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This week we continue our\\xa0Retrospective\\xa0on\\xa0Akiko Higashimura\\u2019s\\xa0Tokyo Tarareba Girls\\xa0with\\xa0Morgana\\xa0\\u201cManga Maven\\u201d Santilli! We also talk about bugs and critters for a long time!!!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00\\xa0- Intro Song: \\u201cTOKYO GIRL\\u201d by Perfume from\\xa0Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Introductions, Social Media
• 00:01:48\\xa0- We will be doing a\\xa0BEASTARS\\xa0vol. 1 giveaway to commemorate the official English release
• 00:04:49\\xa0-\\xa0Whatchu Been Reading:\\xa0Transition Song:\\xa0Dragon Ball Z\\xa0OST \\u201cPrologue\\u201d, *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu discuss the politics and meta-commentary of\\xa0Batman: White Knight
• 00:15:36\\xa0-\\xa0Batman and the Justice League\\xa0was a fun superhero manga for Morgana
• 00:17:58\\xa0- We discuss various comic/manga crossovers like\\xa0X-Men Misfits\\xa0and\\xa0Wolverine: Snikt!
• 00:22:49\\xa0- Morgana really enjoyed the different artwork in\\xa0POPOCOMI
• 00:23:48\\xa0-\\xa0Waves\\xa0is a beautiful autobiographical french comic about a woman who had a still birth
• 00:24:18\\xa0- dakazu revisits the awkward and embarrassing situations with another volume of\\xa0Utsu Gohan
• 00:28:59\\xa0- We share stories dealing with bugs and critters
• 00:35:47\\xa0-\\xa0News:\\xa0Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed\\xa0Metamorphose no Engawa
• 00:37:49\\xa0-\\xa0Gigant\\xa0has been licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment
• 00:41:45\\xa0-\\xa0Farewell, My Dear Cramer\\xa0will be getting a physical release from Kodansha
• 00:44:21\\xa0- Kodansha will putting out hard cover editions of\\xa0Saiyuki\\xa0with new translations
• 00:48:09\\xa0- Revolutionary Girl Utena,\\xa0Boogiepop Phantom,\\xa0Sweet Blue Flowers are among the titles that\\xa0will be streaming exclusively on Funimation
• 00:50:12\\xa0- African Japanese manga artist\\xa0Rene Hoshino\\xa0was mistaken for Romi Hoshino, who was arrested in the Philippines for running a manga pirating website
• 00:52:20\\xa0-\\xa0Next Episode Preview and Rundown:\\xa0Retrospective on\\xa0Tokyo Tarareba Girls, we will continue our comprehensive review of\\xa0Akiko Higashimura\\u2019s\\xa0horror\\xa0comedy manga(covers volumes 6-7)
• 00:52:32 -\\xa0Main Segment Retrospective:\\xa0Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from\\xa0Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of\\xa0Akiko Higashimura\\u2019s manga
• 00:53:09\\xa0- We recap the events of volume 4
• 00:55:56\\xa0- We discuss the whiplash personality of Key
• 00:57:10\\xa0- We debate the possibility of Rinko and Key ending up together by the end of the series
• 01:01:37\\xa0- Darfox predicts that Hayasaka will try to mold Mami into a replacement for Rinko
• 01:04:13\\xa0- We talk about Okuda completely dismissing Rinko\\u2019s interests in favor of his own
• 01:07:04\\xa0- We laugh about Higashimura\\u2019s commentary on Christopher Nolan\\u2019s\\xa0The Dark Knight
• 01:10:10\\xa0- Morgana shares how women\\u2019s entertainment is demeaned by society and Darfox thinks there\\u2019s so much to learn from shoujo and josei manga
• 01:15:46\\xa0- Rinko\\u2019s stance about men and women have different values is a harmful mindset that sets herself up for failure
• 01:17:48\\xa0- Rinko focusing on writing was a moment that resonated with Morgana
• 01:19:12\\xa0- dakazu hopes that the girls will learn to love themselves by the end of the series
• 01:21:04\\xa0- We recap the events of volume 5
• 01:26:01\\xa0- The cliffhanger ending of volume 5 made Morgana lose her mind
• 01:27:01\\xa0- We comment on the existence of\\xa0\\u201cmarriage rushes\\u201d and share our own experiences at weddings
• 01:33:41\\xa0- We explain how classmates have a stronger bond for reunions in Japan
• 01:35:42\\xa0- dakazu knows from experience how Yoshio is manipulating Koyuki
• 01:39:46\\xa0- dakazu is excited about the possibility that Ryo is actually an evil genius
• 01:42:33\\xa0- Morgana dives into the societal pressures of being a \\u201cGood Woman\\u201d
• 01:45:10\\xa0- We discuss how pregnancy is not a topic often explored in manga
• 01:47:31\\xa0- We make predictions on how Kaori\\u2019s pregnancy scare will pan out
• 01:51:49\\xa0- We talk about the possibility of abortion and how other fiction approach it
• 01:54:20\\xa0- The girls having a fight are an extension of the pain they\\u2019re experiencing
• 01:59:03- Next Week\\u2019s Topic:\\xa0Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: \\u201cwish men\\u201d by sunbrain from\\xa0Beet the Vandel Buster