Death Note / Sweat and Soap

Death Note / Sweat and Soap

Author: Taiiku Podcast February 2, 2021 Duration: 36:32
I don't know if I've written this before, but follow both the White Sox and the OG favorite baseball team and the Dodgers as the local favorite baseball team and now the Padres as a lowkey third baseball team is just extremely wild. Watching a relatively successful White Sox team now decide to do basically nothing besides sign a closer replacement that is only going to be a marginal improvement over who he's replacing, compared to the Dodgers winning six division titles in a row and then trading for and signing Mookie Betts to a huge extension...is just frustrating. And then there's the Padres trading a very deep farm system for immediate improvements in addition to signing Kim Haseong. These are all billionaires who choose to spend their millions in different ways and, in the end, a season's worth of payroll losses is not going to be much to them. Ever. This episode, we're talking about Tsugumi Ohba (story) and Takeshi Obata's (art) Death Note and Kintetsu Yamada's Sweat and Soap! The song you heard in the episode was "the WORLD" by Nightmare from the Death Note anime. As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post. Listen Show notes: 0:58 - We talk about Death Note! 19:18 - We talk about Sweat and Soap! Next time is Barakamon and Heterogenia Linguistico!

Every three weeks, the hosts of Manga in Your Ears-Kory, Helen, and Apryll-settle in for a conversation that bridges the classic and the contemporary. Their format is straightforward but deeply engaging: they dive into one manga series that has already reached its conclusion, offering a full perspective on its story and impact. Then, they shift to discuss a different series that is either freshly finished or still unfolding in real time, capturing the immediate excitement of ongoing publication. This dual focus creates a unique rhythm, allowing for thoughtful retrospectives alongside the lively speculation that comes with following current releases. The discussions feel less like formal reviews and more like the kind of talk you’d have with friends who share a deep passion for the medium, dissecting character arcs, artistic choices, and narrative twists. Produced by Taiiku Podcast, this series sits comfortably at the intersection of Arts and Books, designed for anyone who appreciates the depth and diversity of manga storytelling. Tuning into this podcast is like getting a curated, bi-monthly guide to what’s worth reading, from timeless titles you might have missed to the latest chapters everyone is talking about.
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