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This week we take a look at\\xa0Taiyo Matsumoto\\u2019s\\xa0Tekkon Kinkreet! We talk about\\xa0Matsumoto\\u2019s French comic influenced art style and his story about two orphans living in the streets of the fantastical Treasure Town!!!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: \\u201cNew Stranger\\u201d by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, WWE vs Game of Thrones, Social Media, Our new RSS feed, Upcoming Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls
• 00:05:16 - Listener Questions: What are some series(manga, anime, etc.) you have dropped and why?
• 00:016:57 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST \\u201cPrologue\\u201d, dakazu decides not to spoil Naoki Urasawa\\u2019s Asadora!
• 00:18:34 - Darfox wants dakazu\\u2019s thoughts on Mujirushi
• 00:19:17 - dakazu finished and really loved Kaori Ozaki\\u2019s Kin no Hitsuji
• 00:20:00 - Kurozuka ended up having an abrupt ending along with designs lifted right from Final Fantasy VII
• 00:25:45\\xa0- dakazu loved\\xa0Sakumo Okada\\u2019s\\xa0Mazarian\\xa0and it\\u2019s gimmick of anomalies that mix people together with other objects
• 00:31:06 - Darfox and dakazu share their thoughts on Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru\\xa0which is written by\\xa0Masashi Kishimoto
• 00:34:50 - News: Square Enix will be putting out English releases of Hi Score Girl and other works through Penguin Random House Publisher Services
• 00:40:43\\xa0- Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion for Tekkonkinkreet, we\\u2019ll be reviewing the 2006 anime movie by director Michael Arias
• 00:41:08 - Main Segment One Shot:\\xa0Tekkon Kinkreet, Transition Song: \\u201cA Town In Blue\\u201d by Asian Kung-Fu Generation from Tekkonkinkreet, we review the series that launched Taiyo Matsumoto\\u2019s career
• 00:43:05 - Darfox and Seamus can\\u2019t remember when we reviewed Matsumoto\\u2019s No. 5 for one of our first Triple Dip episodes
• 00:44:44 - dakazu explains the origin of the strange title
• 00:45:36 - Darfox was impressed with how the super detailed art wasn\\u2019t confusing to follow
• 00:46:55 - dakazu and Darfox debate over how yakuza lieutenant Kimura\\u2019s story arc was handled
• 00:49:25 - The story was predictable but dakazu was surprised that Suzuki\\xa0\\u201cThe Rat\\u201d didn\\u2019t end up being the antagonist of the series
• 00:50:24 - Seamus points out that the story was filled with different animals and the city is a stand-in for change
• 00:53:16 - dakazu thinks the design of the assassin leader snake is inspired by Iyami from Osomatsu-kun\\xa0
• 00:54:08 - Seamus notices how Matsumoto mixes aspects of French comics and Japanese manga to create a genre of visual storytelling
• 00:56:26 - We discuss how White\\u2019s character is very much akin to an idiot savant you find in Stephen King novels
• 00:57:31 - The other hosts help dakazu make sense of the events during the dream-like finale
• 00:59:16 - We dispute if White\\u2019s character ever changed throughout the story
• 01:01:05 - We explore how Black\\u2019s manic decent into violence is juxtaposed with White further disassociating himself from reality
• 01:03:46 - Seamus explains how we\\u2019re able to project so many ideas on this book because it stays true to it\\u2019s own internal fiction while drawing from the real world outside it
• 01:05:17 - dakazu praises Taiyo Matsumoto\\u2019s use of perspective and loves the chapter on Suzuki\\u2019s demise
• 01:07:38 - dakazu talks about the parallels between the arcs of Black & White and Kimura & Suzuki
• 01:09:06 - We compare the theme of change to Japan\\u2019s history of struggles between modernization/westernization and traditional values
• 01:13:24 - We deliberate over the fate of White and Black at the ending
• 01:16:49 - We give our final thoughts
• 01:19:12 - Next Week\\u2019s Topic: Tekkonkinkreet, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: \\u201cwish men\\u201d by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster