage, Fern the apprentice mage, and Stark the cowardly warrior (or, cowarrior, if you will), enter into the next city to engage in a spot of brutal combat to the death with a trio of demons acting as a peace envoy and their leader, this arc's titular Aura the Guillotine. Covering chapters 14 to 23 (or middle-ish book 2 to middle-ish book 3), the story takes a different tack as we see what makes Frieren the mage of the Hero's party that slew the Demon Lord. Meanwhile, Louie has started down the path of Tokyo Ghoul, Tom revises some of his thoughts from the previous episode's review of Realist Hero's first book, and they both somehow manage to spoiler free "review" the end of Eden's Zero and it's final volume. 
 
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Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Phat Phrog Studio - Experiment
Ovani Sound - Umbrella Walk
 

Glory To Paperwork! - Episode 32 - How a Realist Hero Rebuilt a Kingdom

Get ready for your state sponsored census, as we dive into the first volume of How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom light novels (or, alternatively, the first two volumes of the manga). Literally, as Tom walks through the extremely large cast of the first book and the differences and omissions of the manga. In addition, Louie has finally finished Mushoku Tensei and gives his first thoughts on the final novels of that series, while they both take a few moments to talk about the (now slightly out of date) new chapters of Otr and the Flame and The Creepy and Freaky.
 
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Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Phat Phrog Studio -  Cyber Chill
Ovani Sound - Lo-fi Water
 

Side Characters and Shonen Battles - Episode 31.5

We're back, again, with another set of small topics; Louie starts us off with a new guessing game, and Tom definitely . . . answers? Sometimes? Can you name the series from the side characters? Then, Tom leads a discussion of the shonen action battle genre, and the way we think that genre works and the different kinds of series that have pulled that together.
 
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Main Theme: Sunrise by Meizong & Yeeflex
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Additional Music:
Phat Phrog Studio - Echo Nexus
Dark Fantasy Studio - Together
Ovani Sound - Business