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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen once again skip over what they’ve been up to and discuss some of the latest news that’s occurred in the past few weeks, starting with the distressing situation involving Syundei and the harassment that’s come about since the Go for It, Nakamura-kun! anime has aired.
News
8:40: What happens when you have one Twitter user ask the creator of Gachiakuta if it’s okay to read the series for free in an Discord channel? Well, you have this news be weird (especially due to some of the tweets Kei Urana has put out there) and also important news since we get into discussing everyone’s favorite topic: piracy!!! (Justin also once again puts forth a challenge to the weird news universe, which only has Helen shaking her head in disbelief)
16:47: It’s been a while since the two hosts have discussed payment processor issues, but FAKKU is exploring a number of options — even crypto — as the struggles for adult manga being published is real; Hiroshi Date will resign as Tokyo MX Representative Director and Chairman at the end of April following an investigation of power harassment towards his subordinates.
22:51: Gangsta. will return! Kohske has announced, after a very lengthy (and still ongoing) battle with systemic lupus erythematosus, the manga will return in July; The Reincarnated as the 7th Prince manga is now back after it went on a hiatus to let the artist recuperate and prepare for the next arc; and in the 9th issue of Shogakukan’s Big Comic Superior magazine, the 86th and latest chapter of Daruma Matsuura’s Steel of the Celestial Shadows was published, which signaled its return following its hiatus since February last year.
27:04: Masaoki Shindō’s RuriDragon was slated to return in April, but the newest chapter is now slated to be released in June; Due to Daisuke Ashihara’s poor health, World Trigger will go on a 1-issue break; Tetsuya Tashiro’s Slasher Maidens is now going on an irregular serialization schedule until further notice.
29:40: And the two hosts send their condolences to the friends and family of Tanma-kun creator Sadao Shoji, who passed away April 5 at a hospital in Tokyo due to heart failure.
Licenses
31:32: Yen Press had some announcements for many people:
- Usa Haneda & U35’s Buying a Classmate Once a Week (Yen On)
- kurumuakumu & nc&gm’s N
- Tomoyo Kondoh’s Two A.M. at the Dining Table
- Shouji Gatou & Ohige Kamisori’s Full Metal Panic! Family
- Kazuhito Minagi & PenekoR’s Your Castle’s Little Helper (Yen On)
- Nekomugi’s Tokujo-chan: The Girls Who Brighten Your Day
- Kazuki Ichimori & Erika Kanbara’s Defying Expectations with Gravity Magic to Be Unparalleled
- Maki Komatsu’s The Record of Fantastical Nomenclature
- Keiichi Hikami & lack’s See You at That Site of Grace After Work (Yen On)
34:11: Seven Seas and their Wonderful Wednesdays brings forth more announcements:
- Into the Night – YOASOBI Stories Collection (Airship)
- Sworn Brothers on the Farm
- The Apothecary Is Gonna Make This Ragged Elf Happy
- Kidnapped by Elves, I Went from Potion Factory Alchemist to Accidental Hero
- I Became a Necromancer After Beating Up My Angel Guide and Accidentally Triggered the Apocalypse (LN and Manga)
- In Another World with My Cat: A Software Engineer Uses Code to Master Magic (Airship, digital)
- The Erotical Wizard and His Twelve Brides (Ghost Ship)
- Hate Me, but Let Me Stay – Mr. Asanaga and Mr. Yanagi
- Amamiya-san is the Cutest…and I’m a Close Second!
- The Berserker NPC Unknowingly Destroys the World (Airship, Digital)
35:42: Glacier Bay Books had a couple new releases to announce (from Hyou Hyou short story collection to Codomopaper’s Juji and Aichi) and provided an update on taking over Star Fruit Books’ inventory and them focusing on fulfilling existing SFB orders (and a lot more); Kodama will bring over more Baki and another new title (The Magical Forest of Hoshigahara) this year; Kana meanwhile will bring over Satoshi Morie’s My Dear, A Mystery For You next year.
40:00: Two new titles have been added to Kodansha’s K Manga service, while a couple of manga will now also be available on Square Enix’s Manga UP!.
Streaming News
40:21: Crunchyroll will stream Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc this week! Yet Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle apparently won’t be added just yet…!; Netflix will finally add Akane-banashi to the service in May, both sub and dub; Bandai Namco Pictures is now streaming Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly on YouTube, which only makes the two hosts wonder if any services was interested in picking this up in the first place.
43:05: The K-ON! film will be on the Criterion Channel in May. Yes, you can re-read that as many times as you want. It is happening. And let’s just say the quotes on the announcement were hilarious.
Main Topic: Spring 2026 First Impressions
44:36: A packed spring season means lots to discuss! Hear Justin just lament some of the shows he’s not gonna watch due to how busy the season is (1:26:40: Drops of God, Botan Kamiina, Agents of the Four Seasons to name a few). Hear Justin go over some of his few favorites (Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Re:Zero S4, The Ramparts of Ice, Witch Hat Atelier to name a few). And then naturally hear Justin elaborate on what he likes and dislikes from the newest season of Ascendance of a Bookworm (1:17:57).
Wait, what about Helen’s thoughts? WELL, about that…(49:30).
Weird News
1:31:33: Manga has evolved in many ways, but I’m not sure Logan Paul buying graded copies of One Piece and Dragonball’s first Jump appearances was a sentence the two hosts would ever utter. But it has happened, because man people are stupid.
1:33:16: An error occurred with the Reincarnated as a Slime manga, where it was listed as over at Volume 32, but was corrected by Dengeki Online. Justin was about to say!
1:34:27: And out of many possible McDonald’s combinations, Masako Nozawa and Baki being involved in this is not a combo you’d expect!