Today, the panelists discuss How Do We Relationship?, our first yuri on the show! Join us for a discussion on depictions of queer women in manga, how this book handles sex, and our favorite fashion in this manga.
- (00:00) - How Do We Relationship?
- (02:16) - Front Matter
- (07:55) - The art
- (09:45) - Feelings circles!!!
- (14:30) - Ba-dump ba-dump
- (16:26) - Our lead characters, Miwa and Saeko
- (19:59) - Sex in this book
- (28:50) - Physical details
- (29:31) - Fashion Corner
- (30:37) - (Lobster shirt)
- (32:33) - How Miwa is written in this book
- (35:48) - Their underwear
- (36:26) - More sex chat
- (37:33) - How the bandmates handle their relationship
- (39:02) - The bandmates
- (41:46) - The fear of homophobia in this narrative
- (45:12) - More about the bandmates
- (45:48) - A potential aro/ace or nonbinary character
- (52:35) - We should read X Gender
- (52:55) - Memes
- (54:30) - Further Reading
- (01:01:19) - Back Matter
Further Reading:"Asumi-chan is Interested in Lesbian Brothels!" by Kuro Itsuki:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/asumi-chan-is-interested-in-lesbian-brothels-vol-1-kuro-itsuki/18536192"My Cute Little Kitten" by Milk Morinaga:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/my-cute-little-kitten-vol-1-milk-morinaga/18407746"Lover Boy" by ZEC:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/lover-boy-vol-1-zec/21916540"Countdown to Yes" by Roji:
https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/countdown-to-yes-manga-9798989570331.htmlA comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.
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Matt
Scout
Robin
Jillian
Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
