218 - Scum's Wish part 1

218 - Scum's Wish part 1

Author: Manga Mac Crew November 26, 2018 Duration: 1:18:53

Welcome to the first part of our Retrospective review of Scum's Wish! There's lots of unrequited love to deal with from both the manga and even our hosts?!

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Time Stamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Uso No Hibana" by Kuroneko from Scum's Wish, Opening, Introductions, updates on our tumblr
  • 00:01:58 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Requiem of the Rose King has Seamus comparing historical events to Shakespeare's play
  • 00:12:52 - dakazu finds a greater appreciation for Karakuri Circus now that he's rereading it as an adult
  • 00:16:31 - Darfox and dakazu discuss strong villains of popular shonen manga using wrestling references, *SPOILERS for Fairy Tail
  • 00:22:52 - Both Sentou Hakai Gakuen Dangerous & Dangerous 1969 are mixing X-Men superpowers with juvenile sexual humor and dakazu is not having any of it
  • 00:32:08 - Although 18 Rin is about an adult film production company dakazu was impressed with how it was focused more on characters and telling a good story
  • 00:35:13 - News: There will be a new anime of Fruits Basket that will finally cover all the source material with a new voice cast
  • 00:36:56 - Manga.club has licensed volume 1 of STEVES and is crowd funding to try and publish the other 5 volumes
  • 00:41:20 - We give some suggestions for the massive Seven Seas Entertainment licensing survey
  • 00:45:00 - Anime Feminist is launching an Indiegogo campaign so they can raise money to overhaul their website
  • 00:48:04 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Scum's Wish, we will continue our comprehensive review(covers volume 4-6)
  • 00:48:49 - Main Segment Retrospective Review: Transition Song: "Heikousen" by Sayuri from Scum's Wish, retrospective review of Scum's Wish by Mengo Yokoyari, we resonate with character's feelings, are pleasantly surprised with the lack of fan service, notice the rapid pace of dramatic events, cheer on the Sanae Ebato, enjoy the change of character perspectives in the narrative, praise the use of black water-color inking throughout the series, try to decode the extra Nyan-Nyan chapters, and make predictions for what will happen at the end(covers volumes 1-3)
  • 01:15:32 - Next Week's Topic: "Scum's Wish", requesting listener top 3 lists for 2018, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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