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Manga Monday Ep 115: Gorurakugai Manga Review / Weird Science Manga & Anime

May 1, 2023·57 min·5 clips

Alma pulls a dark sword from his chest to battle a horrific Maga monster, revealing he's half-Maga like Blade.

The title fight starts immediately. Jim keeps stumbling over Goku Raku Gai while Luke Hollywood says it like the words are behaving normally. Six chapters landed at once, which makes the whole review feel a little rushed and overstuffed before the manga even gets moving. Yuto Sano gets the credit. Jump Square gets its square joke, because of course the magazine name is going to catch a stray. Then the length starts pressing on them. It is a seventy-some-page chunk, and both hosts sound like they can feel every extra page as they go. They still find the good stuff. Luca and Yuki become the thing worth watching, especially once the review stops circling the setup and follows Luca walking alone. That choice bothers them in a useful way. The manga leaves the main characters for a side character thinking about nobody listening, and that is where the chapter gets meaner, in a good sense. Yuki's disappearance is not just there to move the plot. It pokes at who gets ignored. The police feel absent. The diner talk with Yaya adds to it: people are going missing, and the room still does not seem especially worried. Their read gets sharper there. Maybe the beasties are treated like second-class citizens. Maybe Luca looks decent because Luca keeps taking seriously what other people wave off. Jim keeps getting tangled up by Luca too. The sex and name confusion becomes a running bit, but it also fits the loose, live-processing feel of the review. Messy start, long setup, good landing: kindness hits harder when everyone else looks away.

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A loose, funny manga discussion that finds its weight in Luca, Yuki, and the beastie divide.

The manga discussion carries a loose, playful energy, with the hosts moving through the title, the setup, and what Goku Raku Gai seems to be reaching for while the story is still finding its shape.

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You want a hot-off-the-presses manga chat that turns into a layered character read.

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