Episode 111 - Trashtacular 4nament Arc Part 1

Episode 111 - Trashtacular 4nament Arc Part 1

Author: Trash Manga Friends May 23, 2024 Duration: 3:21:54
A whole term of trash is in the books, which can only mean it’s time for the Trashtacular Forunament Arc! Of the 24 series we’ve covered this year, which series will be crowned Not Actually Trash? I mean, One Piece, obviously, it’s the GOAT. And on the flipside, which will be the Trashest Manga, Friends? From Fairy Tail to I, Superhero and Magical Girl, lets relive (or should that be ReLife) another year of nightmares! ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren’t! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what’s good, what’s bad, but mainly, what’s Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official releases! Fairy Tail and The Fable are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/ ReLife is licensed by Pocket Comics - https://www.pocketcomics.com/ Elfen Lied and FLCL are licensed by Dark Horse - https://www.darkhorse.com/ FLCL, Monochrome Factor, Battle Royale and Welcome to the N.H.K. are licensed by Tokypop - https://tokyopop.com/ Dark Gathering, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, One Piece, Welcome to the N.H.K. and Sand Land are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/ Nano Machine is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/ I Fell in Love So I’m Streaming It is licensed by Mangamo - https://www.mangamo.com/ Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ Chained Solider is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/ Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Vertical - https://www.vertical-inc.com/ Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Inkr - https://comics.inkr.com/

Ever find yourself in a comic shop or scrolling through a digital library, staring at a cover that’s either brilliantly absurd or just plain baffling? That’s the exact feeling we chase on Trash Manga Friends. It began as a simple, slightly ridiculous idea: get a few friends together, pick out the most questionable-looking manga we could find, and see what happened. What you’ll hear in each episode is the genuine, unfiltered result of that experiment-the laughter, the groans, and the occasional, very real surprise. While our title promises a deep dive into the wonderfully weird and often poorly executed corners of the manga world, we’ve discovered that not everything under that “trash” label is without its merits. Sometimes a bizarre premise hides a strangely compelling story, or a cliché character arc suddenly takes a turn that makes us all stop and reconsider. This podcast is really about the shared experience of discovery, of judging books by their covers and then thoroughly debating whether we were right or completely wrong. We read them so you don’t have to, but we also end up celebrating the hidden gems and the gloriously odd choices that make this medium so endlessly fascinating. Join our conversations for a mix of sincere critique and affectionate roasting, where the definition of “trash” is always up for debate.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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