Episode 79 - Trash Visual Novel Friends (Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro)

Episode 79 - Trash Visual Novel Friends (Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro)

Author: Trash Manga Friends April 1, 2023 Duration: 1:40:36
Our annual April Fools special is back, as we turn to visual novels for fresh trash-spiration. And bug-ger me did we find one, in the form of Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro, where our romance protag dumb dumb is just trying to get with his girl. His grasshopper girl. Did this VN lean into it’s insanity, or somehow play it blander than bland. Plus! Sean and Phil talk about their VN recommendations, while Mike... is also there. ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Visual Novels With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Holy Heck These Things Are Long! Or The Trash Visual Novel Friends Podcast, for short. Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read a visual novel and dissect it, looking at what’s good, what’s bad... but mainly, what’s t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out... ~ Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer Follow Phil (”if you must” - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro is licensed by Sekai Project - https://sekaiproject.com/game/creature-romances-kokonoe-kokoro/

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.
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Duration: 2:02:37
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Episode 146 - L.A.G [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:01:33
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