Manga in Your Ears

It's the World Cup! GO KOREA!! And Scotland. This episode, we're talking about Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back published by Drawn & Quarterly and Shinnosuke Kanazawa's On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance published by Square Enix. Talk to My Back credits: Translation: Ryan Holmberg Font and sound effect lettering: Sophie Yanow On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance credits: Translator: Jenny McKeon Letterer: Rebecca Sze Cover Designer: Katie Lee G Editor: Edward Hong Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Or the second unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the Third Impact Anime discord. Both used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:30 - We talk about Talk to My Back 22:22 - We talk about On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance Next time is Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon and Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger

This week, baseball nerds across the internet (there are ones of us!!) are participating in a fan exchange, just to see how the other side lives. As a die hard and lifelong fan of the White Sox, Mariners, Padres, Dodgers, Brewers, Giants fan, I am too, but just by switching who's number one. Go Brewers. Love Salvatore. This episode, we're talking about Kurano's I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup published by Kodansha and Sumiko Arai's The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All published by Yen Press. I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup credits Translator: Jocelyne Allen Letterer: Paige Pumphrey Editor: Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini Editorial Assistance: Naseem Alavi Managing Editor: Dasia Payne Production Manager: Angela Zurlo The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All credits Translation: Ajani Oloye Lettering: Brandon Bovia As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky 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 and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Forgot to mention this on the podcast, but The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All has an official playlist on Spotify. Listen Show notes: 0:58 - We talk about I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup 13:36 - We talk about The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All Next time is Let's Go Karaoke! and The Summer Hikaru Died

The White Sox are already running into random wins that didn't seem to happen in 2024, so we're well on our way to a normal extremely bad season instead of historically extremely bad season. This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Legend of Chun Hyang published by Tokyopop and Spica Aoki's Kaiju Girl Caramelise published by Yen Press. Legend of Chun Hyang credits: Translator: Ray Yoshimoto Retouch and Lettering: Jose Macasocol, Jr. Cover Layout: Gary Shum Editor: Jake Forbes Kaiju Girl Caramelise credits: Translation: Taylor Engel Lettering: Lys Blakeslee As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky 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 and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 1:01 - We talk about Legend of Chun Hyang 12:11 - We talk about Kaiju Girl Caramelise Next time is Neighborhood Story and Kowloon Generic Romance

Watch women's sports! The PWHL (Professional Women's Hockey League) has been streaming on YouTube and is an absolute blast. Go Frost, I think? This episode, we're talking about Ai Yazawa's Last Quarter published by Viz and Makihirochi's Sketchy published by Kodansha. Last Quarter credits: Translation & Adaptation: Max Greenway Touch-Up Art & Lettering: Inori Fukuda Trant Design: Yukiko Whitley Editor: Nancy Thistlethwaite Sketchy credits: Translator: Alethea & Athena Nibley Letterer: Evan Hayden Editor: Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini Managing Editor: Dasia Payne Production Manager: Meg Gugarty As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky 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 and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:41 - We talk about Last Quarter 19:05 - We talk about Sketchy Next time is...well, we haven't decided yet.

The Chicago White Sox have -1.6 fWAR projected per ZiPS, which is lower than any group projection in its history, and that's very sad. This episode, we're talking about Uoto's Orb: On the Movements of the Earth published by Seven Seas and Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story published by Yen Press. Orb: On the Movements of the Earth credits: Translation: Daniel Komen Adaptation: Molly Tanzer Lettering: Phil Christie Original cover design: Tadashi Hisamochi(hive&co.,ltd.) Cover design: H. Qi Copyeditor: Leighanna DeRouen Proofreader: Dave Murray Production designer: George Panella Editor: Nick Mamtas A Bride's Story credits: Translation: William Flannagan Lettering: Abigail Blackman As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky 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 and Awko Tako. Link to Kaoru Mori drawing playlist Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 1:17 - We talk about Orb: On the Movements of the Earth 22:27 - We read off your lists of favorite manga you read in 2024 26:31 - We talk about A Bride's Story Next time is Look Back and March Comes in Like a Lion

The Chicago Bears are a mess. They're a messy mess and I dunno what's gonna happen in the offseason, and that makes me sad. This episode, we're talking about Hana Chatani's Give Her Back to Me published by Glacier Bay Books and Akihito Tsukushi's Made in Abyss published by Seven Seas. Give Her Back to Me credits: Editing and design by emuh ruh and Hana Chatani Made in Abyss credits: Translation: Beni Axia Concrad Adaptation: Jake Jung Lettering and retouch: James Baubatz Logo design: Andrea Rodriguez Cover design: Nicky Lim Proofreader: Brett Hallahan, Shanti Whitesides Assistant editor: Jenn Grunigen Production assistant: CK Russell Production manager: Lissa Pattillo Editor-in-Chief: Adam Arnold Publisher: Jason DeAngelis As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky 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 and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:41 - We talk about Give Her Back to Me 12:35 - We talk about Made in Abyss Next time is favorite manga we read in 2024!

The Seattle Mariners are clinging on for dear life, and I am in pain. This episode, we're talking about Ai Tanaka's King in Limbo published by Kodansha. And Yuhi Azumi's Cutie and the Beast published by Seven Seas. King in Limbo credits: Translation: Ajani Oloye Lettering: EK Weaver Editing: Ben Applegate Kodansha USA Publishing edition cover design by Matt Akuginow Cutie and the Beast credits: Translation: Angela Liu Adaptation: Andrea Puckett Lettering and retouch: Erika Terriquez Interior layout: Christa Miesner (volume 2) Cover design: Nicky Lim, George Panella (logo) Proofreader: Brett Hallahan, Dawn Davis (volume 2) Editor: J.P. Sullivan Prepress technician: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein Production manager: Lissa Pattillo Managing editor: Julie Davis Associate publisher: Adam Arnold Publisher: Jason DeAngelis As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky 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 and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: (Editor's note: Something is up with Apryll's audio for like the first 15 minutes? I checked the raw audio - before I do lazy editing that sometimes messes with things in kinda this way - and it sounds the same. So no idea what's up. It's mostly listenable, but sorry about that!) 0:44 - We talk about King in Limbo 25:02 - We talk about Cutie and the Beast Next time is The Lost and Found Collection by Isaki Uta and Ruri Dragon

The Chicago White Sox have fired their fail-manager Pedro Grifol, who was hired by their previous fail-regime, and backed up during hiring by the current fail-regime. They'll be looking outside the organization for a new manager, and I have almost zero hope. I love this team. This episode, we're talking about Chisato Abe (story) and Natsumi Matsuzaki's (manga) A Raven for All Seasons available on K Manga and Yusei Matsui's The Elusive Samurai published by Viz through Shonen Jump. A Raven for All Seasons credits: Translation: Elodie Legay Lettering: Darren Smith Editing: Salud Campos Blasco The Elusive Samurai credits: Translation: John Werry Lettering: John Hunt As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky 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 and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:46 - We talk about A Raven for All Seasons 24:16 - We talk about The Elusive Samurai Next time is No. 6 and Baby Bear's Bakery