Episode 94 - Monochrome Factor

Episode 94 - Monochrome Factor

Author: Trash Manga Friends October 12, 2023 Duration: 1:26:20
Shounen’s are back baby, as we read Monochrome Factor, a manga about what happens when shadows from the other side invade our world and take our lead’s body! Bleach? Nah, completely different. Will Sean love this as much as his beloved shounen darling, or see red in a world of black and white? ~ 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 on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! Monochrome Factor was licensed by Tokyopop, so happy hunting! - https://tokyopop.com/ Want to check out the anime? It’s available via Hidive - https://www.hidive.com/tv/monochrome-factor

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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